Show Me How Do You Keep Your Pen Collections

[J0hnnie]

Newbie would like to see how do FPN members keep their collections, please show with pictures.

[OcalaFlGuy]

Sorry.

 

I don't have an AllOverTheDamnPlace angle lens.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

[The Blue Knight]

I don't have it with me however I have a box that I made with my dad that holds 8 pens which was made from an old microscope slide box a pen pen wrap that holds 4 pens and a lamy 3 pen case. I also have 3 or 4 single pen cases as well.

[Runnin_Ute]

I have one of these....

 

I can keep about 10-12 pens in it, also have one of alc3261's handmade pen wraps.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/183735627/4-pen-wrap-several-choices-available?ref=listing-shop-header-2

 

I have this size, but the pattern of the cloth is different. It is a 4 pen size, but it will hold up to 8 depending on the size of the pen. My Pelikan pens (120, M150, 2 M205's all fit in two slots. One slot for my Parker 45's and another for my Parker 51 Special fp and mechanical pencil.

 

I haven't tried it recently, but if I used it for my Al Star, True Writer, TWSBI 580 I wouldn't get much beyond 4 in it. (maybe 5)

 

I would like to do something up - maybe convert a cigar box to keep most of my pens in then wraps for what I take to work with me.

Edited January 4, 2015 by Runnin_Ute

[max dog]

I've dedicated a couple of book shelf spaces for my pens and inks like this. I may need another shelf, but I am in competition with my wifes books for shelf space real estate in our household.

 

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Edited January 4, 2015 by max dog

[bsenn]

Sorry.

 

I don't have an AllOverTheDamnPlace angle lens.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

Love it!

[gweimer1]

Well, I've managed to do this. The cabinet is my mother's old sheet music cabinet.

 

 

Of course, there are still other spots - a pen holder on my dresser, another on my desk, a pen pouch in my jacket somewhere, and random pens strewn at each spot.

[SujiCorp12345]

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[Buckandball1842]

[J0hnnie]

I've dedicated a couple of book shelf spaces for my pens and inks like this. I may need another shelf, but I am in competition with my wifes books for shelf space real estate in our household.

 

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Now That's huge collections, 0_o'

[whitedot]

John Hubbard's saddle-style inserts lined with 100% wool, recycled baize.

 

You can read more about them here.

 

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[ANM]

My dad was a machinist for the railroad. He had a machinist tool box mom gave him before I was born. I am 70 so this box is older than that. When it got full of pens, I got another new one.

 

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii101/matthewsno/DSCN2145_zps34ea6fe1.jpg

 

It is full of pens too. A cheaper but similar box behind it also has pens in it. The box on the floor has calligraphy pens.

 

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii101/matthewsno/DSCN2146_zps41c66cb7.jpg

 

 

 

another box has more pens and pen parts.

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A few desk pens are on display. The rest are in desk drawers and a closet

 

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii101/matthewsno/DSCN2148_zps582a37ff.jpg

Edited January 5, 2015 by ANM

[J0hnnie]

It's an amazing transformation from tool box to pen box and it's really work.

[siopaopei]

I've dedicated a couple of book shelf spaces for my pens and inks like this. I may need another shelf, but I am in competition with my wifes books for shelf space real estate in our household.

 

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Nice Parker collection.

 

Here's my pen box which I got from a Japanese surplus store, fitted with pen trays from GoPens. As for my daily carry, I have a 2-pen leather case, a 3-pen leather case, and an 8-pen wrap.

 

[sargetalon]

 

[william2001]

I don't have a few hundred pens like some of you do, so I just keep my pens on my desk with inks.

Sorry, I don't have any pictures that I can show you right now, but there is really nothing to look at.

-William S. Park

[Maurizio]

 

 

I'm a user not a collector. My humble collection in my homemade storage box repurposed from a cigar box. I lined the bottom with foam, cut the wood strips, and glued them in.

From top:

- Platinum 3776 w/ music nib

- Pilot Custom 74 medium nib

- Shaeffer Connaisseur circa 1988 (bought in 1988) my 1st real fp

- Aurora Talentum medium (bought in 2000) my 2nd

- Pilot VP broad nib, ground to a stub

- on the right, Pelikan 400 with a customized italic stub.

 

I also have a VP in matte black with a fine nib, 2 Ahabs, a Konrad, a Pilot Ecrino, and a Cross Bailey. For a guy who doesn't "collect" fountain pens, but just uses them, that seems like a lot of pens. These sit in the same drawer as the cigar box in a bamboo drawer organizer.

 

I'm waiting for a Jinhao 750 in the mail. I now buy maybe one nice pen a year. This year I'm planning to buy either a Sailor 1911 Realo (if I can get one), or, a Pilot Custom 823.

[nosygrammarian]

I'm a relative newcomer to the field, so my collection isn't that impressive at the moment. That said, I keep what I've got in this nice, 48 pen case I got through AliExpress:

 

Here's the interior:

 

And here's a look at only the pens:

 

Please keep in mind that this isn't all of my pens. The rest generally reside in my shirt pocket or on my desk. I have some display stands on the way, so I can show off my prettiest pens. My Hero 103 (currently an EDC) will probably end up there.

 

(P.S. To answer two questions I can just see coming: The case has a divider in the middle, and the other side is identical to the one with the pens, but currently empty. The way I got this was to order two at a time, so I have another case when this one fills up. I did that so as to get two for the price most places sell one of these. As to the other question, The green, pen-like object hanging out in the middle of the bottom row is my Raymay PenCut scissors. If you don't have any of these, well, they're awesome.)