Depends. I have tried posting my Newton Townsend for example and I am beginning to think it will end up being a no post pen. My Pelikans (M200s and M400 an other similar sized pens) I post most of the time.
Other pens it is yes sometimes and no sometimes.
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Brad "Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind" - Rudyard Kipling
"None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try." - Mark Twain
I post those pens that are postable, because my hand wants a longer pen. I like the feel of the pen resting in the web between my thumb and forefinger (not an abnormal web--just the same sort of web everyone has). However, there are some pens that shouldn't be posted, like some more fragile Esterbrooks, and there are some pens that aren't designed to post. With those, I don't even try to post, much less force the issue. Besides, I need my other hand free to pet the cat/push the cat away from the ink/prevent the cat from guzzling my tea.
I post those pens that are postable, because my hand wants a longer pen. I like the feel of the pen resting in the web between my thumb and forefinger (not an abnormal web--just the same sort of web everyone has). However, there are some pens that shouldn't be posted, like some more fragile Esterbrooks, and there are some pens that aren't designed to post. With those, I don't even try to post, much less force the issue. Besides, I need my other hand free to pet the cat/push the cat away from the ink/prevent the cat from guzzling my tea. Another argument for posting in my case is that cats will play with the cap if it's left unattended.
THe posting or not posting is not an absolute thing. There are some pens that do need posting. My little MB Mozart, a Kaweco Sport, Sailor Sapporo these styles of pens are pocket pens and all require posting even the back of the pen is designed to securely post as they are threaded. On the other extreme a Pelikan M1000 or MB 149 or Visconti Opera Limited Edition are large pens and posting often throws the balance off given the girth and length of large fountain pens. I think for me its all about security of the cap and balance once posted in the hand.
If it feels good do it. I mean this only with respect to the cap posting, ink you use and paper choices.
Mags or Rob Maguire MB 149, 147, 146,144, Mozart, Boehme, Sailor Realo, Aurora Optima, Churchmen Prescriptor and Parson's Essential, Parker 51 1.3 mm stub, Parker Vacumatic 1939 OB Can, TWSBI's (540,580, Mini and Vac 700), Pelikan M 1000/800 Demonstrator 600/200 demoM/200 OBB, Visconti Rembrandts (2), Lamy, Cross, Watermans, Pilots, Sheaffer's, Omas 360 LE 84/360, GvFC, Esterbrooks J and SJ, Bexley Jitterbug, Taccia, Eversharp 1952 flex, Edison Herald, Franklin Christoph Piper.
the pen tells me if it wants to be used posted. i have a wonderful 1970's MB 149 that screams at me to post its cap and the pen is right, it just works. but a couple of omas' paragons say "no way, no how" and here too i have to say the pen knows better than i.
i use to hate posting a pen for fear of damaging the barrel of the pen with micro scratches but as i age, i'm enjoying my pens the way i want to. if the pen balances well posted that's how i'll use it. i feel that was how the designer meant for the pen to be used, part of the experience i guess i'm trying to say. in the end, no right way, no wrong way.
Last edited by Chuck Naill; October 4th, 2020 at 06:01 AM.
eachan (October 4th, 2020)
#teamnoposting
It might scratch the barrel.
It changes the centre-mass of the pen.
It takes away beauty of the pen and the cap.
It looks like an practical rather than aesthetic afterthought - you take off a sweater and tie it around your waist.
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Jon Szanto (October 4th, 2020)
"When Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick;
and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."
~ Benjamin Franklin
I see that the order of my arguments takes away its intended meaning. Does tongue-in-cheek symbolically represent a posted or a capped pen?
"When Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick;
and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."
~ Benjamin Franklin
How long is a piece of string?
"When Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick;
and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."
~ Benjamin Franklin
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