mini collections...

[christof]

On fountainpenboard, there is a funny thread were members show pictures of small selections of their collections. It's called: "mini collections". I really like this thread and wish to start a similar one on FPG because...

I love to collect small selections of matching pens, building kind of a mini collection. Sometimes I first write a list, sometimes I have a picture in mind which I sketch quickly instead of written notes.

In march this year, I started with three pens and this sketch:

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8708/30221390656_39a9059740_h.jpg

Seven months (and $xxxx.xx) later, the mini collection is complete:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7559/30224380966_da33367f51_h.jpg

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[penwash]

There is so many things to like about this post.

Thank you, sir!

[christof]

Okay, to warm up I will post a picture of another mini-collection:

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8508/29167052171_453d955ce8_b.jpg

The Parker "51" Aerometric is one of my all time favourites and I always wanted to have one example of each color.
I really waited a long time for the last color - Plum - of course. I was tempted to buy one several times but at last, believe ot or not, I found one in a thrift shop for $20!

Pen collecting is fun, isn't it?

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[amk]

Okay, I've taken my camera out this morning and broken into my storage chest to get some of my mini-collections out. First, Kaweco Sport Art fountain pens, not quite a complete collection yet. I really love the way the classic octagonal pocket pen becomes a little jewel with the wonderful acrylic that's used.
http://i.imgur.com/swHuaQPl.jpg
In a completely different style, though also German, the Lamy 2000. I have three FPs of different vintages in black macrolon, the regular stainless and the stainless special edition, rollerball, ballpoints makrolon, taxus and blackwood, and a mechanical pencil. There's not much room left in the box...
http://i.imgur.com/LmV2P4Ol.jpg
Another mini-collection I'm very fond of, my Merlins - mainly the Merlin 33, but also Perfect, Elegant, and the little piston-filler (which I seem to remember is Triumph). All found on ebay, through the years. Still waiting for the 'coconut macaroon' one to show up.
http://i.imgur.com/F7z1DMSl.jpg
Off to France, and a collection of Waterman Lady Elsa, Agathe, and Patricia pens. I adore these - the Elsa made in old galalith stock, particularly. They're a 1970s/80s bow to the early Waterman pens, and I think carry off the historic reference very nicely. With them is a Jean-Pierre Lepine mini pen, the Attila (small but powerful) in a chatoyant acrylic.
http://i.imgur.com/QSve0dOl.jpg
And finally - a box of Osmias and Rotrings. Spot the Osmi-brook Frankenpen that started it all! Most of these acquired in the wild in various states of decrepitude, and awaiting repair.
http://i.imgur.com/WzLttcll.jpg
Hope this helps to get the ball rolling, though these little accumulations are nothing compared to a full set of P51 aerometrics. (Oh, I wish, I wish! I just keep finding black and grey!)

[christof]

Thanks a lot. These are great mini collections - exactly what I had in mind. And beautiful pens as well. I specially like these Osmia in ray pattern. Fantastic!
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[christof]

Here is another one of mines. Waterman's 52V in all possible HR colors.

https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5661/22788576405_29bd6d2792_o.jpg

This is al long term project and it took me probably 10 years to find them all. I decided to NOT inlcude the 452 1/2V overlay pens because they are shorter than the regular 52V. Instead I have a quite scarce french made 52V with rolled gold overlay and I believe there was a smiliar one in solid silver and most certainly in solid gold as well. The hunt goes on...

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[amk]

Wow. what gorgeous Watermans. I'm impressed by your persistence. Which was the last one to join the collection?

[christof]

The BCHR with the wide engraved cap band.
I didn't needed that one because I already had a plain BHR and another chased on. But the price was good an I like the huge variety in which these came.
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[gregamckinney]

I've shown my largest mini collection (Sheaffer Tuckaways (~75 pens)) in another thread, so I'll show a few other mini collections here:

LeBoeuf model 40:
http://www.gergyor.com/images/leboeuf-40s.png

some of my Omas Tokyos:
http://www.gergyor.com/images/omas-tokyo-5colors.png

Wahl Bantams:
http://www.gergyor.com/images/wahl-bantams-sm.jpg

Best Regards, greg

[christof]

Very nice collections Greg!!
I love the Tokyo. I wish I'd ever find a black one...
This becomes a nice thread I think!
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[penwash]

Very nice collections Greg!!
I love the Tokyo. I wish I'd ever find a black one...
This becomes a nice thread I think!
C.

You can say that again!
I am amazed at how good some people are with collecting things.
Some think that it's just about money and patience, but no, it takes persistence, and the ability to keep track of things for the long haul.

And luck, of course :)

[gregamckinney]

The black Tokyo was, by far, the hardest one to find.

greg

[Jon Szanto]

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8708/30221390656_39a9059740_h.jpg

Aha! Christof, the postman was just here, and now I know another secret of the above sketch! :)

[christof]

Aha! Christof, the postman was just here, and now I know another secret of the above sketch! :)

Great! I am still waiting for my issue.


The black Tokyo was, by far, the hardest one to find.

greg

I know (sigh).
Claudio on FPN tried to sell one.....for $600! (The only pen I was interested in from his lot.)
I made him a fair offer but never got an answer.
Well, one day...
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[Jon Szanto]

I've shown my largest mini collection (Sheaffer Tuckaways (~75 pens)) in another thread, so I'll show a few other mini collections here: Wahl Bantams...

Greg, that array of Bantams is nothing short of awesome! I want you to know that I have never forgotten your generosity 2 years ago in LA, where you gifted me one while I was trying to source nibs and parts. I've only got four, some in pretty rough shape, but I look fondly on them. Thank you for sharing this great photo (well, all of them)!

[christof]

Here comes a totally fresh picture of my Pelikan 100N/101N mini-collection:

https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5324/30226810642_c60555ba40_o.jpg

The pens on the left are after war time and the ones on the right are pre war time. The two black with broad capband are not identical although not visible on the picture. One is from pre 1949 with steped section and the other is from post 1949 with plain section.

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[gregamckinney]

I know (sigh).
Claudio on FPN tried to sell one.....for $600! (The only pen I was interested in from his lot.)
I made him a fair offer but never got an answer.
Well, one day...
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Ouch. Even though I insisted on only adding examples with 18k nibs to my collection (versus the plated nibbed version you can also find,) I never paid even half of that for any of mine. Outrageous pricing.
Regards, greg

[jar]

Here's a mini-mini collection:

http://www.fototime.com/9DC7E14E4C5388D/large.jpg

[christof]

great nakayas jar!

here comes a very small selection of cartridge parkers with funny nibs:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7439/27184637650_666c5aae83_h.jpg

I really have a weak spot for pens of this aera.

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[migo984]

A mini collection of P45s. Nothing swanky, rare or valuable, but they're a lot of fun.

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[christof]

very nice 45's!
thanks for showing.
c.

ps. nice pen trays as well, what is it?

[sharmon202]

On fountainpenboard, there is a funny thread were members show pictures of small selections of their collections. It's called: "mini collections". I really like this thread and wish to start a similar one on FPG because...

I love to collect small selections of matching pens, building kind of a mini collection. Sometimes I first write a list, sometimes I have a picture in mind which I sketch quickly instead of written notes.

In march this year, I started with three pens and this sketch:

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8708/30221390656_39a9059740_h.jpg

Seven months (and $xxxx.xx) later, the mini collection is complete:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7559/30224380966_da33367f51_h.jpg

C.

Congrats on your achievement, beautiful

[sharmon202]

Not much of one for collections, basically have 2, all the Kaweco Art Sport Gen 2 which I think I have previously posted. New Lamy LX 4 colors in EF, F M, B (waiting on B). By the way, this Anderson pen pen shine cloth I put pens on for picture is the best!!

[penwash]

This thread is so inspiring.
I think collection is about focus, something that does not come naturally to me.

Here's my feeble attempt, my mini collection of Sheaffer pens:

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5332/30370305811_675781f61e_b.jpg

[gregamckinney]

Still need a nice Nacre and a better Onyx for this mini-collection, but am pretty pleased with it:

http://www.gergyor.com/images/lady-patricia-colors.jpg

Best Regards, greg

[Jon Szanto]

I have a smattering of clusters, but the only thing that comes close to a mini-collection would be my fascination with Moore pens from (appr) the 1940s, when they had some lovely materials (and nibs that are are top-notch). There are a couple of their Belmont sub-brand included. It's a pretty good-sized pic, so if you open in a new tab/window you can zoom on some of the nice celluloids. (P.S. I need a dedicated photo setup. Still!)

http://i.imgur.com/HZ0QNn6.jpg

[Lady Onogaro]

I have a smattering of clusters, but the only thing that comes close to a mini-collection would be my fascination with Moore pens from (appr) the 1940s, when they had some lovely materials (and nibs that are are top-notch). There are a couple of their Belmont sub-brand included. It's a pretty good-sized pic, so if you open in a new tab/window you can zoom on some of the nice celluloids. (P.S. I need a dedicated photo setup. Still!)

http://i.imgur.com/HZ0QNn6.jpg

Oh, pretty! I have some Diamond Points that feature some of these celluloids (as you know). It's nothing like a collection, though. Just four or five interesting ones that I could afford at the time.

[Lady Onogaro]

A mini collection of P45s. Nothing swanky, rare or valuable, but they're a lot of fun.

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I think we have the same collection, Migo!

[Jon Szanto]

Oh, pretty! I have some Diamond Points that feature some of these celluloids (as you know). It's nothing like a collection, though. Just four or five interesting ones that I could afford at the time.

Indeed, those are lovely pens. I have to say, the majority of the pens I showed were gotten for very low amounts. It is only in the last couple of years that more people (hehe) have been hunting for Moores, and it is sad how the prices have gone up for some very doggy pens. My days, except for occasional sumgais, are probably about done on this series.

[christof]

Thanks to all for showing your pictures. This will become a nice thread.

Jon, your Moore collection is fantastic. I specially like the one with symetric bands. I have never seen something similar.

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[christof]

http://www.gergyor.com/images/lady-patricia-colors.jpg


Greg
This is a great pen tray and a fantastic collection. thanks for showing us.
C.

[christof]

(P.S. I need a dedicated photo setup. Still!)


Jon
I will post some advice and some informations about my photo setup here soon.
c.

[christof]

This thread is so inspiring.
I think collection is about focus, something that does not come naturally to me.
Here's my feeble attempt, my mini collection of Sheaffer pens:


Thank you penwash. Sheaffer is a cool brand. definitely!
c.

[Jon Szanto]

(P.S. I need a dedicated photo setup. Still!)


Jon
I will post some advice and some informations about my photo setup here soon.
c.

All information is welcome. My biggest problem is simply not having any area where I can keep something set up. Every time I want to take the most basic of photos I have to drag the stuff out, set it up in some area (like the middle of the living room) and take it down. Not fun, and I take fewer pics because of it. Someday I'll have a clear space... :(

[gregamckinney]

I have a smattering of clusters, but the only thing that comes close to a mini-collection would be my fascination with Moore pens from (appr) the 1940s, when they had some lovely materials (and nibs that are are top-notch). There are a couple of their Belmont sub-brand included. It's a pretty good-sized pic, so if you open in a new tab/window you can zoom on some of the nice celluloids. (P.S. I need a dedicated photo setup. Still!)


BEEEEAUTIFUL! Jon!

Do you ink the white Belmont? It's a looker, but I think the ones with the pattern that looks sort of like chain links are my favorites.

Best Regards, greg

[Jon Szanto]

BEEEEAUTIFUL! Jon!

Do you ink the white Belmont? It's a looker, but I think the ones with the pattern that looks sort of like chain links are my favorites.

Best Regards, greg

Thanks, Greg, that means a lot coming from you! I've only inked a couple (hardiest models), but I think only one (the stickered) weren't used... quite a bit. The white one just came to me a couple months ago, and it has seen better days. I've not done any restoration, as I don't want to make it 'worse', but the celluloid is pretty discolored. At some point I'll try disassembling it, but I'm leery of doing something like pulling the inner cap, since you can't find these pens very often.

[FredRydr]

Here is my Ray celluloid mini-collection. It started with the Waterman Ink-Vue, but I really wanted to find other pen manufacturers that used the same celluloid. Kaweco, Montblanc, Radius, Universal, Zemax, Soennecken, Waterman and several other brands are in the drawer, and I am always looking for others. Most are restored while others await attention. (The pen on the left isn't Ray celluloid.)

Sorry about the photo quality. The drawer is above eye level, and I held my iPhone above the drawer and guessed the shot! :)

Fred

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[christof]

Not bad Fred. Not bad at all!!
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[penwash]

Here is my Ray celluloid mini-collection. It started with the Waterman Ink-Vue, but I really wanted to find other pen manufacturers that used the same celluloid. Kaweco, Montblanc, Radius, Universal, Zemax, Soennecken, Waterman and several other brands are in the drawer, and I am always looking for others. Most are restored while others await attention. (The pen on the left isn't Ray celluloid.)

Sorry about the photo quality. The drawer is above eye level, and I held my iPhone above the drawer and guessed the shot! :)

Fred


Fred, that is fascinating. What makes it recognizable as "Ray" celluloid? Is it only the chevron-like pattern or something else I don't see in the picture? I see a lot of celluloid patterns but I don't remember seeing this particular one.

[amk]

Wow! Someone else has a thing for ray celluloid! That's an enjoyable collection. Mine includes Osmia, Stylochap, and Waterman but it's a lot smaller than FredRydr's super mini-collection.

[FredRydr]

Thanks.

I'll have to get them down and take some proper photos and identify each. Correction about the Zemax. I'd sent that to Italy for repair, and on return by registered mail, it disappeared forever and registration of the parcel was useless. I haven't seen another since.

penwash, ray celluloid has a certain pattern to it that, in my eye, is readily distinguished from other deco chevron patterns. The ray celluloid comes in different colors such as silver, copper, emerald and blue, and even different sizes, but they all have that common pattern. I've yet to research the source(s).

Christof, of course you are to thank for one of these from our vintage pen partnership purchases. By the way, I think I recognize the big red pencil on the right in your mini collection!

Fred

[Jon Szanto]

Christof, of course you are to thank for one of these from our vintage pen partnership purchases. By the way, I think I recognize the big red pencil on the right in your mini collection!

I love the smell of collusion in the morning. ;)

[christof]

....By the way, I think I recognize the big red pencil on the right in your mini collection!

Fred

Correct. Thanks for your help again. Good pen friends are way more efficient than internet and ebay together when looking for specific pens.
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[FredRydr]

And another.

I'm a nib guy, and the old color-coded Waterman nib mini-collection is great to have and use. Here it is in all the available color nibs offered in the No. 7 jet-black series that replaced the ripples. Waterman had dropped the black nib after the ripple as far as I've been able to determine, but I have a black-coded barrel ready to accept the nib if one crosses my path.

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A white nib? :pound:

Fred

[Jon Szanto]

A white nib? :pound:

Beautiful pens, didn't even know about that model. I always thought the color-coded nibs simply were with the ripples. Funny: insomnia kept me online last night, and I saw a white plugged pen at Maricio Aguilar's site. Not a white nib, of course...

[christof]

A very mini collection:

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1521/25491990913_7c57f1e34f_o.jpg

to be honest, not even a mini selection....but I like the picture.

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[catbert]

My mini collection of LUS pens with adjustable nibs. One more added since this photo.

https://s9.postimg.org/shr7fd3kf/IMG_7720_1.jpg

[migo984]

Another mini collection. Little modern Japanese jewels - the under-rated Prera. Again, nothing swanky or valuable but I love these pens. Beautifully made, great nibs, solid click-on caps - and each for around £20, or less. I even managed to find a few of the 2010 Japan-only release; the Iro demonstrators, with solid colour end trims. Plus the 3 L.E. Oeste Stationery Group tinted demonstrators.

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[penwash]

My mini collection of LUS pens with adjustable nibs. One more added since this photo.


I've never heard about LUS pens. Would you tell us a bit more about these pens and what attracted you to collect them?

[Lady Onogaro]

Another mini collection. Little modern Japanese jewels - the under-rated Prera. Again, nothing swanky or valuable but I love these pens. Beautifully made, great nibs, solid click-on caps - and each for around £20, or less. I even managed to find a few of the 2010 Japan-only release; the Iro demonstrators, with solid colour end trims. Plus the 3 L.E. Oeste Stationery Group tinted demonstrators.

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It looks like you need the lime green one, unless you are writing with it. :)

[pajaro]

Another mini collection. Little modern Japanese jewels - the under-rated Prera. Again, nothing swanky or valuable but I love these pens. Beautifully made, great nibs, solid click-on caps - and each for around £20, or less. I even managed to find a few of the 2010 Japan-only release; the Iro demonstrators, with solid colour end trims. Plus the 3 L.E. Oeste Stationery Group tinted demonstrators.

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It looks like you need the lime green one, unless you are writing with it. :)

The lime green one is the only one I have.

[fountainpenkid]

My mini collection of LUS pens with adjustable nibs. One more added since this photo.

https://s9.postimg.org/shr7fd3kf/IMG_7720_1.jpg

Holy shit. Never thought I'd see one again. I've been fascinated with those (the Giubileo 53 in particular) since they were feature in some italian pen magazine a few years back...but gave up on trying to find more information on them. Aren't they seriously rare? You should do a writeup--I think we'd all love to know more!

[catbert]

My mini collection of LUS pens with adjustable nibs. One more added since this photo.


I've never heard about LUS pens. Would you tell us a bit more about these pens and what attracted you to collect them?

How do any of us fall down the rabbit hole? :) I read about LUS pens a couple of years ago and was intrigued. Coincidentally, Mrs Catbert then acquired a really nice example, and I’ve been trying ever since to find its equal. I enjoy the combination of sleek mid-century style with something a little more technical.

LUS stands for ‘Legnani Umberto, Saronno’. Signor Legnani and his wife Giuseppina Carnelli started making steel nibs in Saronno in 1928.

The LUS Giubileo 53 fountain pen, the focus of my mini collection, was named for the 25th anniversary of LUS in 1953. The nib can be adjusted from firm (retracted) to semi-flex (extended) by twisting either the whole barrel or a knob at the end of the barrel, depending on the model.

The photo in my previous post showed (from top to bottom) a couple of lower-end Giubileos with steel nibs and three variants of the 53 with gold nibs - the best (the 53A) being Mrs Catbert’s.

I’m working on a longer appreciation of these pens, which I’ll post separately.

[catbert]

Holy shit. Never thought I'd see one again.

You used to have one as well?


I've been fascinated with those (the Giubileo 53 in particular) since they were feature in some italian pen magazine a few years back...but gave up on trying to find more information on them. Aren't they seriously rare? You should do a writeup--I think we'd all love to know more!

Sounds like we were both hooked by the same article! :)

I don’t know about rare. Certainly it's not a brand that gets mentioned much. My accumulation is mostly user-grade stuff that comes up occasionally. Mrs Catbert’s 53A might be more uncommon.

As noted above, I’m working on a longer appreciation. Soon.

[christof]

Is this a mini collection too?

https://c5.staticflickr.com/6/5720/29973096244_36605ca639_o.jpg

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[FredRydr]

Boxes?

Fred

[christof]

yep.
but boxes with content!
c.

[fountainpenkid]

You used to have one as well?


I've been fascinated with those (the Giubileo 53 in particular) since they were feature in some italian pen magazine a few years back...but gave up on trying to find more information on them. Aren't they seriously rare? You should do a writeup--I think we'd all love to know more!

Sounds like we were both hooked by the same article! :)

I don’t know about rare. Certainly it's not a brand that gets mentioned much. My accumulation is mostly user-grade stuff that comes up occasionally. Mrs Catbert’s 53A might be more uncommon.

As noted above, I’m working on a longer appreciation. Soon.

I haven't used one :(--I was just referring to the article. I'll keep on the lookout for them on eBay!

[usk15]

2 of my mini collections

First Parker IM ballpoint pens:
https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7384/28102733285_3a23a247b4_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JPkRwe)


And some flat top pens:
https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8635/16221665845_ceb5aa07e5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qHsh6T)

[curtd0g]

It looks like everyone's posted so many things on this page. It's amazing at how many people have all these collections. If anything I think I would want to do a vacumatic collections of all the different celluloid colors!

[FredRydr]

If anything I think I would want to do a vacumatic collections of all the different celluloid colors!
You better be prepared to build another room on your house for such a collection when you try to cover all the variations within each color. Those who attempt a "complete" collection of those will be well beyond the realm of "mini-".

Fred

[Jon Szanto]

If anything I think I would want to do a vacumatic collections of all the different celluloid colors!
You better be prepared to build another room on your house for such a collection when you try to cover all the variations within each color. Those who attempt a "complete" collection of those will be well beyond the realm of "mini-".

Fred

Indeed. A brief survey of even Tony Fischier's parkercollector.com would put to rest any misconceptions about the (small) size of a Vac gathering...

[penwash]

2 of my mini collections

And some flat top pens:
https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8635/16221665845_ceb5aa07e5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qHsh6T)

This guy wants to join your collection :)
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8743/28092085263_d4d9a8e4f8_c.jpg

[usk15]

This guy wants to join your collection :)
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8743/28092085263_d4d9a8e4f8_c.jpg


I've got some blue brothers for my little collection!

[Monkey]

Man, so jealous of all these awesome collections! And geez, most of these "mini" collections are more than my whole ranged collection! xP

[david i]

Oh boy...

-d

[fountainpenkid]

I no longer truly collect pens, but my love of Pelikan 400s has brought me to permanently having three of them around:
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[popcod]

I'm pretty good about adhering to my focus on vintage celluloid pens with chrome trim, so you might say that about 7/8 of my collection is a mini-collection of this theme over different brands. Here's a shot of just my 3rd tier Sheaffer's (mostly Juniors and Sheaffer sub-brands):

http://i.imgur.com/IZpENZf.jpg

Still searching for a Junior in silver pearl striated, a truncated junior in black + black & blue, and a WASP Lizard Skin pen. Picked up a nice grey Addipoint in a snakeskin-like pattern just this week, and know there are several others with white trim. Am I leaving out any other models/colors?

[popcod]

The rest of my Sheaffer's with chrome trim. A couple Triumphs but mostly Balances with some interesting, reverse-trim Canadian models on the left. The cap on the grey marble OS pen is currently with Zorn for re-plating, but the plating on all the others is original.

http://i.imgur.com/yL7Hnbs.jpg

And a boxed OS Balance set in grey marble. The plating is simply immaculate on these, and the matching chrome accents on the box are a nice touch:

http://i.imgur.com/TqrhE2u.jpg

[christof]

Oh boy...

-d

David
Good to see you here. Specially because I see you as the godfather of this thread.
It would be great to see some of your fantastic mini collections. But please keep in mind that great doesen't mean valuable or expensive in any case. Also from cheap pens can be built cool mini collections. For example, this Safari selection is a personal favourite of mine:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7423/16399210551_786d6e18bd_h.jpg
I love them as much as I love my Pelikan 100's!
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5452/17788534196_85fe514fc8_h.jpg
So please be generous with other, more humble collectors as you are. Thank you.
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[amk]

I am not nearly so envious of the Lamy Safari collection as I am of the tray!

My mini collections of 'cheap' pens include Waterman Forum - a plastic pen that I seem to remember cost around £9 when I was buying them new in the 1980s. I have thirty and haven't even scratched the surface of the different colours. As for my Sheaffer No-Nonsense... I've decided that will have to be just an accumulation, rather than a true mini-collection, as I don't think anyone knows how many variations there are; though I do hope, one day, I'll be able to put together all the 'Old Timer' varieties.

[christof]

I am not nearly so envious of the Lamy Safari collection as I am of the tray!
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In this case, I guess that you already have the key-colors. Why not show a pic of your mini collection?
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[amk]

I got the cheap Watermans out of their box this afternoon;
http://i.imgur.com/TxNTfvil.jpg
They are some of them rather 'user-grade-, and one is a ballpoint, but don't they make a nice show? All from flea markets except the fluted metal one, which was a Christmas gift from my partner's sister-in-law, and the blue marbled pen on the left which I have owned since I bought it new in the 1980s.

I'm afraid my Lamy collections are all put away in a big chest right now owing to the advent of new, and very mischievous, kittens.

[JackdeSpadas]

2 of my mini collections

First Parker IM ballpoint pens:
https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7384/28102733285_3a23a247b4_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JPkRwe)


And some flat top pens:
https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8635/16221665845_ceb5aa07e5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qHsh6T)

Sweet display racks! I will be incorporating this idea into my newly acquired roll top desk. Somehow. You would laugh if you saw the state of the desk. :)

[Monkey]

I'm sure I have the cheapest mini-collection of everyone LOL but I don't care, I enjoy them! xP
https://images.plurk.com/2EpMUpIfYvwl9NJbwUGL.jpg
My Chinese collection, haha. Mostly Jinhaos, two Baoers (there's another still in the mail somewhere), and a Yiren. All of them write pretty well, though the 507 (Eight Horses) seemed either incredibly fine, or it's slightly off. Only 3 of them have been inked so far, the others (including the Baoer) were only dip-tested. I'll likely try experimenting with some of the nibs once I've got my stuff to do so. :)

[amk]

That's interesting, Monkey, you have a slender version of the 'Pearl windows', whereas I have a monster that seems to be nearly 2 cm diameter (I'm sure it's really less, but it *is* undeniably chunky). I can see where I have a gap i my collection :-)

[Monkey]

That's interesting, Monkey, you have a slender version of the 'Pearl windows', whereas I have a monster that seems to be nearly 2 cm diameter (I'm sure it's really less, but it *is* undeniably chunky). I can see where I have a gap i my collection :-)

Ohh is yours possibly a 650? Gold color clip/bands? I do believe that one is fatter than the 8812/8802 (no idea which number it's meant to be, it and the other color styles in the same model have both numbers, don't know what's right!). If you just search "jinhao seashell" you'll turn them up, though, lol.

[christof]

Here's another one:

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5484/25383986439_9d6944222b_h.jpg

now I have all the Aerometric colors plus a Flighter and a Signet. Next should be a Presidential...

C.

[popcod]

Just recently "completed" my mini-collection of 30s Parkers with chrome trim. My goal was to own an example of all the patterns catalogued with minimal discoloration. There's a couple of off-catalogue pens here and others that aren't represented. I'm missing some silver pearl Vacs as well (Speedline, Maxima, etc.). But I think I've finally come to a point at which I'll no longer be hunting Parkers actively :)

http://i.imgur.com/dPHI6tO.jpg

[Jon Szanto]

Just recently "completed" my mini-collection of 30s Parkers with chrome trim.

That, my friend, is a very worth collection.

[christof]

What a great collection!
This shows the very true spirit of a real mini-collection. Congrats!
I'm jealeous. Not of your collection but of your taste and sence for collecting.
C.

[popcod]

Thanks you guys! It's been a long time in the making. Thought I'd never find that darn Toothbrush :shocked:

[Monkey]

Wow that's a gorgeous collection, popcod!

[Hawk]

Most of my pens are Parker's. These are 51's, VS, VP, 61's and 75's.

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The case is a reproduction.

[FredRydr]

Most of my pens are Parkers. These are 51s, VS, VP, 61s and 75s.

You have an impressive collection! How did you reproduce the graphic on the case?

Fred

[Hawk]

Most of my pens are Parkers. These are 51s, VS, VP, 61s and 75s.

You have an impressive collection! How did you reproduce the graphic on the case?

Fred

Fred,
The graphic was a stick on 'decal'. I don't remember where I got the case nor do I remember how much I paid for it. A few weeks ago I saw 'an original' case for sale. The price wasn't bad but the shipping was expensive considering its bulk.
Thank you for the complement. I need to give it some more direction to fill in some holes without living on Mac and Cheese for the next ten years.
Hawk

[akapulko2020]

great nakayas jar!

here comes a very small selection of cartridge parkers with funny nibs:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7439/27184637650_666c5aae83_h.jpg

I really have a weak spot for pens of this aera.

C.
Love the Parkers! I'm not too knowledgeable about them yet, having just purchased my first one. Could you please be kind enough to tell me which is which in these beauties?

Pens. And Notebooks

[kevmid]

Something modern - being a fan of clipless Franklin-Christophs there are a few here of some different models and colours that I like in particular. I am happy with this group and can't imagine enlarging it much more except maybe to add a Panther 40 or maybe another rarer colour finish from the usual current choices. Always on the look out!

I love this thread, it's really interesting to see what people have - thanks for starting it!

http://fpgeeks.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=28835&d=1482657590

[VegHead]

Fourth from the left . . . Gorgeous.

[kevmid]

Yes! Fourth from the left is a Pocket 66 limited edition in pearlescent purple swirl - one of my favourites!

F-C often choose elegant refined colours for their pens but now there are moves to more bright, even neon colours such as the recent model 45 in lemon/lime and the model 31 with red or yellow sections. Unfortunately I can't attend pen shows as there they often offer an interesting range of trial colours which never make it to their website. When other members post show photos it is always very interesting and frustrating at the same time!

[da vinci]

I have an interest on modern pens. This is my mini collection of P51 homages

http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af344/996nick2009/Fountain%20Pens/IMG_0026_zpsnymbgpjz.jpg (http://s1022.photobucket.com/user/996nick2009/media/Fountain%20Pens/IMG_0026_zpsnymbgpjz.jpg.html)

A Ralph Prather

A Kullock

A Brad Torrelli

[christof]

great nakayas jar!

here comes a very small selection of cartridge parkers with funny nibs:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7439/27184637650_666c5aae83_h.jpg


I really have a weak spot for pens of this aera.

C.
Love the Parkers! I'm not too knowledgeable about them yet, having just purchased my first one. Could you please be kind enough to tell me which is which in these beauties?

Pens. And Notebooks

Parker 180
Parker 50 (Falcon)
Parker T1
Parker 105

C.

[FredRydr]

There were a few T1 pens brought out for sale at the Columbus Ohio Pen Show. I'd never had a close look at one before. Servicing a T1 appears to be a real challenge.

Fred

[pica pica]

http://i.imgur.com/9TvndLp.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/3WZ192M.jpg
Late 30s solid colour Blackbirds

[soot]

400/500 size Pelikans -- my favorite!

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5532/30618810964_1fea2317d3_b.jpg

[amk]

Wow, that's a wonderful collection of 400s - particularly the lighter tortoise versions. How long did it take to find all of them?

[christof]

400/500 size Pelikans -- my favorite!


Thanks for jumping in here!
C.

[KrazyIvan]

Sometimes I start collecting a certain brand without noticing I am actually doing it.

https://scontent-dft4-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/13827479_257289038023034_2158657705500213248_n.jpg

[soot]

The light tortoises were only acquired just last year. The rest were gathered in a span of six years, on and off. :)

[soot]

Wow, that's a wonderful collection of 400s - particularly the lighter tortoise versions. How long did it take to find all of them?

The light tortoises were only acquired just last year. The rest were gathered in a span of six years, on and off.

[Pelikan-Vera]

this is rapidly becoming my favourite thread on FPGeeks. Love the mini collections. I need to post a picture of my Soenneckens here when I get time to take a good shot of them.

[penwash]

Green, Green, Grass of Home

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/279/32193187786_dd636dfd2b_c.jpg

[christof]

Great! Thank you penwash.
Here's an older picture of mine with a green selection as well:

]https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6154/6149568121_751fbf7523_z.jpg

C.

[AZuniga]

An old picture of my Ford mini collection, some new were added but the same models as those shown...

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[kevmid]

Pilot posse...

http://fpgeeks.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=29256&d=1484211440

[amk]

Christof, should we start a 'green' thread do you think? The two selections of green pens are amazing. (And I want to show off my vibrant green m600!)

[penwash]

An old picture of my Ford mini collection, some new were added but the same models as those shown...

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Please tell us more about these Ford pens. I love the short cap, especially the ebonite ones.

[christof]

Christof, should we start a 'green' thread do you think? The two selections of green pens are amazing. (And I want to show off my vibrant green m600!)

not sure about this. don't have that much. the ones on the picture are sold. most of them at least.
C.

[VertOlive]

I feel so happily satisfied by this Delta trio. Not exotic or vintage, but I'd wanted these pens since I first started as a member here. Now I got 'em and they're mine. The Dolce Vita, the Soiree', and the Oro.


http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f261/sparrowe/Mobile%20Uploads/FullSizeRender-24.jpg (http://s49.photobucket.com/user/sparrowe/media/Mobile%20Uploads/FullSizeRender-24.jpg.html)

[AZuniga]

Wrong , sorry my mistake... I could not delete...

[AZuniga]

An old picture of my Ford mini collection, some new were added but the same models as those shown...

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Please tell us more about these Ford pens. I love the short cap, especially the ebonite ones.

Will,

I started collecting Ford, let's say for three reasons; they are strong, even the small ones holds a lot of ink and they have a delicate and complex filling system that amazes me...

Here is one of the most complete pages i have read about Ford, and also written by one of the persons who knows more about the brand: http://www.penpractice.com/page10.html
If you go to a pen show –if you have not you should, is great– look for one Ford and take a look, you will not regret it... I know lately they are a little more expensive than they use to be when I started my collection, but that is another matter.

Best

[penwash]

An old picture of my Ford mini collection, some new were added but the same models as those shown...

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Please tell us more about these Ford pens. I love the short cap, especially the ebonite ones.

Will,

I started collecting Ford, let's say for three reasons; they are strong, even the small ones holds a lot of ink and they have a delicate and complex filling system that amazes me...

Here is one of the most complete pages i have read about Ford, and also written by one of the persons who knows more about the brand: http://www.penpractice.com/page10.html
If you go to a pen show –if you have not you should, is great– look for one Ford and take a look, you will not regret it... I know lately they are a little more expensive than they use to be when I started my collection, but that is another matter.

Best

That is fascinating. I'll sure be on the lookout for it at pen shows.

[jodylud]

Kaweco Sports...

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[KrazyIvan]

Kaweco Sports...

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I think I saw your photo on the Kaweco Facebook group.

[jodylud]

Yep, you did. I occasionally take group photos for inventory purposes.

[farmdogfan]

Some red pens.

[penwash]

Some red pens.

Some vintage cool, and rare, and beautiful, and have snowy caps, and gorgeous ... red pens.

There, that's more like it :D

[farmdogfan]

Thanks Penwash, they are not really rare, the MB k2 to the far right is probably the most unusual.

[amk]

What's the collective noun for coral MBs? there must be one!

They look terrifically smart, like guardsmen outside Buckingham Palace.

[farmdogfan]

Thank you Amk, hopefully the guardsmen stand a little straighter than the pens.

[catbert]

Monochrome Esterbrooks.

https://s24.postimg.cc/4gyu63p39/IMG_1181.jpg

[KrazyIvan]

The only thing in common between these pens are that they are most of my vintage pens. I think 3-4 are missing from the shot.
https://scontent-dft4-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/15876829_1805470613049231_4120393368092016640_n.jp g

[popcod]

It's been good winter for WASPs and Wahl-Eversharps. Added a couple pens to my chrome trim mini-collecion and really digging all the different celluloid patterns on the WASPs. Still searching for those Dorics in Sapphire Shell and Cathay!

http://i.imgur.com/FCd2Gle.jpg

[jarc]

On fountainpenboard, there is a funny thread were members show pictures of small selections of their collections. It's called: "mini collections". I really like this thread and wish to start a similar one on FPG because...

I love to collect small selections of matching pens, building kind of a mini collection. Sometimes I first write a list, sometimes I have a picture in mind which I sketch quickly instead of written notes.

In march this year, I started with three pens and this sketch:

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8708/30221390656_39a9059740_h.jpg

Seven months (and $xxxx.xx) later, the mini collection is complete:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7559/30224380966_da33367f51_h.jpg

C.

Wow, congratulations, that is very desirable, makes my starter collection of about five weeks look a bit silly. Pictured on previous post, where I made my second attempt to load photos to an album and post.

[Pelikan-Vera]

so the day has come to post my favourites. here they come the Pelikan 100 and 100N's and the Soennecken families. I hope you like them. Vera3117531176

[christof]

Very nice collections Vera!
Who made the blue 100N?....looks nice.
C.

[Pelikan-Vera]

The blue lizard was made by Chris Burton after the original Cap developed a crack. One of my favourites ;)

[christof]

It looks great.
C.

[penwash]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4290/35181330810_7494e1d5c4_c.jpg

"The Balanced Brown-striped Brothers" - A family photo.

From the tall, friendly (and gap-toothed) big brother, to the rebellious GF capped little brother who just refused to fall in line, each pen truly have their own personality.

[penwash]

And it's time for another mini-collection photo:

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4431/36744987094_8c7b23a47a_c.jpg

Theme: Diminutive in stature, big on presence and in writing experience.

[usk15]

Push cap ballpoint pens:

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4457/37653391991_eb14db6c98_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ZnitBD)

[catbert]

Is two a mini collection? A couple of Greifs (good greif!)

https://s1.postimg.cc/8k9ii1z8f3/IMG_4984.jpg

https://s1.postimg.cc/5axn7893en/IMG_4985.jpg

Top: Greif Senior (probably) - 1930s or 40s? Flexy steel stub
Bottom: Greif 110 - 1950s? Expressive 14K EF

[penwash]

Push cap ballpoint pens:



I have to admit that there are some ballpoints that are cool. Nice collection.



Is two a mini collection? A couple of Greifs (good greif!)

Top: Greif Senior (probably) - 1930s or 40s? Flexy steel stub
Bottom: Greif 110 - 1950s? Expressive 14K EF

I never heard of this brand. What attracted you to it?

People say one FP is for use, two is for curiosity, three is a collection. You're one short ;)

[catbert]

I never heard of this brand. What attracted you to it?

Partly that I had never heard of them either, partly that they're right in my aesthetic wheelhouse (plain, black, mid-century).



People say one FP is for use, two is for curiosity, three is a collection. You're one short ;)

Not for lack of trying! These things are hard to find. :)

[kevmid]

I think Greif was a German brand that got absorbed by Pelikan in the 50's. Like the lower one especially

Maybe catbert needs some extra Greif!

[catbert]

I think Greif was a German brand that got absorbed by Pelikan in the 50's. Like the lower one especially

Maybe catbert needs some extra Greif!

:D Definitely need more Greif.

Yup, I think Pelikan bought out both Geha and Greif in the 50s or 60s.

[christof]

Update of the Waterman's 52V mini collection:

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4404/36264154474_4123fcff14_b.jpg

It's still growing...

[christof]

...and as next project, I am working on a Pelikan 450 pencil mini collection:

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4384/37094053981_c5258c8c3e_b.jpg

the uncommon colors are hard to come by.

[kevmid]

Modern custom pens using Conway Stewart material mini collection
Idyll in Brown Swirl by Scriptorium Pens; Extended Mina in Evergreen by Edison Pens; Townsend in Pistachio by Newton Pens; Pearl in Amber by Edison Pens; Aeterna in Classic Green by Scriptorium Pens; Morgan in Heather by Edison Pens

https://fpgeeks.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=36652&d=1514019233

[amk]

That's a fascinating idea for a minicollection Kevmid! Really lovely pens, too.

[Lady Onogaro]

I love the material for the 2nd one to the left, Kevmid!

[vinita]

great nakayas jar!

here comes a very small selection of cartridge parkers with funny nibs:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7439/27184637650_666c5aae83_h.jpg

I really have a weak spot for pens of this aera.

C.
Beautiful collection. I am envious, hoping to collect few and share with you.
Ball pen (http://www.elkospens.com/ball-pen.html)

[Lexaf]

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More than one year and 142 postings further I'd like to make a small contribution to this very nice and interesting thread. (Thank you Christof for starting it).

It's about my Merlin pens, more in particular the - in circles of collectors well known - Merlin 33.
I am collecting these nice little pens for quite some time now and I have them in 19 different colors. As it seems there are 59 different colors/patterns existing so there is still something left to hunt for. Apart from the 33’s, I own some more Merlin models, among them some also popular ‘Merlina’ pens that are even smaller that the Merin 33 that is only 120mm (capped), 107mm uncapped and 145mm posted.
About the other Merlin models I’ll write in a new post, later.

About 10 years ago it was not very difficult to find Merlins here in The Netherlands, as Merlins were a well-known and popular Dutch brand. (Parts made in Germany, assembled in Amsterdam for the Dutch market). Through the years the Merlins, especially the 33's, were more and more difficult to find, as they became quite popular as collectors’ items in the rest of the world. The reason why these little Merlin pens became so popular in the last 2 decades is mainly due to Mr. Andreas Lambrou (the well known author of the famous book "Fountain Pens OF The World). Already in Februari 2006 there was an article on the Fountain Pen Network site about how Lambrou and his friends acquired a large lot of 33's and Merlina's and how they brought them into the world.
The post is still there: http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/7995-merlin-33/

Apart from these 'Lambrou Merlins' one can still find some of these lovely little pens in the wild and as I am Dutch and live in the Netherlands, which is more or less the native country for this brand, Holland is the place to find them!

Just a few weeks ago I found a nice 33 on the Dutch "Marktplaats" (marketplace) for a very friendly price. I bought it because it was one of the colour varieties I did not own already. A beautiful orange/bronze marbled piece. It came to me very used and very dirty, but surprisingly undamaged, so a restoration to an acceptable condition was rather easy.

Here it is:

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I like Merlins for several reasons:
First:
They are Dutch (ok, almost) the main focus of my FP collection is Dutch manufactured pens or pens especially made for the Dutch market.
Second:
There are a lot of different Merlins, If you count all the colour varieties plus the many different model varieties (there is a lot more that only 33’s and Merlina’s) we talk about hundreds of pens.
At the moment my collection contains a modest amount of 68 different pens, including 3 mech. pencils that are part of a set, so there is still a long way to go to a complete collection.
Third:
I'ts celluloid, and I just love celluloid pens. Next to (colored) ebonite and caseine, for me celluloid is the best and most beautiful material ever used to make pens.
Fourth:
The quality of the pens. They are small, but sturdy, have a simple construction, most of them have the button filler system that is very reliable and easy to maintain or restore. The small nibs are 14K gold, mostly with their own Merlin signature imprint. Most of them are semi flex, what I like much more than rigid nibs. The nibs in the Merlins were mostly made by Degussa, some (younger ones) by Bock. Both brands are famous for their quality. Sometimes one finds a Degussa or Bock signed nib in a Merlin, which I find to be authentic or at least an acceptable replacement.

About the writing aspects and further technical details of the ‘33’ I cannot tell you not so much more than what Matt on his blog on Penhabit already wrote in 2015 in his excellent review, so for that info, please look here: http://penhabit.com/2015/04/17/pen-review-merlin-33/# (http://penhabit.com/2015/04/17/pen-review-merlin-33/)

Now, finally, some more pictures, as this tread is supposed to show photographs of mini collections.
First my mini collection of all my 19 pieces of 33's, together with some original boxes I was so lucky to find.
Then some some detail pictures to show the amazing colors.
The Bronze '33' I showed above is the 4th from the left in the row.

Enjoy! Cheers to you all, Happy New Year!

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[Deb]

Great post, Lexaf. Super pens and lovely colours.

[amk]

Wow Lexaf, your Merlin collection is really something. That candystripe red is simply gorgeous. I have a good few Merlins and they are absolutely addictive. Open the box and it is like sunshine came into the room.

[Lexaf]

Wow Lexaf, your Merlin collection is really something. That candystripe red is simply gorgeous. I have a good few Merlins and they are absolutely addictive. Open the box and it is like sunshine came into the room.
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Let the sunshine in!

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All Merlins. And there are more... !

[Hawk]

Lexaf,
Beautiful collection of pens. There are too many to choose a favorite. However, I’m partial to the reds.

[Lexaf]

A mini collection of P45s. Nothing swanky, rare or valuable, but they're a lot of fun.

I own some of these in different variations. Excellent writers, affordable, and a lot of fun indeed with all the colors to find. Would like to acquire one or more Harlequin P45's though. Very difficult to find.

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The first 2 pens from the left are actually Eversharps. They were introduced just before Parker took over the Eversharp firm. It is said that the original design by Eversharp was further developed by Parker to become the P45, their first cartridge loaded pen and, next to the famous '51' also one of their most succesfull.
(I am not dead sure about these 'facts', so if there is anyone who knows more details about this Eversharp to Parker transition, please chime in!)

The 3rd Pen from the left is a Ballpoint, forming a set with the Fountainpen P45 on position #4.

[Hawk]

Lexaf, I spotted a cherry Harlequin Circlet this year and couldn’t pass it up. It was made in England and has a steel nib. I wasn’t looking to get one until it surfaced. Keep looking....

[Lexaf]

Keep looking....
Who knows what 2018 may bring to us? Hoping for lots of beauties!

[penwash]

Keep looking....
Who knows what 2018 may bring to us? Hoping for lots of beauties!

Maybe you could introduce us to one of those larger Merlin in your collection :D

[Lexaf]

Keep looking....
Who knows what 2018 may bring to us? Hoping for lots of beauties!

Maybe you could introduce us to one of those larger Merlin in your collection :D

Working on it! :)

[Lexaf]

This tread about mini collections is great fun when one wants to express what pleasure it is to collect fountain pens. Anyway, for me it is. After more than 20 years of collecting pens it is nice to form sub collections within the total of all those pens that distinguish itself by brand, material, colour, (filling) system, country of origin, time of production, quality, etc. One distinction is rarely made when one would like to build a thematic group and that is size.
So that is exactly what I want to do here.
During the years I built a mini collection of what I call my ‘miniature pens’. The criterion of considering a pen as a miniature is arbitrary, but I like to see a pen as a miniature when it is smaller than what one would normally call a ‘Lady’s’ size so let’s say any pen significantly smaller that e.g. a Merlin Merlina, a Parker 17 Lady or a Waterman Lady Patricia.
In this topic about ‘Mini Collections’ I’d like to show this collection of my ‘Miniature Fountain pens’.

Enjoy.

From left to right, top row # 1-13, Bottom row # 14-26
(The Parker 51 on # 14 is for reference to show how small these pens really are)
(# 16 & 17 form a set of Pencil and FP)

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#
Brand
Filling System
Material
Nib
Country
Year (ca.)
mm capped
Diam. barrel


1
No Name
Eyedr.
HR (ebonite)
GP Steel
India
2016
50
7,2


2
No Name
Safety
HR+Silver+Enamel
18K gold
FR?
1920
80
7,8


3
Loma
Safety
HR
14K gold
DE
1915
87
6,8


4
Favorite
Lever
Celluloid
Steel
USA
1925
87
8,4


5
Treasure
Lever
Celluloid
Steel
USA
1925
90
9,2


6
No Name
Button
Caseine
Ag/Pd alloy
FR?
1930
94
11,7


7
Merkur
Button
Celluloid + HR
Steel Bock
DE
1930
94
11,2


8
Crown
Lever
Celluloid
14K Degussa
NL
1955
97
8,9


9
Crown
Lever
Celluloid
14K Degussa
NL
1955
97
8,9


10
No Name
Button
HR
Steel Degussa
DE
1935
99
11,4


11
No Name
Lever
Celluloid
Steel
USA
1935
96
9,7


12
Victapen
Bulb
Celluloid
Steel
USA
1935
100
9,6


13
Champion
Button
Celluloid
14K USA
DE
1950
100
10,2


14
Parker51
Airomatic
Plastic+GP steel
14K
UK
1950
140
11,6


15
No Name
Button
Celluloid
14K RW&R
DE
1935
102
9,6


16
Byron
(pencil)
Celluloid
-
NL
1955
105
9,7


17
Byron
Button
Celluloid
14K Warranted
NL
1955
105
9,8


18
Böhler
Button
Celluloid
14K Bock
DE
1955
107
9,4


19
Böhler
Button
Celluloid
14K Bock
DE
1955
107
9,4


20
No Name
Lever
Plastic
Steel
IT?
1965
108
9,0


21
Pilot
Lever
Celluloid
14K Pilot
Japan
1950
106
9,7


22
Majestic
Lever
Celluloid
Steel
USA
1935
107
10,8


23
Majestic
Lever
Celluloid
Steel
USA
1935
107
10,8


24
Platignum
Syringe
Celluloid+GP Alu.
Ag/Pd alloy
UK
1960
109
9,4


25
J.Faber
Piston
Celluloid
14K Rupp
DE
1950
108
9,6


26
Ero
Piston
Celluloid
14K Ero
DE/NL
1955
110
8,7

[amk]

Wondering whether no 1 is a Guider - they gave out mini pens with the Onyx group buy on FPN, if I remember correctly.

I don't know Byron as a brand - but those little pens look stunning.

[Lexaf]

Wondering whether no 1 is a Guider - they gave out mini pens with the Onyx group buy on FPN, if I remember correctly.

I don't know Byron as a brand.

You are right AMK, I should have known that fact myself. I did some searching here on FPG and in my personal memory (= my head... :) ) and found this:
https://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread.php/6936-Guider-Mini-smallest-hand-turned-ebonite-pen-in-production (http://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread.php/6936-Guider-Mini-smallest-hand-turned-ebonite-pen-in-production)
Then I remembered: My piece was actually a gift from Mesu, who posted the tread above.
It was made in 2014, not 2016, so I shall edit that.
Actually my Little Guider was a gift to me from Mesu from India. It came to me together with the Onix and the other black pen in the picture, the double sided stick. Mesu posted the item above. Sadly, I lost contact with Mesu, I did not hear or read from her for quite some time now.

About the 'Byron' brand: it is probably one of those hundreds of brands to be found that were used for small firms such as stationary shops that wanted to have their own brand name. Most of those pens, or the parts they were assembled from, came from pen manufacturers in Germany. In this case it could even come from one of the few real pen manufacturers we had in The Netherlands that really designed and produced their own products: Union. The Union Fountain Pen Factory existed from the end of the 1920's until the end of the 1960's and was established in The Hague. They made a lot of beautiful mainly celluloid pens of high quality. The brown horizontally striped celluloid stock used for the Byron pen set is also used by Union in several models, so the Byron could very wel have been made by Union.

Now back to the Guider pens.
One mini collection leads to another: here are some pictures from the wonderful Indian Guider pens I own. All eyedroppers, all ebonite, except for #5 in the pictures which is celluloid.

37113

37114

37115

From left to right:

# 1 is the same mini pen I showed earlier.

# 2 is the Onix you mentioned. Attn: this is the version 1, with the flush cap & barrel, the vs.2 has a visible separation between cap and barrel. I liked the 'old' version a lot more, so Mesu had one made for me a Guider's. It is an exeptionally large, oversized pen, the length is 155mm, capped, 195mm posted and 142mm without cap.

#3 is also a Guider, it is a more or less experimental pen, only a few were made in this design. We called it 'The Magicians Stick'. I wanted a piece with white ends on both sides and a transparent window in the middle, buit Guider did not want to make that for me...

# 4 is much older, I bought it many years ago in a large lot of old pens with 'parts & pieces', all vintage Indian pens. I restored some of them and this is one of this lot. I guess it could be from the 1960' or 1970's, but it could also be much older. One never knows with these hard rubber / ebonite hand made Indian pens. It was my first green ebonite pen.

# 5 looks very European, but it is a (I guess) very old (1950's?) eyedropper made of beautiful red marbled celluloid.

This was it for now. Curious what the next Mini Collection will be.... :)

Maybe I will post something more about my collection of Vintage Indian fountain pens.... :typing: :cool:

[popcod]

After picking up a NOS stickered Penline in the unusual lady size/lever filler combination, I've finally completed my nickle-plated Nozac Conklin mini-collection. All the patterns in this trim configuration are represented, but still looking for pencils!

L to R:
1. Lady Penline (grey checkered, lever-filler)
2. 5M Penline (grey marble)
3. 5M V-Line (grey)
4. 5M Chevron set (grey)
https://i.imgur.com/RZfoXCa.png

https://i.imgur.com/7XzvwPu.png

https://i.imgur.com/HRujUIh.png

[Lexaf]

Thanks for showing Popcod! The chevron set is awsome. Nozacs are extremely rare to find in Europe.

[usk15]

English Parkers

http://i67.tinypic.com/2s9cgap.jpg

[amk]

That's a nice mini-collection - it encapsulates all the variety of British Parkers in colour and material. (Well, all the variety that doesn't involve marbled celluloid, anyway.) The only thing I'd be tempted to add is one of Parker's gold filled pens - maybe a 61 or 65.

[usk15]

That's a nice mini-collection - it encapsulates all the variety of British Parkers in colour and material. (Well, all the variety that doesn't involve marbled celluloid, anyway.) The only thing I'd be tempted to add is one of Parker's gold filled pens - maybe a 61 or 65.

Thank you! There is room to improve that, and you're right about a gold filled 61/65.

[Lexaf]

http://i67.tinypic.com/2s9cgap.jpg

Nice!!! The yellow pen is awesome.
Let me guess (f.l.t.r):
1= Sonnet flighter, 2= 25 Flighter, 3= ???? Not a Duofold... :noidea:.. 4= Slimfold, 5= UK Duofold, 6= New Duofold Uk edition.

Tell me which were wrong? Tell me about the yellow one :hail:

[usk15]

http://i67.tinypic.com/2s9cgap.jpg

Nice!!! The yellow pen is awesome.
Let me guess (f.l.t.r):
1= Sonnet flighter, 2= 25 Flighter, 3= ???? Not a Duofold... :noidea:.. 4= Slimfold, 5= UK Duofold, 6= New Duofold Uk edition.

Tell me which were wrong? Tell me about the yellow one :hail:


1 - IM
2 - 25
3 - Big Red Frankenpen (check PM)
4 - Slimfold
5 - Duofold Senior
6 - Duofold Centenial MKI

[da vinci]

http://i67.tinypic.com/2s9cgap.jpg

Nice!!! The yellow pen is awesome.
Let me guess (f.l.t.r):
1= Sonnet flighter, 2= 25 Flighter, 3= ???? Not a Duofold... :noidea:.. 4= Slimfold, 5= UK Duofold, 6= New Duofold Uk edition.

Tell me which were wrong? Tell me about the yellow one :hail:


1 - IM
2 - 25
3 - Big Red Frankenpen (check PM)
4 - Slimfold
5 - Duofold Senior
6 - Duofold Centenial MKI

A nice selection. Is number 3 a custom pen. I have seen something similar made by Chris Thompson (although I am not sure if his pens specifically used UK parts.

[grainweevil]

The "Big Red" was a ballpoint and, I think, rollerball, popular in the 1970s. Enterprising folks have found various fountain pen sections to fit it. Off the top of my head I want to say a Cross Solo and the Pilot MR/Metropolitan among them. I believe you can also do something a little more complicated using a 45. Google will no doubt find the details.

usk15 completely defeated me, because nothing I could do would make either a Slimfold or a Duofold Lady look the right length in comparison to a Duofold Junior or Victory MkV. Well, no, because I'd completely forgotten the narrow band on the Senior, which is what I should have been comparing them to. :facepalm:

[usk15]

Indeed, the Big Red is a RB/BP transformed in a FP with Cross Solo section. But...still half English Parker....
:alien:

[Hawk]

The Big Red ball/rollerball pens were given out by companies as advertising with their logos on them. Much nicer than the crap we get now. They used standard Parker cartridges in them so they lasted and hopefully, not a throwawy.

[popcod]

Here's an inadvertent mini-collection that's developed over the course of gathering vintage pens in my white trim focus: a celluloid pattern perhaps best known from 2nd-gen Dorics and UK Valentines/Duofolds. It has has assumed various names in collector circles, including ‘web’, ‘hatch’, ‘shell’, 'candy stripe', and ‘basketweave’:

https://i.imgur.com/k1YSYuO.jpg

L to R:

1. Matador Express (Germany, piston filler)
2. Aurora Selene (Italy, button filler)
3. No-Name (Aurora? Italy? button-filler)
4. Wahl-Eversharp 2nd-Gen Doric OS (USA, plunger filler)
5. Wahl-Eversharp Oxford (USA, twist filler)
6. Big Ben (Denmark, piston filler)
7. Onoto De La Rue 5600 (UK, plunger filler)
8. Mentmore Diploma (UK, button filler)
9. WASP “Clipper” (USA, lever filler)
10. Stephens Leverfil (UK, lever filler)
11. Stylomine 303 (France, accordion filler)
12. Parker Televisor (Canada, button filler)
13. Moore (USA, lever filler)
14. Edacoto (France, lever filler)
15. Mabie Todd/Swan Swallow (USA, lever filler)

[Lexaf]

A great post for reference! Thank you.

[amk]

Wow, those are lovely. It's interesting how the Aurora and its companion stand out as really rich colour compared to the relative reticence of most of the others.

I see quite a lot of Valentines in the candystripe pattern - is that how Parker got it into the bloodstream, with their acquisition of Valentine?

[popcod]

I'm largely limited to shades of gray, sadly, owing to my focus on pens with white trim. Most of the more colorful webbed patterns were only available with gold trim. There are some nice subtleties, however, like the Onoto that appears grey webbed but is actually blue on closer scrutiny.

I can't pretend to be a Parker expert, but that certainly sounds like a plausible theory to me concerning the candystripe plastics.

[christof]

Thanks to all for keeping the tread alive! Here comes a very mini-collection of green Pelikan:

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4744/40323649501_65ec30f2fe_c.jpg

Christof

[Hawk]

Three Wahl-Eversharp Desk Pens:

[FredRydr]

A few more in my ray celluloid collection. I just added a Swiss FP/MP set, and a French FP. To be honest, I've lost track of what's there and I really must inventory this drawer.


39870

[popcod]

It's stunning to see all those all together, Fred. I never knew that so many different companies offered this pattern. A truly impressive spread.

I posted this elsewhere, but with an eye to reviving this thread, here is Waterman's share in my celluloid-white trim mini-collection:

https://i.imgur.com/ojqLMcp.png

3V (Claret)
32A-V set (red/green)
Military Clip (brown/red)
Thorobred (brown/red)
Thorobred set (grey/red)
32 set (Jet)
3 set (Black Pearl)
32 set (Steel Quartz)
3 (Green Pearl, stickered)
32 (Mahogany)
92 (Green & Bronze, reverse trim)


https://i.imgur.com/ALewIZV.png

5 (Jet, Purple nib)
94 (Blue/cream)
94 set (Grey/red fleck)
Patrician in rough shape (Nacre)
Lady Patricia Ink Vue (Sunset)
Lady Patricia Ink Vue (Mist)
Ink Vue (Silver Ray)
Ink Vue (Jet)
Unidentified (Jet)
Unidentified (red)
Glass Cartridge Filler (Grey)
Junior (Green)
Junior (Brown)
Junior (Jet)
Stalwart 354v (Grey, stickered)

[amk]

Holy Moly! I thought I was hooked on ray celluloid... but that's a really bad ray habit! impressive collection!

The most amazing thing is the silver shimmer in the picture. You'd swear some of those pens were sterling.

[christof]

time for a new mini collection!

tortoises:

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1834/44235035071_97c48e7712_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2aoU7Nt)Pelikan Tortoises von -C.M.Z- (https://flic.kr/p/2aoU7Nt)

C.

[FredRydr]

tortoises:
Christof,

Caption, please? Which is what, and when?

Fred

[christof]

of course Fred.

from left to right:

Pelikan 101, 1935
Pelikan 101N, 1937
Pelikan 101N, 1950
Pelikan 100N, 1938
Pelikan 101N, 1950
Pelikan 400, 1950

[amk]

I never even knew the 400 existed in that celluloid! Wow, wow, wow!

[amk]

By the way, someone a few posts back was talking about how nice the Big Red was as an advertising pen... I see quite a lot of Sheaffer Nononsense and Waterman Forum used as advertising pens, too; does anyone collect the publicity pens? I have one or two, but two doesn't quite make a mini-collection.

[christof]

black striped Pelikans:

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1879/29754336697_a827f6b28f_c.jpg

from left to right:
Pelikan 300
Pelikan 500
Pelikan 400
Pelikan 400 Deskpen
Pelikan 400N
Pelikan 500NN
Pelikan 400NN

[popcod]

Sheaffer Balances with white metal trim:

https://i.imgur.com/GCsOKy2.jpg

Lifetime Balances, including the short and stubby model, a Milady Skyboy, and a trio consisting of a Statesman and 2 Premier/OS models in the scarce Grey Pearl marble color


https://i.imgur.com/0XuUReS.jpg

A couple more Lifetime Balances and a handful of long slender models (later called "Craftsman"), including one cherry red Loaner sans loaner imprint


https://i.imgur.com/Audis3O.jpg

Sheaffer Balance Juniors in every available color pattern, including a deluxe Jr. set on the end


https://i.imgur.com/Yy1rH7e.jpg

Canadian Balances (5-30 and 3-25). Were these made in the US, many would be considered examples of "reverse trim." But this trim was actually standard in Canada.

[RWS]

Just to change the direction of this thread a bit, here's a couple of photos of my silver pens

46205
46206

Montblanc 1266
Parker 75
Cross
Yard-o-led Viceroy Barleycorn
Visconti Watermark
Otto Hutt Model 07
Jack Row Mirage

It is noticeable how pens have grown over the years. In my youth I used to think that the Parker 75 was a fairly substantial pen.

Interestingly, the Cross is marked on the cap - CROSS .925 Silver Made in Ireland ATC LTD I didn't remember that Cross had a manufacturing facility in Ireland. Is it still there? Does anybody know what model it is? I only remember it a a Cross fountain pen, before they had different models.

[amk]

That's a nice silver collection and in beautiful shape. How do you look after the pens - silver polish, lacquer? What's the secret? I have only one silver pen, a silver Waterman CF ballpoint, and it's horribly tarnished.

[RWS]

That's a nice silver collection and in beautiful shape. How do you look after the pens - silver polish, lacquer? What's the secret? I have only one silver pen, a silver Waterman CF ballpoint, and it's horribly tarnished.

Thank you.

Is your CF a moire? I love that pattern, I have a gold plated CF moire fountain pen. Lovely to look at, and a good writer. Unfashionably small & slim nowadays though.

46207

I use a silver polishing cloth. Goddards make them, or there are plenty of others. They take a bit of rubbing if they have not been polished for a while. I'm not sure if a polishing cloth will remove serious tarnish, you may have to use a silver polish. I remember my mother using an old toothbrush to get into all the nooks and crannies.

Of course the secret is to use them all avery day, then they never tarnish.

The Jack Row pen is ruthenium plated, which never needs polishing.

[amk]

"The secret is to use then all every day" - I'll admit my guilt there! I will look out for a Goddards cloth and give the pen a rub, hoping (a) to get it shiny and (b) to see if there's a CF genie who will pop out and grant all my wishes.

Yes, I have the moire. Like you, I love that finish.

[penwash]

I happen to take this photo this morning.
It seems to fit this thread.

Diamond Point celluloid mini collection:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47036500124_21a2ca63d2_c.jpg

[Lexaf]

[QUOTE=penwash;264371]
Diamond Point celluloid QUOTE]

Nice mini collection. Just a few weeks ago I sold this one @ e-Bay.

4706047061

If I had known you had these I would have offered it to you. Sorry....

[FredRydr]

I love hard rubber Conklin crescent-fillers because of their 115+ years-old look of obsolescence.

A little "20" is long gone. A "4NL" shattered when it hit the slate floor (I have the parts, but barrels and caps are getting hard to come by). A big "75" went to an eager fellow FPGeek in Maryland. Here's what's left, all of which have EF or F flex nibs. I keep them all because each nib exhibits a subtle variation in character, typical of nibs made that era. I really must let some into rotation again.


47062

L to R: Conklin "4" BHR (ca. 1904), Conklin "3NL" Mottled HR, Conklin "3NL" BHR gold overlay, Conklin "40" BCHR, Conklin "40" BCHR, Conklin "40" clipless BCHR plain gold band, Conklin "4NL" BCHR engraved gold band, Conklin "50" BCHR, Conklin "50" flattop BCHR

[penwash]

[QUOTE=penwash;264371]
Diamond Point celluloid QUOTE]

Nice mini collection. Just a few weeks ago I sold this one @ e-Bay.

4706047061

If I had known you had these I would have offered it to you. Sorry....

Hey Lexaf, that's a good looking DP, thank you for the thought!

[christof]

I can't say how pleased I am that this thread is still alive!

I also got a new pen to contribute a new picture, the new is a Pelikan 400NN in light tortoise celluloid:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/33949821498_e3b3e7681b_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/TJ2H8Y)Pelikan 400NN light tortoise von -C.M.Z- (https://flic.kr/p/TJ2H8Y)

And here's the whole mini collection:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47796700582_00fc1955bd_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2fPCzSw)Pelikan Tortoise/Light Tortoise von -C.M.Z- (https://flic.kr/p/2fPCzSw)

C.

[christof]

I love hard rubber Conklin crescent-fillers because of their 115+ years-old look of obsolescence.


what a cool mini collection Fred!
c.

[christof]

mini collection of pelikan 140:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/46892170894_4912e124b1_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2erGCH5)Pelikan 140 alle Farben und Modelle (https://flic.kr/p/2erGCH5) by C.M.Z (https://www.flickr.com/photos/30169694@N08/), auf Flickr

...took me quite a while to get the Gray one and the desk pen, but light tortoise is still missing.

C.

[christof]

mini collection of Waterman's #52V

https://live.staticflickr.com/7860/46250596085_969774d04d_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2dt1oSr)Waterman's 52V neu (https://flic.kr/p/2dt1oSr) by C.M.Z (https://www.flickr.com/photos/30169694@N08/), auf Flickr

...but the hunt goes on!

Z.

[popcod]

L to R: Conklin "4" BHR (ca. 1904), Conklin "3NL" Mottled HR, Conklin "3NL" BHR gold overlay, Conklin "40" BCHR, Conklin "40" BCHR, Conklin "40" clipless BCHR plain gold band, Conklin "4NL" BCHR engraved gold band, Conklin "50" BCHR, Conklin "50" flattop BCHR

Stunning, Fred. I share your love of these but have also let a 75 go to someone who focused more intently on them. I recently picked up a MHR 3NL identical to yours after searching a long time for one in my price range. Just waiting for a #3 nib to complete it without exceeding that range.


Meanwhile, my Silver Pearl Vac mini-collection has been growing:

https://i.imgur.com/RtggLkm.jpg

From L to R:

1937 Vac Standard Set
1938 Vac Long Major DJ Set
1940 Vac Senior Maxima Set
1944 Vac Major (with stacked coin band)
1946 NOS Vac Major Set
1947 NOS Vac Junior

[christof]

cool!

...and you have all the pencils too! nice.

I have a small selection of silver pearls too, need to take a picture.

c.

[SchaumburgSwan]

Meanwhile, my Silver Pearl Vac mini-collection has been growing:

https://i.imgur.com/RtggLkm.jpg

From L to R:

1937 Vac Standard Set
1938 Vac Long Major DJ Set
1940 Vac Senior Maxima Set
1944 Vac Major (with stacked coin band)
1946 NOS Vac Major Set
1947 NOS Vac Junior

Holla,

that's impressive!

Thanks for presenting.
Jens

[christof]

cool!


I have a small selection of silver pearls too, need to take a picture.

c.

Here we go:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47965878742_2f5439d3e4_o.jpg

from L to R:
1 Parker Vacumatic Debutante (48)
2 Parker Vacumatic Junior (40)
3 Parker Vacumatic Senior Maxima (37)
4 Parker Vacumatic Maxima (42)
5 Parker Vacumatic Junior (36) (Golden Web)*
6 Parker Vacumatic Oversize Set (38)
7 Parker Vacumatic Major (47)
8 Parker Vacumatic Standard (36)

*(...needed to ad a splodge of colour.)

C.

[popcod]

Very nice! Your photos always have such perfect lighting and sharp details, Christof.

I've long been longing for a Vac web myself, but it's the (rebadged Parker) Diamond Medal Silver Web that I'm after. Someday...

[RWS]

Here are my retractable pens.

48170

Lamy Dialog 3 in piano white. Lovely smooth action to the retraction.
Stipula Da Vinci in carbon fibre. Three turns to retract, sort of negates the convenience of a retractable pen.
Pilot VP from the 1970s. We all know and love these.
Montblanc 1912 I don't see why this needs to be retractable if it has a cap, but who am I to question the great MB?

48171

Just looking for an affordable Visconti Pininfarina. Are there any more that I have missed?

[catbert]

Here are my retractable pens.

... Are there any more that I have missed?

This appears to be somewhat retractable.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRQUf6BBIGw

[christof]

Here are my retractable pens.
Are there any more that I have missed?


...some vintage ones like Météore Pullman ( France ) ans Aurora Asterope (Italy).
C.

PS: your Pilot is super cool!

[RWS]

Here are my retractable pens.
Are there any more that I have missed?



PS: your Pilot is super cool!

Just showing my ignorance - what makes it super cool? It's just a pen that I have had for a few (40) years.

[RWS]

Here are my retractable pens.

... Are there any more that I have missed?

This appears to be somewhat retractable.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRQUf6BBIGw

That looks interesting. A bit hand made and esoteric, which I like.

The search begins...

[SIR]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRQUf6BBIGw

Pretty smart.

[penwash]

Here are my retractable pens.

Lamy Dialog 3 in piano white. Lovely smooth action to the retraction.
Stipula Da Vinci in carbon fibre. Three turns to retract, sort of negates the convenience of a retractable pen.
Pilot VP from the 1970s. We all know and love these.
Montblanc 1912 I don't see why this needs to be retractable if it has a cap, but who am I to question the great MB?

Just looking for an affordable Visconti Pininfarina. Are there any more that I have missed?

How about vintage "safety" pens, there are at least two designs: 1) Waterman's "helical" design and 2) Moore's "sleeve" design.

[christof]

Here are my retractable pens.
Are there any more that I have missed?



PS: your Pilot is super cool!

Just showing my ignorance - what makes it super cool? It's just a pen that I have had for a few (40) years.



Your capless is a relatively short lived model from 1973. It has already the new shape but is still made of aluminium.
do you know the site of Carmen Rivera? It's fantastic and there is the whole history of all capless models documented:

http://carmenriverapens.com/Vanishing_Point_images/73DecRet.htm

c.

[RWS]

Hello Christof,

Thank you for happily passing half an hour of my time, looking at the Carmen Rivera website.

So much to learn, so many pens to look at.

[RWS]

The postman has just been, so here's my augmented collection of retractable pens

48410

48411

Stypen Up
Stipula Da Vinci
Lamy Dialog 3
Piedimonte GB 1 Ebonite & copper
Pilot VP
Montblanc 1912

Please does anybody know of a convertor to fit the Stypen Up? I have tried a short convertor from a Kaweco Sport, which fits for length but doesn't seal - it rattles around inside the pen.

[RWS]

And here's a mini collection of Pens that Need to be Polished

48461

48462

Namisu Nova copper
Milim Pro bronze
Kaweco Brass sport
Piedimonte GB 1 Ebonite & copper

[RWS]

Now another mini collection of just four Pens whose cap doesn't cover the section.

48811
48812

The Right Choice Painting Co TiLiner Titanium
Jinhao Shark
Venvstas Magna
Muji Aluminium

Any others?

[catbert]

Now another mini collection of just four Pens whose cap doesn't cover the section.

The Right Choice Painting Co TiLiner Titanium
Jinhao Shark
Venvstas Magna
Muji Aluminium

Any others?

Pilot Plumix
Franklin-Christoph Model 25?

[RWS]

Thank you Catbert.

I was going to look at the F-C pens at the San Francisco Pen Show later this month. I have a feeling that is going to be a slightly expensive day.

[catbert]

Thank you Catbert.

I was going to look at the F-C pens at the San Francisco Pen Show later this month. I have a feeling that is going to be a slightly expensive day.

The design of the Model 25 intrigues me but I think it's one I'd have to try before buying.

Another short-cap model:

Namisu Orion (https://www.namisu.com/collections/orion)

[RWS]

Gosh, Catbert, your knowledge is very wide and deep.

Thank you.

[catbert]

Gosh, Catbert, your knowledge is very wide and deep.

Thank you.

Sadly it's just a case of your mini collection intersecting my interest in technical pens or pens that resemble them.

Another example, new to me: Pelikan th.INK (https://www.pelikan-collectibles.com/en/Pelikan/Models/Cartridge-filler/School-youngsters-fp/index.html#heading_toc_j_13)

[christof]

mini collection of pocket pens:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48742081233_552ec9a9ef_o.jpg

Pilot M90
Sheaffer's Tuckaway
Kaweco Sport
Parker Duofold
Waterman's 52V
Pilot Elite

C.

[RWS]

It's a quiet afternoon in Chester, so here's an easy quiz for you.

What connects this mini collection?

5005650057

[RWS]

Well, it's either too hard for you all, but I don't believe that, or too easy.

They all bear a number representing a height.

Mont Blanc 4810 Metres
Platinum Mount Fuji 3776 Metres
Colorado Pen Co 5280 Height of Denver in feet

[azkid]

Nice. I had no idea what the pens even were lol

[RWS]

Hello Azkid,

I have just noticed your location!
Is it true that Denver is a mile high (5280 feet) above sea level?

[azkid]

Absolutely true! At least a few spots like the steps of the Capitol...

https://www.denver.org/blog/post/only-in-denver-mile-high-markers/

Of course there's all sorts of variation in the area. I'm on the south end of the metro area at 5519 ft ASL.

[popcod]

A shot comparing complete sets of Waterman Juniors and Eversharp Oxfords, both from the mid/late-1930s. I was intrigued to discover that both models shared the same range of colors:

https://i.imgur.com/GyWfUSH.jpg

[christof]

... I was intrigued to discover that both models shared the same range of colors...


...and shape! This is a very interesting comparions. Thanks for sharing.
C.

[popcod]

BCHR pens from America with NPT. None is too uncommon, but it took quite some time to find squeaky clean examples:

https://i.imgur.com/72uaUzK.jpg

From L to R:

1. c.1905–10 Waterman #52
2. 1920s Aikin Lambert Capitol Cabinet
3. c.1915 A.A. Waterman Twist Filler
4. c.1916 Parker Jack-Knife Safety #20 1/2
5. c.1916 Parker Jack-Knife Safety #20
6. c.1913 Sheaffer-Clip #3A
7. c.1923-7 Sheaffer #2
8. c.1921-2 Wahl Tempoint #72

https://i.imgur.com/ZBiAfXB.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Z1u4dUv.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Nm8ft5Q.jpg

[christof]

What a cool mini-collection, congrats and thanks for sharing with us.
c.

ps: I specially like the guilloche of the Sheaffer‘s #2!

[RWS]

There's a storm raging outside in the UK today, travel is discouraged, so I thought that I would share my mini-collection that I call "Pens whose makers I have met"


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Jack Row Mirage Sterling silver
Jack Row Canterbury Bronze
Ryan Kusak Legend Hand painted on antler - San Francisco Pen Show 2019
Matthew Martin Zirconium pen San Francisco Pen Show 2019
John Twiss Tiffany Casein with snake roll stop Chester Pen Show 2019
Bryan Lucas Worcester Pen Co Select in red delrin with gecko roll stop Chester Pen Show 2019
William Shakour Titan in taw titanium colour London Pen Show October 2019

[Chrissy]

There's a storm raging outside in the UK today, travel is discouraged, so I thought that I would share my mini-collection that I call "Pens whose makers I have met"


What unusual pens you have there. And WOW what a storm Ciara turned out to be. We lost 3 fence panels yesterday and have never lost any before!

[Fermata]

There's a storm raging outside in the UK today, travel is discouraged, so I thought that I would share my mini-collection that I call "Pens whose makers I have met"


52016

52017

Jack Row Mirage Sterling silver
Jack Row Canterbury Bronze
Ryan Kusak Legend Hand painted on antler - San Francisco Pen Show 2019
Matthew Martin Zirconium pen San Francisco Pen Show 2019
John Twiss Tiffany Casein with snake roll stop Chester Pen Show 2019
Bryan Lucas Worcester Pen Co Select in red delrin with gecko roll stop Chester Pen Show 2019
William Shakour Titan in taw titanium colour London Pen Show October 2019

I am a real fan of Jack Row, his work is of the highest quality,

https://www.jackrow.com/

[RWS]

And he is such a pleasant, unassuming young man. A privilege to do business with him.

I am not so sure about his more expensive "Architect" and "Jaali" pens, a bit blingy for me, but he obviously knows his target market.

[amk]

I love that Twiss pen. John Twiss always seems to find such gorgeous materials, old French celluloids for instance. I regret not buying one of those pens when I met him at Cambridge pen show... I got a second hand Twiss pen a bit later but it's not quite as lovely as RWS's.

[penwash]

And he is such a pleasant, unassuming young man. A privilege to do business with him.

I am not so sure about his more expensive "Architect" and "Jaali" pens, a bit blingy for me, but he obviously knows his target market.

I am in agreement with you, having visited the website, I would have picked the Mirage also.

[christof]

current collection of Parker 61:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49569197287_8e6287252e_o.jpg

C.

[christof]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49748875573_d13cf0d4ca_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iN8Zu2)Pilot Pocket Pens von -C.M.Z- (https://flic.kr/p/2iN8Zu2)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49750018797_bba564af97_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iNeRjM)Pilot Pocket Pens _ von -C.M.Z- (https://flic.kr/p/2iNeRjM)

Pilot Elite Pocket Pen Sterling Silver 1975
Pilot Myu, black stripes, 70'er Jahre
Pilot Myu 701, 1980
Pilot Elite Pocket Pen 1985
Pilot M90 2008

C.

[azkid]

Those are gorgeous pens!

[RWS]

It's all gone a bit quiet here, so here's a mini collection of wood or woodish pens.

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Bamboo Calligraphy pen from Andy's Pens
Unknown wood pen. I can't remember anything about it, but it is probably from the 1970s or 1980s
Pilot Custom Grandee Briar wood ?
Desiderata Soubriquet Dymalux
Graf von Faber Castell Pernambucco
Wenge pen with Sheaffer section from Przemyslaw Marcinski in Poland
Yew wood kit pen from the 1980s

[catbert]

Some yellow pens for spring.

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[RWS]

The post man came this morning with my latest purchase, and I couldn't resist a quick mini collection of cylinders.


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Tombow carbon fibre
Venvstas Magna carbon fibre
The Silver Factory Hammered silver
Milimpro Bronze
Charles Lethaby Lighting Ion
Right Choice Painting Co Ti-liner
John Sanderson Brown dragon scales

[catbert]

Obliques.

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Clockwise from top: Kaweco Dia 805 OEF, Kaweco Schulfüller SM (=OM), Pelikan P1 OM, Montblanc 142 'O' (writes OM to OB), Pelikan P25 OB, Fend Norma OBB

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Left to right: Fend OBB, Pelikan OB, Montblanc O, Pelikan OM, Kaweco SM, Kaweco OEF

[christof]

nice collection!

[christof]

OMAS TOKYO
all five colors:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49834613426_4ddfa619cd_o.jpg

[amk]

Those are just so lovely. Why did the Italians go the Way of Bling, when they're capable of making such simple, modernist classics as the Omas Tokyo and the original Aurora 88?

Such lovely orange and green too - what do you call that green? Not bright enough for lime or pistachio and not quite dark enough for olive.

How long did it take you to get the set?

[christof]

The colors are called:

Persimmon Orange
Lychee Green
Viridian Green
Venetian Blue
Classic Black

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49834089838_c29314a724_o.jpg

During more that ten years I was tempted to buy the one and other pen, but I only bought them now, when I got the unique oportunity to buy them all at the same time.

[catbert]

nice collection!

Thanks, Christof. That means a lot coming from you!

Started by accident — there was a period when it seemed like every other vintage German pen I acquired had an oblique nib.

[christof]

wrong thread. sorry.

[christof]

Parker Fligher Mini collection:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49967250078_e8cc657ed5_o.jpg

C.

[christof]

Rotring Altro Mini Collection:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49905093912_c38205c053_o.jpg

C.

[catbert]

According to some retailers, today is national ballpoint pen day, though it doesn't seem to correspond to the date of Biro's patent (https://patents.google.com/patent/US2390636A/en).

To mark the occasion, a few accidental acquisitions (parts of sets)
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Kaweco, Omas, Waterman



and a few deliberate ones.
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Caran d'Ache + Paul Smith 849, editions 1, 2 and 3

[RWS]

I have had a bit of a purple patch recently,

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Then I realised that the seven pens were made in seven different countries.

Applied Pens, Wales
Den's Pens, England
Tombow, Japan
Franklin Christoph, USA
Santini, Italy
Lamy, Germany
Garcia Deschacht, Belgium

[brandonh]

Here is my favorite mini collection, my textured Lamy Safaris.

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