What Pen Did You Get Today?

[jonro]

I received a Danitrio Cumlaude from Winedoc today. It's a nice big pen with attractive celluloid. The nib, which is a fine made from stainless steel, is exceptionally smooth.

[richardandtracy]

What beautiful coloured ink. What is it?

 

My pen of the day was a Parker 17. Not great.

 

Regards

 

Richard.

 

[Rufus]

Yesterday I received my Stipula Saturno and Omas Milord (old-style). Both are terrific looking and both seem to be terrific writers on first inking. Today I received a Parker 45 and a Waterman C/F; haven't tried either yet, but will do so later.

[Doug Add]

Platinum Blue Celluloid.

 

A beautiful pen with a very nice Japanese medium nib. Since this is a Christmas gift I will empty it when I get home tonight and hand it over to my wife who will place it in giftbox exile for two weeks.

[roguesw]

Parker "51" Aerometric Burgundy

 

Just received this beautiful example, even though it was described as user grade, its far from it, the barrel is very clean with and the gold cap is in beautiful condition. The nib is perfect, a good F nib. I cant wait to ink it up. Many thanks to dwmatteson for making this possible. Cheers

 

[I am not a number]

Waterman Carene, medium nib.

 

[Jazz Club]Nice...[/Jazz Club]

[lovemy51]

i got this one today from a seller in china.

 

it took a month and a half to get here... but i got it!

 

it's a Duke D07-Snow White

 

not a big pen... barely 6" posted. light-med weight. the ink flow is very good, not too wet... yet, smooth!

 

the price $12 USD... i think i paid more for postage to get here from asia!

 

all in all... i'm happy with my new inexpensive pen

 

peter paul

[macaddicted]

Omas Emotica Red with a F nib. Needs some breaking in before I decide how much I like it.

[Aslan]

Bexley Poseidon, tortoise, stub nib... butter smooth writer. Looks much better in person that ANY picture I've seen on the Internet.

 

John

[Robert Hughes]

An Esterbrook 407 dip-less fountain well and pen with 9550 nib. Looks like it came out of First National Bank, circa 1944. I'll buff it up and make it the retro shrine on my desk.

Edited December 14, 2007 by Robert Hughes

[southpaw]

Pilot Sesenta (Decimo LE) with a nice, smooth fine nib. The barrel color/pattern is striking, yet elegant and subtle at the same time. Beautiful pen (and I got an excellent price on it to boot). Now that the Sesenta has arrived, it'll soon be time to get rid of it's sibling, the blue Decimo.

Edited December 14, 2007 by southpaw

[Tony the Tiger]

Bexley Poseidon, tortoise, stub nib... butter smooth writer. Looks much better in person that ANY picture I've seen on the Internet.

 

John

Sounds awesome, just like something I'd be looking for. Want to get a nice stub nib. Been thinking about one of these on my lust list, and having it custom ground. Any suggestions out there?

[diplomat]

Two Pilot Crystal NOS from the 80s...

 

 

 

Only for 5$ each!

 

Fine nib. Aero fill. 5 1/4 closed. Excellent quality for the money!

[donwinn]

I got a pen order from Todd at isellpens.com -- no, actually, my wife was not home to sign for it, so Fedex wouldn't leave it. They will bring it back tomorrow while I am home, and my teal 78G will get inked. It's a shame I don't have any ancient Sheaffer Peacock blue to put in it. Or even any turquoise or aqua ink of any shade. Just a choice of 3 blues (Pelikan, Hero, & Noodler's la Coleur Royale) Pelikan Green and Skrip blue -black, which is gray-green in everything but Sheaffer pens, in which it is truly blue-black. And yes, I thoroughly clean my pens (dish soap and water, then clear water) before inking for the first time, and before changing ink colors. Weird!

 

Donnie

[I am not a number]

Many, my friend is back from California with a whole load.

[fountainpenjunkie]

Two Pilot Crystal NOS from the 80s...

 

 

 

Only for 5$ each!

 

Fine nib. Aero fill. 5 1/4 closed. Excellent quality for the money!

 

Were those a pendemonium buy?

[PAKMAN]

After a loooong spell of being "good", found a fountain pen I wanted for Christmas and asked my wife to get it for me. She replied, "ok but just where am I going to find one of those". My reply, "Just keep an eye on the ole mailbox the next couple of days and I bet one will show up!" Sure enough it worked!! All the way from Switzerland via Ebay a beautiful Brown Tortoise Pelikan 400 with a flexy medium nib!

 

When it showed up I told her that it was mandatory that I check it out thoroughly to ensure every thing was ok!! She even bought it, for a few minutes... I gave it a good looking over, tested the piston dipped it in ink and played for a few seconds. Then I heard "Hey no writing with that! It's a Christmas present! So a quick flush and back it went into the box, wrapped and under the tree. Just 11 more days to wait!!!!

Edited December 15, 2007 by pakmanpony

[Blade Runner]

 

Recently picked up:

 

MB F. Scott Fitzgerald in fine.

Aurora Archivi Storici 22 (revival of the vintage 88 using new old stock parts) in medium.

Parker 51, late model Mark I in black with brushed cap in fine.

 

All wonderful writers and good looking pens

[Doug Add]

Many, my friend is back from California with a whole load.

Including the Sapporo?

[BklynWriter]

Since joining this forum from 3 weeks ago, I've purchased:

 

Hero Dragon Phoenix

Duke Sweet Heart Sapphire Filigree

Dinuoyang 818

Jinhao 9000

 

And I have a Duke 209 on its way.

 

deb