What Was Your Last Impulsive Pen Acquisition?

[AmandaW]

26 minutes ago, Misfit said:

Oh no! The eBay seller I got a Monteverde Mountains of the World pen from offered a 10% discount on the Black Mountains version which would make it cost $40.50. What to do?

 

You're not asking anyone here to discourage a new pen? At a discount? That adds to an existing collection?

[Gloucesterman]

A Wahl-Eversharp Skyline, brown moire, looks like a demi and it needs some restoration.

$20.00!

[amberleadavis]

 

2 hours ago, Misfit said:

Oh no! The eBay seller I got a Monteverde Mountains of the World pen from offered a 10% discount on the Black Mountains version which would make it cost $40.50. What to do?

 

2 hours ago, AmandaW said:

 

You're not asking anyone here to discourage a new pen? At a discount? That adds to an existing collection?

 

 

So, long as you are not selling a kidney.....

[AmandaW]

3 minutes ago, amberleadavis said:

 

 

 

 

So, long as you are not selling a kidney.....

 

One can SELL a kidney? I gave one away! I was ripped off.

[amberleadavis]

1 minute ago, AmandaW said:

 

One can SELL a kidney? I gave one away! I was ripped off.

 

 

You are an amazing person!  My uncle was gifted a kidney and that is how he was able to see his grandchild born and his daughter married (2 different kids).  Thank you for your gift.

[Gloucesterman]

12 hours ago, AmandaW said:

 

One can SELL a kidney? I gave one away! I was ripped off.

Actually you were just paying it forward. Or, as Amber said, "gifting" it.

 

Back around Christmas a friend helped me out financially when things were tight (I was recovering from some medical procedures). I was extremely appreciative for the gift/help. Recently, a friend had a mild medical emergency and required an ambulance to take her to a hospital. She has pretty much recovered almost completely. When she received the bill it was for $2500. She is self-employed and has health insurance. It only picked up $500.00 of the cost. As things are better for me now (back to work p/t, I was able to pass my gift along to help defer her out-of-pocket costs. It felt really good to be able to do this. In its own way, at least as good as getting the money myself in the first place. And the act reminds me of Maimonides' (an 11th century Jewish Talmudic scholar and physician, who lived in Spain and North Africa).

 

Maimonides’ Eight Levels of Charity

• Level 8 — The donor is pained by the act of giving
• Level 7 — The donor gives less than he should but does so cheerfully
• Level 6 — The donor gives after being solicited
• Level 5 — The donor gives without being solicited
• Level 4 — The recipient knows the donor but the donor does not know the recipient
• Level 3 — The donor knows the recipient but the recipient does not know the donor
• Level 2 — Neither the donor nor the recipient knows the other
• Level 1 — The donor gives the recipient the wherewithal to become self-supporting

Source:https://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/02/18/maimonides-eight-levels-of-charity-applied-to-building-your-personal-brand/

 

Thank you to all who give at whatever level.

[essayfaire]

58 minutes ago, Gloucesterman said:

Actually you were just paying it forward. Or, as Amber said, "gifting" it.

 

Back around Christmas a friend helped me out financially when things were tight (I was recovering from some medical procedures). I was extremely appreciative for the gift/help. Recently, a friend had a mild medical emergency and required an ambulance to take her to a hospital. She has pretty much recovered almost completely. When she received the bill it was for $2500. She is self-employed and has health insurance. It only picked up $500.00 of the cost. As things are better for me now (back to work p/t, I was able to pass my gift along to help defer her out-of-pocket costs. It felt really good to be able to do this. In its own way, at least as good as getting the money myself in the first place. And the act reminds me of Maimonides' (an 11th century Jewish Talmudic scholar and physician, who lived in Spain and North Africa).

 

Maimonides’ Eight Levels of Charity

• Level 8 — The donor is pained by the act of giving
• Level 7 — The donor gives less than he should but does so cheerfully
• Level 6 — The donor gives after being solicited
• Level 5 — The donor gives without being solicited
• Level 4 — The recipient knows the donor but the donor does not know the recipient
• Level 3 — The donor knows the recipient but the recipient does not know the donor
• Level 2 — Neither the donor nor the recipient knows the other
• Level 1 — The donor gives the recipient the wherewithal to become self-supporting

Source:https://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/02/18/maimonides-eight-levels-of-charity-applied-to-building-your-personal-brand/

 

Thank you to all who give at whatever level.

This is all wonderful, and was very generous of you, @AmandaW.  A year and a half ago I had the privilege of being on a virtual field trip where we watched a live kidney transplant.  There was a surgical team in each room and the head surgeon went from one to the other along with the kidney.  They do tons of them at the hospital this was done at, but you could tell the staff never took the miracle for granted - whether that was because they were fielding questions from the students during surgery or if that's their normal modus operandi I wasn't sure.  They talked a lot about the program and different types of donation.  

[Gloucesterman]

35 minutes ago, essayfaire said:

This is all wonderful, and was very generous of you, @AmandaW.  A year and a half ago I had the privilege of being on a virtual field trip where we watched a live kidney transplant.  There was a surgical team in each room and the head surgeon went from one to the other along with the kidney.  They do tons of them at the hospital this was done at, but you could tell the staff never took the miracle for granted - whether that was because they were fielding questions from the students during surgery or if that's their normal modus operandi I wasn't sure.  They talked a lot about the program and different types of donation.  

That sounds amazing! There are so many things about our World, Life "in general" and our Being (physical and...) that we take for granted. Regular human being have little awareness of the scope of "amazingness" and everywhere "miracles" (for want of another descriptive word) that surround and inhabit us and our World.

 

There is so much to APPRECIATE!

[senzen]

22 hours ago, essayfaire said:

What a beautiful pen!  I have so many brown inks, I wonder which one would be the perfect match! Lovely.

 

To me it screams of Yama Guri, but it gets along great with Blue Velvet...

[essayfaire]

1 hour ago, senzen said:

 

To me it screams of Yama Guri, but it gets along great with Blue Velvet...

Many things get along with Blue Velvet, but I suspect I would be partial to Yama Guri - perhaps you can show us a sample of them paired!

[Chimera01]

For my sins... the Sailor 'Yakoh' ('Night Light' or 'Luminous') ebonite. 

[DrDebG]

I recently ordered a TWSBI Vac700R with a smooth cursive italic nib along with another Architect nib for another pen, from Kirk Speer.  Both will have the Tomahawk added to the grind.  I have really enjoyed my architect nibs from him.  And they should arrive sometime . . . today!  Yeah!

[Paul-in-SF]

8 hours ago, Chimera01 said:

For my sins... the Sailor 'Yakoh' ('Night Light' or 'Luminous') ebonite. 

 

If that's what you get for sinning, I need to work on being a worse person. 

 

[OldTravelingShoe]

4 hours ago, Paul-in-SF said:

 

If that's what you get for sinning, I need to work on being a worse person. 

 

Hehe. 

 

Also thanks @Chimera01 for sharing! 

[Paul-in-SF]

One of my favorite throwaway lines from the old original movie Bedazzled (Peter Cook and Dudley Moore):

 

Spigot (the Devil): I don't know, I just can't get good help any more. It must be the wages. 

[LoveBigPensAndCannotLie]

On 5/23/2022 at 4:59 PM, Chimera01 said:

For my sins... the Sailor 'Yakoh' ('Night Light' or 'Luminous') ebonite. 

Wow, this is gorgeous. I saw this pen recently on Pensachi but didn't think it looked all that nice in the product pics - now I really get the appeal.

 

I'm kind of curious about the Yokaze version of this pen, I love the patterning on that one, it looks like a piece of bark to me (but in a good way). Alas, it is a little out of my price range at the moment. Super jealous!

[LoveBigPensAndCannotLie]

I recently bid on an auction with this pen and it was kind of a risk because from an angle it looked like the nib might have been missing its tipping. I'm really glad that I did!

 

 

It's a Waterman 3V in absolutely pristine condition. I actually feel a little bad about replacing the sac and inking it up because I am pretty sure it has never been inked or even dipped. Once mint, now it's used.  But I suppose pens are for using, not just for admiring. The nib and feed were spotless as is the rest of the pen except for an inscription. Even the dried up sac inside was clean, no ink residue whatsoever. My guess is this might have been a gift for someone and they didn't like it or never got a chance to use it, which makes me a little sad.

 

The nib is pretty nice as well, it came slightly misaligned but I think it may have just shifted a little on the feed so I shifted it back. It's got a little bit of tooth to it which isn't unusual with the vintage Waterman pens I've used (although I only have a few, maybe I just have ones with feedbacky nibs) but it's really nice and soft and flexy. I'm not sure if it'd be what others would consider "full flex" (I don't like pushing my nibs too hard) but I'd say it's solidly semi-flex or better. 

 

I'm sorry for the essay here but I am really excited to add this to my collection. I don't have many Waterman pens, and especially few in a condition this good. It's a cute little pen and I think it's going to be a great writer (haven't put it through its paces but it seems like a pretty nice nib so far).

 

[essayfaire]

12 minutes ago, LoveBigPensAndCannotLie said:

I'm sorry for the essay here but I am really excited to add this to my collection. I don't have many Waterman pens, and especially few in a condition this good. It's a cute little pen and I think it's going to be a great writer (haven't put it through its paces but it seems like a pretty nice nib so far).

We like essays.  Beautiful pen.  I'm glad it will be used and not end up at the bottom of a landfill!

[sirgilbert357]

1 hour ago, essayfaire said:

We like essays.  Beautiful pen.  I'm glad it will be used and not end up at the bottom of a landfill!

 

Agreed. And yes, pens are for using! I would have replaced the sac and used it too.

[inkstainedruth]

My attitude about pens is that I am NOT a "c-worder".  If I don't intend to use the pen, I don't buy it.  The only ones I have that I don't use are ones that I haven't gotten around to getting back into working shape yet (sadly, there are too many of those).  

And yes, I have a Sheaffer Snorkel that I bought at an antique show a few towns down-river from me which still has the nib sticker on it.  And yes, I had the guts checked out (including getting the sac replaced) and yes I have used it (it was inexpensive enough that I could afford to have it fixed and still not go massively overbudget).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth