What Was Your Last Impulsive Pen Acquisition?

[ParramattaPaul]

On 12/29/2022 at 11:21 AM, essayfaire said:

Maybe it's safer for us all that it does not do a sale!

At the moment, I'm wishing that they did.  I just paid for a new flytying vice that fortunately was on sale.

[PithyProlix]

There's impulsive ... then there's Impulsive.

 

The vast majority of my pen purchases could be considered impulsive: rather than go out looking for a particular pen, I look at what second hand pens pop up on the local market and, if I like it (or think I might like it) and the price seems good, I buy it. Impulsive in an opportunistic way, if you will - sort of like antique shopping.

 

But then there are the 'What the hell?!' ones like this one that are capital "I" Impulsive.

 

"La infinita":  I can't find anything online about it online other than an Etsy listing that claims it is Japanese (I doubt it) and an old eBay listing for one that someone put a gold Waterman nib into (of course!?). I paid the equivalent of about $6 USD. Perhaps it will never get used but it will deservedly sit prominently on my desktop for at least a little while, for the oddity that it is. I await its delivery with bated breath, as they say.

 

 

 

 

[amberleadavis]

A Monty Winnfield with a stacked nib purchased used (but like new).  Monty Winnfield's website is back up and new pens are available!

[christam]

On 12/29/2022 at 7:21 PM, essayfaire said:

Maybe it's safer for us all that it does not do a sale!

 

*Cough*. In fact, Conway Stewart does have occasional sales.  There was a very brief one at the end of November, which is how a Churchill Shingle came to be under the tree for me to unwrap on Christmas Day.  

 

I was hoping it would be good and it's exceeded expectations, although I've no plans at the moment to get another.  However, if they released a Churchill in Heather I'd probably break the keyboard in my haste to press "Buy" 😊

[essayfaire]

10 minutes ago, christam said:

In fact, Conway Stewart does have occasional sales.

uh-oh.  You shouldn't have told me that.

[essayfaire]

On 1/5/2023 at 1:52 PM, Tashi_Tsering said:

Pelikan 500 in good condition 

How do you manage such perfect photos of your lovely pens?

[Tashi_Tsering]

12 minutes ago, essayfaire said:

How do you manage such perfect photos of your lovely pens?

Nothing special: just white paper on background, tripod, DSLR-camera and some Photoshop. No special light and other professional stuff. 
 

Thanks!

[ksx4system]

It was weirdly colorful variant of Parker Vector, NOS condition (I paid around 5 EUR with express shipping included). I'm waiting for package to arrive

[inkstainedruth]

Pix when you get it, ksx4system!  I'm a sucker for Parker Vectors, partly because they're inexpensive little workhorses and partly because they come in so many different colors and designs (my most recent one was a reboot Looney Toons "Tasmanian Devil" pen which I think is better looking than the original 1999 version).  

Sadly, I've lost a few over the years, including one of the "Geometric" design ones.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Estycollector]

On 12/28/2022 at 4:05 PM, essayfaire said:

Posted the write up in the UK thread, but technically this was a bit impulsive...

 

You do what I do, write an "e" as a backwards 3 as well as the standard lower case. Also you don't always make your "n" the same. I remember a grammar schoolteacher negatively pointing this out to my mother. It is not a big deal, but I am pleased I am not alone in the practice. 

[essayfaire]

10 minutes ago, Estycollector said:

You do what I do, write an "e" as a backwards 3 as well as the standard lower case. Also you don't always make your "n" the same. I remember a grammar schoolteacher negatively pointing this out to my mother. It is not a big deal, but I am pleased I am not alone in the practice. 

That's funny.  I had a wonderful fourth and fifth-grade teacher, who gave me all the highest marks (ones) except for the penmanship mark, where I consistently received the mark that was one step up from failing. 

 

Honesty, I don't know when I started writing my "e"s this way, but I write a lot more(and probably, with more skill) than many people with perfect penmanship.  I always thought handwriting shows off a bit of personality, even if what it shows is that people didn't spend much time practicing handwriting!

 

I cross my sevens to distinguish them from my ones - otherwise they look too similar. It's fun with a fountain pen, too!

 

 

[inkstainedruth]

22 minutes ago, essayfaire said:

I cross my sevens to distinguish them from my ones - otherwise they look too similar. It's fun with a fountain pen, too!

So you make your sevens look like European style ones? 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[essayfaire]

3 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

So you make your sevens look like European style ones? 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

I make my dates look European, too, but that's because going out of order as we do in the American system drives me nuts; logically I like to work from smallest unit to largest....

 

I didn't want to sound pretentious! Often do, anyway, I suppose.

[chromantic]

Two Parker Arrows from ebay today to start the New Year off, a used matte black F (finally) and a NOS Flighter M

[ParramattaPaul]

6 hours ago, christam said:

 

*Cough*. In fact, Conway Stewart does have occasional sales.  There was a very brief one at the end of November, which is how a Churchill Shingle came to be under the tree for me to unwrap on Christmas Day.  

 

I was hoping it would be good and it's exceeded expectations, although I've no plans at the moment to get another.  However, if they released a Churchill in Heather I'd probably break the keyboard in my haste to press "Buy" 😊

I missed that. Drat!

 

However ... (pregnant pause) ... I just noticed something else to lust for.  This: Conway Stewart Collectors Bracken Pen | Conway Stewart

 

ADDED:  I also noticed that there has been a price increase since mid-December.  One can only guess that it is due to global inflation.

 

[Paul-in-SF]

Just now, an Osmia 664 with EF nib. Kind of a crapshoot, internal condition is unknown. But if I have to repair the piston, I think maybe I can do it myself. He said hubristically. 

[Estycollector]

16 hours ago, essayfaire said:

That's funny.  I had a wonderful fourth and fifth-grade teacher, who gave me all the highest marks (ones) except for the penmanship mark, where I consistently received the mark that was one step up from failing. 

 

Honesty, I don't know when I started writing my "e"s this way, but I write a lot more(and probably, with more skill) than many people with perfect penmanship.  I always thought handwriting shows off a bit of personality, even if what it shows is that people didn't spend much time practicing handwriting!

 

I cross my sevens to distinguish them from my ones - otherwise they look too similar. It's fun with a fountain pen, too!

 

 

I cross sevens also....LOL!! 

[essayfaire]

4 hours ago, Estycollector said:

I cross sevens also....LOL!! 

Perhaps those of us with less-than-ideal handwriting take defensive measures.  Maybe I started writing my "e"s as backwards threes so no one would mark my work as incorrectly spelled with an "I".  I don't recall this, but it would be quite plausible.  

[Mercian]

4 hours ago, Estycollector said:

I cross sevens also....LOL!! 

 

7 minutes ago, essayfaire said:

Perhaps those of us with less-than-ideal handwriting take defensive measures.

⬆️ This! 😁

 

My handwriting has never been the sort that anyone would wish to display as an example of ‘best practice’, so I am another person who crosses their ‘7’. I also cross my ‘z’ & ‘Z’ (to distinguish those from my ‘2’).

 

 

[ParramattaPaul]

5 hours ago, Estycollector said:

I cross sevens also....LOL!! 

Do you mean there are people who don't?

 

Just kidding.