What Was Your Last Impulsive Pen Acquisition?

[Bibliophage]

 

I haven't had the chance to pick up a pilot PO nib because I always kinda chicken out since they're on the more higher priced models.

 

a PO on the custom 74 or 91 and I'd have bought one already.

 

But if you like yours that much, I might have to. I'm a sucker for razor thin lines since I do a lot of chemical and mathematical formulas.

The Wing Sung 601a, while being the most misbehaving pen I've _ever_ had in terms of splatter when opening (around the section and just in general), has an extremely tight line, and even with being that sharp, it moves over crappy paper nicely.

[Misfit]

A Moonman M2 primarily because of the EF nib. Not my usual preference, but I’ve been interested in the pen. I got to try one at pen club, and impulse purchased after I got home.

[Honeybadgers]

The Wing Sung 601a, while being the most misbehaving pen I've _ever_ had in terms of splatter when opening (around the section and just in general), has an extremely tight line, and even with being that sharp, it moves over crappy paper nicely.

 

I much, much, much prefer the 601 to the 601a.

 

The A's nib just looks dumb, and the 601's EF nib is solid and replacements are dirt cheap and you can get them in a variety of architect and fude sizes.

 

I have a 601a that I don't use much and two 601's that I use a LOT with fude nibs, since I got a parker 51 user grade with an EF.

 

Also we're talking even finer than that. PO nibs are usually XXXF. stupid thin. I have a vintage esterbrook 9550 PO nib that has been so heavily used that it's now an architect line, and is insanely glassy smooth. it's been totally transformed by how much its original owner used it (so much that the J it was in was basically worn to dust) and I looooove it.

 

PO nibs also have a fun feeling of precision with their shape, and often can be flipped over for a nice broad stroke.

Edited November 9, 2019 by Honeybadgers

[Bibliophage]

 

I much, much, much prefer the 601 to the 601a.

 

The A's nib just looks dumb, and the 601's EF nib is solid and replacements are dirt cheap and you can get them in a variety of architect and fude sizes.

 

I have a 601a that I don't use much and two 601's that I use a LOT with fude nibs, since I got a parker 51 user grade with an EF.

 

I have the 601 as well, but i wanted to try their triumph nib copy. it turns out to be insanely narrow. I'm not concerned about fude, italic, stub, music, or even gibbet (if that's a thing, I hope not). I like a nice medium, reasonably smooth and wet nib. I haven't really tried the 601 as yet, but I'll get to it soon. No clue what it would take to replace one to a more medium line.

Edited November 9, 2019 by Bibliophage

[bemon]

I broke my f'n streak and just ordered another Carene Contemporary Gunmetal. These are beautiful pens. They fit so well in my hand and, feel incredibly well balanced to me and just score 11/10 every time.

[kazoolaw]

Opus 88 Demonstrator

[avlisyar]

The 2019 Edison Pen Co Limited Edition Group buy.

It is a new model called the Brockton in a acrylic called

Miami Nights. And best, it is already on the way!

[micalela1]

I bought a Pilot Elite 95. I ❤️❤️❤️❤️ this pen. Best purchase ever. Writes like a dream.

[Mannyonpil]

A few hours ago I ordered a 1944 azure blue Parker Vacumatic (major) with an extra fine nib and lovely transparency.

 

As if I need more more fountain pens...

[Mannyonpil]

Opus 88 Demonstrator

And how do you feel about that? Both the purchase and the pen. I have been looking at that one for a long time. Of course, I "need" on in each color.

[Ron Z]

What usually happens is that I pick up a pen along the way to restore and sell. In the process of restoring the pen I have to of course, fill it and test it. That sometimes turns into extended testing; a few days, a few months, a year, before I can finally let it go. Or not. There is a black OS Balance that shows no signs of leaving. When I say "I'm tempted to keep this one," I mean it.

[kazoolaw]

And how do you feel about that? Both the purchase and the pen. I have been looking at that one for a long time. Of course, I "need" on in each color.

 

I am using and enjoying the pen daily. It's large, and watching the ink slosh around is entertaining. I've spent more for pens that I've enjoyed far, far less.

 

Forgot to mention the purchase: Pen Chalet was excellent to deal with, and very prompt in delivering the pen and a bottle of Iroshizuku Shin-Kai to fill it with.

 

gary

Edited November 15, 2019 by gary

[inkstainedruth]

A few hours ago I ordered a 1944 azure blue Parker Vacumatic (major) with an extra fine nib and lovely transparency.

 

As if I need more more fountain pens...

 

I dunno. Doesn't everyone need an Azure Blue Pearl Vac Major?

Okay, for the moment I'm settling for the one that I think is a Slender or Slender Junior Speedline filler.... For the longest time I thought that Azure Blue was only a 3rd Gen Vac color, but then when I found out different, an Azure Blue Pearl Speedline filler was the top of my "Want! Must HAAAVE!" list... But I ALMOST got up last Saturday at zero dark thirty to go to an estate sale where there was one in a photo online. (I had to actually call the estate sale company because the photo was so bad that I couldn't tell if the pen was Azure Blue or Emerald....). The same company had another sale last Saturday, starting at the same time (7 AM!) where one of the photos had something that looked a lot like a Navy Gray 51, but I didn't ask about that pen. And in both cases decided that I really needed the sleep.... Really wondering now what they were asking for that Vac (the guy I talked to did know it was a Vac, and said it was in a Sheaffer box.

Sadly, no pens in any of the listings for this weekend that I spotted.... And the only pen I saw yesterday when I went antiquing was a Parker Challenger desk pen with the feed broken off (so it looked like a dip pen...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Rancho Gordo]

Yard-o-Led Grand. Lines. Ay yi yi.
An OK price on Ebay countered and accepted for a very good deal.
Bread and water for me from here on out.

Edited November 16, 2019 by Rancho Gordo

[Bibliophage]

I now have two additional Parker 21's. One is perplexing. Both have Mark I clips (ridged), but one has PARKER 21 on the filler, the other PARKER - and the nibs are slightly different. The caps are not interchangeable, so they -are- the right caps for the pens.

 

However, the one that finally showed up yesterday was a Madison branded Navy desk pen - never been used, in box. The cork on the bottom had fallen off, showing that it's weighted by a piece of slim rebar. Not kidding - ridges and all.

 

It's designed so that even in rough seas, if it overturns, the only ink will be from the nib itself - and it was clearly made long after fountain pens were in the mainstream. The nib and feed are FP, not standard dip nib.

[Addertooth]

Ron Z,

 

Could you grace us with a picture of your Black OS Balance pen?

 

Addertooth

[Honeybadgers]

impulse bought a hero 1000 (the bigger, fancier, slightly more expensive 100 with a 10k nib)

 

And a vintage user grade majestic flex nib

 

And I decided to pull the trigger on the indigraph incia ink pen. I said I'd support him, and $90 for the pen feels like a great deal.

 

Also ordered one of the Eureka symmetry custom pens with the argentinium nibs in black/tan rippled ebonite

[ItsMeDave]

Montblanc 149 Calligraphy

[Runnin_Ute]

Only one of the two pens that arrived this week, I would call an impulse buy and that was the Pelikan 400NN.

[Addertooth]

The price was right, and I have no Eversharp Bantams in my collection. The pencil was the ten-sided (Doric-like) shape, which was interesting. They are only 3 and 3/4 inches long; they are very tiny. An Eversharp Skyline is in the photo for the purpose of providing a scale. Unlike most of my purchases, this one was pure impulse, and the auction was closing within minutes when I tripped over it.