What Was Your Last Impulsive Pen Acquisition?

[dms525]

 

Essenza poliedrica Purple green by Bob Dupras

Awaiting shiipment as of now.

 

David

[Mechanical]

59 minutes ago, dms525 said:

Essenza poliedrica Purple green by Bob Dupras

Awaiting shiipment as of now.

 

Very nice @dms525!  Is the grip also triangular?  And I'm guessing that's a 1.1mm stub... ?  Let us know how you like it when it comes in. 

[dms525]

51 minutes ago, Mechanical said:

 

Very nice @dms525!  Is the grip also triangular?  And I'm guessing that's a 1.1mm stub... ?  Let us know how you like it when it comes in. 

 

I believe the section is round, but the photo, which is from Leonardo's web site, is ambiguous. I ordered the pen with a 1.1mm stub. I will probably post something in an appropriate forum when I've received it.

 

David

[carola]

50 minutes ago, dms525 said:

 

I believe the section is round, but the photo, which is from Leonardo's web site, is ambiguous. I ordered the pen with a 1.1mm stub. I will probably post something in an appropriate forum when I've received it.

 

David

 

If you take a close look, the section is not round. At the front end of the section, the roughly triangular shape is clearly visible, and at the end bordering on the threads, you can see the height of the first thread being alternately shallower and higher, following the triangular shape of the section.

Then, from the threads and through the middle part, the pen is round, before it becomes triangular again, just like the cap.

[CasmiUK]

On 1/31/2025 at 5:39 PM, CasmiUK said:

 

Thank you, @Misfit. I'm looking forward to receiving it!

 

It has arrived, and I am in love with it! I have it fillehed with Birmingham Molten Magma and it's a great combination. 

When I got the pen, i immediately swapped the medium nib for a broad, but the Molten Magma is too wet for a broad nib. I switched back to the medium nib and it is just about perfect.

 

 

[Doug C]

5 hours ago, carola said:

 

If you take a close look, the section is not round. At the front end of the section, the roughly triangular shape is clearly visible, and at the end bordering on the threads, you can see the height of the first thread being alternately shallower and higher, following the triangular shape of the section.

Then, from the threads and through the middle part, the pen is round, before it becomes triangular again, just like the cap.

I had a Poliedrica (sold it). The section is triangular with rounded edges. 

[USG]

11 hours ago, dms525 said:

 

Essenza poliedrica Purple green by Bob Dupras

Awaiting shiipment as of now.

 

David

 

Another really nice pen DMS 😀👍

 

[Misfit]

I’m trying not to buy a pen by impulse. But Karas Kustoms has a 30% off code deal on their INK fountain pen. They have it in olive, and that’s a color I’ve wanted. It’s regularly $95, and would be $66.50 with 30% off. The deal lasts through the 11th. 

[carola]

2 hours ago, Misfit said:

I’m trying not to buy a pen by impulse. But Karas Kustoms has a 30% off code deal on their INK fountain pen. They have it in olive, and that’s a color I’ve wanted. It’s regularly $95, and would be $66.50 with 30% off. The deal lasts through the 11th. 

 

And... you are waiting for exactly what now? 🙃

[AmandaW]

3 hours ago, Misfit said:

I’m trying not to buy a pen by impulse. But Karas Kustoms has a 30% off code deal on their INK fountain pen. They have it in olive, and that’s a color I’ve wanted. It’s regularly $95, and would be $66.50 with 30% off. The deal lasts through the 11th. 

I tried that yesterday. Didn't work. I ordered all the Hexo colours I was missing. Cos FOMO... and Hexo Nutso. 

 

 

[MarcoA63]

Very impulsive buy, Pelikan M405 Stresemann, Silver finish and F nib. Classy object that writes divinely. Barrel still of transparent type

 

[fullfederhalter]

On 2/7/2025 at 7:43 PM, inkstainedruth said:

 

ETA: Because of the issues with parking (I got to the sale an hour before it opened and there were already about 25-30 people in line; by the time the doors opened the line was down the driveway and about halfway to the cross street from the end of the driveway... ) I ended up sort of meandering up to the next intersection from where I was parked and said, "Hmmm.  I'll guess going to the right...."  And it turned out that the street I turned onto was called Parker Road!

A clear sign from the pen gods!  Congrats on a nice find!

[dms525]

20 hours ago, carola said:

 

If you take a close look, the section is not round. At the front end of the section, the roughly triangular shape is clearly visible, and at the end bordering on the threads, you can see the height of the first thread being alternately shallower and higher, following the triangular shape of the section.

Then, from the threads and through the middle part, the pen is round, before it becomes triangular again, just like the cap.

 

If so, that's okay. I find the Safari section and the OMAS 360 section quite comfortable to use.

 

David

[inkstainedruth]

15 hours ago, MarcoA63 said:

Very impulsive buy, Pelikan M405 Stresemann, Silver finish and F nib. Classy object that writes divinely. Barrel still of transparent type

 

I think it's actually rhodium plating over gold.  I know the trim on mine is that (I don't actually have a "correct" nib, and have one of the two-toned ones instead to be able to get a B nib for it -- but I don't mind because I figured that if someone accidentally picked mine up off a table, I could say, "Um, you grabbed my pen by mistake and here's how I know it's mine and not yours..." ).  I DO have one of the plated nibs on the M405 Blue Black that I bought at the same time (the regular gold nib and trim M400 in Blue Black would have been a fraction cheaper -- but there was just SOMETHING about how the rhodium trim set off the Blue Black....  

And I got those two pens the ONE time in my life that I had "disposable income" for anything I wanted....  (They are still my two most expensive pens).  

But congratulations on getting one (didn't know there were any still kicking around, since this was a limited edition color from a few years ago).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[RedPie]

I bought a MB Monte Rosa from eBay.... it is on the way to me now. Should not have done it, but what do you know... LOL