Gorgeous Pelikan!!
Last night a pair of Nemosine Singularity pens arrived. I bought them on close out ($8 each) as I had been wanting to try one for awhile anyway.
The black one has a 0.6mm stub and the brown is an EF.
Gorgeous Pelikan!!
Last night a pair of Nemosine Singularity pens arrived. I bought them on close out ($8 each) as I had been wanting to try one for awhile anyway.
The black one has a 0.6mm stub and the brown is an EF.
Last edited by azkid; September 28th, 2019 at 09:17 AM.
Lady Onogaro (September 30th, 2019)
If the Carène is being overlooked, that's a shame. It's a beautiful pen, and both the design and the nib are off the beaten track. I own the gunmetal version, and I love it. The medium nib I have is very broad and reasonably wet, though I have to admit it wasn't perfect upon reception. A quick round of micromesh took care of that.
„Nur wer erwachsen wird und ein Kind bleibt, ist ein Mensch.“ — Erich Kästner
An onoto fountain pen numbr 14 with side lever. I have not recieved it yet so looking forward to it.
donpack
A 2018 SE Parker Sonnet - the Stratum. It has a beautiful engraved/etched cap - and the 18K nib is a surprisingly good. Fortunately I was able to try it out in store - it's a wet writer, a little springy and is pretty good. The Parker Convertor also seems to have had a redesign from the previous models - slimmer in some way and holds more ink. So far, it's kept a constant ink flow and worked. The balance is also pretty good when posted. So, that's my EDC sorted for the next couple of years. I already had an older one in steel, which is much drier. I love 18K nibs.
I picked it up in the John Lewis sale - it was half price, and then I got a further 20% off, so I bought it for £95, instead of the £246 list price.
Lady Onogaro (September 30th, 2019)
Not my most recent acquisition as I ordered this back at the start of May - But it finally arrived today
A large Eboya Houga Shinka with a wet Medium Fine nib
The Ebonite is polished to a very rich shine. but when you look closely the blue pops through the reflection of lights
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amk (October 3rd, 2019), azkid (October 2nd, 2019), jodylud (October 11th, 2019), Lady Onogaro (October 6th, 2019)
Here are a couple of rogh and ready phone pictures of the pen I bought today at the London Pen Show. John Twiss makes brilliant pens and this clipless gem in a blue lizard skin cellulose is just lovely. One can write so effortlessly that it makes my old mantra of "From heart to hand to paper" achievable.
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PS proper photographs in a few days
PPS ink blots for scale...
Some days, it's hardly worth chewing through the leather straps....
amk (October 14th, 2019), azkid (October 6th, 2019), Cob (October 8th, 2019), Deb (October 6th, 2019), Lady Onogaro (October 6th, 2019)
This one arrived yesterday. A 1920s Mabie Todd New York Swan self filler in rolled gold overlay. No brassing at at all - astonishing at 90+ years of age. There is a tiny mark i=on the filler lever and a name nicely engraved on the barrel. The nib is a typical classic MT NY job...
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Rgds
Cob
Vive les chevaliers! A bas les têtes rondes!
That's a glorious pen, Cob!
Cob (October 9th, 2019)
I've been waiting for this one for a long time: 1st generation, West German M800 with a 14C fine nib...
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I just got my first Conway Stewart a 27. Needs a bit of work though
Nice hatched pattern. Conway Stewarts are easy to work on.
I have admired Twiss Pens for a while but there a couple of things holding me back.
There is what appears to be quite a big step down between the barrel and the cap threads, is it noticable in use.
I have bought similar pens from other makers in the past and found that the performance of the nib is quite ordinary, in one case it was poor. Is a Twiss pen all about the looks or is there some performance and personality behind the pretty face?
The material is cellulose acetate, this is taken from the Twiss website
This material is becoming increasingly rare It was made around the 1930's/40's in LeMan, France. It was originally made for the likes of Parker, Waterman, Conway Stewart etc. This vintage Cellulose Acetate is made in strips approximately 1 inch wide and spiral wrapped around a mandrel
FredRydr (October 11th, 2019)
I just rec’d a Visconti Black Pentagon, and a Visconti Classic Series, Pearl Green, Both Fountain Pens.....
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Mike
Visconti Last Lira aka Luigi Einaudi #63 of 975, Stipula Yellow Da Vinci Carbon Fiber T, Stipula Model T, Vintage Fountain Pens, Delta Amerigo Vespucci LE, Pelikan Special Edition Sahara F/P, TWSBI Micarta, Danitrio Mikado, Genkai, Nakaya Decapod Cigar, Watley in Woodgrain, Marlen Yellow Liberty LE, Santa FE Style Custom "51" made by Ralph Prather, president New Mexico Pen Collector's Club.
German Bohler 9 with a flexy nib and a Montblanc 344G with an OBB flex nib
Beautiful.
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