What is your latest pen acquisition?

[fqgouvea]

Found this one at a local antique store: Edward Todd vest pocket pen, 16K gold plated, semiflex nib. It's about three and a half inches capped, and it works. Also found a brass-and-wood roller blotter. Worthwhile expedition!

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[Cob]

Hi y'all. Noob here, jumping in for first real post! I made my first fountain pen raid on our local flea market and came away with several goodies. 3 Sheaffers, I think the ones called school pens, that use cartridges. 2 pens called Vue-Alls, with a transparent middle and a pump or piston thingie in the back end to draw up ink, kind of like a built in converter, and one marked National which looks like old celluloid and has a 14k nib!

They are all happily soaking in nice cool water, periodically changed, and already (after just a few hours) look much healthier. The National's piston was stuck but is moving some now.

I'm trying to post a pic but flickr isn't cooperating. Stay tuned; I'll keep trying.

ETa--I figured it out; just post the bb code. Derp.

flea market fps1 by dixiehellcat, on Flickr

I hope that none of those pens have black hard rubber sections. If they do and are in the water then soon they will no longer be black: they'll be olive green, grey or brown or any combination of those.

Cob

[Hawk]

Cob, good info. and a reminder for all of us. I would tend to focus on the soaking to get rid of the dried up ink and not the material of the pen.

[Cob]

Cob, good info. and a reminder for all of us. I would tend to focus on the soaking to get rid of the dried up ink and not the material of the pen.

I never soak black hard rubber for the reasons I gave above. Therefore, old Onotos for example cannot be soaked, so I clean the barrels internally with a barrel brush.

Nibs, feeds and Celluloid caps and barrels go into the ultrasonic cleaner; sections I clean internally either with cotton wool buds or for the small ones, pipe cleaners.

I have had no trouble with Celluloid, but of course the effect of water on casein is disastrous. I once wrecked a Mentmore cap... Luckily for me Mabie Todd and Croxley never used casein - and neither did Onoto!

Cob

[KrazyIvan]

Keep in mind that color changes of hard rubber are the least of your worries. If the parts swell, well, they might get back to the original shape after drying a few days.

[Dragonmaster Lou]

Finally got my Pilot Custom 823. I got it when it was on sale, but unfortunately the sale was going to end while I was going to be out of town on vacation. I had it shipped to a relative's house while I was away and I finally was able to get together with said relative and get my hands on the pen.

Damn... that thing is a smooooooth writer (got a medium nib on it). It's my first gold nib pen and, though the steel nibs still feel okay, there seems to be quite the noticeable difference that gold makes that I quite can't put my finger on.

[Ian]

I saw these at the DC show, but they were too expensive. I checked Rakuten and found a much better deal.
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I got the black bamboo in Fine and the Cherry in medium. I really like the feel of the wood.

[Josephtibbetts]

The Nakaya Piccolo that was for sale here in the forsale section

[earthdawn]

The Nakaya Piccolo that was for sale here in the forsale section

That was a great deal to grab.

Just a tad to small for my big hands.

Congrats !!!

[Josephtibbetts]

The Nakaya Piccolo that was for sale here in the forsale section

That was a great deal to grab.

Just a tad to small for my big hands.




Congrats !!!

Thank you much

[Cob]

A c.1933 Mabie Todd Swan rolled-gold leverless.

This one was in a terrible state, the leverless filling mechanism having rusted away and with a bent nib (as usual!). The repair wasn't made easier by the fact that this pen is narrower than the contemporary L200/205 series from which I had to obtain my spares. Anyway it works now and the nib is the proverbial "noodler."

Cob

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[Josephtibbetts]

Today... Edison Collier 2015 limited edition... xD I'm a sucker for Edison anyways, my first "expensive" pen. So I want to see what number I got.

[Silverbreeze]

Today... Edison Collier 2015 limited edition... xD I'm a sucker for Edison anyways, my first "expensive" pen. So I want to see what number I got.

First Edison???

[Josephtibbetts]

Today... Edison Collier 2015 limited edition... xD I'm a sucker for Edison anyways, my first "expensive" pen. So I want to see what number I got.

First Edison???

My third My first Edison was the 2014 fall harvest pen. Then a Collier in Persimmon swirl, and now this little beauty.

[Silverbreeze]

Massdropped in my mailbox

XF nib

[Hawk]

Cob, very nice Mabie Todd. You seem to find some neat pens.

[Cob]

Thanks.

Well I spend too much time in front of this laptop, and then when they arrive...

Cob

[Hawk]

You have a neat laptop. Pens just jump out of the screen (or printer). I have to look for pens and spend money in order to get mine.

[carlos.q]

I just received this minty M805 (with a sweet M nib) that I promptly filled with Edelstein Topaz. Yes, I know, the nib is not the original but… I really prefer this two color nib and… did I mention I bought this pen at an awesome price?

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[Cob]

You have a neat laptop. Pens just jump out of the screen (or printer). I have to look for pens and spend money in order to get mine.

Very good!

C.