Don't Just Tell Us About The Pen You're Using, *show* Us! - 2015

[SNAK]

been a while, as always I am catching up and lengthening that list of pens I NEED.... LOL

 

 

Love your ballz.

[SNAK]

 

Wowza! That's a great pen nib. Fantastic photography, too.

Thanks David . It means a lot coming from you.

 

Your Vac Major is very beautiful, but I am more impressed by the fact that you are completely in control of that big 1.3mm stub nib!

[SNAK]

OMG.. I love that SCHNAUZER !!!!!

+1 !! And your giraffe too, line! I assume the puppy is the one in your avatar?

Edited June 2, 2015 by SNAK

[SNAK]

Brought him home from the Chicago Pen Show early May

Nice Big Red! I am so envious of all the pen shows you have over there in the US. We only have one in the whole country and only once a year...

[skysora]

Good morning, friends! This thread continues to excite and inspire. I find myself visiting numerous times every day...

 

 

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Cool birthday present! It is really something different, that's for sure! And what a beautiful photo With Your dog! Taco's collar matches the surroundings; I Guess it is a monday matchup :-)

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http://i.imgur.com/pPAl8u2.jpg?1

I find myself liking Parker 51s more and more. Cool pen! Is it teal blue?

[00Photo]

Conklin Endura with Montblanc Permanent Grey.

 

[line]

+1 !! And your giraffe too, line! I assume the puppy is the one in your avatar?

Thanks!

 

The original behind my avatar is unfortunately no longer. But she was also a schnauzer like the puppy, only an other colour and an other size.

 

... or is the correct way to say it "another colour and another size"?

Edited June 2, 2015 by line

[AAAndrew]

Whoa! Endura with a flexible nib! Crazy! and gorgeous!

 

Please excuse the incredibly terrible, horrible, no-good photo. I left my phone at home today and only have my very old iPad.

 

Regardless, I'm using my two Gerry Berg-repaired Sheaffer vacuum fill pens. I'm really loving these. They hold a ton of ink (about 1.2 ml), are dead simple, write wonderfully and have a beautiful understated elegance.

 

The top pen is black with gold trim and is the rarer Sovereign. It was only made in 1948 and instead of a triumph nib, it has a massive open nib the same size as the OS Balance lifetime pens. Very striking on this pen.

 

The other is a chocolate brown Statesman with a more typical triumph nib. From around the same time (48-49) it also writes a wonderfully smooth fine line. Closed they look like identical except for color. Uncapped, they're definitely brothers from a different mother.

 

Both of these pens are serious writing instruments. The brown one was used so much the ridges on the section are actually worn down where the original owner's fingers rested. The Sovereign, the black pen, is well-nigh mint and looks like it could still be in the box. I can write all day with these pens, and they hold enough ink to do it, too.

 

To me, these pens are kind of the last of the older design sensibility at Sheaffer. Following these began the touchdown and then snorkel lines that truly embrace the post-war aesthetic. These pens are most definitely coming from the pre-war and wartime design patterns. More formal, solid, not as exciting as the true post-war pens of the 50's. I love them.

 

Edited June 2, 2015 by AAAndrew

[foamy]

Just resurrected this Montblanc 144. I had given it as a gift to my Uncle sometime in the eighties and found it in his writing desk. I don't think it had been used since then as it was filled with some very hard, dried ink. I also found the Montblanc ink, which I suppose is blue/black. There was no sedimentation, so when I got the pen clean, I refilled it with it's original ink.

 

 

[KaB]

That ink is gorgeous!

+1 on that. Can't find it anywhere though, not even a review on FPN

[Frank C]

+1 on that. Can't find it anywhere though, not even a review on FPN

 

Did you try here?

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/289043-honey-kwzi/

[Thier.]

My Graf Intuition is ready or tomorrow ......

His brother Terracotta is still in use filled with Iroshizuku Yama Guri ....

 

 

[AAAndrew]

Tonight I was using my TWSBI Micarta with the Pendleton Brown butter stub nib. Very fun pen.

 

I think my iPhone's camera was smudged, or I was holding it poorly. I've really put up some dogs lately instead of nice photography. I apologize.

 

 

and the cool nib

 

[RMN]

Tonight I was using my TWSBI Micarta with the Pendleton Brown butter stub nib. Very fun pen.

 

I think my iPhone's camera was smudged, or I was holding it poorly. I've really put up some dogs lately instead of nice photography. I apologize.

 

 

and the cool nib

 

 

Ahhh, bringing together 2 of my likes: Fountain pens and Terry Pratchett.

 

 

Nice

 

 

D.ick

[perfaddict]

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[Houston]

Houston, I'm not Amber, but I did do a pink ink drinking Yink post a few weeks ago. If you mean my drawing, that just made my day! My heart went BuBom, and skipped a beat, and then I had big smile on my face. Thanks!

 

Your Nakaya Sumiko Skull is so grotesque and so beautiful at the same time! Never seen anything like it. And a nibmeister will have a field day with such a big blobby tipping material to play with.

 

 

I got it wrong on the Yink? I'm such a dink! Away I shall slink.

 

All along, it was SNAK! It was a whack SNAK attack I should've macked! I'm taken aback that I lacked the knack. I must be a slack hack with a Vac, smoking crack! A whole stack of crack!

 

I should've known it was the incomparable SNAK.

 

--h

[AAAndrew]

Brilliant.

[SNAK]

Good morning, friends! This thread continues to excite and inspire. I find myself visiting numerous times every day...

 

Ohhh, your Swan's Eternal nib is something wonderful!