What Pen Did You Get Today?

[finansista]

Boxed Parker 25 set:

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[AfterMyNap]

Today was a nickel/pink gold Retro 1951 rollerball. This thing is fantastic for $20! Colorado Pen had it as a tarnished lot and just today I discovered that they're all gone. The tarnish is minimal and it actually looks kind of cool, it's only on the ring.

[AlphaParticle]

Just a few hours ago, I received my new Pelikan M215 (F nib) in the mail from Richard Binder. I have loaded it up with some PR American Blue ink and am very pleased!

 

-Nathan

[KCat]

Lamy Al-Star in Metallic blue with fine nib and additional 1.1 italic. Both are great nibs - very smooth.

 

The pen is as others have remarked, a pleasant metallic pale gray-blue in incandescent light, metallic lilac natural light. Quite cool.

 

For now I'll use the F nib. Though the italic is quite comfy. More like a stub in that it isn't sharp on the corners. That's good, I didn't want sharp/crisp corners.

 

Have Black Magic Blue in it. A dark blue that looks purplish in certain lights. Perfect ink for the pen.

[AndyHayes]

Another VP. This time a black/rhodium. I have 3 other VPs, but this one stands head and shoulders above the rest in looks. I just bought the body, but also bought a 0.8 stub from elsewhere. Ooh, what a superb combination!

 

Now all that I need is a stealth VP!

[penmanila]

i just ordered a green/black pelikan M1000 with an OB nib from www.melpens.com in malaysia, for $376 including fedex delivery. can't wait to get my grubby fingers on it

[Mr Blonde]

I've just bought a Rotring Core Technor Fountain Pen, with XL (medium) nib for $14.99 - got it from Montgomery Stationery on fleabay. Can't wait to try it out now and see if I am one of the 'love them' or 'hate them' types..!

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[gylyf]

Yesterday: the Stipula Santa Fe LE in the havana blue material. Yum. Best,

David

[yachtsilverswan]

Finally have my Waterman Edson Black Diamond in my hands.

 

The mat finished platinum cap sets off the high gloss platinum clip and clip ring, giving the pen a 1950s Modernist look.

 

I think the Black Diamond has the perfect look for a Tuxedo pen - understated, elegant, with an upscale retro feel.

 

Smooth buttery nib, nice wet flow. Why Waterman will not ship this handsome pen with a Broad nib is just a mystery to me.

 

 

 

[Sallent]

well, not exactly today, but I ordered my Pelikan M1000 and a Sheaffer slender Balance

[wvbeetlebug]

On Thursday I purchased the Libelle Summer Breeze FP. I purchased it at Swisher Pen while vacationing in Virginia Beach.

[JayLo]

BEXLEY Pearlesse. Gorgeous!

[Shangas]

Wowzers!!

 

Ray that's an amazing pen!

 

[flodoc]

Waterman Gentleman in sterling silver

[matt385]

I just ordered a Roting Core also a few minutes ago from Swisher. They were on sale and I have 4 different ink samples ordered from Pear Tree Pen. I wanted something to test inks with. I did have a Roting pen and pencil set 15 years ago that I really liked.

[finansista]

I did some "blind" shopping - bought two pens that had no description, only very blurry photo of 10+ batch of pens to choose from. Paid $2 for each. One of them is probably silver Wing Sung 322 and the other one is a clone of Parker Lucky Curve Filigree, probably of Chinese origin as well. Both seemed nice, so I acted fast and used the BuyItNow button

[AfterMyNap]

Check out this rare beauty. I picked it up at Staples for $2.00 just for fun, I've been mashing on it pretty well and it's actually kind of fun to abuse it.

 

 

 

 

[wvbeetlebug]

Nice Varsity. I'm partial to the purple ones myself.

[Daosus]

So, I went to the local pen shop "just to look" and came back with a really nice Esterbrook Dollar Pen. How cool! The guys there helped me try out over half a dozen pens, changed the nib on the Estie to fit my tiny handwriting, and even smoothed the nib when it scratched a bit. Also, I found out that I like tiny pens

[Phthalo]

A striped Sailor 1911 LE!

 

http://www.ciar-roisin.net/photos/sailor/Hanshin-02.jpg

 

Yay!