What Was Your Last Impulsive Pen Acquisition?

[carola]

@Mercian I just love the idea of the English language acting as a waylayer. 🤣 And it is probably very much to the point, too.

 

As cerveau and cerebellum is practically the same word, you have a point there, it's just some sound shift that got in your way. 😉

Ship and bateau on the other hand, are two completely different beasts, while ship obviously corresponds to German "Schiff". Fun fact: it's "das Schiff", which means it is neither male nor female, just plain neutral. So your question would have to be why English ships are female while their German counterparts are neutral. I have no idea. 🤷‍♀️

 

I won't debate English being pretty ambiguous either. I would however debate its lack of poetic capacity. Many German and Austrian bands prefer writing their songs in English, partly because everything sounds more "international" and partly (at least in my opinion) because lyrics you don't get away with in German sensewise still tend to sound like they have some sense in English. And as for your comparison between la mer and the sea, I think la mer sounds a lot more poetic to you because French is not your native language (although I will agree that la mer has indeed a very nice rolling quality).

 

[cossar]

Oops. Dunno how this happens. Sometimes I bid low and accidently buy a pen that needs to be fixed up. Sellers photo. I'm hoping I can carefully sand out the name on the side.

 

Medium nib. I love my "51" Special, figured I should get a gold nib, and a vacumatic. I shouldn't need anymore 51s after this, right? 

 

 

[carola]

9 minutes ago, cossar said:

Oops. Dunno how this happens. Sometimes I bid low and accidently buy a pen that needs to be fixed up. Sellers photo. I'm hoping I can carefully sand out the name on the side.

 

Medium nib. I love my "51" Special, figured I should get a gold vacumatic. I shouldn't need anymore 51s after this, right? 

 

 

 

Myrtie Hugunin? That name sounds so cool, I would probably keep the name on the pen. 😂

[cossar]

1 hour ago, carola said:

 

Myrtie Hugunin? That name sounds so cool, I would probably keep the name on the pen. 😂

🤣 hey, that might be my new pen name (_{ba dum...*snare drum*})

 

Here all week, folks, here all week...

[Misfit]

12 hours ago, carola said:

German counterparts are neutral. I have no idea.

An even better question is why is it das mädchen?

[BamaAl]

On 4/24/2024 at 1:45 AM, Misfit said:

I had thirteen Kaweco Sport fountain pens with only the stonewashed blue as a metal pen. Then I got the Frosted Natural Coconut, put a black clip on it, and that opened the buying spree of both plastic and AL Sport pens. 
 

Is the top pen of yours the Raw Aluminum? If so, I have that one and the Brass Sport. I sometimes buy them on amazon, and don’t get much in nib choices. I almost bought the AL Rose Gold today, but managed to resist for now. 

I’ve got the AL Sport in black coming now.  Thinking very hard about the art sport 2023, the black piston and the steel.

[deuter]

My drunk late night impulse purchase from Penworld, although the price was very good !

 

https://youtu.be/dulCmG1-Yfg?feature=shared

[carola]

7 hours ago, Misfit said:

An even better question is why is it das mädchen?

 

Because words carrying the diminutive -chen usually change their gender to neutral. The word "Magd" (female, which today means a female farm worker in former times, until about the first half of the last century I would say) was also used to designate a girl. To make it sound more cute, the diminutive "Mägdlein" was used that at some point must have changed to the diminutive "Mädchen", dropping also the g.

So yes, in German a girl is inherently small and cute until she becomes a full grown woman.

Boys on the other hand, "Bub" or "Knabe" (male), are stopped being called "Bübchen/Büblein" or "Knäbchen/Knäblein" (neutral) when they are about 5 years old. The less oldfashioned "Junge" (male) doesn't know a diminutive at all, except if you call him "Jüngelchen" (neutral), which is derisive.

Does that tell us something about how women are perceived and how this is mirrored by language? You bet it does.

 

[Mercian]

21 hours ago, carola said:

I think la mer sounds a lot more poetic to you because French is not your native language

I was thinking less of the sound of the words, and more of the inherent capacity to inspire poetic allusions.

 

The gender lends itself automatically to descriptions of the Sea ‘holding Britain in her warm embrace’, or being ‘a generous mother who provides us with so much food’, or being ‘a harsh mistress, beautiful and alluring; mysterious, unknowable, with sweet warm breath, but also capable of raging and cruel fits of stormy temper’.

 

Then again, one could also argue that having a defined gender in French also restricts one’s ability to describe the Sea as being ‘an angry toddler, throwing ships around like he throws his toys out of his playpen’ 🤔

[Gloucesterman]

With all due respect to the language discussion posters, wouldn't a separate thread focused on languages be a more appropriate "site" for much of the recent (language) postings here?

 

Personally, I do find the conversation interesting however, it seems that some people might prefer to return focus to impulsive pen purchases/acquisitions.

[Mercian]

19 minutes ago, Gloucesterman said:

With all due respect to the language discussion posters, wouldn't a separate thread focused on languages be a more appropriate "site" for much of the recent (language) postings here?

 

Personally, I do find the conversation interesting however, it seems that some people might prefer to return focus to impulsive pen purchases/acquisitions.

A good point, and one that was well-made 

[carola]

5 minutes ago, Mercian said:

A good point, and one that was well-made 

 

Agreed.

[inkstainedruth]

22 hours ago, cossar said:

Oops. Dunno how this happens. Sometimes I bid low and accidently buy a pen that needs to be fixed up. Sellers photo. I'm hoping I can carefully sand out the name on the side.

 

Medium nib. I love my "51" Special, figured I should get a gold nib, and a vacumatic. I shouldn't need anymore 51s after this, right? 

 

 

Nice looking pen!  Dove Gray was a way prettier color than Navy Gray (a 51 Aero color) -- I have one that's Navy Gray, but bid on it at an auction at a pen show a few years ago mostly because of the OB nib on it.

I don't try to remove names.  I try to find out if I can get any information about the previous owner because I think that's interesting -- and if it lowers the price I'm paying because the "c-worders" are turning up their noses because the pen isn't NOS in pristine condition?  So  much the better for me (and my wallet).

As for the "I don't need anymore 51s after this"?  Yeah, good luck with that....   

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[cossar]

35 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

Nice looking pen!  Dove Gray was a way prettier color than Navy Gray (a 51 Aero color) -- I have one that's Navy Gray, but bid on it at an auction at a pen show a few years ago mostly because of the OB nib on it.

I don't try to remove names.  I try to find out if I can get any information about the previous owner because I think that's interesting -- and if it lowers the price I'm paying because the "c-worders" are turning up their noses because the pen isn't NOS in pristine condition?  So  much the better for me (and my wallet).

As for the "I don't need anymore 51s after this"?  Yeah, good luck with that....   

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Thanks Ruth! I'm eager to see it in person.

 

After @carola's comment, I actually did look it up...and apparenty Myrtie was a farmer's wife in Janesville Wisconsin in the early 1900s. So whoever bought this pen for her could have bought it from the factory in their hometown. I thought that was pretty neat.

 

I'm also from Wisconsin, about 40 minutes northeast of Janesville, so Parker has a special place in my heart. I wish I was into the fountain pen hobby when the factory was still open.

[inkstainedruth]

Ironically, the eBay seller I had to send a Vector back to earlier this week (because it turned out to be a ballpoint ) is apparently in Janesville.  

At least I've gotten the notice that my entire initial payment is being refunded (including the shipping) -- but of course I'm out the return shipping (if I hadn't had the initial shipping charges refunded, the two charges would have been for more than the pen cost to BEGIN with -- even with sales tax).  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Armo]

On 4/25/2024 at 4:27 PM, cossar said:

I shouldn't need anymore 51s after this, right?

Yeah that's right

[carola]

2 hours ago, cossar said:

Thanks Ruth! I'm eager to see it in person.

 

After @carola's comment, I actually did look it up...and apparenty Myrtie was a farmer's wife in Janesville Wisconsin in the early 1900s. So whoever bought this pen for her could have bought it from the factory in their hometown. I thought that was pretty neat.

 

I'm also from Wisconsin, about 40 minutes northeast of Janesville, so Parker has a special place in my heart. I wish I was into the fountain pen hobby when the factory was still open.

 

I found that, too, and wondered whether she could be the former owner of your pen. Seems pretty likely now.

[JonSzanto]

Update on the C-S 28, which arrived today: online sales often put you at the mercy of photo quality, and I adjust expectations accordingly. This handsome guy showed up and exceeded my wishes. Here's a couple of quick phone pics:

 

[carola]

Beautiful pen!

[Beechwood]

6 hours ago, JonSzanto said:

Update on the C-S 28, which arrived today: online sales often put you at the mercy of photo quality, and I adjust expectations accordingly. This handsome guy showed up and exceeded my wishes. Here's a couple of quick phone pics:

 

 

That is stunning, no marks, scratches and no brassing, the best I have seen.