Do you ever just "Binge" sometimes?

[KBeezie]

Be it inks, accessories or pens themselves...

This weekend was another small binge moment for me, haven't had a bad run like that since I started out with the cheaper chinese pens (which are much much easier to binge on). I have 6 pens coming to me, well one already got to me and it went right back out to my restoration guy.

• Pilot Elite Lady (~80s) both metal cap and end cap with a silverish color an embroidery type of engraving, and a coral pink section with an 18K Fine[/*]
• Pilot Elite (~70s) Black, much like my Pilot Elite Mini, but with an 18K Posting Nib[/*]
• Sailor (~60s, 70s maybe), White/Silver body/cap/section with gold faint stars on it, like a sailor copy of the Pilot Elite Mini, with a 14K Sailor-2 "507 jis-mark" nib.[/*]
• Platinum PTL-10000 Red (new) with an 18K Medium[/*]
• Bexley Jitterbug (JukeBox Red), Fine Nib (tuned)[/*]
• Sheaffer Tuckaway Valiant Vac, Gold Pearled Striated, 1945~1947, 2-tone Lifetime triumph nib, currently out for full restoration (the 'before picture', which I'll take the same shot when it comes back)*[/*]

Two of them was a case of, I won what I wanted the most already, and was expecting people to outbid me on the others since the max bid I set was what I considered quite low.

I already have the following ...

Vintage (pre-60s)

• Sheaffer MiLady Balance ('39-41) in Striated Carmine + EF Feathertouch[/*]
• *Sheaffer Craftsman Lever ('47-49) in Persian Blue + Monotone #33 EF Nib[/*]
• Sheaffer Touchdown Admiral ('51) in Evergreen Green + Feathertouch Accounting Nib[/*]
• Sheaffer Touchdown Statesman ('50-'51) in Persian Blue + 2-tone 14K Fine[/*]
• Sheaffer Snorkel Admiral in Burgundy + Monotone 14K Fine[/*]
• *Sheaffer Snorkel Admiral in Black + Monotone 14K M2 Medium[/*]
• Parker 51 Vac (1948 Q1, Nib 1950), Cordovan Brown, 1/8 14K Gold Filled Cap, 14K Fine-Medium Nib[/*]
• *1958 "Ultra" syringe filler (american store brand I'd imagine)[/*]
• Eversharp Skyline Demi (Army/Navy wide band derby Cap, Navy blue body), 14K Fine~EF nib[/*]
• Eversharp Skyline (Burgundy, Black/Green Cap), 14K Fine Nib[/*]

Vintage-ish (60s-90s)

• Pilot Elite Mini (~70s), Black, 18K Soft Fine[/*]
• Montblanc 225 (Piston, ~70s), Black Body, Platinated Cap, 14K Japanese-Sized EF with Platinum Coating[/*]
• Pelikan M250 (Piston, Black, '92-'96), 14K Medium[/*]

Modern

• Pilot Petit1, Steel Fine[/*]
• Pilot Vanishing Point (Blue Carbonesque), 14K Fine[/*]
• *Pilot Vanishing Point (Black Carbonesque), 18K Medium[/*]
• Platinum Century 3776 (Bourgogne), 14K Medium[/*]
• *Platinum PTL-5000 (Black + Maki-e), 14K Extra-Fine[/*]
• Lamy Safari (Charcoal Black), EF, F, 1.9[/*]
• Faber-Castell BASIC (Leather), Fine[/*]
• Monteverde Invincia Deluxe Nighthawk (v1), Goulet EF[/*]
• Kaweco AL Sport (Raw), Medium[/*]
• *Jinhao 599 (Orange)[/*]
• *Jinhao 159, Goulet 2-tone Medium[/*]
• *Uranus KSF-301 (Blue/Silver)[/*]
• Noodler's Ahab Flex (Black)[/*]

The * marked ones are ones I'm either selling or planning to get rid of.

I was hoping to get rid of a few before I went on a binge like that again, just seemed tempting to pass up and then one thing led to another. Then AFTER the binge I saw a very lovely Namiki Custom in a wood finish and a 18K Fine nib, and was thinking if I hadn't just bought 6 pens I'd so grab that...

Hi, I'm Karl and I have a problem...

[Murfie]

Hi, I'm Karl and I have a problem...

Karl, relax, you are just normal like the rest of us on this forum. Chill out and enjoy the ride ...

[Jeph]

I thought that I had a problem also, but then I bought more pen cases. Problem solved.

[caribbean_skye]

Hi Karl and welcome to the club

[Lady Onogaro]

I was worried about overspending (or over-acquiring) for a while, but lately I've tapered off. Nothing has really appealed to me, though, and I keep thinking "hey, you should really use that Platinum Chartres with the Pendleton point that you already have" or "you haven't used that TWSBI Pendleton point for a while," or "where's that Pelikan you already love?" So that seems to stop me right now. I can't say it will continue to, but right now I am in hover mode.

[Sailor Kenshin]

Only 'sometimes?' 0____o

[Jon Szanto]

Hi, I'm Karl and I have a problem...

Besides being obsessed with lists?

[Jon Szanto]

And if you want to step it up at least an order of magnitude, go to a pen show. Yeah, you can go with a "budget" - hahahahahahahahaha! - but when you see things there and realize that if it is something you've wanted or now you want and you might never see that pen at that price again and be able to try it and feel it and...

Yeah. Binge, baby.

[Sailor Kenshin]

See, this is why I go to the LIPS only every other year.

[scrivelry]

I was very good at the LIPS. I only really binged on sacs.

Of course why I needed a sac binge is something I may not be discussing...

[VertOlive]

I thought I had backed away from the edge, but I've got this orange thing starting to happen, and am convinced I need more orange pens...

[KBeezie]

Well these two arrived today:









4 more incoming...


Also my two bottles of Iroshizuku inks will be here Friday.

[Jon Szanto]

Handsome Jitterbug. The Pilot reminds me of Lady Sheaffers! And you'll love the Iros, no matter the colors. Have fun!!

[Tony Rex]

And you'll love the Iros, no matter the colors.

Pun unintended, Jon? Iro (色) means colour

[Jon Szanto]

And you'll love the Iros, no matter the colors.

Pun unintended, Jon? Iro (色) means colour

Entirely unintended, Tony! Pray tell, what do we derive, in English, from shizuku?

[Tony Rex]

And you'll love the Iros, no matter the colors.

Pun unintended, Jon? Iro (色) means colour

Entirely unintended, Tony! Pray tell, what do we derive, in English, from shizuku?

Drop (as in water drops) or dew. Therefore literally it means "ink droplets", but metaphorically reflects the soft shading characteristic of the product. Fantastic marketing/branding.

And yes I also binge on pens too, Karl

[Murfie]

Binge pen buying is the direct result of seeing brilliant photos of other FPG members' pens! ...

[Jon Szanto]

Drop (as in water drops) or dew. Therefore literally it means "ink droplets", but metaphorically reflects the soft shading characteristic of the product. Fantastic marketing/branding.

Indeed. All in service of a fabulous product, engagingly and beautifully packaged. Remarkable. Thanks, Tony.

[Murfie]

I thought I had backed away from the edge, but I've got this orange thing starting to happen, and am convinced I need more orange pens...

Something like this you mean? ... tease, tease, tease ...

[KBeezie]

Handsome Jitterbug. The Pilot reminds me of Lady Sheaffers! And you'll love the Iros, no matter the colors. Have fun!!

I was provided a sample of Iroshizuku Fuyu-syogun (Old Man Winter).

I ended up moving the Bexley nib over to the Nighthawk when the plating suddenly started coming off the Bexley nib (no clue what happened, I was just rinsing it off under the tap water with nothing else but tap water and my bare fingers). But anywho I loaded up the Fuyu-syogun in that pen, and I changed the Jitterbug! over to Diamine eclipse with the Goulet EF nib on that.



... I might have to get a bottle if it ends up growing on me. Sort of reminds me of a muted version of Akkerman #9 (Laan van Nieuw Oost-Indigo).