What is your latest pen acquisition?

[KrazyIvan]

Onoto 1201 plunger filler just arrived

[TAYLORPUPPY]

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[tandaina]

What are these? They look very nice!

The shape is inspired by early Pelikan pens, but the black ones are Bexley Poseidon Magnums, and the rest are Bexley Poseidon Magnum II's. The latter are piston fillers (in fact, I see that I left the piston extended on the third and the last ones). These are different from the regular Poseidon Magnum II's. They were special runs bought direct from Bexley on Ebay. Seller id is bexlevy. Please feel free to outbid me on the ones I don't have. Please outbid me. Except on the ones I've changed, the nibs are steel JoWo nibs. They're nice writers when the nibs are properly adjusted.

What size are the nibs, easy to swap?

[writingrav]

What are these? They look very nice!

The shape is inspired by early Pelikan pens, but the black ones are Bexley Poseidon Magnums, and the rest are Bexley Poseidon Magnum II's. The latter are piston fillers (in fact, I see that I left the piston extended on the third and the last ones). These are different from the regular Poseidon Magnum II's. They were special runs bought direct from Bexley on Ebay. Seller id is bexlevy. Please feel free to outbid me on the ones I don't have. Please outbid me. Except on the ones I've changed, the nibs are steel JoWo nibs. They're nice writers when the nibs are properly adjusted.

Thanks to an earlier post you put up about these pens Mike, I now have one also. The Magnum II. I like it very much and the broad nib was fine right out of the box. Thanks! Sorry I can't help keep you from the rest.

[carlc]

[Cob]

Crikey! That looks a bit posh Carl! How is it?

Cob

[carlc]

I haven't inked it yet but it's heavy. Oddly Franklin Cristoph pens aren't that expensive considering the way they look. I actually bought it for the nib - it's the only time a Masuyama stub has turned up for sale in the UK at a price I can afford.

[Cob]

I haven't inked it yet but it's heavy. Oddly Franklin Cristoph pens aren't that expensive considering the way they look. I actually bought it for the nib - it's the only time a Masuyama stub has turned up for sale in the UK at a price I can afford.

Good point: why are modern pens so heavy?

Cob

[mhosea]

What are these? They look very nice!

The shape is inspired by early Pelikan pens, but the black ones are Bexley Poseidon Magnums, and the rest are Bexley Poseidon Magnum II's. The latter are piston fillers (in fact, I see that I left the piston extended on the third and the last ones). These are different from the regular Poseidon Magnum II's. They were special runs bought direct from Bexley on Ebay. Seller id is bexlevy. Please feel free to outbid me on the ones I don't have. Please outbid me. Except on the ones I've changed, the nibs are steel JoWo nibs. They're nice writers when the nibs are properly adjusted.

What size are the nibs, easy to swap?

#6 and yes. Bexley uses a thread-in unit but different from one Edison uses. It looks like this

http://www.peytonstreetpens.com/refi...-feed-new.html

These will work in a piston filler directly, but obviously the last little bit of ink would be inaccessible because of the piercing tube. Even Bexley adapts these for piston use simply by removing the nib and feed from the holder and drilling out the piercing tube. This can be done easily in 2 steps just by drilling with the drill bits in-hand--no power tools needed. I recommend using a smaller drill bit first to make a well centered hole where the piercing tube used to be, and then a larger drill bit, one that still fits very easily inside the collar without cutting into the walls at all. Bexley also lops off the little tail of the feed that went in the piercing tube, but there is no functional reason to do so--it is that you might easily break it off, anyway, with rough handling, as it is fragile without the piercing tube to protect it.

You can buy a B already set up for piston use from isellpens.com

http://www.isellpens.com/product-p/bex-pistonnib-.htm

And of course you can swap in any of the standard #6 steel nibs (e.g. Goulet, Anderson, Knox, ...). I do have some #6 gold nibs (which require a slight feed adjustment involving just-boiled water when switching from steel to gold), a few of them Bexley branded, one plain one from Meisternibs (which required the aforementioned feed adjustment when replacing a steel nib). I also have one of those "Only One Creations" 14K B nibs from Peyton Street Pens enroute. Pen turner Scott Meyer passed away last year, and Teri apparently purchased his remaining stock of gold nibs.

[mhosea]

Good point: why are modern pens so heavy?

The marketing geniuses think light == cheap in the minds of consumers.

[carlc]

To be fair this one's made out of metal so weight was always going to be an issue but it goes seem to have more heft than a carene for instance.

I'll do a review when I've got time and get some actual numbers.

[KBeezie]

To be fair this one's made out of metal so weight was always going to be an issue but it goes seem to have more heft than a carene for instance.

I'll do a review when I've got time and get some actual numbers.

I've seen metal pens made rather light for what it is. It's the brass ones that seem to add additional weight.

[carlc]

I've just looked it up, it weighs just under 47g/1.65oz

[Cob]

Good point: why are modern pens so heavy?

The marketing geniuses think light == cheap in the minds of consumers.

How tragic that is; one would hope that said marketeers and consumers would appreciate the delicacy e.g. of my Mabie Todd & Bard eye dropper still good after 110 + years.

Cob

[Cob]

I've just looked it up, it weighs just under 47g/1.65oz

Crikey that's a weight: I sold two Swans the other day to America: wrapped in bubble wrap and then cardboard and packed with a letter on decent paper in a sturdy padded envelope, the total weight was less than that!.

Cob

[migo984]

I've just received a 1929 A.J. Barker BCHR lever-fill pen, in really top-notch condition, with a wonderful 14k nib. I like unusual pens and I hadn't heard of this brand before. There is very little known about this pen. There is no mention on Binder's site that I could find. SpeerBob (the seller) and David Nishimura speculated that it was made for Barker by John Holland - possibly. A.J. Barker were a pharmacy/chemist/stationers shop in Taunton, Mass, established in the latter part of the 19thC. The pen is actually really well made; likely not a cheap "giveaway" at the time. It came in its original box, very tatty inside but it's great nonetheless.

The company (in its latest incarnation) is still in existence and a descendent of the original chemist who worked for Barker's is still with them, so I'll maybe contact them to see if they have any further info. In the meanwhile if anyone knows more about these pens, I'd love to hear further.

[Cob]

That's a beauty Migo, in lovely order. and as you say, does not look like a cheap pen.

I look forward to hearing the outcome of your researches.

Cob

[carlc]

Migo

That is indeed a beauty. I like the case too.

[jde]

I need to stop. No seriously. Green on Green and Gold Bamboo arrived today.

I've been watching those, and tempted by more than one! I rather like that Gold Bamboo. Great deals, Mike. Congratulations.

[mhosea]

Thanks to an earlier post you put up about these pens Mike, I now have one also. The Magnum II. I like it very much and the broad nib was fine right out of the box. Thanks! Sorry I can't help keep you from the rest.

Thanks for your help. I guess I'll just have to control myself. Howard isn't making it easy, however, as instead of selling out, he's made more in some of the colors, though truth be told, I have the colors that most interested me, and more still.

I've been watching those, and tempted by more than one! I rather like that Gold Bamboo. Great deals, Mike. Congratulations.

I like the Gold Bamboo more than I expected to. My favorite is the Blue Bamboo, but apart from that, I'm partial to the "pearl" finishes. The Red Pearl, to me, is stunning, and I don't think the picture did the Green-on-Green Pearl justice--too much blue in the photo I posted. I was surprised how much I like the Purple Swirl one--the purple swirls are translucent.