Flighters & Allies 2024-11-13

A photograph to show the current extent of my 'collection' of pens that are, although not made from precious metal, still Shiny.

The pens on the top row are all Parkers.
L → R they are:

• 45, Made in France, early 1970s, steel 'EF' nib;
• 45, Made in England, early 1970s, 14k gold 'M' nib;
• 45, Made in England, mid-late 1970s, steel 'M' nib;
• 25, Made in England, 1979, nib unmarked, but I think 'M';
• 'Jotter', Made in UK, 2004, 'M' nib;
• Vector, Made in India by Luxor, 2014 'F' nib;
• Sonnet, Made in France, 2007, steel 'M' nib;
• Frontier, Made in India by Luxor, 2014, 'F' nib - this pen often lends its cap to my Made-in-UK Frontier in 'Luna Grey', because I broke the clip off that pen's cap ;
• Urban, Made in France?, 2015, 'F' nib.

The three pens shown underneath the Parkers, top → bottom:

• Sheaffer Triumph (model 444), 1980s, 'F' nib;
• WH Smith cartridge pen, ~ 2010, 'M' 'Iridium Point Germany' nib ← this pen's feed starves its nib. It once had a black sibling that did likewise. One of them broke my first Pelikan converter. I cannot disassemble the pen to futz with its nib/feed (in the process of discovering this fact, its black sibling got destroyed), so it has, sadly, been relegated to languishing in the Drawer of Shame ;
• Waterman Graduate, 1990s, 'F' nib.