What is your latest pen acquisition?

[titrisol]

Faber Castell Basic - Carbon Fiber F
Hefty and well balanced

[Jerome Tarshis]

Parker 75 Custom, with a burgundy barrel. The gold cap and dark red barrel echo the color scheme of what is (for now) my favorite among my pens, a Parker 51 Aero Demi, also Custom. Gold cap and red barrel seem to make a good combination for me.

Still, two examples may be enough. I am reluctant to make gold and red the obsessive focus of a sub-collection. Others would no doubt advise me, "Go for it."

[Cob]

I have always thought that the English Waterman's 515 is a very handsome fountain pen. Tragically the No 5 Waterman's nib fitted to this model is nearly always, in my experience a fine nail.

I recently bought a lovely example of the model in dark blue. Happily the "nail" had a longtitudinal crack thus making it scrap. Since 515 nibs are likely to be hard to find - plus the fact I don't want one anyway - it seemed to me that yet another Frankenpen was on the cards. However a No 5 nib??

Ha ha! It turned out that a No 5 Waterman's nib is exactly the same size as a Swan 3, and I happened to have a nice Swan 3 stub to hand.

Here is the result:

515 Frankenpen.jpg

Rgds

Cob

[TSherbs]

I was looking for a Sailor mini for so long! I received yesterday, and I love it!!

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That's so pretty!

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perfect ink pairing, too

congrats

[VegHead]

Franklin-Christoph 45 XLV Coco Pearl with #5 HPS SIG Fine nib.

[migo984]

Franklin-Christoph 45 XLV Coco Pearl with #5 HPS SIG Fine nib.

Great choice
That's going to look fab in your Midori TN.

[VegHead]

Yep, that's exactly where it is

[writingrav]

Montblanc 90th Anniversary 146 Rose Gold
My capstone pen




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[jar]

Nakaya Neo Standard Writer in Akatamenuri with a double broad nib stubbed by John Mottishaw from one of our members.

Next to the Portable Writer:

[MrPeeps]

This giant thing...DSCF0500.JPGDSCF0499.JPG

[Cob]

A couple of nice Mabie Todds with classic flexible Swan nibs:

Two New Swans.jpg

Rgds

Cob

[RayCornett]

I forget where I left off but lately my collection has greatly expanded again. The most recent that come to mind are a black Sheaffer Balance OS, Montblanc Skywalker Platinum and black resin with F nib(the original model), and as of a couple nights ago, the Montblanc Boheme noir with a buttery smooth broad nib.

[Jon Szanto]

I've had a busy first week back after the SF pen show weekend, and I still have to do my annual show report. Here's a preview, 3 important pens (two new to me) from the show, bottom to top:

• Parker (Canadian) Vac in Burgundy, 1st gen lockdown from Stuart Hawkinson (he was kind enough to do a trade+$ for variant I didn't have), and it's got a nice stub nib.
• The lovely new Aurora 88 in matte black / rose gold from my bud Dan Smith, purchased while he was working on my other pens! (Lucky me: my wife was there, and simply said "Early birthday present").
• My 1937 Vac Shadow Wave, which is now my 1st ever Vac restoration on my own, courtesy Joel Hamilton's Vacumatic repair class.

It was a great show, lots and lots of fun. When I get a full report with pics done up, I'll post it.

Cheers,
Jon

[Laura N]

Jon, two vintage Parkers and a modern Aurora? I'd think the brainwashing was working if you just had added a Safari or some KWZ ink to that haul.

Yeah, I know, Lamy is a four-letter word to you.

[Lady Onogaro]

Gosh, Jon, that Burgundy Vacumatic is pretty! I don't have a Parker Vacumatic in my collection yet--I'll be looking for one at the Dallas Pen Show.

[sloegin]

Montblanc 90th Anniversary 149Rose Gold
My capstone pen




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That does not appear to be a 149.

[MrPeeps]

Montblanc 90th Anniversary 149Rose Gold
My capstone pen




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That does not appear to be a 149.

Agreed, looks more like a 146

[writingrav]

Montblanc 90th Anniversary 149Rose Gold
My capstone pen




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That does not appear to be a 149.

Agreed, looks more like a 146

Woops. You're correct. 146

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[oldstoat]

This very nice Vac, acquired at yesterday's Geeks meet at the Bierschenke. Thanks, Murfie- it writes like a dream!IMG_0800 (2).JPG

[gwgtaylor]

One of these:





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