What Was Your Last Impulsive Pen Acquisition?

[inkstainedruth]

Yesterday at an estate sale I ran across what I think is a Lady Sheaffer 620.  I had mostly gone because one of the photos showed a shoebox with what looked like ink bottles -- some of them were things I couldn't use (like Higgins ink) but I did find five little 3/4 oz. bottles of various colors of Sanford Pen-It ink that were partly to mostly filled: Cardinal Red, Washable Royal Blue, Brown, Peacock Blue, and Violet.  And then on a table in the living room, found the pen.  

Now the sac in the converter appears to be mostly toast at this point, but the pen and the five little bottles of ink cost a total of $12 US.   One of the owners (I think) of the estate sale company had a loupe (I forgot mine) and the sticker on the cap (which is why I think what the model is) said it had an M nib.  Also gave the original price -- $15.  So, for less money (not counting the cost of dealing with the converter or finding a replacement one which fits).

The pen looks like one that Peyton Street Pens had for sale at some point in the past: 

https://www.peytonstreetpens.com/lady-sheaffer-620-fountain-pen-1970s-brushed-chrome-ornate-florentine-band-new-old-stock.html

but of course mine is just the pen -- no box, and not part of a set like one I found on eBay for more than ten TIMES what I paid for the pen and the five ink bottles.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Gloucesterman]

2 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

Yesterday at an estate sale I ran across what I think is a Lady Sheaffer 620.  I had mostly gone because one of the photos showed a shoebox with what looked like ink bottles -- some of them were things I couldn't use (like Higgins ink) but I did find five little 3/4 oz. bottles of various colors of Sanford Pen-It ink that were partly to mostly filled: Cardinal Red, Washable Royal Blue, Brown, Peacock Blue, and Violet.  And then on a table in the living room, found the pen.  

Now the sac in the converter appears to be mostly toast at this point, but the pen and the five little bottles of ink cost a total of $12 US.   One of the owners (I think) of the estate sale company had a loupe (I forgot mine) and the sticker on the cap (which is why I think what the model is) said it had an M nib.  Also gave the original price -- $15.  So, for less money (not counting the cost of dealing with the converter or finding a replacement one which fits).

The pen looks like one that Peyton Street Pens had for sale at some point in the past: 

https://www.peytonstreetpens.com/lady-sheaffer-620-fountain-pen-1970s-brushed-chrome-ornate-florentine-band-new-old-stock.html

but of course mine is just the pen -- no box, and not part of a set like one I found on eBay for more than ten TIMES what I paid for the pen and the five ink bottles.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Way to go, Ruth! nice find.

with the winter setting in, I may start doing estate sales rather than flea markets

OR, I may take (some of) the winter off.

Tell you more in the spring.

Wishing you (and ALL) a wonderful holiday...

[jmccarty3]

On 11/15/2023 at 5:24 PM, Ceilidh said:

 

Agreed! A very underrated and underappreciated pen!

I'll second that. The Phileas nib and section are interchangeable with the L'Etalon and the Phileas nib, except for being steel, is just like the L'Etalon. I've never understood why Waterman gave up on that beautiful nib.

[ruby.monkey]

I don't even want to think about the Phileas - I  get a headache trying to find any rhyme or reason in their prices nowadays.

 

Just bought a Platinum Preppy Wa - the Ogi Chirashi  fan pattern, to finish the set - and because rationality is for other people I added a few bottles of ink to bump up the total to reach the free shipping value.

[A Smug Dill]

A Sailor Profit Standard 21, with a ‘medium-sized’ 21K gold EF nib.

[AmandaW]

An Osmiroid pen with a medium italic nib. And a NOS extra fine italic nib unit from the same seller.

 

The pen is one of the cartridge / converter ones with 3 bands on the cap. Did they make sketch nibs for those?

[JonSzanto]

1 hour ago, ruby.monkey said:

I don't even want to think about the Phileas - I  get a headache trying to find any rhyme or reason in their prices nowadays.

 

I don't try to understand it, as there is truly no logic. There are *many* pens that sellers will try to get a king's ransome from an unsuspecting buyer, and my only approach is to know what *I* want to pay for that pen and I wait until one comes around that matches it. With patience, they virtually always do.

[Lam1]

After 7 months without buying any pens, I fell off the wagon badly over Black Friday weekend and got:

 

 - a Delta Lapis Blue Celluloid ("Flexible" Fine - between quote marks because it is not flexible at all).

- A Leonardo Audace Salmon Ebonite (Stub 1.1)

- A Santini Giant Blue Waves Ebonite (Flexy Cursive Italic 0.8mm)

 

All impulse - almost all my pens are German made with a few Japanese exceptions. Until now, I only had 2 Italian ones...

 

Well, now I have to sell a few to pay for these!

[JonSzanto]

1 minute ago, Lam1 said:

After 7 months without buying any pens, I fell off the wagon badly over Black Friday weekend and got:

 

 - a Delta Lapis Blue Celluloid ("Flexible" Fine - between quote marks because it is not flexible at all).

- A Leonardo Audace Salmon Ebonite (Stub 1.1)

- A Santini Giant Blue Waves Ebonite (Flexy Cursive Italic 0.8mm)

 

This is "go big or go home" with a defiantly Italianate swagger - I like it!

[Doc Dan]

I just purchased a TWSBI Eco Heat online simply because I don't have an Eco and for some reason they are popular. It has a fine nib and I don't have a fine nib, either. 

[PithyProlix]

22 hours ago, AmandaW said:

An Osmiroid pen with a medium italic nib. And a NOS extra fine italic nib unit from the same seller.

 

The Osmiroid EF italic is one of my favorite for everyday cursive handwriting. Please let us know what you think of your nibs. 

 

22 hours ago, AmandaW said:

The pen is one of the cartridge / converter ones with 3 bands on the cap. Did they make sketch nibs for those?

 

It's a good question. I don't think there was a sketch nib for that version - I have seen a lot but have never seen a sketch nib for it- but I am not sure. All the nibs I have or recall seeing for it are italics, music-type italic, and copperplate, though I haven't really searched out others. I have some sketch nibs for the first version - the screw in nibs - and I highly recommend them. 

 

I have a NOS Osmiroid calligraphy set of that third version with left-foot oblique italics and a copperplate nib. Not sure what I have been waiting for to start using it other too many pens and not enough time ... 

[ruby.monkey]

22 hours ago, AmandaW said:

The pen is one of the cartridge / converter ones with 3 bands on the cap. Did they make sketch nibs for those?

That's the later pattern of Easy-Change Osmiroids, isn't it? There are compatible sketch nib units available, including Indian ink versions, although I think they're only available without overfeed. Here's an example.

[PithyProlix]

9 minutes ago, ruby.monkey said:

That's the later pattern of Easy-Change Osmiroids, isn't it? There are compatible sketch nib units available, including Indian ink versions, although I think they're only available without overfeed. Here's an example, although I have seen them far cheaper.

 

There you go - almost as soon as I write that I don't think there is one for that 3rd generation Osmiroid, someone shows otherwise!   Thanks, @ruby.monkey. I wonder if there was a sketch nib for the 2nd generation pen, the first version with the Easy-Change nibs? 

 

The screw-in version (1st generation Osmiroids - compatible with Esterbrook's Re-New-Point system) has an overfeed and seem quite juicy, all in all. 

 

[ruby.monkey]

4 hours ago, PithyProlix said:

I wonder if there was a sketch nib for the 2nd generation pen, the first version with the Easy-Change nibs? 

I had to search, but yes - first generation Easy-Change too (the nib at bottom right in the pack). The screw-in nibs came both with and without overfeed, depending on whether or not the user needed to draw a lot of long lines quickly.

[Lam1]

On 12/3/2023 at 10:53 PM, JonSzanto said:

 

This is "go big or go home" with a defiantly Italianate swagger - I like it!

 

😁

Yeah, I really went big on the Italians (in more ways than one... that Giant 😱 ).

I guess I have been a bit bored by my current selection.

[AmandaW]

3 hours ago, ruby.monkey said:

I had to search, but yes - first generation Easy-Change too (the nib at bottom right in the pack). The screw-in nibs came both with and without overfeed

Thankyou!

[PithyProlix]

4 hours ago, ruby.monkey said:

I had to search, but yes - first generation Easy-Change too (the nib at bottom right in the pack). The screw-in nibs came both with and without overfeed, depending on whether or not the user needed to draw a lot of long lines quickly.

 

Regarding the screw-in Osmiroid Sketch nibs: I bought a varied lot of 40 and 5 of those are Sketch nibs, all with overfeed, plus there's a nib chart (see below) that shows a single Sketch nib, which has an overfeed - so I was assuming that they all had overfeeds. I learned something new and I'm glad to have been corrected!

 

(FYI: I've just added a description for the Sketch nib in my signature, along with the others that were already there. )

 

[AmandaW]

7 minutes ago, PithyProlix said:

FYI: I've just added a description for the Sketch nib in my signature

LOL

[PithyProlix]

34 minutes ago, AmandaW said:

LOL

 

And just finished adding three more ... 😏

[JonSzanto]

5 hours ago, PithyProlix said:

And just finished adding three more ... 😏

 

Your sig is longer than your posts, and my finger is exhausted from scrolling... 😶