What Pen Are You Waiting For In The Mail 2015

[Feathers]

More money spent! More enabling, thank you, haruka337!

This should probably be in the inks section.

 

On reflection and further research, I realise that Sailor Tokiwa-matsu is NOTHING like any of my other greens (& I have a few because I use it for marking students' school work). It looks beautiful from the reviews I've seen. However, does the coppery sheen mean that there's something in it which could clog the feed/nib?

 

Anyway, I'm now £17 poorer, to add to the cost of my M400. I could have got it cheaper from Amazon, but want it NOW, so went with a British retailer.

 

More waiting for the postman.

 

Uh oh, now I want some! It's a gorgeous green.

Bex66:

 

It's my understanding that the sheen in most inks are not like J. Herbin 1670 Anniversary inks, which sheens like crazy due to "gold" powder mixed in, but since the powder is not soluble, it simply collects at the bottom of the bottle. To use it, you need to give the bottle a good shake and if it's in your fountain pen, you also have to give it a good shake from time to time as well. These inks can clog fountain pens, but as long as one is good about cleaning out their pens regularly this should never be an issue

 

As for all other inks with out sediment, I believe the sheen effect occurs when ink collects, pools a bit more in one spot of the paper than on others. This is why one sees a lot of sheen when using flex pens, stub, Italics, or broad nibs. This is also why one doesn't see much sheen in fine nibs and none in extra fine (and so on). Some inks will only sheen on certain papers; cheap/absorbent paper usually discourages most sheen from happening. So most sheeny inks will not clog your fountain pen.

 

To keep things related to the original post, the three center fountain pens are ones I've received in the mail within the last 4 weeks :

 

Sailor Professional Gear White w/ Pink Gold nib and trim (M-F), Sailor Sapporo (Slim) Lamé in yellow (M-F) and Pelikan M400 Tortoise White.

 

You may have paid a little more, but it's likely that the Pelikan Tortoises you saw on Amazon are not in stock by the third part vendors. Every seller I contacted on Amazon (among others) never had it when I inquired via email.

 

ooooh wonderful acquisitions!! I'm eying up that Sailor in White now

[Bex66]

Feathers & haruka337, thanks again.

I'm thinking another Sapporo may be on my list. I love mine. The nib is amazing.

 

Haruka337, it was the ink I eyed on Amazon, not the M400, tortoiseshell.

I'm sure I could have got the Pelikan cheaper, (especially if I'd waited and kept trying) but I got it for the best retail price in the U.K. (by £35), so I don't feel too bad. I knew I may want the nib changing/adjusting, so I didn't want to be sending it half way round the world, or waiting 6 weeks!

 

I feel as though I'd like to continue these chats, but I realise this isn't really the right post. I don't have any pens winging their way to me now, only ink.

 

Edited for typos

Edited June 21, 2015 by Bex66

[Water Ouzel]

A brown striated 1940s Sheaffer Balance 500, military clip, with a semi-flex XF Feather Touch nib, and a blue Indus piston filler with a flex nib from Fountain Pen Revolution.

 

Now let's see how they fare in the chubby fingers of the USPS.

The Balance arrived in my hands today, and it writes beautifully. Smooth, and bit wetter than is good for me (who writes small and a little slowly), with Sailor Jentle Blue Black ink. I'll probably switch it to, oh, Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue to ease the flow a bit.

 

The nib feels a bit soft, and if I write lightly, it's a good XF line; some pressure can widen it out to about an M, but I don't that unless I explicitly choose to. Otherwise, just a bit of flair to the writing.

[______Zaphod_Beeblebrox]

None at the moment.

[fly_us]

 

It is a very lovely pen. After hesitate for awhile, i finally gave up and bought one. Still waiting for it, maybe another 10 days.

 

And i should be banned from eBay, Martiniauctions, penboard... My bank will be happy this month, but not my wife. My waiting list is quite a number:

 

- A Pelikan M400 white tortoise, F.

- A Pelikan Pura P40, M (back from service)

- A Wancher Oshita Autumn Plum Nightangle Makie Lacquerware

- An unknown Pelikan, which i bough accidentally on eBay, suspect it is a M200.

- A Pelikan M200 solid red, M

- A Stipula Passaporto, blue demo, F

- A Lamy Al-star Orange Copper

- A Hero 3005

- A Lamy 2-pens pouch

- Several #5, #6 nibs

- Several international standard converters

 

Day 10, none of them arrived. The waiting is killing me. AAAAAAHHHHHHHH

 

Out of the stress, i just bought a Sailor 21k pocket FP in pink and a Pilot Elite 18k pocket and wait for them to be delivered.

 

How could i stop this madness.

[CursiveChemist]

A Mont Blanc midnight blue bottle of ink, 5 Chinese pens and a Parker 51! Yes, this month was definitely a binge for me. (I also bought a Playstation 4 and other non-pen related accessories)

[Tony the Tiger]

Awaiting an as-yet-unidentified Laban. I liked the idea that it screws on to post. It's a very dark green and I got it very reasonably. I'll post pics when it comes in, which I expect will be later today.

[TeaHive]

Ahhh.. my Platinum 3776 Century Chartres Blue in soft fine arrived today. I'm absolutely in love. <3

[gweimer1]

Today's mail should have an Esterbrook 9788, a Paul Wirt, and a Kullock Parker 51 kit.

 

Picking up this week-end:

3 Esterbrooks, some Parker Duofold parts and a Conklin pen/pencil set.

 

Also waiting on a pair of EASTERbrooks.

[da vinci]

MB Traveller 147 and leather case. Could it be the ultimate practical pen for me...,,😊

[sidthecat]

Got lucky on a small Mabie Todd Swan ringtop. I can't really describe it 'cause the pictures were awful, but the seller tested it for flex and I took a chance and got it for the minimum. Fingers crossed.

[volkswagenfox21]

I'm waiting for a blue Sailor 1911 (M). Pretty excited since it'll be my first Sailor.

[gordonhooker]

A black Lamy Al-Star with a fine nib - should arrive tomorrow.

[Tasmith]

A red Pilot Decimo with a medium nib from Jetpens. When I last checked Decimo prices a while ago, they were $260 US. Jetpens now has them for $133. Couldn't pass that up!

Edited June 23, 2015 by Tasmith

[rocky99]

A black Lamy Al-Star with a fine nib - should arrive tomorrow.

Same here, except I just ordered mine. Took another gamble on Amazon, but this time ordered from the "Lamy" seller instead of the cheapest option. Last time I got a yellow fake. Fingers crossed that this one is real.

[Tack]

I have an excellent condition 1944 double jewel GF Parker 51 blue diamond vacumatic in cedar blue in the mail

AND IT CAN'T COME FAST ENOUGH lol

Also awaiting an Aston 20 pen leather folder.

[BillZ]

Took a chance and did something I normally wouldn't..buy a brand I'm not familiar with on line. I ordered

a Franklin-Christoph Model 20 Marietta with EF 18K nib. They only sell on line as far as I could learn.

It's supposed to be here Thursday. Hope I like it. Wanted to try an American brand.

[Frank C]

Took a chance and did something I normally wouldn't..buy a brand I'm not familiar with on line. I ordered

a Franklin-Christoph Model 20 Marietta with EF 18K nib. They only sell on line as far as I could learn.

It's supposed to be here Thursday. Hope I like it. Wanted to try an American brand.

 

They sell at Pen Shows, too. They set up a few tables with about 50 demonstrators. It is hard to walk away without one or two. Anderson Pens has a couple of exclusive models, too.

[Zillaxila]

currently I am waiting on:

 

Platinum 3776 Maki e Sansui

John Brady custom pen

Troy Clark copper pen

Rotring 600 lava

[sidthecat]

Art Van Heselen is sending back a Waterman ringtop with a factory Broad nib that needed a bit of TLC...he was quite excited about it. Said it's REALLY flexy.

 

Now I'm excited, too.