Stainless Steel Fountain Pen

[alvarez57]

These ones

 

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[PAKMAN]

Love my Parker 51 Flighter

Also Love my Parker 45 Fligher

Like my Parker Frontier Flighter

 

Love my Lamy Studio SS pen

[bluemagister]

I am not sure if you could fix a CON-50 to a Pilot Knight, but those pens are sturdy and have a nail of a nib that writes very smoothly.

[Blade Runner]

MB 146 Stainless Steel Solitaire

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/jelb/IMG_6768.jpg

[kazoolaw]

Whoa, that Parker 25 looks great.

 

I've since learned that they were sold and marketed as school pens. They also came in matte black: the anti-Flighter (stealth?)

 

They've inched up in price but are a reasonable bargain.

 

gary

Edited April 22, 2011 by gary

[KrazyIvan]

Oh,I see a Yongsheng pen (on its nib has “永生”in Chinese)on #2. Is "Yongsheng"called"wing sung"in the US?

 

Maybe the agent in the US is from Hong Kong and used the cantonese pronounciation instead of putonghua.

Entirely possible since I can't read it. I have a second one purchased from a different seller who also referred to it as a Wing-Sung. It has the same markings on the cap and nib. Interesting how it can be pronounced differently.

[RNHC]

Oh,I see a Yongsheng pen (on its nib has “永生”in Chinese)on #2. Is "Yongsheng"called"wing sung"in the US?

 

Maybe the agent in the US is from Hong Kong and used the cantonese pronounciation instead of putonghua.

Entirely possible since I can't read it. I have a second one purchased from a different seller who also referred to it as a Wing-Sung. It has the same markings on the cap and nib. Interesting how it can be pronounced differently.

 

That's because Cantonese and Mandarin are two different languages. It's like the word written the same way pronounced differently in French and Spanish.

 

Cantonese and Mandarin may share the "written" language (some would argue not completely), just like French and Spanish sharing the Latin alphabets. But speaking-wise, they are two related but different languages. They are not "dialects" of some imagined singular Chinese language, just as French and Spanish are not dialects of Latin. Modern China officially recognizes over 50 languages (probably more) within its borders. China has had always been an empire; a collection of disparate cultures and languages. A good analogy would be a comparison to Roman empire.

 

Asking someone if s/he speaks Chinese is like asking someone if s/he speaks European.

Edited April 22, 2011 by RNHC

[bluewatersailor]

The HORROR!, The HORROR!! (have to say it twice for a proper Heart of Darkness reference, sorry.)

Sorry, see below

Edited April 22, 2011 by bluewatersailor

[bluewatersailor]

The HORROR!, The HORROR!! (have to say it twice for a proper Heart of Darkness reference, sorry.) :

 

Too funny! :roflmho: However I think the Joseph Conrad reference was missed by some!

[robx]

In terms of design, beautiful stainless steel pens include Porsche Design/ Faber-Castell tec-flex (with or without gold threads), Pilot MYU and Aurora Hastil.

[RNHC]

The HORROR!, The HORROR!! (have to say it twice for a proper Heart of Darkness reference, sorry.) :

 

Too funny! :roflmho: However I think the Joseph Conrad reference was missed by some!

 

To me, that line will always be Marlo Brando in Apocalypse Now. Yes, I know it's based on Conrad.

[RNHC]

In terms of design, beautiful stainless steel pens include Porsche Design/ Faber-Castell tec-flex (with or without gold threads), Pilot MYU and Aurora Hastil.

 

For some of us here, beautiful design = MB logo + limited production + high price. The actual design is really secondary. Probably has to do with their innate need to compensate for some perceived lack on their part. :roflmho:

[bluewatersailor]

The HORROR!, The HORROR!! (have to say it twice for a proper Heart of Darkness reference, sorry.) :

 

Too funny! :roflmho: However I think the Joseph Conrad reference was missed by some!

 

To me, that line will always be Marlo Brando in Apocalypse Now. Yes, I know it's based on Conrad.

That's good, Brando was tops in bringing a character to life. Too bad he, Connery and Shattner

never did a movie together - that would have been something to see!

[bluewatersailor]

I have more steel nibs than gold ones.

I do regret I never purchased the all steel(M90) FP produced by

Pilot a year ago. Would buy one today if I knew where to locate one.

Anyone ??

Edited April 22, 2011 by bluewatersailor

[nxn96]

I've always liked the look of the Parker Flighters of various models, from the "51" Flighter that started it all to the more recent Sonnet Flighter that I think is the "value buy" in the current Parker line. I even purchased a Flighter barrel from Kullock to retrofit to a "51" with a cracked barrel. The Kullock barrel is much heavier than the "original" Flighter barrels, which gives it a different writing experience, but it's well made and durable. If you go the "Kullock route", keep in mind that shipping costs from Argentina to the US can make the cost of a Kullock barrel closer to the cost of chasing down an original Flighter on eBay. On the other hand, if you find the "51" a bit light in the hand, pairing it with a Kullock stainless barrel might give the extra weight.

 

I've had very good luck with both the "51" and Sonnet Flighters, as well as the 45 Flighters (mine have been the older US models, not the later UK models, so I can't speak to those), both in terms of writing experience and overall durability. My own Sonnet Flighter has the gold trim, which I think wears far too fast for what's supposed to be a premium pen. If I were buying another, I'd probably go for the Chrome trim version.

 

Hope this helps.

[David_W]

Whoa, that Parker 25 looks great.

I'm a great fan of Parker 25s. I've got four - two fountain pens, a roller ball and a ball pen - all in the most common stainless steel and blue trim. I had a mechanical pencil as well, but sadly lost it on a bus when it rolled away and couldn't be found.

 

I bought all of these pens new in the 1980s. One of the fountain pens has a very worn nib from ten years of being my primary writing instrument; it was originally medium but has become rather broad.

 

 

The onset of health problems has forced me to move almost exclusively to using a computer, though I use a fountain pen for as much of my writing as possible. The lack of friction is much easier on my muscles.

 

The changes in my writing from my neuromuscular problems mean that I really need a fine nib now. I'm seriously considering buying a Parker Sonnet, though I may look for a Parker 25 fine nib or a Parker 25 fountain pen with a fine nib.

[MJSchuelke]

My vote goes to the Parker Urban in stainless steel.

[da vinci]

I have a nice Sheaffer Prelude:

 

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But my Favourite is a Cross - Townsend I think:

 

http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af344/996nick2009/Fountain%20Pens/12607519.jpg

[KrazyIvan]

Oh,I see a Yongsheng pen (on its nib has “永生”in Chinese)on #2. Is "Yongsheng"called"wing sung"in the US?

 

Maybe the agent in the US is from Hong Kong and used the cantonese pronounciation instead of putonghua.

Entirely possible since I can't read it. I have a second one purchased from a different seller who also referred to it as a Wing-Sung. It has the same markings on the cap and nib. Interesting how it can be pronounced differently.

 

That's because Cantonese and Mandarin are two different languages. It's like the word written the same way pronounced differently in French and Spanish.

 

Cantonese and Mandarin may share the "written" language (some would argue not completely), just like French and Spanish sharing the Latin alphabets. But speaking-wise, they are two related but different languages. They are not "dialects" of some imagined singular Chinese language, just as French and Spanish are not dialects of Latin. Modern China officially recognizes over 50 languages (probably more) within its borders. China has had always been an empire; a collection of disparate cultures and languages. A good analogy would be a comparison to Roman empire.

 

Asking someone if s/he speaks Chinese is like asking someone if s/he speaks European.

 

That would explain it. I purchased the stainless one from a FPN member but my second one was from an eBay seller out of Hong Kong who identified it as a Wing-Sung (different model number though).

[framos917]

I write too hard and fast for FP's during meetings.

 

You whatwhat? :blink:

When I get distracted and focus too much on what I am hearing and not that much on my writing, I press too hard and do not lift my pen much. When using a FP I sometimes tore the paper. I quit using FP's for note taking.

 

Do you have a favorite Stainless Steel FP? Do they make many?

 

Metal pens don't seem to be fashionable these days.

 

I think Parker started it with the original Parker "51" Flighter model. It's not uncommon now to casually refer to stainless steel pens as flighters, no matter who made them. (Whether doing so is an unpardonable sin against Parker and their Holy Trademark is open to question.)

 

I have a flighter type Parker 45 myself, and I like it okay.

 

Some pens have been made with a brushed chrome (usually over brass) finish that's easily mistaken for steel. For example, Sheaffer made Imperials from brass with a brushed chrome-plated finish.

 

I think Sheaffer did make Targas from actual brushed stainless steel, though. I also have a Targa with a polished chrome-plated finish, and I like it very much. Targas are cool.

 

I'm waiting on a Sailor Trident now that looks like steel, though I don't know for sure if it is.