Which One Will Be Your Next Fountain Pen ?

[jmccarty3]

I am lusting after a Nakaya 17mm diameter long cigar in Ake-tamenuri with a vermeil goldfish roll-stop and a broad nib ground to a cursive italic by John Mottishaw.

 

Out-of-my-price-range dreams include the Sailor Founding Centenary Commemorative Arita porcelain pen and stationery set and the Sailor King of Pen Autumn Under the Stars limited edition.

[Thier.]

I promised I'll post pictures of my last pens ..... Here they are .... I still have to make pictures of my two Delta's ....

 

[Tanzanite]

Very nice pens. Look great.

[mknoblauch]

Wait a minute... I think there's been a mix up at the North Pole post office!all of those pens are exactly what I asked Santa for! ;-)

 

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Platinum 3776 Century, Pilot Custom Heritage 92, Pelikan M200, and eventually a Nakaya... although which one, I'm not yet sure. After all this, I'll either stop buying until something I really love comes along, or start buying vintage. (Waterman and Esterbrook, I'm looking at you!)

[mknoblauch]

I promised I'll post pictures of my last pens ..... Here they are .... I still have to make pictures of my two Delta's ....

 

Looks like you won the fountain pen lottery, Thier!

[Thier.]

Wait a minute... I think there's been a mix up at the North Pole post office!all of those pens are exactly what I asked Santa for! ;-)

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Platinum 3776 Century, Pilot Custom Heritage 92, Pelikan M200, and eventually a Nakaya... although which one, I'm not yet sure. After all this, I'll either stop buying until something I really love comes along, or start buying vintage. (Waterman and Esterbrook, I'm looking at you!)

 

:-) My only problem is that I don't know which one I'm going to use .... Everyday, I choose 3 or 4 of it to work but I really would like to use it all directly which is far from being possible ......

I promise, when I don't want them anymore, I send it to you via Santa ........

[Thier.]

Looks like you won the fountain pen lottery, Thier!

Yes but I haven't my old Leicaflex SL2 anymore...... Well, I was not obliged to trade it for the pens and I have other cameras ..... The guy I made the deal with has much more pens and has an eye on another camera I own .........

Edited December 2, 2014 by Thier.

[bjornarneson]

I'd love to have a Vanishing Point with some sort of smooth italic nib.

[Lamyrada]

Watermans 52v still through mail. Hope it doesnt disappoint.

Edited December 3, 2014 by Lamyrada

[Sachsen]

 

I was wondering that myself. Jetpens sells the aluminum Liliputs for $55 and the brass for $83.50.

 

Kaweco's website doesn't have any mention of these fireblue steel pens yet, but they have a stainless steel version and a copper version that they say are currently exclusively sold at Manufactum department stores in Germany (interestingly, only through November 2014 - so these two might be coming to America soon?)

 

On Manufactum's site, they list Liliput fountain pens for the following amounts:

aluminum, 41€ ($51)

brass, 62€ ($77)

stainless steel, 73€ ($91)

copper, 84€ ($105)

 

So on Jetpens, I would expect a regular stainless steel to go for about $98 and a copper for $113. This fireblue steel might fall in between the regular steel and the copper - so I'd expect around $100 - $110.

 

Wow, I was way off. They are on sale now. $168.50.

 

http://www.jetpens.com/Kaweco-Liliput-Fountain-Pens/ct/1202?&pn=1&sa=price&so=-1&ip=48

[TeaHive]

I was rather disappointed to see such a steep price for the Fireblue Liliput moments ago.. While I find it to be quite attractive, I just can't justify the price for a mini cartridge pen. I'd rather spend that money on vintage flex. Guess I'll be sticking with buying the Brass Wave Liliput and some vintage items this weekend.

[Thier.]

Indeed, it's a very high price for such a pen. Ok, it looks fine. Yes, many persons would like to have one .... But I don't think they will sell a lot of it at a so high price ....

[maverick777]

I was rather disappointed to see such a steep price for the Fireblue Liliput moments ago.. While I find it to be quite attractive, I just can't justify the price for a mini cartridge pen. I'd rather spend that money on vintage flex. Guess I'll be sticking with buying the Brass Wave Liliput and some vintage items this weekend.

 

I agree they've priced themselves out of serious contention for me as well. It is a very interesting finish none the less. I have a M600 Blue/Black on order from Mass Drop and I think I will place an order for a Red/Black M600 from Cult Pens next week.

[Drawing61]

My next pen will be a Nakaya Dorsal Fin version 2 in urushi Aka-tamenuri with a music nib, if I win the lottery or that unknown relative that I'm sure is lurking out there leaves me a bundle.

[Sachsen]

After my Prera for Christmas, I think I might have to get one of those new EF Preppys for 5 bucks!

[siopaopei]

I promised I'll post pictures of my last pens ..... Here they are .... I still have to make pictures of my two Delta's ....

 

 

Oh, wow. nice haul! What is the fifth pen? That's so pretty!

 

My next pen would be a Pilot VP, which has just recently been made available locally in my country. Their store is a few hours' drive from where I live but it will be so worth it.

Edited December 5, 2014 by siopaopei

[Thier.]

 

Oh, wow. nice haul! What is the fifth pen? That's so pretty!

 

My next pen would be a Pilot VP, which has just recently been made available locally in my country. Their store is a few hours' drive from where I live but it will be so worth it.

 

 

The last one is a Pilot Falcon with a Soft Fine nib .....

When you write that the store is a few hours driving from where you live is so strange for me : in 3 hours, you can go from one side of the country to the other ...... :-)

Edited December 5, 2014 by Thier.

[jmccarty3]

 

Oh, wow. nice haul! What is the fifth pen? That's so pretty!

 

My next pen would be a Pilot VP, which has just recently been made available locally in my country. Their store is a few hours' drive from where I live but it will be so worth it.

 

The fifth pen looks like a Graf von Faber Castell in Pernambuco wood. Every time I see this pen, I can't help hearing Sherlock Holmes saying, "Her people have been leaders in Pernambuco for generations."

[Thier.]

Right, it's the Classic Graf Von Faber Castell . I also have a Graf Intuition in Grenadilla wood which is splendid. Bigger than the classic but with a wonderfull handling due to his special shape .....

 

[Betweenthelines]

Oh God. It's happening. I put my order into nibs.com. Nakaya Naka-ai Heki Tamenuri cigar with kanji and a 0.5mm Mottishaw stub. And I immediately went and deleted all my eBay watched items. No more pen buying for a long time.