What Was Your Last Impulsive Pen Acquisition?

[Pen Ffynnon]

9 hours ago, Misfit said:

A TWSBI Swipe in pear with a 1.1mm stub nib. 

 

Ooh! I have one of those en route, as well! I would've normally gone with the stub, too, but I needed an "experimental" fine nib for ink testing.

[Misfit]

On 8/16/2022 at 1:56 PM, Pen Ffynnon said:

 

Ooh! I have one of those en route, as well! I would've normally gone with the stub, too, but I needed an "experimental" fine nib for ink testing.

Cool!  We’ll be pen twins, a term I’ve read on Reddit when I had the app.  I have the one in Prussian Blue, and like its stub nib. I didn’t fill it with Prussian Blue ink, but will next time. 

[Paul-in-SF]

I fell off the pen wagon today, kind of hard, and I ended up with a Parker 51 (maybe first-year) Vacumatic double jewel in black with silver cap. Unfortunately it's coming from overseas so it could be a while before I see it. 

[OldTravelingShoe]

57 minutes ago, Paul-in-SF said:

I fell off the pen wagon today, kind of hard, and I ended up with a Parker 51 (maybe first-year) Vacumatic double jewel in black with silver cap. Unfortunately it's coming from overseas so it could be a while before I see it. 

Sounds very good indeed, so... What was hard about it? 😄

[Pen Ffynnon]

10 hours ago, Misfit said:

Cool!  We’ll be pen twins, a term I’ve read on Reddit when I had the app.  I have the one in Prussian Blue, and like its stub nib. I didn’t fill it with Prussian Blue ink, but will next time. 

Pen twins!  An excellent phrase.

[Paul-in-SF]

9 hours ago, OldTravelingShoe said:

What was hard about it? 😄

 

Falling off is too easy, it's the landing that's hard!

[JohnUphill]

I usually hem and haw, research and rethink all my pen purchases, but when a Parker Duofold Centennial Pearl and Black showed up at Peyton Street I bought it within ten minutes of seeing it. I would have closed the deal more quickly, but I had to find my wallet.

[inktopzolder]

Sailor Pro Gear Autumn Sky with a zoom nib. I went to Akkerman Den Haag to -just- buy some ink but fell hard and fast! 

[ParramattaPaul]

1 hour ago, JohnUphill said:

I usually hem and haw, research and rethink all my pen purchases, but when a Parker Duofold Centennial Pearl and Black showed up at Peyton Street I bought it within ten minutes of seeing it. I would have closed the deal more quickly, but I had to find my wallet.

Yes! the joy of decisiveness.

[mallymal1]

2 hours ago, JohnUphill said:

I usually hem and haw, research and rethink all my pen purchases, but when a Parker Duofold Centennial Pearl and Black showed up at Peyton Street I bought it within ten minutes of seeing it. I would have closed the deal more quickly, but I had to find my wallet.

 

That's one sweet purchase. 

[OldTravelingShoe]

5 hours ago, Paul-in-SF said:

 

Falling off is too easy, it's the landing that's hard!

Perhaps the landing will be cushioned by the smooth nib, velvety grip, and flowy cap of the "51"?

[carola]

Shaffer Balance 1000 Oversize from the late 1930s or early 1940s. Gladly swapped it for my Sheaffer Balance 500.

 

 

It lays down a line I would characterize as extra fine, which I usually don´t like at all. But this little needle... I like it.

 

Went to Vienna to have some repairs/maintenance done on a few vintage pens and of course came home with a new one. What else could have happened.

[IThinkIHaveAProblem]

4 hours ago, carola said:

Shaffer Balance 1000 Oversize from the late 1930s or early 1940s. Gladly swapped it for my Sheaffer Balance 500.

 

 

It lays down a line I would characterize as extra fine, which I usually don´t like at all. But this little needle... I like it.

 

Went to Vienna to have some repairs/maintenance done on a few vintage pens and of course came home with a new one. What else could have happened.

Absolutely gorgeous pen. 
 

congrats!

[amberleadavis]

12 hours ago, JohnUphill said:

 I would have closed the deal more quickly, but I had to find my wallet.

 

What a great line!

[jchch1950]

Lamy Studio Black Forest special edition, so special colour that I have to buy the second one to use a 1.5 nib.😔

[OldTravelingShoe]

8 hours ago, carola said:

Shaffer Balance 1000 Oversize from the late 1930s or early 1940s. Gladly swapped it for my Sheaffer Balance 500.

 

 

It lays down a line I would characterize as extra fine, which I usually don´t like at all. But this little needle... I like it.

 

Went to Vienna to have some repairs/maintenance done on a few vintage pens and of course came home with a new one. What else could have happened.

From the Netherlands, this looks very good indeed. Both the pen and the idea you can easily go and have pens repaired 😄

[carola]

4 hours ago, OldTravelingShoe said:

From the Netherlands, this looks very good indeed. Both the pen and the idea you can easily go and have pens repaired 😄

 

Thank you and yes, indeed. This is why I can idulge easily into my penchant for vintage pens. Buying something off ebay or elsewhere with the uncertainty that always comes with older pens and their condition? Not a problem at all. If it won´t work properly, my repair guy will make it work. And if I am not sure about it, I can ask him beforehand. This got me some exceedingly nice deals and without him, probably 3/4 of my vintage pens wouldn´t be in my possession AND in working order.

 

What I particularly like about the 1000 Oversize compared to the 500 is the bulkiness. The 500 (that even had the same colour) was nice but never got much love from me and I didn´t even know why. When I picked up the 1000 Oversize, I suddenly knew that this was the version of the Balance made for me. While the 500 was somewhat on the slim side for my taste, the 1000 Oversize is perfect in its proportions. I just had to decide whether I wanted the Marine Green striated version or the Ebonized Pearl. As I seem to love everything striped, I went for the Marine Green (again). If the Ebonized Pearl had been made in the looks of the Pelikan Raden pens (striated instead of small mother of pearl pieces embedded in black material) it would have been the version of my choice without any doubt or hesitation.

 

@IThinkIHaveAProblem: Thank you very much.

[MarcoA63]

Souveran M1000 has arrived. It is a beauty 😊 I tried the F nib by dipping it in Parker's Quink black, it writes like an M and very wet. I will have to get the EF nib. This means re-packing it and sending it back, unfortunately. I have to ask the shop if they stock the EF though otherwise it is going to be a bit of a pain waiting for them to re-stock. The nib is huge and with a bit of flex as well 😊👍🏻

Marco

[inkstainedruth]

A red (although it looks more like burnt orange) Parker 45 (in what I presume is the original box), M nib, and with the old-style presser bar converter already installed.  And a new-to-me brand.  A Senator (don't know what the model is -- I've just started to do research, but it's a similar shape and size to my Pelikan M120 Iconic Blue and my Sailor 1911S pens).  It looks to also have an M nib on it.  Neither have gold nibs (the Senator's nib might be gold plated), but I paid $5 US for the 45 and just a buck for the Senator at an estate sale company's warehouse sale this AM (which IMO is a fabulous price for a piston filler).  

Ruth Morrison aka inkstainedruth

 

[carola]

9 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

A red (although it looks more like burnt orange) Parker 45 (in what I presume is the original box), M nib, and with the old-style presser bar converter already installed.  And a new-to-me brand.  A Senator (don't know what the model is -- I've just started to do research, but it's a similar shape and size to my Pelikan M120 Iconic Blue and my Sailor 1911S pens).  It looks to also have an M nib on it.  Neither have gold nibs (the Senator's nib might be gold plated), but I paid $5 US for the 45 and just a buck for the Senator at an estate sale company's warehouse sale this AM (which IMO is a fabulous price for a piston filler).  

Ruth Morrison aka inkstainedruth

 

 

Like this?

https://www.ebay.at/itm/185323000422?hash=item2b261c9266:g:-Y8AAOSwMMliIIeR

 

A similar one (same manufacturer) with "Senator" on the cap:

https://www.ebay.at/itm/175213078602?hash=item28cb83684a:g:jncAAOSwvgtfI0iF