Are You A Collector Or A User?

[sadiemagic]

I'd classify myself primarily as a user. I do have one pen that is MIB, my spare Pelikan M800 Blue Ocean.

 

I've coveted some never inked NOS vintage pens, but have refrained from buying them because I don't trust myself to keep them uninked. So I'll leave them to someone else who will leave them pristine...there's probably a nice one of that pen that could be a user for me somewhere.

[Tberry010]

I am a user who is still searching for that 'perfect' pen, and since I live where there are no pen stores and a longway from the nearest show, the only way I can try a pen is to acquire one. So, I have many I do not use and will eventually sell or trade. Of the ones I like, I regularly write with about a dozen and get in a few words every day or so with about that many more.

 

I dohave several that are backups to my favorite daily users so is that a collection?

 

I discovered CI nibs and that is all I use now.

 

I really think Penspouse has it just right!

[spinningtrees]

I use most of my restored/working pens with great pleasure. I would call myself a collector of pens that I will use.

My one exception is a Namiki Emperor dragonfly, which was a gift from my wife's uncle. But I enjoy that one by looking at it and holding it. Just can't see inking a $6,000 pen though, but I won't be collecting any more of those!

[Blade Runner]

User of nice pens.

[MCWB]

Definitely a user. To my mind, pens are for writing. Although I am careful to look after my pens, I don't want to keep a pen in pristine condition by not using it.

[lbcyclist]

I am a user with too many pens.

[tinta]

User for most of my life (with a brief stint with ball-points, to help make clear carbon copies at work & that was.......... a long while ago).

 

But, having seen all what's available on TFPN, and my searches on the Net, I'm afraid I could become a collector.

 

At this point in my life, all I "really" need is a reliable instrument for most of my writing and a back-up (same make & model but different colour & nib).

Cheers: tinta

Edited June 21, 2011 by tinta

[Anib]

I`m a User. I buy them to use them and sell them if they don`t get used anymore.

[quadrain]

I'm a user then probably a collector. I use them, then store the old one when I'm done. Sadly, I'm been buying new pens to use, but end up using my Pilot Cavalier Duo.

[Merrib]

User all the way.

[rockspyder]

Both daily user, with a relentlessly growing collection.

Enthusiast

[pmhudepo]

Both daily user, with a relentlessly growing collection.

Enthusiast

 

Same here! More pens than I need (hmmm, well, ... depends on your definition of "needs") but I've used every pen I own. Some pens I keep for sentimental reasons and these are no longer daily, or even yearly, writers.

[Jenne]

Yes, I am.

 

 

I’m a user that cannot control the ‘magpie’ instinct to amass lots of shiny things, which just happens to be pens for me!

 

I think I'm a user. I love having all my pens inked with different colors. I guess the main reason why I get a new pen is to have another color option in my rotation :roflmho:

 

 

I'm a collectaccumaluser.

 

All of the above. When I like something, I want to accumulate more of it! It's a bad habit! (It's amazing I've only had one marriage! Though we did have two ceremonies, so there is that.) Of my 20+ pens, the only ones I don't use or intend to use are the ones I don't trust because they leak or dry up too quickly (my Retro 51 and a pretty lime green thing I got from a seller here. Someday, I might know enough to get them fixed, but for now they wait.) I won't buy a pen I don't intend to use, so even though I splurged on the FPN Etruria (which will be my most expensive pen by far), I plan to use it as a daily writer, right up there with my Parkers and Esties.

 

I seem to have 10-12 pens inked at a time. I like having many colors available for whatever mood strikes me.

[rudyhou]

i'd like to think of myself more of a user, for i have inked all of my pens and use them in rotation. however, i have so much fun collecting new pens that i ended up with more than i can handle and so some end up only used once for testing and then just sit in my cabinet in their original box. why? mostly because i find a dissatisfaction in the overall performance due to either the nib or the pen weight. i'm quite picky.

[foxtail1]

I’m a user that cannot control the ‘magpie’ instinct to amass lots of shiny things, which just happens to be pens for me!

 

++++1!

 

+2!!

[Tereghan]

Nothing I have is nice enough to be considered "collector's items" so all of them get used. Since I have a tendency to go back and get pens I like in different colors though (body color and ink colors) I've got a bit of a collecting drive, but they do all end up seeing the light of day every once in a while.

[Russ Prechtl]

I'm a user. I couldn't imagine buying one without putting it to work. ESPECIALLY if it's one that I spent significant $$$ on.

[T. E. Samad]

I have two category of pens:

 

(1) The ordinary pens i use on a daily basis

 

and

 

(2) The pens that become a part of my pen collection, which I never use.

 

I'm hoping my descendants will inherit my pens in good condition, and that they will add onto the Samad family's pen collection.

Edited June 23, 2011 by T. E. Samad

[fabrimedeiros]

I'm a user, no doubt! I always use all my pens, BUT my unreachable wish is try all good pens of world, so I have to acumulate some pens.

[noctrl02]

Yeah, officially I am a "user" but it is getting to the point where I forget that I haven't used x pen in months! I guess I need to write more

 

Andy