Don't Just Tell Us About The Pen You're Using, *show* Us!

[LWJ2]

This morning's note features American ink, pen and tobacco, Danish pipe -- caffeine source not shown

 

 

Esterbrook late Demi-transitional #9128 nib

 

Stanwell 08M

[sleepycat]

Love the grouping in your photo, LWJ.

[irrigger]

[dcpritch]

Blown away by your ce Levi Nox. Never heard of this pen before, could you tell me about it? It's beautiful

 

Hi Canaries,

 

I've been out of the loop for a while so I missed your question about the CE Levi "Nox". I've had it for a couple of years and love using it every bit as much as the day it arrived. It just ran out of ink this morning and was washed, dried and put away, or else I'd show you a writing sample. Here is a review I did not long after I got it. And here are some photos I took just now:

 

[camoandconcrete]

I'm reposting one of my photos from Instagram. I'm currently using these three beauties.

Montblanc 136 and 138 and Heritage 1912 all filled with Aurora Black for notes.

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a629/Kevin_Keller/photo_zpsaa2dcfd5.jpg

[dcpritch]

mhphoto, akustyk, attila, ptero, nashten - thanks! You all have such awesome handwriting! And Attila, that Turcsány pen of yours is astounding! Thanks for your write up in the Pen History forum.

 

M.A.S., those are some SWEET Montblancs! I'm unfamiliar with the Heritage 1912 but the 136 and 138 I know well - I hope yours have the wartime steel nibs for which those models are justifiably famous.

 

Earlier this summer I got a fixer-upper off the world's online flea market and I finally had a chance to bring it back to life. It turned out better than I hoped. I know you all understand what it feels like to have a pen you can't stop admiring. You write a little, put the cap on, take it off, look at it, admire the nib, think about where its been, who may have used it, write a little more, put the cap on ... you know the pattern, its why one reason we all keep coming to FPN!!!

 

Here's my new favorite pen, and its not even a stub! The nib is a dream to use; it is so thick and broad shouldered it has zero flex. I know this one isn't mint, far from it, yet I can't help but admire the way Parker's pearl and black celluloid retains its pearlescence while it ambers into butterscotch.

 

[camoandconcrete]

 

M.A.S., those are some SWEET Montblancs! I'm unfamiliar with the Heritage 1912 but the 136 and 138 I know well - I hope yours have the wartime steel nibs for which those models are justifiably famous.

Thank you dcpritch! The Heritage is a beautiful pen and really just amazing all around. I think Montblanc has a winner with this design and I can see it going down as a classic design. The 136 is from 48 and is a late transitional model and as such has a 14k gold nib with some nice flex. The 138 is from 39 and has a steel nib with full flex. Its the best nib in my collection but it is wet and really only likes certain papers.

[Houston]

Stanwell 08M

FPN-20130904-3.jpg

 

LWJ2: Really enjoying your combination pics of pens and pipes. Although I don't defend tobacco, generally, I also find fountain pens and pipes to be perfect companions -- both in concept and in practice. They both suit folks like me who like to fiddle with things. And they both demand a deliberative pace and quality of attention. They both beckon for us to calm down, take our time, and reflect. I need those reminders.

 

Of course, only one of them is actually good for us. :-)

 

But I need at least one bad habit in my life.

[tringle]

 

 

[attika89]

http://www.kepfeltoltes.hu/130905/P1160752_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg

 

http://www.kepfeltoltes.hu/130905/P1160748_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg

[DET]

[KrazyIvan]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3681/9678918169_4a8aa601d8_c.jpg

fpn reply by IvanRomero, on Flickr

[akustyk]

http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag32/akustyk/c6ae7284-5fb4-409d-9996-7c579580c7c1_zps6716b0b7.jpg

[Pterodactylus]

http://imageshack.us/a/img829/1721/ony9.jpg

(Mabie Todd Swan 4660 Leverless ..... Pelikan Blue Black)

[davidv7]

Now my everyday pen, the Delta Gallery Blue Moon.

[KrazyIvan]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7443/9684438771_f379452a6d_c.jpg

fpn reply by IvanRomero, on Flickr

[irrigger]

Pelikan M150 med with Waterman Purple

[LWJ2]

Today's update - Leon

 

 

 

 

Pelikan M-200; OB nib; Noodler's Liberty's Elysium

 

Dunhill Dublin-style pre-patent pipe, circa 1932: Vernon device (the type of union betwixt stem and pipe), Tiffany band, Cumberland stem (which here is known as red ebonite); John B. Hayes' "Tom's Red & Black" tobacco.

[camoandconcrete]

tringle, that's a very nice Waterman's 52. I thought about buying a 52 earlier in the summer because I liked the looks and the nibs are really nice. But, I decided, since it doesn't fit within the realms of my collection, to skip it. I was interested in the nib more than the pen but, luckily for me old MBs have some really flexible nibs so I was able to get what I wanted in a nib and pen design.

irrigger and LWJ2, thank you for your comments. Here is another regram, this time of my Pel 400NN tortoise. You'll have to excuse the crappy iPhone camera quality.

 

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a629/Kevin_Keller/photo1_zps58c1a7f8.jpg

[Pterodactylus]

http://imageshack.us/a/img46/7848/qdg8.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img607/2739/nr56.jpg

(Waterman 16 BCHR ..... P. W. Akkerman Voorhout Violet)