How Many FPs do You Own 2006 Edition

[wspohn]

As we see out the old year it is probably time for one more 'stand up and be counted' poll to see how many pens we have (I'd need a new poll every month or so for this...)

[davidmigl]

Well, I guess I'm still in the lowest range, but I'm glad I received a Pel M200 and Lamy Al-star this Christmas to complement my lone Phileas. I keep trying to delude myself into thinking those are all I'll ever need .

[Ink Stained Wretch]

Off the top of my head I guessed that I'm in the 41-60 range. I'm not 100% certain of that, however. I may have fewer. But I suspect that I'm in the lowest end of that range. This comes from my having bought a handful of cheap pens a couple of times.

[lefty928]

I have many more than I had in July.

[FrankB]

My pen collection has grown over 40-some years to a size that could populate a small town. Hence, I am focusing on enjoying my pens, yet always adding a few more as interest grabs me. This year I added six, I think.

[AndreaDuni]

My database show me 41 pens but because of my 3 cases (each with 14 pens) are totally full and I have a sonnet out of them... Maybe I forgot to updated my database after some pens I have to check it.

I own 43 fps, but my mother that doesn't collect fps, has other 10 fps all vintage because she received them for gifts a lot of year ago. I cleared them with cold distilled water and ultrasonic bathtube. So I consider also that pens. And I'm still in the range of 41-60.

[Arkanabar]

I'm up to about six or seven.

 

The most recent: My dad's black, american Parker "51". Story of the gift here. Pictures posted here.

 

The Sheaffer PFM-II that was bought in the wild, at auction, for me, by my brother-in-law, and given to me as a gesture of truly remarkable insight and respect.

 

A Hero 616 that Dillo converted from pump to aerometric.

 

Two pelikans: Blue Marble M200, Blue Striated M400.

 

An Aldo Domani, very small, that needs a bantam converter.

 

I use my wife's red Lamy Safari, because she won't. It's the only one I don't fret about taking to work, where it occassionally hits the concrete floor.

 

edit: removed text meant for a different post.

Edited December 27, 2006 by Arkanabar

[mike1]

I just counted them all up yesterday and at this moment the total is thirty.

[DWL]

The Wearever collection is now over 1200 pieces. The wife & I have got another 75-100 non wearever pieces in our combined collections.

 

Then there are the (fluctuating between) 20-50 pens in the repair & sell que that are floating around the workshop.

[Dillo]

Hi,

 

DWL, good to see you back!

 

I have sixteen pens now. Down from my 132+ number earlier. :bunny1:

 

I have about ten pens all waiting for the same part over here. (I'm waiting eagerly for a shipment of the parts.)

 

I have about 90 pens ready to be put up for sale.

 

Dillon

Edited December 29, 2006 by Dillo

[FLZapped]

Probably WAY more than I need!

 

-Bruce

 

[Johnny Appleseed]

Can I just say more than last year?

 

John

[bernardo]

I voted "0". My "new" pens are from the 50's and 60's...

[mholve]

At the rate I'm going the count would only be accurate for a week... :blink:

 

November 10th I had gotten my first new one in about a decade. Today, January 2nd I have ten!

 

Same story with inks - from none to six in the same timeframe.

 

It's all good. I'm happy. :)9

[johnr55]

100, more or less.

[georges zaslavsky]

10 fountain pens for the moment.

[JRodriguez]

I'm in the 21-40 range. This time last year I had resolved to get down to just seven ...

[rattybad1]

I'm in the 11-20 range, but only because I added seven in the past month:

 

Sailor 1911 International style

Pelikan Piccadilly Circus

Visconti Opera

Parker Vacumatic

Parker 51

Esterbrook J (x2)

 

One of my professors says I'm addicted. That's when I told her about the 20 new bottles of ink.

[Kelly G]

I think I have around 175 in the accumulation - haven't counted in awhile.

[rhk745]

Around 20,

 

 

Jojo :bunny1: