What's Up At Christof's

[christof]

Thanks to FPN I was able to fill another gap in my collection and I could acquire a Parker Duofold to complete my desk base.

 

On my picture I wanted to show both, the pen and the beauty of the desk set. That's why I decided to make a collage of two pictures. One with the pen in the socket and one with the pen beside the socket.

 

 

 

On photoshop I combined the two pics to one and to show that there are not just two pens, I adjusted the opacity of the one in the socket down to 60%.

 

 

I like the result.

 

C.

Edited January 21, 2016 by christof

[Dickkooty2]

C,

 

Very nice ... the drop shadow makes this a completely real photo of two pens!

 

Dick

[cleosmama]

That's a beautiful pen!

[tmenyc]

great pen, great base, great photo!

 

Tim

[Dickkooty2]

C,

 

Very nice ... the drop shadow makes this a completely real photo of two pens!

 

Dick

PS I don't think you needed to pull back the intensity of the pen in the stand. It would read as real because of the drop shadow on the lower pen

 

d

[christof]

Another LAMY item for my collection:

 

 

A vintage Lamy Z50 ink bottle. Nice.

 

C.

[FredRydr]

A vintage Lamy Z50 ink bottle.

 

 

How does it work, i.e., how does the ink fill the plastic upper chamber?

 

Fred

[christof]

If you turn the bottle upside down, the plastic insert fills with ink.

C.

[christof]

Another step in the "Museum-Project" ( see here: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/220855-whats-up-at-christofs/?p=3451641 ) has been done.

 

After showing the evolution and variants of the PArker "51", I was looking for a selection of pens which designs was strongly influenced by the P "51":

 

 

Of course, a selction like this can never be complete, but I think I got the most importants. From left to right:

1. Parker "51", 1941-1948

2. Eversharp Fifth Avenue, 1943

3. Waterman's Taperite, 1945

4. Aurora 88, 1947

5. Lamy 27, 1952

6. Waterman's C/F, 1953

7. Parker 61, 1956-82

8.Pelikan P1, 1958

The collection of the Museum is growing ( https://www.flickr.com/gp/30169694@N08/ci0ikJ ) ....and my own collection becomes smaller. Which is a good thing!

Let's see what's next.

C.

Edited January 28, 2016 by christof

[christof]

...just another Rotring Tintenkuli. A nice early one. Maybe I should start to build a small selection of this cool stylographs?

 

 

And a matching advert from 1936:

 

 

C.

[mehandiratta]

Another LAMY item for my collection:

 

 

A vintage Lamy Z50 ink bottle. Nice.

 

C.

This is beautiful...

[kawuska]

...just another Rotring Tintenkuli. A nice early one. Maybe I should start to build a small selection of this cool stylographs?

 

 

And a matching advert from 1936:

 

 

C.

 

I have a very same model and must say these are surprisingly nice everyday writers.I even have a dummy/Schaumuster of this model.

[christof]

I have tested mine and must say that it works surprisingly well. Nevertheless, I prefer "real" nibs for writing. They seem a tad smoother to me.

 

Nonetheless, these vintage Rotring are quite interesting I think. Would love to get my hands on one of the earliest like this:

 

 

Would be great to see a picture of your dummy.

 

C.

 

PS: I think there is a quite good thread about Tintenkulis somewhere on FPN, written by legendary FPN-member "myu", one of my all time FPN-heros.

 

PPS: Just located: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/30724-rotring-tintenkuli-stylographs/ ...2007...good old times!

Edited February 4, 2016 by christof

[whych]

I have tested mine and must say that it works surprisingly well. Nevertheless, I prefer "real" nibs for writing. They seem a tad smoother to me.

The drawing tips used for technical drawing should be straight and come in various widths. The ones used for writing should have a ball or rounded tip to them to make writing easier.

Many guys used to use a drawing pen for writing, but it never worked for me. You have to hold the pen upright like you would for drawing or the pen wouldn't feed and also be scratchy.

 

<quote>

PS: I think there is a quite good thread about Tintenkulis somewhere on FPN, written by legendary FPN-member "myu", one of my all time FPN-heros.

 

PPS: Just located: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/30724-rotring-tintenkuli-stylographs/ ...2007...good old times!

</quote>

 

In a time when most German pens were black, those coloured bodies he has look great.

Edited February 4, 2016 by whych

[christof]

The drawing tips used for technical drawing should be straight and come in various widths. The ones used for writing should have a ball or rounded tip to them to make writing easier.

Many guys used to use a drawing pen for writing, but it never worked for me. You have to hold the pen upright like you would for drawing or the pen wouldn't feed and also be scratchy.

 

If I understand the original purpose of the Tintenkuli right, it was made for writing first.

Only later models (called Rapidograph) where for drawing purposes made.

C.

Edited February 4, 2016 by christof

[whych]

The 'modern' re-incarnation of the Tintenkuli from the 90s looked like these:

and the tip

 

These also came out in the plastic Altro body.

As with the drawing tips, these also have the wire inside the tip to clear any dried ink but it doesn't stick out as much as the drawing tip.

 

I am sure I have seen Tintenkuli tips that had the rounded writing tip.

At university I couldn't afford Rotrings and used Faber Castell or Staedtler instead when I needed ink drawings.

Edited February 4, 2016 by whych

[farmdogfan]

I have three tintenkulis, i prefer FPs though.

 

 

 

[christof]

The 'modern' re-incarnation of the Tintenkuli from the 90s looked like these:

and the tip

 

These also came out in the plastic Altro body.

As with the drawing tips, these also have the wire inside the tip to clear any dried ink but it doesn't stick out as much as the drawing tip.

 

I am sure I have seen Tintenkuli tips that had the rounded writing tip.

At university I couldn't afford Rotrings and used Faber Castell or Staedtler instead when I needed ink drawings.

 

Maybe you are thinking of something like this:

 

http://www.penboard.de/pb/1/110363g.jpg

 

picture loaned by penboard.de

 

C.

Edited February 4, 2016 by christof

[sakayume]

I've just finished reading this thread (right from the beginning!), and I've enjoyed every minute of it: the pens and photography, and perhaps even more, the stories and drawings. Thank you for putting together such wonderful (and informative) posts.

[christof]

Thank you Candide.

C.