What Pen Did You Get Today?

[andyk]

Finally got a Pelikan M400 in Tortoise, to keep my one modern and one vintage BPs company, now looking for a reasonably priced pencil to match (why do things always go up in price when I decide to buy them).

 

Pen sold as used, has been inked but still mint condition including the little gold sticker with the nib size, came in a Gunther Wagner box (a bit the worse for wear but still nice to have) and one of those nice little ink bottles with the pen groove (now have two of these, anyone know if they are still readily available).

 

Pen writes well, as expected and a welcome addition to my Pelikan collection.

[jlepens]

Got a Platinum 3776 Celluloid koi pattern pen from Japan. I have wanted this pen for so long and it has not disappointed. a great fine nib, smooth and even. And boy does it look bright next to the Marlen Basilea.

 

Joi

[sheafferkid]

Yay! Sheaffer's early Touchdown pen and pencil set in box!! Its a black Sentinel and its a beauty! The nib looks like a fine and has plenty of tipping left. It feels very smooth. I'm cleaning it out right now and hopefully will have it working tonight, if I have the correct sac. YAY!

 

Evan

[markc]

Well, today was a good day for me...

 

I got 2 pens.

 

Namiki VP black with rhodium trim and the Omas Arco Paragon Brown (my grail pen)...

 

Both of these pens are wildly beyond my expectations.. They are both buttery and solid in feel..

 

Wheeeee!!! :bunny01:

[obmike]

received two pens i've been waiting on forever:

 

1. sailor 1911 old style. it was supposed to have a medium nib and came with a zoom nib. i'm extremely disappointed. i have no use for a zoom nib. i'm in the process of returning the pen.

 

2. namiki bamboo. this could be THE pen.

[donwinn]

I would like to report yesterday's and todays, since I didn't see this poll yesterday.

 

Yesterday I got two (2) Pilot 78Gs. One black, one green, both Fine, from isellpens.com (from their $10 each blowout) :bunny01: as well as a Sheaffer of unknown model, with Triumph nib (seller thought it was a Parker 51, and I won it on eBay without checking back -- he changed the description down in the text after I entered my snipe, which won the thing.)

 

Today, according to the tracking emails, I received a Wallity 77C in maroon (supposedly a P 45 knockoff, but piston filler), a Duke Green Carbon Fiber, and two (2) Reform Bremens, all from isellpens.com (along with 2 bottles of ink - different colors, and 2 converters for the Bremens). Should have ordered all this when I ordered the 78Gs and saved a little on shipping. BTW the shipping for the whole box today was also $9, for 4 pens, 2 bottles ink and 2 converters. I usually place larger orders with Todd, to amortize the shipping.

 

Also got a Sheaffer Statesman Snorkle from eBay. Still have the Shule .5 mm pen shipped today (from Marketplace) and a Sheaffer Flattop lever filler also from Marketplace (it may have come today also, but I didn't get an email advice on that, so I'm guessing).

 

All that to quote the following: "I love it when a plan comes together" Hannibal Hayes, Commanding Officer of the A Team

 

I inked up the black one this morning, and have been enjoying using it for what little writing I have done today. I am saving the green one for the green ink which came today. I may have to wait to ink up the other newbies.

 

Donnie

 

Donnie

[muckluck]

Today I got my first fountain Pen. A Hero 200A with a fine nib. Writes very nice, and the blue-black noodler's ink I bought with it is beautiful. Now I just have to learn to write neater.

[hexyr]

Platium Maki-e w/ rabbits w/ a fine nib.

Got write w/ it in class yesterday. (although it did take some ork to get it start) it wrote really nicely after though.

[antoniosz]

Dictator More info here.

 

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/azavalia/dictator006.jpg

Edited July 14, 2007 by antoniosz

[FredM]

Green Esterbrook J with 9556 nib, filled with Binder Blurple. Writes great!

[Johnson]

I've been on a bit of a spree. :embarrassed_smile:

 

I just received my brown cracked ice Father Of Watley with a Binder ItaliFine nib. This nib is GREAT! I also ordered a pen I have long desired, the Sheaffer Legacy Imperial Victorian Sterling Silver. isellpen's blowout price of $225 was too good to pass up.

[jonro]

I didn't buy this pen today, but today is the first day I got to use it. I bought this Wahl-Eversharp lapis ringtop on eBay a couple of months ago. It looked like this:

 

I brought it to the Miami Pen Show today, had it polished and resacced and it ended up looking like the bottom photo. I think you'll agree that it cleaned up very nicely and it's like getting a new pen.

 

Edited July 14, 2007 by jonro

[Johnson]

Wow!

[AndyHayes]

A sensibly priced Pelikan Level 5 came from Austria. What a fantastic "box" it comes in - soooo cool

[scribblemoose]

I just ordered a Waterman Kultur. I've devised a (probably unnecessarily) complicated system of colour-coding for editing, so of course I need different colour pens to hold different coloured inks so I have a range of colours available.

 

Well, okay, even I can see that as an excuse. They look like nice fun little pens, though.

[gregkoos]

I just received a Swan Leverless from Ross Pens. I am developing an interest in user-grade vintage pens. This pen seems a bit scratchy, but the fine flexible nib does provide a nice variance in line. I also may need to hold it at a different angle than I am accustomed.

 

I sign a lot of fund raising letters and always jot a personal note. This pen handles the task very well, and it provides a touch that is needed in this kind of communication.

 

The leverless system is simple and operates well. I have yet to learn how often I will need to recharge the pen - after 100 letters?

 

The image below is from Ross's site

 

http://www.rosspens.com/images/pen1402.jpg

[parrothead56]

I just received a Pilot Custom 845 Urushi from Tazio (engeika on eBay).

 

Click here to see seikoguy's review: http://tinyurl.com/329jwp

 

Beautiful, large and hefty . . . just to my liking. I'm anxious to write with it, but haven't inked it yet, because it's missing something that I really wanted. In the eBay listing for this pen, it's marked "Urushi" in gold on the back of the cap, just above the band. The pen I received is not marked. I have heard great things about Tazio as a trusted eBay seller and I'm hoping that he will exchange it for a pen that is marked, since this is my first urushi pen.

 

http://i14.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/a6/8a/06b6_12.JPG

http://i9.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/a6/8a/0785_12.JPG

Edited July 15, 2007 by parrothead56

[s_t_e_v_e]

Hi All,

 

Added an imperial and Phileas harley davidson edition to my collection today.......

[goodguy]

I bought today a Sheaffer Snorkel Backskin Tan.

 

Another addition to my Snork collection Wee Pee

[gregkoos]

I received an email which helps me understand that it is a characteristic of flexible pens to be "toothy." That is, when the nib flexes or opens, the edges, which are not smooth, gives a toothy feel to the pen. By the way, check out Ross McKinney's selection of pens. http://www.rosspens.com/

 

I just received a Swan Leverless from Ross Pens. I am developing an interest in user-grade vintage pens. This pen seems a bit scratchy, but the fine flexible nib does provide a nice variance in line. I also may need to hold it at a different angle than I am accustomed.

 

I sign a lot of fund raising letters and always jot a personal note. This pen handles the task very well, and it provides a touch that is needed in this kind of communication.

 

The leverless system is simple and operates well. I have yet to learn how often I will need to recharge the pen - after 100 letters?

 

The image below is from Ross's site

 

http://www.rosspens.com/images/pen1402.jpg