What Was Your Last Impulsive Pen Acquisition?

[AmandaW]

I bid on and won a Lamy Lx Rose Gold, a pen I have had on my wish list since getting the grey Ruthenium and brown Marron several years ago. Not impulsive, except for the auction offering making it happen. Delighted.

 

Then I saw the seller had other pens listed... the impulsive part was bidding on and winning a Safari Petrol as well!

 

I bid as much as I dared on the Petrol thinking I needed too, but it seems the snipers were sleeping (or distracted by the release of the Petrol Al-Star?). So... I will have one, when I never thought I would.

 

And they should be here in time to celebrate the end of scary summer and the start of the cooler misty days of autumn - the time when my Lamy pens always do come out to play.

[A Smug Dill]

1 minute ago, AmandaW said:

Not impulsive, except for the auction offering making it happen. Delighted.

 

Congratulations!

[InkyColors]

27 minutes ago, AmandaW said:

I bid on and won a Lamy Lx Rose Gold, a pen I have had on my wish list since getting the grey Ruthenium and brown Marron several years ago. Not impulsive, except for the auction offering making it happen. Delighted.

 

Then I saw the seller had other pens listed... the impulsive part was bidding on and winning a Safari Petrol as well!

 

I bid as much as I dared on the Petrol thinking I needed too, but it seems the snipers were sleeping (or distracted by the release of the Petrol Al-Star?). So... I will have one, when I never thought I would.

 

And they should be here in time to celebrate the end of scary summer and the start of the cooler misty days of autumn - the time when my Lamy pens always do come out to play.

Congratulations!  I've always thought the brown one is pretty.

[Runnin_Ute]

Just pulled the trigger on the Petrol Al Star to go with the Pacific Al Star. (and I already have the matching inks)

[USG]

4 hours ago, AmandaW said:

I bid on and won a Lamy Lx Rose Gold, a pen I have had on my wish list since getting the grey Ruthenium and brown Marron several years ago. Not impulsive, except for the auction offering making it happen. Delighted.

 

Then I saw the seller had other pens listed... the impulsive part was bidding on and winning a Safari Petrol as well!

 

I bid as much as I dared on the Petrol thinking I needed too, but it seems the snipers were sleeping (or distracted by the release of the Petrol Al-Star?). So... I will have one, when I never thought I would.

 

And they should be here in time to celebrate the end of scary summer and the start of the cooler misty days of autumn - the time when my Lamy pens always do come out to play.

 

You really cleaned up... good going !!!!🙂👍

 

[inkstainedruth]

Haven't hit the buy button quite yet, but I've got one of the new Lilac al-Stars in my sights.  (Is it considered impulsive if you spent most evening and overnight going through websites to see what ELSE I should get in order to quality for free shipping (because an al-Star and a converter for it won't be enough...).  

And of course still waffling about what nib to get for it....

Ruth Morrisson aka instainedruth

[InkyColors]

59 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

Haven't hit the buy button quite yet, but I've got one of the new Lilac al-Stars in my sights.  (Is it considered impulsive if you spent most evening and overnight going through websites to see what ELSE I should get in order to quality for free shipping (because an al-Star and a converter for it won't be enough...).  

And of course still waffling about what nib to get for it....

Ruth Morrisson aka instainedruth

Order from Truphae. They give free shipping with a $20 minimum. If you preordered before Feb. 5th they threw in a free converter. 

[Runnin_Ute]

12 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

Haven't hit the buy button quite yet, but I've got one of the new Lilac al-Stars in my sights.  (Is it considered impulsive if you spent most evening and overnight going through websites to see what ELSE I should get in order to quality for free shipping (because an al-Star and a converter for it won't be enough...).  

And of course still waffling about what nib to get for it....

Ruth Morrisson aka instainedruth

Thought briefly about that. But Goulet's free shipping number is $99+, and I didn't have enough wants to warrant another $50. Plus my account says I haven't bought from the Goulet's in a while. (late 2021)

[DrDebG]

I just received 3 Platinum Curidas from Goulet. 

 

I had been looking at them for some time.  I (well my husband mostly) owns several Pilot VPs, but, aside from one of them, I really don't care for VPs.   I really liked the retractable nib, especially when I was working out in the field.  But I really didn't care for the nibs (even though I generally prefer gold nibs to steel nibs in most pens).  

 

With the Curidas I decided to wait awhile to let them "age" before purchasing one.  Yes, I generally am not the first person on the block to own something new.  I generally wait to see how things work out.   

 

When Goulet had them on sale with a bottle of ink, I decided now was the time to buy.  So, I bought three - a green, red and blue one.   

 

But, to start, I have only cleaned and inked one of them.  Once I write with it for a week or two, then if I like it, I will clean and ink the other two.  

 

So far, the one that I have been using is great.  The nib is smooth and the pen works reliably.  I personally like the way the converter fits into the body of the pen.  But time will tell the tale.  

 

 

[inkstainedruth]

On 2/6/2023 at 9:39 AM, InkyColors said:

Order from Truphae. They give free shipping with a $20 minimum. If you preordered before Feb. 5th they threw in a free converter. 

Well, the advantage to Vanness is the vast # of brands of inks they carry.  So I was able to get a couple of samples (I blame the last "Ink Shootout" I saw a few days ago), and Vanness had both in stock (Papier Plume Bayou Nightfall and Robert Oster Muddy Swamp -- and I don't normally even like that color... ).  Also, they had Parker twist converters in stock -- I've got that Vector coming in the mail and I think I may also need one for another Vector....  And, unlike some other places, the choice of nibs wasn't limited to what the options that other places were advertising (EF/F/M) and I could have gotten ANY nib in stock for free except for the "cursive" nib -- which may mean the Hanzi nib.  

I haven't really shopped at Truphae (I've seen some of their listings on eBay), but a friend of mine does.  I think the pens she gave me and my husband a while back came from there (a Monteverde Strata for me and a Majohn pen (forget the model # offhand) for him for helping us move some furniture she'd bought from people who were moving.  She had signed up for their monthly grab bag, and I think that's how she got the pens.  

As for "impulsive acquisition"?  It wasn't actually me (although I decided to go ahead and get the Lilac al-Star now instead of waiting for the Baltimore-Washington Pen Show next month) -- it was my husband, who decided he would like to try a Safari (he's getting the regular blue one, although I'm not sure how much he's going to like the EF nib on it -- I tried one at a table a few years ago at the Ohio Pen Show and thought it was scratchy.  So, we'll see.  After I did all the PayPal stuff and placed the order, he was going, "Maybe I should have gotten a bottle of blue ink...."  But I said, "I have LOTS of blue inks!"  (I figure he can look through my ink testing notebooks to see whether he wants a bright blue, a dark blue, or something leaning turquoise (and of course I think the Safari comes with a cartridge -- don't remember about the al-Star offhand....  And start with what he likes and then if necessary we can order samples and then (eventually) a full bottle just for him (of course, he has NO idea what he's done with the first bottle of Namiki Black I got him for his Vanishing Point; and I also don't know what he's done with the Majohn, or with the three pens he bought at an antiques fair a few years ago -- and he doesn't know what he's done with those three pens either... ).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

ETA: Put the order in yesterday evening, and I already have tracking info for it, with the ETA to be Friday evening.... 

[Armo]

Don't see many of these this side of the pond so was delighted to snag this. I love forties/fifties pens so what was I to do?

 

[InkyColors]

20 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

Well, the advantage to Vanness is the vast # of brands of inks they carry.  So I was able to get a couple of samples (I blame the last "Ink Shootout" I saw a few days ago), and Vanness had both in stock (Papier Plume Bayou Nightfall and Robert Oster Muddy Swamp -- and I don't normally even like that color... ).  Also, they had Parker twist converters in stock -- I've got that Vector coming in the mail and I think I may also need one for another Vector....  And, unlike some other places, the choice of nibs wasn't limited to what the options that other places were advertising (EF/F/M) and I could have gotten ANY nib in stock for free except for the "cursive" nib -- which may mean the Hanzi nib.  

I haven't really shopped at Truphae (I've seen some of their listings on eBay), but a friend of mine does.  I think the pens she gave me and my husband a while back came from there (a Monteverde Strata for me and a Majohn pen (forget the model # offhand) for him for helping us move some furniture she'd bought from people who were moving.  She had signed up for their monthly grab bag, and I think that's how she got the pens.  

As for "impulsive acquisition"?  It wasn't actually me (although I decided to go ahead and get the Lilac al-Star now instead of waiting for the Baltimore-Washington Pen Show next month) -- it was my husband, who decided he would like to try a Safari (he's getting the regular blue one, although I'm not sure how much he's going to like the EF nib on it -- I tried one at a table a few years ago at the Ohio Pen Show and thought it was scratchy.  So, we'll see.  After I did all the PayPal stuff and placed the order, he was going, "Maybe I should have gotten a bottle of blue ink...."  But I said, "I have LOTS of blue inks!"  (I figure he can look through my ink testing notebooks to see whether he wants a bright blue, a dark blue, or something leaning turquoise (and of course I think the Safari comes with a cartridge -- don't remember about the al-Star offhand....  And start with what he likes and then if necessary we can order samples and then (eventually) a full bottle just for him (of course, he has NO idea what he's done with the first bottle of Namiki Black I got him for his Vanishing Point; and I also don't know what he's done with the Majohn, or with the three pens he bought at an antiques fair a few years ago -- and he doesn't know what he's done with those three pens either... ).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

ETA: Put the order in yesterday evening, and I already have tracking info for it, with the ETA to be Friday evening.... 

I like Vanness also.  I just thought you were having to add items to get free shipping.  Didn't know they were items that you really wanted anyway.  Mine is coming on Friday too!  I'm a little nervous about the lilac color.  In some photos it is really bright, but in other photos it's pretty. 

[Penguincollector]

I won a last minute bid on a chrome Sheaffer Fashion II. My second of the bigger size and fifth of the TRZ/Fashion line. 

[Barkingpig]

Although it probably can't be considered "impulsive" because I saw the pen listed for sale on EBAY from a Seller I check daily for newly listed but it felt "impulsive" since it was purchased merely for the body of the pen, which was in a color that I had never seen offered for sale.  A Sheaffer Targa, Cadmium Yellow Swirl, to replace a Sterling Silver Targa that had a wonderful factory stub nib.  I have a thing for orange pens & was aware of the pen having been made but it was so long ago that I don't see them frequently offered for sale.

 

Upon arrival, I switched the fine nib on the purchased pen for the stub nib & was very happy to have a pen that I hadn't thought possible to acquire.  It still feels impulsive to replace a perfectly nice pen just for a preferred body color!

[Penguincollector]

Today I was invited to go to a local B&M stationery shop ( my husband’s hobby store is across the street), so I took my husband up on his offer and am now the happy new owner of a Lamy Al- Star in Ocean Blue, M nib. 

[USG]

38 minutes ago, Barkingpig said:

Although it probably can't be considered "impulsive" because I saw the pen listed for sale on EBAY from a Seller I check daily for newly listed but it felt "impulsive" since it was purchased merely for the body of the pen, which was in a color that I had never seen offered for sale.  A Sheaffer Targa, Cadmium Yellow Swirl, to replace a Sterling Silver Targa that had a wonderful factory stub nib.  I have a thing for orange pens & was aware of the pen having been made but it was so long ago that I don't see them frequently offered for sale.

 

Upon arrival, I switched the fine nib on the purchased pen for the stub nib & was very happy to have a pen that I hadn't thought possible to acquire.  It still feels impulsive to replace a perfectly nice pen just for a preferred body color!

I wasn't familiar with that color so I looked it up. Wow, very nice find. 👍🙂

 

 

[USG]

10 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

Today I was invited to go to a local B&M stationery shop ( my husband’s hobby store is across the street), so I took my husband up on his offer and am now the happy new owner of a Lamy Al- Star in Ocean Blue, M nib. 

 

Is that same the electric cobalt blue on my Aion?

the electric cobalt blue on my Aion?

 

[Penguincollector]

33 minutes ago, USG said:

 

Is that same the electric cobalt blue on my Aion?

the electric cobalt blue on my Aion?

 

No, a bit closer to royal blue than cobalt- but wow, that’s a gorgeous color, and now on my list.

[gweimer1]

This may surprise some of you.  A pair of Retro51 rollerballs.  The bottom one is a faceted prototype.

 

[inkstainedruth]

On 2/8/2023 at 8:19 PM, InkyColors said:

I like Vanness also.  I just thought you were having to add items to get free shipping.  Didn't know they were items that you really wanted anyway.  Mine is coming on Friday too!  I'm a little nervous about the lilac color.  In some photos it is really bright, but in other photos it's pretty. 

Well, I would have hit the free shipping threshold even before my husband decided he wanted a pen too -- just between the al-Star, the converter for it, and the two  Parker converters.  The two ink samples were just gravy, even before the Safari and a second Lamy converter got added to the order.

Of course, I realized while going through their website that I could hit their free shipping threshold JUST with buying ink samples at some point.... 

Well, the order from them has FINALLY made it to the Pittsburgh area; the revised ETA is now Monday night (originally they were saying LAST night -- even when the email notification that came in at around noon today ARRIVED at the Pittsburgh Network Distribution Center (which is actually about a 20 minute drive north, depending on traffic, and just on the border with the next county...) 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth