What Was Your Last Impulsive Pen Acquisition?

[como]

Three Franklin Christoph demo pens: Pocket 66 in Solid Ice and Antique Glass finish, model 46 in Italian Ice. They don't fit anywhere in the collection. But fun pens, SIG and Masuyama steel nibs are really good to write with, and impeccable service too. So why not.

[como]

Too beautiful! I don't blame you Congratulations! I think this is my favourite Stipula/Tibaldi celluloid, then Volterra.

I don't usually go by impulse on this type of pens, but this just had to be mine (I almost closed my eyes not to look at the price...)

[inkstainedruth]

For me it was a NOS Parker Vector (still in the blister pack) that I spotted on eBay a few days ago. Put in a Best Offer, expecting to not hear back until after Thanksgiving. But the offer was accepted in about an hour or so! Have a tracking number, but so far only the USPS label has been created.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Parker-Vector-Refillable-Fountain-Pen-Washable-Blue-Ink-Medium-Point-1996-NOS/283655322712

Actually part of what I'm getting for Christmas from the Philistine, er, darling husband (along with an interesting book that the seller offered a discounted price to...).

In other words: "Can I keep it? It followed me home...."

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[jmccarty3]

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

 

Why yes, yes they do! As has happened to so many of us, Sarj was my enabler. And as Stephen Brown always says, Sarj is a very dangerous man.

[bemon]

I ordered a Lamy 2000 from Endless Pens on their $99 promo. Even with the conversion to CAD and shipping it was still a pretty good deal. I ordered this to replace my L2K which has a cracked section. As an after thought I emailed Lamy to see if they sold sections alone. Turns out they do, and they're a whopping $18.

 

So.. I guess I'll be putting a virgin L2K up for sale when it lands!

[Intensity]

Why not just use both! Maybe one can get a custom nib grind.

[bemon]

Why not just use both! Maybe one can get a custom nib grind.

Thought about it, but I'm in the middle of trying to thin my collection as it is!

[Intensity]

I'm somewhat regretful I did not get OM nib in place of EF. As my order is already being shipped, it's too late to do anything about it.

[jmccarty3]

I'm somewhat regretful I did not get OM nib in place of EF. As my order is already being shipped, it's too late to do anything about it.

 

Don't feel bad. My 2k with OM nib is rather disappointing. Not much line variation at all.

[Biber]

In other words: "Can I keep it? It followed me home...."

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

Especially if it helps itself to your ink ... and the paper ... and the...

[mauckcg]

Fontoplumo black Friday sale a Montblanc 149 rosegold with an OM nib. Between the exchange rate and 20% off it was time.

[dan in montreal]

This one I find hard to explain even to myself: a Sailor 1911 standard with a Music nib. I have no particular use for a such a nib, but I guess curiosity got the best of me (and the price was right). I guess that's the definition of an impulse buy. Hope to get it next week.

[JulieParadise]

This one I find hard to explain even to myself: a Sailor 1911 standard with a Music nib. I have no particular use for a such a nib, but I guess curiosity got the best of me (and the price was right). I guess that's the definition of an impulse buy. Hope to get it next week.

 

Naaa, there is no such thing as "no use for ..."! Those music nibs are gorgeous, congratulations!

 

Maybe start using colourful headers in your agenda or journal, mark margins or underline text with a bold stroke, use it for signatures or just have fun with the very broad line, enjoy all the ink that comes out of it and have fun!

[Intensity]

Retro 51 "Buzz" rollerball - I just love it; great deal from PenChalet. Also picked up a Retro 51 16-pen tray with acrylic top cover.

[Intensity]

 

Don't feel bad. My 2k with OM nib is rather disappointing. Not much line variation at all.

 

Thank you for the encouragement -- I'll stick with the EF then. Is yours an older version or one of the recent ones? I think the nib grind shape has gone through some iterations over time. Reports of EF tipping shape being "triangular" or "architect/stub-like" are not uncommon. I've made a dedicated post in the Lamy section asking for writing samples and experiences after seeing writing samples on goulet.com and thenibsmith.com:

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/350674-latest-lamy-2000-om-nib-character/

 

Those writing samples show line variation for OM, but I can tell at least some of it is due to varying pressure of the nib into the paper. That's another way of getting line variation using relatively dry inks, without flexing a nib or having it be a stub/italic. Something our own ASmugDill excells at.

Edited December 3, 2019 by Intensity

[Noihvo]

 

Thank you for the encouragement -- I'll stick with the EF then. Is yours an older version or one of the recent ones? I think the nib grind shape has gone through some iterations over time. Reports of EF tipping shape being "triangular" or "architect/stub-like" are not uncommon. I've made a dedicated post in the Lamy section asking for writing samples and experiences after seeing writing samples on goulet.com and thenibsmith.com:

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/350674-latest-lamy-2000-om-nib-character/

 

Those writing samples show line variation for OM, but I can tell at least some of it is due to varying pressure of the nib into the paper. That's another way of getting line variation using relatively dry inks, without flexing a nib or having it be a stub/italic. Something our own ASmugDill excells at.

 

[inkstainedruth]

 

Especially if it helps itself to your ink ... and the paper ... and the...

 

Well the pen came yesterday, and now I have a shout-out to Parker because the date code is a little, well, odd.... I looked at it last night at great lengths under a loupe with a light in it, and I can't tell whether it says "IIT" (with dots on either side of the T base), "IIE" with some sort of mis-stamping on the E (the middle bar is missing) or "II [Roman numberal] I" (i.e., an I with a top and bottom cross bar). The approximate date codes suggest early to mid 1990s; the seller stated it was from 1996 in the listing; but the back of the package appears to suggest a date of 1993. I can try to post a photo the imprint when the weather gets a little better (it's too gloomy at the moment) but I'm not sure I can get my phone to focus that close in.

Haven't had a chance to flush the nib unit out yet. It's a little different from the first multicolor one (although both are US production and both have black clips) in that it seems to have red, blue, green and yellow rectangles of various sizes and shapes (the first one, which I may have lost, didn't have the green sections).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

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Edited December 4, 2019 by inkstainedruth

[dan in montreal]

 

Naaa, there is no such thing as "no use for ..."! Those music nibs are gorgeous, congratulations!

 

Maybe start using colourful headers in your agenda or journal, mark margins or underline text with a bold stroke, use it for signatures or just have fun with the very broad line, enjoy all the ink that comes out of it and have fun!

That pretty sums up what I'll use it for - basic fun. I can't see myself using it at work or for everyday writing. First pen I've gotten for purposes other than those.

If it does lay down a lot of ink, I guess I can rationalize the purchase by telling myself I HAD to get such a broad nib to use up some of the ink I have (too many bottles, too little time, especially with fine nibs)!

[inkstainedruth]

That pretty sums up what I'll use it for - basic fun. I can't see myself using it at work or for everyday writing. First pen I've gotten for purposes other than those.

If it does lay down a lot of ink, I guess I can rationalize the purchase by telling myself I HAD to get such a broad nib to use up some of the ink I have (too many bottles, too little time, especially with fine nibs)!

 

I had considered trying a music nib when I got my Pro-Gear Slim (a friend of mine who collects Sailor pens has one with a music nib but couldn't find it for me to try) so I opted for getting a zoom nib, just to have something a little different. I like it, but I think the nib is a little on the dry side, so I haven't quite found the ideal ink for it yet.

I have a vintage Parkette retrofitted with a 14C music nib and feed harvested from a no-name lever filler, and OMG -- the flex is amazing.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Intensity]

Sailor Music nib is ground differently from Pilot's. Pilot's is more like a regular stub. Sailor's is ground to be used at a near-vertical angle, so it can be pretty uncomfortable to use as a normal stub. Mine skipped a lot until I tilted the pen almost vertically. I've had it reground at a pen show to a beautiful crisp cursive italic with very high line variation--hairline to something like 1.2mm.