Caran d'Ache Geneve bought last weekend in Zurich.
https://www.carandache.com/us/en/fou...att_detailID=3
Caran d'Ache Geneve bought last weekend in Zurich.
https://www.carandache.com/us/en/fou...att_detailID=3
My other writing instrument is a pencil.
Hello and welcome to FPG
The Frontier is actually pretty good value, or at least the older ones were good, I have one in front of me and it works just fine, never leaks. I didnt really think that there is much difference in quality and performance between either Frontier or the Jotter, you should be fine.
When it arrives perhaps you can come back and tell us your thoughts, the Jotter isnt a pen that gets a lot of coverage.
That is a beautiful pen! Great color and style.
My "Iolanthe" pen arrived today from Garcia-Deschacht in Belgium.
It has exceded all my expectations in design and execustion.
I think that I have worked out how to link to their video....
https://www.garcia-deschacht.com/cop...=comp-jktuquqc
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CPTesta (February 22nd, 2020)
Bob (February 26th, 2020)
This is a 1942 Parker "51" new to me.
azkid (February 27th, 2020), Jon Szanto (February 22nd, 2020)
Sailor Pro Gear Lucky Charm:
And it came with this gorgeous 21k two tone nib:
Jon Szanto (February 22nd, 2020), TAYLORPUPPY (February 26th, 2020)
Cyril (March 17th, 2020)
I just received a Shaffer Snorkel Pen today and it is in great condition. That nib is an Extra Fine nib. I just dipped wrote a few words and it is amazing
Last edited by Cyril; February 24th, 2020 at 05:34 PM.
Lamy AL-Star Turmaline and an Al-Star Pacific I found on penheaven.co.uk.
Last edited by 85AKbN; February 28th, 2020 at 04:54 AM.
VertOlive (April 3rd, 2020)
A Hammered silver pen from The Silver Factory in Birmingham, England.
OK it has a steel nib & plastic section, but to my untutored eye the silverwork compares well with the other firm based in the same city (YoL), and it was a lot less expensive. I like the oversized hallmark as a design feature.
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More details at https://www.thesilverfactory.co.uk/
grainweevil (February 28th, 2020), ThriveToScribe (March 24th, 2020)
In the words of Paul Simon, you can call me Al.
The Black Mamba
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Interesting - Schmidt nib?
Well spotted Grainweevil. It is indeed marked "Schmidt Iridium Point"
My Marmite jar will have to retain its plastic cap, sorry.
grainweevil (February 28th, 2020)
A Waterman BCHR, eyedropper fill, with silver overlay. One of these days I'll get my stuff together, take pics, and post them. The next two pens on my wishlist: A Lamy Ratio with gold nib, and an Aikin-Lambert pen with gold or gold fill overlay.
This is definitely a grail pen for me: a Pelikan M700 Toledo with a delicious 18c medium PF nib. Although the pen was advertised as being from 1996 I believe it to be from 1990 as the knob is identified as W.-Germany. I love the nib on this pen!
Pelikan Toledo.jpg
The pen is engraved with this info: 9/L22 CT
This is from an advertisement for a similar pen: Pelikan M700 debuted in 1986. In the earlier days, M700 Toledos were engraved by 3 artists (initials CT, EH and JB). Among the three, CT is the earliest engraver (and the most creative one in my opinion) and he has long retired. This is one of the earlier art pieces made by CT.
Ahriman4891 (March 25th, 2020), penwash (March 19th, 2020)
carlos.q (March 19th, 2020)
If we were to count swappage, that thus created a "new" combination and changed what the pen is. I would have to say it would be this :
Going from a Pastel Green Sheaffer Snorkel Valiant, to a becoiming a Statesman, and a Grey Sheaffer Snorkel Statesman, Becoming a Valiant. I wanted the 14K gold nib, preferably the EF I like the most from the desk pen that's broken), to match the aesthetics of the grey pen along with the gold snorkel tube, since it matches the trims and cap/clip better. And I am more likely to be keeping a 1st year, than the pastel green.
Though it was a tiny bit of work to swap because the nib units and sections were not the same, the first year having a thinner collar band on the pen, and later models having a thicker one, and can't just unscrew and swap, so had to break down the dried up ink on the PdAg unit, just to be able to unscrew it off that unit, swap em, re-adjust the snorkel tube on both (replaced the snorkel tube on the green one with one from my broken desk pen because capillary action wasn't working too well on it's tube).
So yea... sort of new-to-me now, but working all well with what I want. lol.
Did get these this month though :
An assembled picture of the Lifetime Triumph pending, got it currently inked with Waterman South Seas Blue (Inspired Blue).
amk (March 31st, 2020), hogwldfltr (April 11th, 2020), Kaputnik (March 30th, 2020), Scrawler (March 20th, 2020)
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