What Pen Did You Get Today?

[Clive Merrick Morel]

Yesterday I received an FPN Bexley Simplicity w/18k fine nib! Couldn't be happier!

That's an exquisite nib that comes with your new Simplicity ... Congratulations, Penguinmaster!!!

 

Cheers!

 

-Clive

[JayLo]

Black VP. Have a few other colors and always wanted a black / rhodium

[Clive Merrick Morel]

Black VP. Have a few other colors and always wanted a black / rhodium

Jaylo,

 

That's the exact same color combo VP I should have ordered, but instead, bought a Decimo in pearl white. Don't get me wrong, it's a great looking pen WHEN OBSERVED UNDER DIRECT SUNLIGHT. Otherwise, it just looks like another boring white pen.

 

Congrats on your fine acquisition!

 

-Clive

[diplomat]

Thank you Clive! The point is: it's not over. I got an M605 today in the way described here

 

Cheers!

Incredible, Diplomat! You'll soon require a wheelbarrow to cart all those Pelikans around you're accruing so rapidly!!! MAN ... you really SCORED with that M605.

 

Can you imagine having similar luck when acquiring a handful of Toledos, Light House of Alexandrias, Maki-E's and 170^th Anniversary Majesties?!??

 

Cheers!

 

-Clive

:embarrassed_smile:

 

The day Galeria Kaufhof will have a 60% sale on Toledos I will walk from here to the closest German town with no stops.

 

Thanks Clive,

 

 

[supenguin]

VP looks great in black & rhodium. I can't think of any pens I think look good in gold trim.

[hdenton]

I got a 1947 Parker "51" Vacumatic Filler today really nice condition other then it tends to skip but I might have that fixed by tomorrow.

 

EDIT: Fixed . . . trying to get pen to work > sleep for work

Edited February 5, 2009 by hdenton

[rroossinck]

Forgot to post this yesterday, but I finally got what I would consider to be "the" "51" Aero. Midnight blue, 100% on the Lustraloy's frosting, great imprints on the date code (it's a '49), and perfectly restored.

 

Best part? 0.7mm cursive italic, courtesy of Richard Binder, who also did the restoration on it several years ago for a buddy of mine. It went from Iowa out to Hollywood, and back.

 

Until there comes a day when I absolutely have no other alternative, don't expect to see this one come up for sale.

[tomscs]

Vintage Conway Stewart 74-red herringbone-speedy fill.

[Michael W]

Yesterday my Dad gave me his Parker 51 set he got when he graduated University 1950, along with his Parker 21 set. Very special. Cheers Mike

[DeaconKC]

Yesterday my Dad gave me his Parker 51 set he got when he graduated University 1950, along with his Parker 21 set. Very special. Cheers Mike

That is too cool. Treasure it always.

[skrivarn]

I got my first Montblanc today. It is a 262.

Edited February 5, 2009 by skrivarn

[David III]

Waterman Carene with a stub nib! Mr. L described it as some kind of brown color, like "frosty brown" - it looks fantastic, more like a dark, dark silver like on some Jaguars. I have it right next to my Carene fine nib which is sand color, makes a great looking set.

Can you tell I'm happy?

 

But, this does mean I should probably order something else, of course....

[dannzeman]

eriquito sent me a Reform 1745 with what appears to be a fine nib. My first piston filler! Very excited! Thanks Eric.

[bphollin]

I walk into my apartment and see a tag on my apartment mailbox notifying me a package has come and is being held in the building office. "Sweet! My Lamy Flame is in from Swisher Pens!" Instead, I take a ownership of a large, heavy priority mail parcel that is far too big to be a Safari. My brother has sent me an unannounced and unexpected artisan crockery as a belated Christmas present. Nice, but not what I had in mind.

 

I open my mailbox, and lo, there it is: the small flat rate box I was waiting for fresh in from Virginia Beach! Double prizes! Thanks USPS for making my day. Off to use my Lamy to write a thank you note for my brother...

[Clive Merrick Morel]

Thanks Clive.

Your most welcome, Diplomat!

[gadgetjunky]

A lovely little Parker 51 Demi in teal with a lustraloy cap and a fine nib.

 

I also found an older bottle of USA made Blue-Black Scrip today at a local university bookstore, so I loaded up the Demi with that and used it taking notes all afternoon in a meeting.

[Breck]

Oooh! I get to play again!

 

My first Sheaffer! Acutally, it's a Sheaffer's, but let's not split hairs. Mid-to-Late 30s Flattened Ball Humped clip (my favorite style) non-lifetime Marine Green Striated Balance with Visulated section (not much clarity left, but that's fine), shiny, shiny celluloid, NO visible brassing, firm, but not nail-like No. 3 fine nib, and just plain beautiful and a joy to use. Got it filled with Aurora Black, but that's temporary, since I already have 3? 4? pens inked with black.

 

Many thanks to Andy's Pens in the UK!

 

 

[rogerb]

My first Parker 61, near-mint in Rage Red, capillary fill (inked, unfortunately!), and with an arrow which fell-off as I took it out of the box...now firmly epoxied in place!

 

Lovely looking pen...now being filled with Diamine Passion Red (seemed appropriate!)

[flodoc]

A Conklin Word Gauge which, Schlorp!, just sucked up a prodigous amount of ink. It is an attractive tortoise acrylic. A little Simichrome took care of the tarnish on the furniture.

[Deirdre]

Over the last few days:

 

A Stipula Novecento via IANAN

A Molteni Celicia from Bryant

A Conway Stewart Dinkie from QM2