Those tiny little details
I was just looking at an M200 on my desk and thought; isn't it wonderful, how the clip turns up at the end just where it gets wider? It's so cheeky and it's the only detail on the entire pen that isn't rounded and symmetrical.
And on my Lamy 2000 I love the way 'LAMY' is engraved on the side of the clip, so you have to know where it is to see it. It's the reverse of bling. And it just fills up the available space.
So what are your favourite little details?
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I have a Tactile Turn Mover Stainless Steel Ballpoint, and the name/logo is printed on the back of the clip, along with the year production, mine is 2018. I like that!
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Ubiquitous Sheaffer white dots? They're hidden on the bottom of the plunger knobs.
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...So what are your favourite little details?
Brand logos on cap tops! I love them all...
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...0e50a5f9_z.jpg
I am also fascinated by unusual clips, and specially those that are exceptionally functional
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...16fe16c2_z.jpg
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Christof, If you have an extra top jewel for that maroon M250, I could help reduce your clutter of pen parts.
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Christof, If you have an extra top jewel for that maroon M250, I could help reduce your clutter of pen arts.
I'm sorry Fred...
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The way the translucent section extends past the nib collar allowing ambered light to shine onto the nib…I’ve always wanted to believe it was a deliberate design decision.
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The way the translucent section extends past the nib collar allowing ambered light to shine onto the nib…I’ve always wanted to believe it was a deliberate design decision.
Yes. I would like to believe it was deliberate too (but I doubt it).
I found this Kaweco Sport 712 on the bay for $20. It's pristine, and never been used as far as I can tell. Some GI trophy that got shoved in a box for 60 years. The piston shaft has disintegrated, and the cork crumbled immediately, but the translucent celluloid section unscrewed like it had just been assembled.
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I found this Kaweco Sport 712 on the bay for $20. It's pristine, and never been used as far as I can tell. Some GI trophy that got shoved in a box for 60 years. The piston shaft has disintegrated, and the cork crumbled immediately, but the translucent celluloid section unscrewed like it had just been assembled.
Those tiny details...
Can you fix it dneal? :)
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I found this Kaweco Sport 712 on the bay for $20. It's pristine, and never been used as far as I can tell. Some GI trophy that got shoved in a box for 60 years. The piston shaft has disintegrated, and the cork crumbled immediately, but the translucent celluloid section unscrewed like it had just been assembled.
Those tiny details...
Can you fix it dneal? :)
No, unfortunately. I have another shaft, but the same environment that caused disintegration of the old one also made the barrel extremely brittle / fragile.
It's a shame, because it's a snapshot of time and an essentially NOS example of a very uncommon model. The chevrons are impeccable. The original markings on the cap are like new.
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But I believe it's war-time production. It has one of those steel / gold washed IA-40 labeled nibs (I think one I sent you does also). It works, but their gold nibs are better.
People want to complain about today's quality control? Look at this feed. Again, I assume unused and from the factory.
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There are probably hundreds of little details that I obsess over, but to name one: the rolling ball clips on Montegrappa, Omas and other Italian brands.
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the clip of the AURORA 88K
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...2c4662f4_b.jpg
I am in love with this detail...
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The little detail I love on the original 88s is the tiny ebonite button hiding the screw at the top of the blind cap. You'd never know it was there unless you'd had to disassemble a pen :-)
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The little detail I love on the original 88s is the tiny ebonite button hiding the screw at the top of the blind cap. You'd never know it was there unless you'd had to disassemble a pen :-)
I know what you mean:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f6c21842_b.jpg
the tiny disc actually is a color code for nib size and flexibility.
https://www.penexchange.de/forum_neu....php?id=120465
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I have a Tactile Turn Mover Stainless Steel Ballpoint, and the name/logo is printed on the back of the clip, along with the year production, mine is 2018. I like that!
In a similar vein, the date codes on Pilot nibs are my favorite tiny detail. I love that Pilot puts the month and year of manufacture on their nibs (even on cheaper pens like the 78G and Metropolitan) more that I should. I mean I've purchased used Pilots just because of the date code on the nib. :crazy: It is nice when I use older Pilots to think what was happening in that month and year; what I and other family members were doing then.
I know other brands have dated their pens with codes of different sorts, but I think Pilot does it best. :)
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Lamy made the 'Art Deco styled' Persona from 1990-2000. Mine is a 1990, in it don't have the tiny dot to keep the cap from rolling off the desk. The clip has to be pressed down to open up to capture a shirt pocket. Consiering how heavy that pen is....it needed to capture that shirt pocket very tigntly.
https://i.imgur.com/MAXrkr7.jpg
The Improium was designed by the same designer, but took some twenty years after Lamy ceased making the Persona to appear. It has a regular clip.
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I suppose this goes beyond "tiny" but the variety of Lamy's clips is one of my favorite things in this hobby.
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Wow, I had never noticed till I saw that photo how the Persona clip reflects the ribbed texture of the section. That really is a gorgeous pen. Looks like a nice nib too.
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