Who Loves Desk Pens?

[JotterAddict62]

Jotter

Take a look at this, then measure your stand to see which insert will fit.

http://www.soic.com/Store_Supplies.htm

 

And those pix of the desk sets have me drooling.

I've never seen so many desk sets in one place.

I could go broke at that place, and fill up the trunk of my car.

Thanks for the info on the inserts.

 

I wished I had more money that day. Spent 3 bills. Made it back and still have plent of booty left.

That auction was doing 100 sales an hour. I talked to the man that was writing down each sale

the next day at another auction and that what he told me. A person had to pay attention to what

was happening. I turned my back to placed some of the desk sets in a box and I missed out on this

item which I wanted to bid on, but they were too fast for me.

Nice sign. The man who bought it his wife worked at Parker for years that is why he was bidding

on it. That what happens when you snooze you loose. We were joking that he was going to place the sign about her side of the bed.

[HITY]

This is Desk Pen ， It was my first time that I bought in Guangzhou Trade Fair . I was very surprised and then took photo ，maybe one day ， I can owe it in a good price on on one day ！Have you every seen this pen ？Where can i buy this desk pen in good price ！

 

Thanks in advance ！

 

 

Best Regard，

 

HITY

[JazzDoc]

I love having a desk pen - having a fountain pen in my hand so immediately and so conveniently is an absolute pleasure.

 

My desk pen is a Franklin-Christoph model #66 Stabilis (no clip) with a Masuyama italic broad gold nib which sits in a free form glass stand at vertical attention, snapping into action at will. It's usually filled with Pilot Blue-Black, but on occasion with J.Herbin Perle Noir.

 

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y28/b_d_bop/DeskPen_zpsa8842f93.jpg

[Penne Stilografiche]

Parker 61 14k Gold Presidential Desk Pen

 

 

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/RARE-14k-Solid-Gold-Parker-61-Presidential-Desk-Pen-w-Green-Onyx-Base-/00/s/MTYwMFgxMDY2/z/EwoAAOxymspSEE8T/$T2eC16N,!)sE9swmYlSbBSEE8SgR3Q~~60_57.JPG?rt=nc

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-Vincenzo

[JotterAddict62]

Here is one desk base that will not take up to much space.

[ac12]

Having recently started using an Esterbrook LJ, I am getting a nostalgia bug.

My current desk pens are all "modern" looking (P51, P45, Sheaffer Imperial).

But now I want an older desk pen, to give me the feel I get when using the Esterbrook.

Now I'm on the hunt for a vintage deskpen; open nib and ink sac.

 

As I go down another rabbit hole labeled "desk pens."

[tedd]

Hey Keyless Works! I do like desk pens as they are like dip pens or like Rotring Art Pens in their own holders. I have one Pilot Desk fountain pen that I like a lot. I also have a desk pen fitting that I can attach to one of my Targa points and use in a desk pen style. I would like to find a nice vintage desk pen holder for my pen. I actually have one- got it at the flea market for a dollar, but it does not hold the fountain pen well- most likely a ballpoint holder. It has a nice marble base, but the holder was falling apart. I could grind the holder out a little so the pen slides in easier...

[ac12]

Well the bug bit home, these are all open nib desk pens:

- Sheaffer touchdown and snorkel desk pens. It took a bit of work to restore these, the snorkel was the trickiest to do.

- Esterbrook desk and dipless pens

 

I also got bit by the Esterbrook dipless pen bug.

One 444 with 2 more in the mail and a 407 in the mail.

 

Where the heck am I going to put them?

[ac12]

I just inked up my Morriset constant flow pen for the first time last night.

It was a neat feeling to write with it, sort of like going back in time.

And when I turned the pen over, looking thru the glass feed, I could see how much ink was left. A half dip easily wrote more than a page.

I had to ink up by dipping from an ink vial, since I don't have the Morriset inkwell. But that was just fine for my few pages of writing with it, and it was fun to do. But now I need to find a Morriset inkwell, to complete the set.

 

From a practical point of view, to use either the Esterbrook dipless or Morriset constant flow desk sets, you have to write a fair amount, because I think you have to put a fair amount of ink into the inkwells. But, for occasional use, an ink vial will do. But an ink vial just does not have the same effect/feeling as using the matching inkwell.

[Houston Ships]

I have accumulated several desk pens. They are my favorite to write with in terms of balance and aesthetic. The Parker "51" set and a longer Eversharp with flexible nib got the most use until the Nakaya Deskpen arrived.

[TXKat]

I have a desk set (that's not an actual set) that I know nothing about either piece. Can anyone possibly help me identify my parts? The pen writes beautifully and has a 14K gold nib stamped Belmont 3. Nice flexible nib~~ As for the base, on a random roadtrip, picked it up at a garage sale for $.25 as I needed something for the pen even though the pen fills.

 

I also have a WASP desk pen that I have no idea how/what fills it as the back portion, midway down the pen, unscrews, but there is nothing inside. The end has a nib feed, so it must get ink from somewhere, but a cartridge would have to be super long! Ideas??

 

And if this is the wrong thread, moderators, please move. Thanks all.

[dragonaura]

http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo322/MystikMagick/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20140103_183238_0_zpsaf3c93ae.jpg

 

This is my desk pen holder. Its a bit different in real life. The paper behind is bright white.

I love it. I brought it cheap in a lot marked as Greenstone desk pen and carved jade ash tray. I gave the ashtray to my mother because although we don't smoke, she likes jade.

It currently has two ugly ballpoints, both terribly scratched and one broken.

Perhaps one day when I have money I will make a topic here and ask people to recommend two nice matches

 

[ac12]

I just bought a couple of "partial" desk pens.

Partial in that they are desk pens, but w/o a base.

• Lamy Joy
• Pilot 200

I think in the case of the Joy, it was marketed as a calligraphy pen. But since you can put any Lamy nib from XF to B and 1.1, 1.5 and 1.9 stub italic, it can well do both. I plan on keeping a 1.1 stub on mine, as I like the line variation that the 1.1 nib produces. But admittedly the 1.1 is kinda wide. If I get tired of the 1.1 nib, I can always swap out the nib for a more traditional XF or F nib.

 

I think in the case of the Pilot, they are meant for an environment where there is limited desk real estate. So you keep it in the drawer or pen cup.

[penrivers]

I don't know, in a sense I feel like they are the missing link among ancient writing feathers and modern pens specially fountains, in other ways I feel an ineffable spiritual disturbance looking at that object, it occupies to much space in a desk and has the air of an imprisoned bird wanting to fly. And I cant have one in my blue jean pocket je je.

[ac12]

I don't know, in a sense I feel like they are the missing link among ancient writing feathers and modern pens specially fountains, in other ways I feel an ineffable spiritual disturbance looking at that object, it occupies to much space in a desk and has the air of an imprisoned bird wanting to fly. And I cant have one in my blue jean pocket je je.

 

I think the value of a desk pen is in how you work. It is VERY convenient to just slip the pen into its holder than using the other hand to cap the pen. The having to cap the pen when not in use is an excuse that I have seen for NOT wanting to use a fountain pen. The desk pen takes that excuse away. And on some desks, the base holding the pen up, insures that the pen will not get lost under a mound of paper on the desk.

 

BTW, the amount of space it consumes on the desk is directly proportional to the base. There are HUGE bases that take up a LOT of desk space, and there are smaller bases that take up less space than your coffee cup.

 

And yes you cannot stick a desk pen in your pants pocket. Then again I would not carry anything but a pocket pen in my pants pocket. Even a standard length fountain pen feels too long to put in my front pants pocket.

[ac12]

I just bought a couple of "partial" desk pens.

Partial in that they are desk pens, but w/o a base.

• Lamy Joy
• Pilot 200

I think in the case of the Joy, it was marketed as a calligraphy pen. But since you can put any Lamy nib from XF to B and 1.1, 1.5 and 1.9 stub italic, it can well do both. I plan on keeping a 1.1 stub on mine, as I like the line variation that the 1.1 nib produces. But admittedly the 1.1 is kinda wide. If I get tired of the 1.1 nib, I can always swap out the nib for a more traditional XF or F nib.

 

I think in the case of the Pilot, they are meant for an environment where there is limited desk real estate. So you keep it in the drawer or pen cup.

 

Update on my purchases.

 

Lamy Joy

• Very nice to use.
• The overall length is the same as my Parker 51 desk pen.
• The neat part is the easily changable nibs. I have a 1.1 italic nib on it right now, as I am having fun with the ease of having line variation without the extra work and cost of a flex nib. But I can easily change the 1.1 italic nib for a more conventional XF or F nib.
• The grip is comfortable. Not as difficult to use at all. However, I can see how the finger on top grip would have a little difficulty with the Lamy grip. But it is not difficult to still do it, and avoid the flats on the grip.
• I did notice that when stored nib up, in my pen cup, it would sometimes slow start. The ink would flow, but not much, then the ink flow would pick up a few words later. I am planning on storing it nib down, like a desk pen, so I do not have that slow start issue.
• I am now thinking of a 2nd Joy, so I can keep one with the 1.1 nib and the other with a XF or F nib.

Pilot 200

• I had to get mine from an eBay seller in Japan, as I was not able to find a US seller of this specific model.
• It looks really nice, gloss black with gold plated nib and end-piece at the end of the taper.
• The overall length is about 1-1/4 inches longer than my Parker desk pen, and it balances well in the hand.
• The tipping is SMOOTH. The M nib with Waterman ink just slides on the paper.
• But the pen is only available in F or M nibs (that I could find). The ink line of the M nib is like a Lamy F nib. This is just fine for my journals on wide ruled paper, where I use an old Parker M nib (Lamy F). But it is a bit wide for my normal writing on college ruled paper, where I normally use an old Parker F nib (Lamy XF).
• My nib was a bit dry, I had to carefully widen the nib slit to get more ink flow, so my ink line would be darker.
• I tried both Waterman and Cross/Pelikan black inks, and the Waterman ink worked out the best, providing the darkest ink line. This is likely because of the dry nib. Adjusting the nib for more ink flow would get the Cross in to darken.

The problem with both of these pens is that they do not come with a desk base. So you have to either put it in your pen cup, or sidewards in your desk drawer.

• So far, I have not been able to find a desk base that would work with the Lamy Joy.
• According to another thread, the Pilot pen will fit a Platinum desk base.

If you do not have the space to put a desk base, these pens are just the ticket for you. You get the desk pen writing experience w/o the space consuming base. Although smaller bases are available for some pens which takes up just a bit more space than a coffee cup, and a few are even smaller. But these are specific to the brands and models of pens they were designed for. I can't put the Lamy Joy into an Esterbrook base, the section of the Lamy is too fat.

[da vinci]

This is Desk Pen ， It was my first time that I bought in Guangzhou Trade Fair . I was very surprised and then took photo ，maybe one day ， I can owe it in a good price on on one day ！Have you every seen this pen ？Where can i buy this desk pen in good price ！

 

Thanks in advance ！

 

 

Best Regard，

 

HITY

I rather like these - anyone have any info on these or (I am guessing) desk pens by any chinese manufacturer?

[flyingfox]

I recently found an interesting desk pen set at a flea market, and just had to pick it up... It is similar to the OP's dip-less set.

 

 

The glass container is for the ink. It contains approx. 50ml!

 

 

One of the sets I saw at the flea market looks like the OP's! I also wanted the one with the clear base, all the way to the left, but I didn't have that much money, enough to buy both. The Estie one was the most interesting. I honestly have never seen anything like this before LOL, although it is the same principle as the cat water bowl...

 

 

 

[Keyless Works]

Hmm very interesting. Who is the manufacturer?

[ac12]

@FlyingFox

That is an Esterbrook 407 inkwell.

In the group pix, the one on the right with the pen with the copper color barrel + clear taper is an Esterbrook 444 inkwell.

Both of these are for the Esterbrook dipless pens.

The one good thing about the dipless pens is, you don't have an old rubber ink sack that is probably brittle and in small pieces to deal with.

 

Enjoy your new set.

 

BTW, the Morriset Constant Flow ink well uses the same principle of an inverted jar.