What Pen Did You Get Today?

[lefty928]

Bought a Pelikan GO! with a cursive italic nib from Deb Kinney at the D.C. Pen Show yesterday -- it was so smooth that I couldn't resist. My faith in nibmeisters is restored! There was only one GO! left after I bought mine, but she had Walitys available for those interested in a customized cursive italic nib in an inexpensive piston filler -- again, wonderfully smooth-writing with a generous flow.

 

(The perils of FPN -- Deb Kinney's modified GO! caught my eye because of an enthusiastic review here ...)

[CharlieB]

I had been wanting to buy a Visconti Opera Master for some time, but had been postponing it, in part because I'm not fond of silver trims on my pens. Ken Jones, the U.S. Visconti rep had a new version of the Opera Master at the DC Supershow this weekend: black with gold trims. I immediately fell in love with both the pen and the special show price, but I kept putting off the actual purchase all day Saturday. On Sunday morning, however, when I saw that he had only two left of the 50 he had brought to the show, I quickly arranged a purchase through Jimmy Dolive of Total Office Products. It is an absolutely beautiful pen, and I'm thrilled to own it.

 

Shortly before leaving the show on Sunday afternoon, I tried out a Dupont Ellipsis at Carlos Kaplan's table. I couldn't resist such a low price for a Dupont pen, so I went home from the show as the proud owner of two new pens.

 

I had purchased an Omas 360 over the internet two years ago, but had been unable to use it because the triangular section forced me to hold the pen in such a way that both tines of the nib would not hit the paper. I brought the pen to the show today, and John Mottishaw removed the nib from the section and put it back in 15 degrees off center. Now the pen writes perfectly for me, and I feel like I have a third new pen!

[dwmatteson]

I've been away for a few days (alas, not to the DC pen show), so I have lots of things to report!

 

Many thanks to obmike for #1 and 2! Thanks also to ramshaklemann for #4, 5, and 6!

1) Pilot Vanishing Point in Black with Rhodium Trim -- came with a medium nib, but I also picked up a fine nib just to have one.

2) Pilot Knight in silver/gray.

3) Pelikan M620 limited edition Niagara Falls with fine nib from Fountain Pen Hospital.

4) Waterman Kultur clear demonstrator with medium nib.

5) Sheaffer Imperial in green with medium nib.

6) Parker Latitude flighter with medium nib.

 

I also picked up some Namiki blue-black cartridges for the VP, some PR Black Magic Blue cartridges (I have some extended business trips coming up this Fall), and a bottle of Herbin Bleu Nuit ink for the Pelikan. What a week!

 

Don

[Penlover]

Today, Faber Castell E-Motion, the resine version wth F nib

[halljer]

 

It's a pen, but not a "real" pen. It's a shop window promo pen from Wateman. The small pen in the picture is a Parker 51 inserted for size comparison. Now THIS is a GIANT! It should look great in my pen display cabinet. I'm thrilled to find this one.

 

Best regards,

 

Jerry

[shahrincamille]

Went window shopping yesterday at Parkson's department store situated in the Suria KLCC mall, at the foot of the Petronas Twin Towers.

 

Then I saw that they're having a sale at the writing instruments department, with brands such as Parker, Waterman, Sheaffer, Lamy, Cross and Pelikan having discounts ranging from 20-50%

 

Ended up buying a Pelikan M215 Lozenge with a F nib - on a whim! :bonk:

 

It's the first time ever I had bought a fountain pen from a department store

 

 

 

Shahrin

[jonro]

I picked up a few things at the D.C. Supershow. I'll post some photos when I have a chance. I finally picked up a Lamy 200 EF. I may call it the "wonder pen." I'm glad I finally bought one. I also bought one of the new Taccia Staccatos in the ebonite finish. I believe they only had 30-40 for sale at the show. On the vintage side, I acquired a Sheaffer Balance in striped carmine and an ebonized pearl Balance. I showed a lot of self control. In the mail, when I returned, was an interesting NOS burgundy TM Admiral with touchdown filler in the original display box with the BP and MP.

[rroossinck]

A little late to the posting, but this past Thursday, I rec'd a package of Conklins that I'd sent in for service. Two Levenger sprint run Mark Twain Signatures in Ocean Blue w/14K (F) nibs, and one standard Mark Twain Signature in pink pearl with a steel (M) nib. One of the Levenger editions wrote very well right out of the box, as did the pink standard edition. I'm sad to say, though, that the other Levenger didn't.

 

They're sending me another one this week in hopes that it'll write a better line. Argh...this is getting frustrating. Seems like Conklin is having a hard time improving their quality control procedures despite design changes. I'm hoping that the "sins of the father" situation can resolve itself sooner rather than later. I'm a huge Conklin fan, but if I have to budget for postage and frustration every time I buy one of their pens, I'm going to quit buying them.

 

I will say, though, that the All American that they recently released (and hasn't sold well) does write very nicely.

[Splicer]

NOS Parker 61. It's not NOS anymore , although I haven't been able to bring myself to take the pricetag off of the clip. It'll have to slip off eventually.

 

I love my 51, but I like the later cap better, and the line of the 61 is a bit more my style. I wanted a 61 rather than a 51 but the opportunity came to get a very nice 51 so I took it. It's a great writer and a real beauty but I never stopped wanting to have a 61. I'm trying to get up to speed on the 61 variants that are out there. Mine is black with a non-rainbow satiny silver cap, which sounds like the "Classic" model (I'm reading from http://www.pentrace.net/2002/article042502_178.html ). This is reinforced by the $15 price tag. However, mine has the narrower O-ring, and the Pentrace.net article says that means that my 61 was made in 62 or earlier, whereas the "Classic" wasn't offered until 1964. Maybe I don't know the difference between "bright" Lustraloy and "satin" Lustraloy...

 

I'm rather enamored of the capillary fill system. My first real drawing pen was a Tombow with a capillary filler. It seemed like magic two decades ago and it seems like magic now. So far I haven't had any issues with ink flow, but I've only had it inked for a couple of hours. We'll see how it performs on my morning pages tomorrow. I'm very surprised though, that the 61 seems to have a more flexible nib than my 51. The 61 is by no means a flex, but my 51 is a nail.

 

So am I psyched? Yes I am.

[EventHorizon]

Won a Esterbrook CA101 on Ebay last week and it should be here this week

[tamburlaine]

This morning I received, from Germany, my Pelikan M405. Regina Martini is a wonderful, courteous seller who also acts with great celerity!

 

I got it from her at a price a little less than £40 cheaper than the cheapest UK price, even including German V.A.T. - so a terrific deal. I have no affiliation etc. etc. but veracity will not be suppressed!

 

It really is a beautiful pen, and the size of it, posted or unposted seems to fit in my hand as though it was a bespoke pen. This size, while too small for many seems to just fit me perfectly. The fine nib, is nearly as smooth as my Sailor or P51, but isn't very fine... it seems to be quite similar to my P51's English fine, which although I initially thought was rather wide I now love using it because of its wet smoothness. One other thing I noticed about the nib while gently wiping it after filling it, is that it feels invincible and stiff, yet it gives a little flex too.

The pen is very light without feeling cheap and the piston is a dream. Long live silver colour trimmings...! The aesthetics of the black version, are purely simple but classy.

 

Oh dear, that seems to have turned into a mini review... perhaps I should make this Pelikan the subject of my first FPN review later. Hmm.

[dreg]

Just got a new style Stipula 22 in the Raspberry color with a fine nib. I really like the switch from the 22 to the oak leaf above the clip, and just couldn't resist. So far, it's writing has been impeccable right out of the box with Waterman blue-black ink.

[wejohns]

My vintage Burnham B48 arrived today!!

 

 

 

Redefines the concept of smooth. While not a large pen, it's not small either with a capped length of 5 3/16" and it feels great.

 

I'm a happy camper!

 

Bill J

[coco]

Just got a new style Stipula 22 in the Raspberry color with a fine nib. I really like the switch from the 22 to the oak leaf above the clip, and just couldn't resist. So far, it's writing has been impeccable right out of the box with Waterman blue-black ink.

 

I've been coveting this pen forever! Happy to hear it's such a great writer.

[coco]

Received my Bexley Americana (red) with a fine nib yesterday. Filled it with PR Fiesta Red. I've never had a fine nib show some shading, and I love the effect. Once again, Bexley writes like a dream right out of the box.

[Dean]

Over the last two days I've received the following:

 

Parker 51 aero with a wet medium nib

VP green with gold trim with a medium nib

MB Legrand ballpoint

 

The "51" and the VP are both pens I've had in the past and sold. I'm loving my new parker "51" and don't plan on selling it ever. The VP was sold in the past because of clip placement, but I decided to give it another try. This one I just received from Pam Braun is wonderful. The clip isn't bothering me and the nib is smooth as can be. What a great pen for 80 some dollars! It's been a great couple of days for fountain pens.

 

Dean

[AndyHayes]

My better half just came in with a Parker 61 Flighter that she picked up for £1 (US$2)

 

Not perfect, but pretty good!!

[Catsmelt]

Picked up a silver Pilot Knight yesterday. I awarded myself for being such a great shopping companion with my wife. She doesn't need to be part of the awards committee, does she?

 

This is my first experience with a japanese nib. A mighty fine "medium" if you ask me, but nice, smooth and on the wet side. I actually like the nib width. The pen is heavier than I thought it would be -- 'though most of it is in the cap. Does anyone even write with this posted?

 

 

[blak000]

My Namiki Falcon (M) from Richard Binder!

 

ROWR!

[sleek_lover]

Through the good offices of Steve Light at Artlite in Atlanta, Georgia I was able to acquire a Rotring 600 ( ), a Pel 215 (the blue and silver vertical striped) and a Conklin Durograph. This happy little shopping spree was a Peg-authorized exception to the Peg-invoked Pen Purchase Privilege Prohibition (PPPP) as I am in Alpharetta, GA for two weeks of training and did need some sort of week-end diversion.

 

The entire happy little adventure will be chronicled in Chatter and the pens reviewed in...well...Pen Reviewed...

 

Bill...

Edited August 18, 2007 by paircon01