Which One Will Be Your Next Fountain Pen ?

[Guernseytim]

Gosh, pen envy!

I have a suspicion that my next pen will be a Waterman Carene. Although, if you'd asked me earlier today the answer would have been an Onoto. The Carene will be a gap-filler I am hoping, when the retailer gets in some new stock that is.

I have pen buying fever and I am having to restrain myself

[Thier.]

Oh God. It's happening. I put my order into nibs.com. Nakaya Naka-ai Heki Tamenuri cigar with kanji and a 0.5mm Mottishaw stub. And I immediately went and deleted all my eBay watched items. No more pen buying for a long time.

 

Congratulations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So many persons are just dreaming about Nakaya but YOU are going to have one !!!!!

As I told somebody else, it's more than a pen, it's a real writing jewel !!!!!

 

My pen dealer should have a display full of Nakaya next week until december 31st. I told my wife I won't visit him, more than that, I even won't go in that street untill the end of the year, no temptation !!!!!

[mknoblauch]

Thier, sounds like my wife and yours are long, lost cousins or are otherwise distant relatives....

 

While I "won the lottery" when it comes to everything else about her, my spouse is a woman for whom even Pilot G2's are too expensive when a Bic stick pen will do. She constantly demands promises from me like the ones you've made to your wife!

 

My pen dealer should have a display full of Nakaya next week until december 31st. I told my wife I won't visit him, more than that, I even won't go in that street untill the end of the year, no temptation !!!!!

[WetNoodle]

Guernseytim: I've been eyeballing the Carene as well.

 

Probably my next pen will be a Noodler's ACRYLIC Neponset.

[TeaHive]

Guernseytim: I've been eyeballing the Carene as well.

 

Probably my next pen will be a Noodler's ACRYLIC Neponset.

Likewise! I hope they're not limited editions... That if they sell out without my getting one, I can look forward to getting one in the future.

[WetNoodle]

I get the impression that really all the Noodler's pens are limited editions. Maybe not officially, but you know what I mean.

[perfaddict]

Quite a number crossing oceans, but the two i am waiting for with bated breath are:

 

Newton Pens Elizabethan Red/Black by Shawn Newton

Nakaya Writer Portable in Aka-Tamenuri

 

Now eyeing:

 

Nakaya Equilibrium Black Portable

[Thier.]

My next pen could be a Pelikan 800. I found a cheap one with a nib problem needing attention on a second hand website ..... I like bringing pens to life ........

[gbb]

Dont know, Im debating between an Italix Parsons Essential and a modern Conklin Duragraph, either in a stub or italic. Anyone care to comment or recommend either of these choices?

[SujiCorp12345]

M805 Blue/Black 3B

 

This is as broad as I'm probably willing to go.

[Lamyrada]

Though i knoww i could register and have a person call me about a Nakaya, and i know it's rude to ask about price... Are they higher than $5000 ?

[nogoodnamesleft]

I don't know when but I will get a platinum century 3776 Bourgogne with a soft fine nib,

[SujiCorp12345]

Though i knoww i could register and have a person call me about a Nakaya, and i know it's rude to ask about price... Are they higher than $5000 ?

I think it depends on the model of the Nakaya. You can check their prices on John Mottishaw's site, nibs.com .

 

I think the cheapest one is about $550.

Edited December 8, 2014 by Suji

[Drawing61]

My Nakaya Portable Cigar cost about $550.00 a year ago from John Mottishaw. The best investment I ever made. Great writer, but more importantly for me a wonderful sketching tool. The nib is not super flexible but elastic and responsive, a joy to work with.

[Thier.]

My next pen will be a Pelikan 400 ans a ???? . A client found two old fountain pens in his attic and wants to give it to me as he always see me writing with fp .... I often have clients giving me pens ...... It's great !!!!!!!

 

Pictures will come ....

[siopaopei]

Waiting patiently for my Bexley which is supposed to be shipped today *bites nails*.

[TeaHive]

My next pen will be a Pelikan 400 ans a ???? . A client found two old fountain pens in his attic and wants to give it to me as he always see me writing with fp .... I often have clients giving me pens ...... It's great !!!!!!!

 

Pictures will come ....

 

How lucky!

[Guernseytim]

Hmm, my next pen is actually in the postal system lol

 

I had planned on waiting but Amazon scuppered my plans! They annoyingly briefly listed the Waterman Carene in black and gold for £60. I couldn't not buy it.

 

I then decided I needed a new ink to accompany it - hoping I receive both tomorrow! The ink I ordered is the Pelikan Edelstein Ruby Red.

Edited December 10, 2014 by Guernseytim

[siopaopei]

Just got my Bexley today and I'm eyeing the next on my short wishlist. A Pilot VP ^_^

[Thier.]

How lucky!

Yes, I am !!! My clients know that I'm a pen addict and I receive pens from one or another nearly every week .... That's great, I think that they love me ....