mini collections...

[catbert]

Monochrome Esterbrooks.

[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.

[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!

[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:



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



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. Vera20170321_205354.jpg20170321_205458.jpg

[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]

"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:



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

[usk15]

Push cap ballpoint pens:

[catbert]

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

[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!

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:



It's still growing...

[christof]

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



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

[amk]

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