Pictures of Your Pen Storage

[Pendora]

Ok...you win the award for the most unique pen box to date.

Michelle
Pendora
www.Pendorapens.com

[Tracy Lee]

Ok...you win the award for the most unique pen box to date.

Michelle
Pendora
www.Pendorapens.com

I agree!

[inBOIL]

Haha, thanks. So what do i win? (Montblanc? Pelikan? Omas? Um, TWSBI?...)

i'm not totally unaware of the fact that with the money i SPENT on those pizzas i probably could've just bought a really fancy glass-topped display case. (Made from zebrawood or something. 24kt hinges. MOP inlay. What-have-you.) But ... sigh ... i chose to eat instead. So it goes. So it goes.

i'd also like to add: many of those pizzas were eaten while watching FPGeeks podcasts. :P (Yes, i get pizza to watch a pen podcast. Yes, i'm probably lame. And yes, i'm pretty sure i'm not the only one who waits all week for these things, and makes an Event out of it.)


b.

[Bogon07]

Do the boxes still have a strong pizza smell ? And have any of the pens picked it up.

My Parker Vacuumatics have a slight mothball smell.

I recall seeing some mechanical pencils make from the wood of malt whiskey barrels
a few years back.

[inBOIL]

Naw, no smell that i'm aware of. (If you're familiar with Little Caes@r's $5 pizzas, they aren't exactly the kind that'll explode toppings all inside the box, frankly. You're lucky half the time if there's enough cheese to even RUN.) Would having a pen that smells like a pizza really be THAT bad, tho? C'mon.

i also have a jewellery box that i bought off eBay (also housing a few vacs, actually) and every time i open it my room suddenly smells like somebody's grandmother. It's one of the most pleasant and comforting sensations imaginable. i actually HOPE that it eventually transfers to my pens.


b.

[Pendora]

In Boil, can I have your permission to post your pizza pen boxes on my Pendora facebook page or my Squidoo board? I lvoe comical content and this is just freaking classic. I may caption it with a little humor but certainly nothing insulting. If so, please let me know what I have permission to say and if you have a site you want me to link back to you. You can check out my pages (Squidoo is new so not lots there yet) before allowing me to post your photo (and name if you want):

http://www.squidoo.com/workshop/the-...-ink-collector
https://www.facebook.com/PendoraLLC

Michelle
www.PendoraPens.com

Well, i'll share mine, then--since it's certainly NOT what anyone would call Serious. (i personally call it a Working Man's pen cabinet.)

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Pardon the cruddy point-n-shoot photos.

(And yes: i know i have 2 copies of Jailbird, for some reason.)

[inBOIL]

By all means. :P

i haven't got a website. (Unless you count my old geocities page from 1996.)


Barry.

[caribbean_skye]

So yesterday I went to Specs armed with a vial to see whether some of the other cigar boxes they have available are deep enough to hold ink vials (they're not) and instead I was distracted by the 2 cigar boxes I ended up purchasing (they still had the plastic dividers).

KrazyIvan suggested I post up photos of my ink storage so I took all of these photos this morning. Apologies in advance for the quality of the photos, this digital P&S camera is 6+ years old (on a side note, if someone can recommend a good digital camera that won't break the bank I'd love suggestions).

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Ink vial storage on either side, middle two and black one (courtesy of BamaPens) are pen storage

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Close up look at cigar storage by BamaPens

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Inside of the cigar box by BamaPens. The photos really do not do this justice. Rotating pens currently which is why it is empty

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First (full) ink vial container

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Inside... see I told you it was full

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Close up of the dividers... A little time, plastic canvas sheet and x-acto knife and ta-da

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Inside of the second box - have plenty of space for more vials

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The first cigar box that beckoned to me yesterday. Love the fact that I can see what is in there. Pens in there for photo taking only.

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Inside of the first box. I need to figure out how to line or do something with the inside of the box.

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The other box. All of these boxes (minus the one from BamaPens) are Drew Estate boxes (coincidence really) and this was the first one I ripped the label off.

I think I have enough space for all of my pens (still have some that aren't photographed here).

[KrazyIvan]

Looks really good! I especially like the sample bottle ink storage.

[caribbean_skye]

Thanks

[Bogon07]

Naw, no smell that i'm aware of. (If you're familiar with Little Caes@r's $5 pizzas, they aren't exactly the kind that'll explode toppings all inside the box, frankly. You're lucky half the time if there's enough cheese to even RUN.) Would having a pen that smells like a pizza really be THAT bad, tho? C'mon.

i also have a jewellery box that i bought off eBay (also housing a few vacs, actually) and every time i open it my room suddenly smells like somebody's grandmother. It's one of the most pleasant and comforting sensations imaginable. i actually HOPE that it eventually transfers to my pens.

b.

It would depend on the type of pizza some smell much nicer than others. It would probably make you hungry each time you pick up the pen.

[Newjelan]

Love the Industrial Cabinet, Brando

[BikerBabe]

The dip pens:




The fountain pens:




The family and friend pens:




Various fountain pens:






The Mont Blancs:




My father's Parker '51 set and grandfather's pen knife:




The ink stuff:








And the everyday pen transport solution - a couple of cheap flea market cigar cases:





And a small cry for help:
I need a pen storage solution that's affordable and easy to pack away, and will keep each fountain pen apart from its neighbouring pen, for 100+ pens.
And some storage ideas for storing inkwells/desk sets are more than welcome as well.
Ideas are more than welcome.

[caribbean_skye]

Oooh lovely pictures BikerBabe, thanks for sharing. I especially love how you have your dip pens.

[fountainpenkid]

Those pen chests are awesome! The tins remind me of the many tins my dad has full of Faber Castell, Venus...etc pencils and leads.

[Bogon07]

BikerBabe, that is a wonderfully eclectic range of pen storage and gratifying to see I'm not the only one who piles pens into boxes (breed 'em tough I say).
The marble type pattern under the lid of the last box looks fantastic.

The stand for displaying your dip pens looks a real antique.
Was it originally designed for pens something else like cross-bow bolts ?

[ilangai]

These are great solutions, full of character.. I especially love the used cigar cases, "How didn't i thought about this earlier"?!?
Many thanks!

[KrazyIvan]

Definitely very cool.

[BikerBabe]

Caribbean_Skye: Thanks.

Fountainpenkid: Well...I started with the red box with pens, then the brown "leather" box followed, then the brown wooden one, etc.
It's just before I'd wager that your father did the same, gathering his things in one box at a time.

Bogon07: True, that! *wink*
The box itself has got that marble type pattern, it's italian alabaster, I found it at a local thrift shop:



The dip pen rack is originally a pen rack for office use, according to my mother.
The lady is 84, and learned how to use at first a chalkboard tablet, then pencil and finally a dip pen at school, before she got old enough to get a fountain pen of her own at her confirmation and baptising in 1943.
I have that pen, a Matador button filler as far as I remember, and I'll have it restored to full writing condition some day soon, once I get that cap for my red Duofold, and a clip replacemement for my Sailor 1911 (- it's currently somewhere in Japan right now...)

All: Thank you for your comments and kind words.

[Bogon07]

BikerBabe, the italian alabaster box has so much character, the simple design on the side is very attractive. Have to tell Mrs Bogon to look out for one when she is in the trift shops looking for wool & knitting stuff.

My mother used to have a few dip pens I must ask her this week if she still has them.