What Pen Did You Get Today?

[MattSense]

Thanks to the kindest of people, a Green Phileas, a Reform and Parker BP/FP set.

[HenryLouis]

Semi-Flex Merlin 33!!!!!

[Doug Add]

An old style black w/silver trim Omas Paragon for which I traded my Aurora 88. We are both quite pleased with the pens we got from this trade!

[adamselene]

Mint Lamy Titanium #020 Persona with medium nib just came...

 

no longer mint. MB BRG and wrote my first note with it tonight.

 

Happy Happy Joy Joy.

 

Someone buy the B nib that's on the Bay now, so I don't have to think about getting another one!!!

[MikeF]

Got this in a shop close to home. It's an Aurora 88, but I don't think they still make it with metal body. Was probably there for a few years...

[reprieve]

It arrived yesterday. A broad-nibbed Visconti Art Nouveau. Filled it with Herbin Ambre de Birmanie and am now ready for autumn!

[reprieve]

Whoops--double post.

Edited August 22, 2009 by reprieve

[ZeissIkon]

Well, yesterday I bought a pen holder and one each of Hunt 512 and 513EF dip pens, though I'm not very impressed with the 513EF -- plenty flexible, but it doesn't seem to like India ink much and flexing the tines draws enough ink to require dipping after one word, sometimes less. Must look over in Penmanship for more information, I may be forgetting something.

[TMac]

Just received a True Writer Kyoto with a fine nib.

[tt32003]

Had a field day at the flea market today.

Bought 5 pens :

 

1. Almost Waterman preface in black with nice 18k nib.

2. Very mint (exteriorly at least ) looking red/burgundy Parker Vac with very good pump and sac.

3. Wearever in steel 8365 nib and glass feed.

3. Wahl-Eversharp skyline with celluloid cap

5. Mint Waterman Phileas rollerball

 

All for a total of $165.

 

Also saw a blue Parker vac with very translucent barrel, just like a demonstrator but too bad it could not take up any ink.

[cr0acker]

Pelikan Pelikano for my daughter in law, and it is very smooth writer even smoother than my Hero and Lamy.

[diplomat]

A Snorkel Clipper in gray was waiting for me tonight. It's now in the "cleaning room"...

[thehobbit]

three at once!

Omas pre-2005 Milord HT black

1947 Parker 51

Sheaffer Balance

[PAKMAN]

Got back from the restorer:

 

Blue 1945 Parker Vac in beautiful condition!

Blue Este SJ

[jleeper]

A NOS Sailor pen, it's stainless, slightly smaller than a Pilot G-2, has a gold nib labeled 'F-4' and has a sticker that says '250'. And I can't find anything about it on the web. It looks a lot like a predecessor to a Recruit.

Edited August 26, 2009 by jleeper

[ZeissIkon]

Received the Sheaffer Imperial I've been waiting for today -- it's every bit as beautiful as the photos showed, Touchdown filler works perfectly, and the nib (a fine stub regrind) is very nice as well. The most I've ever paid for a pen -- $60 shipped -- which is actually a bit less, after adjustment for inflation, than what I dropped on the TD Imperial I bought new in 1976. In fact, this pen is almost identical, except for the fine stub; my high school Imperial had a B.

 

Looking forward to using this pen for a long time...

[debraji]

Just received a True Writer Kyoto with a fine nib.

 

Got mine today--but although the nib was marked 'F', the pen wrote a medium, almost bold line.

 

I already have a True Writer with an F nib, so it was easy to make an apples-to-apples comparison.

 

The pen itself is lovely, but I have to send it back tomorrow for an exchange. <sigh!>

[offbase]

My new Visconti Forbidden City came in today. This thing isn't a pen -- it's a national treasure! I'm waiting for Jackie Chan to attack me to take it back to the the Emperor! This is the blingiest, busiest, largest pen I've ever laid eyes on, but it WORKS. And yes, I inked it, and it has a perfect, wet, smooth xf nib, too. Love, exciting and new ...

[ScottInNY]

A Parker 51 aerometric. It's my first vintage fountain pen, and I love it already. It's a much smoother writer than my Waterman Expert, which I'm just ambivalent about.

[johnnyies]

is a Pelikan M200 any good?