What Was Your Last Impulsive Pen Acquisition?

[Mysterious Mose]

I'll call this impulsive although I had plenty of time to think about it.

 

It started with a visit to Fountain Pen Hospital.  I intended to just get a taste and not buy anything.  Window shopping.  I really liked the Pelikan M205 Petrol Marble and Waterman Career Amber and a couple of used pens.  True to my pledge, I didn't buy anything.  However, the seed was planted.  I did some research on the web and discovered that although FPH charges $208 for the Pelikan, I could get it internationally for as little as $131.  I also saw that I could get a black M200 for a lot less.

 

I also saw that it seems almost everybody who has any Pelikans has an M200.

 

I found an eBay listing for an M200 Old Style W. German with an OB nib.  The seller was Wasupen, who has been recommended on this forum.  The auction price was $49.99.  The seller wrote that he could swap the nib for a Fine.  So, I bid and was the only and high bidder.

 

The pen arrived October 2 and, although I was initially delighted, I quickly became disappointed.  The pistonfiller feels jerky and the pen has trouble writing.  The feed and nib aren't properly aligned.  My travails are written about in the thread "Did I damage the Pelikan M200 nib?"

 

Right now I have to decide whether to return it or keep it and spend money getting it fixed or replacing the nib.

[Paul-in-SF]

9 hours ago, Mysterious Mose said:

The seller was Wasupen, who has been recommended on this forum.

 

In my experience, quality of products and service is uneven. Sorry you are having problems. 

[sirgilbert357]

Well, I was going to preorder the new Leonardo Momento Zero Grande in that limited edition Brooks material that looks like mother of pearl.

Waited a day too long and now they are sold out (from the vendor I had an EXCELLENT coupon code with). I'm not sure I should look around at other vendors...my procrastination saved me some serious money, LOL. What to do, what to do....

[JonSzanto]

Yep, I'm not a pencil guy, but I saw this Duofold Jr. pencil and I just couldn't pass it up. It is in near-mint condition, works perfectly as well. Once it got here (after winning the auction) I felt I had to pair it with one of my Duo Jr. pens to make a set, and that started me thinking... So here you go, shot atop an advertisement from 1929 for the very same items.

 

[Gloucesterman]

Great buy. Really like what you did with your "impulse".

[A Smug Dill]

Sigh.

 

On 9/21/2021 at 1:38 AM, Bikerchick said:

Not that I want to encourage you, considering your current moratorium, but here's a picture of the HongDian N1 in bright orange.

 

I broke my promise not to buy any more pens for at least a year, and ordered the piston-filler version of that pen just now. HongDian producing a piston-filler in a more conventional design that doesn't have a see-through barrel took me by surprise; and since it's that design, in that colour, at a price cheaper than the converter-filled version of the pen… I just have to give it a look-see.

 

You know who I'll blame, right? ☝️

[Bikerchick]

2 hours ago, A Smug Dill said:

Sigh.

 

 

I broke my promise not to buy any more pens for at least a year, and ordered the piston-filler version of that pen just now. HongDian producing a piston-filler in a more conventional design that doesn't have a see-through barrel took me by surprise; and since it's that design, in that colour, at a price cheaper than the converter-filled version of the pen… I just have to give it a look-see.

 

You know who I'll blame, right? ☝️

Since I'm quite literally on the other side of the planet, I'd be more than happy to take the bulk of your wife's ire. 

 

[mizgeorge]

5 hours ago, A Smug Dill said:

Sigh.

 

 

I broke my promise not to buy any more pens for at least a year, and ordered the piston-filler version of that pen just now. HongDian producing a piston-filler in a more conventional design that doesn't have a see-through barrel took me by surprise; and since it's that design, in that colour, at a price cheaper than the converter-filled version of the pen… I just have to give it a look-see.

 

You know who I'll blame, right? ☝️

And where can I find this blameless pen please?

[Bikerchick]

21 minutes ago, mizgeorge said:

And where can I find this blameless pen please?

Here you go, sweetie.

(Unless Dill has a cheaper link, that is.)

[Cipher Factor]

Well, quasi-impulsive, anyway. I like all of my pens to have a specific purpose. I don't want to have too many pens sitting around uninked for a long time -- and I don't want to leave pens inked that I'm not using regularly, either.

 

When the Swipe came out, I bought one in Prussian Blue instead of an Eco in Transparent Blue that I had been planning on because I liked the color, opacity, and shape of the Swipe better. 

 

And, not an actual purchase yet, but when the Narwhal Nautilus came out, I decided that if they come back in stock anytime soon, I'll buy one of them to be my dedicated brown ink pen instead of the Lamy LX I was planning on. 

[maclink]

I like trying something different and am strongly thinking of learning to handle a flex nib in a more versatile fashion, by delving into some Spencarian script.  I purchased an Aurora Optima with the Flex nib option.  I can then have fun and compare with my Pilot Custom 912 FA.  I've never been one to have just one of a particular product type.  I tend to have several to experience the differences, subtle and otherwise.  Curiosity overcomes me...... 

[inkstainedruth]

I've got one of the new White and Red Lamy Safaris en route.  

Somehow the "standard" Safari colors have never wowed me -- all of mine are basically SE or LE ones, and all with colored clips (Dark Lilac, Violet, the new-to-me French Blue, and now this one).  Getting this one with a black B nib, which might end up getting swapped out with the steel B nib on the Violet one.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[essayfaire]

1 hour ago, inkstainedruth said:

White and Red Lamy Safaris

I think I may be the only one who doesn't care for Safaris; I actually got multiple nibs to try out with the pen, but ended up giving it away. It just didn't suit my hand properly, and nib swaps don't change that.  I wish I liked using them as it would be fun to mix and match them in complementary colors - kind of like Pilot does with the Kakunos.

[ParramattaPaul]

41 minutes ago, essayfaire said:

I think I may be the only one who doesn't care for Safaris

No, you're not.  I found them unimpressive too.

[JakobS]

Not quite impulsive as I have been debating getting a Kaweco Skyline Sport for somewhere around five to seven years. The new Olive version finally pushed me to make the purchase. I am getting a medium nib ground to a right oblique. Though I have enjoyed a few different left obliques, I think a right oblique may be a bit better for how I generally hold a pen. Hopefully it will be making its way to me by the end of the week!

[Tas]

Yesterday, I ordered what to me looks like the Sheaffer PFM / Taranis' love child, the Sheaffer Icon.

[Karmachanic]

52 minutes ago, Tas said:

Yesterday, I ordered what to me looks like the Sheaffer PFM / Taranis' love child, the Sheaffer Icon.

 

Oooh. Flash!

[Tas]

1 hour ago, Karmachanic said:

 

Oooh. Flash!

Chrome would've been even flashier. 😎

[Karmachanic]

But less sophisticated.

[AmandaW]

And even less sophisticated...

 

My impulsive Kaweco Perkeo 'Bad Taste' arrived - love it - and now I really really want a Cotton Candy to go with it.