What Pen Did You Get Today?

[FredM]

Omas Bologna cotton resin with palladium trim, medium nib, arrived 2 days ago. My first Omas and my second Italian pen. Very happy with the pen.

[Ghost Plane]

Visconti Art Nouveau and I can't believe this sweet little number is mine, all mine! Put in a hail Mary bid on fleabay and got it for half what they've been going for :blink:

 

Looks like I won't be eating much for awhile. :hmm1: We call it "The Fountain Pen Collector's Diet"

[fatehbajwa]

I got two today.

 

The first is a Delta Dolce Vita Oversize that I have been waiting for since November.Was stuck in customs for almost a month but I finally have it.I had been looking for a modern eyedropper since a long time and now I have one.

 

The second is my first Parker 51. A demi aero that I purchased from a member here.

 

Man.....am i happy today or what?

Edited December 22, 2007 by fatehbajwa

[Ghost Plane]

Congratulations! A good day for pens. :clap1:

[donwinn]

Got a Chinese Cloisoinne of th Emperor F cartridge pen from eBay seller win world jp. Second purchase from then. Very nice pen, doesn't post, probably will not review it because I intend to resell it, since I got such a good price on it, and don't want to even dip it, so I can sell it as NIB.

 

Donnie

[Deirdre]

I got my Stipula Saturno today from Susanna:

 

http://www.giardino.it/pens/stipula/IMMAGINI/saturnoVaperta.jpg

 

It's my first ebonite pen (of many, I'm sure) and my first crescent filler. It's also my first Stipula, though I've also got an Omas in the Italian pen department.

[AndyHayes]

A Sheaffer Special and a Sheaffer Clipper. Both in superb condition. I have lusted over a Snorkel for a long time so I am double pleased today

[Pen Nut]

Not actually got any pen today but................. awaiting delivery of a Pelikan Majesty. Wont be here till the first week in 08 at the earliest but will let you know what I think

[Tony the Tiger]

................. awaiting delivery of a Pelikan Majesty

OMG! While I congratulate you, I am so envious. Even though I have never written with one, I'm sure it would quite an enjoyable experience. I would consider that my ultimate acquisition. Yes, please share your thoughts after you get it.

[gr10girl]

Nettuno Barracuda. Simply awesome. The way the nib lines up with the square body means the nib is at the perfect angle for writing comfortably. I am in love. But now I have a problem... do I use my snazzy new Barracuda that I'm taking back to Michigan with me, or my beautiful Krone that lives in California away from the dorm life.... oh, dear. I hadn't thought of it that way.

[jpolaski]

After the major selloff some months ago...I FINALLY GET TO POST HERE!!!! I was able to acquire (through a great trade with Ryan Roossinck) one of the major pens on my list: A Sheaffer PFM! Greaan and good, it needs a bit of work, but it's a fun project. The pic below was borrowed from rosspens.com.

 

http://www.rosspens.com/images/pen1449.jpg

[HLeopold]

Not a pen I received today, or even this week, but Oxonian gave me some information on sac sizes for Mabie Todd Swans that finally let me ink up and use my 2060 leverless properly, it now not only fills properly, but it no longer drips ink off the nib. Why a change in sac size would stop an ink leak I haven’t a clue, but stopped it, it did.

 

Thanks John. It feels like I just got a new pen.

[gylyf]

Not new pens, exactly, but I just got back two pens from Greg Minuskin. A while ago, I had Greg retip the nib on an OMAS 360 and grind it to a lovely stub. I sold the pen off to buy another pen and bought it back when it was put up for sale on PT, but the shape of the 360 made using the stub problematic for me. So, I asked Greg to swap the stub into my Paragon and to put the Paragon's M into the 360. I got them back today, and needless to say, I'm a very happy camper. Best,

David

 

PS Isn't it time this thread became a sticky?

Edited December 24, 2007 by cellulophile

[ThomasB]

I got a pen today I've been looking for a long time. A Swan Orange Hard Rubber Eternal 46

 

Edited December 24, 2007 by ThomasB

[Richard]

My most recent acquisition is nominally a junker, but it's a delightful pen. It's a WWII-period DU-PONT syringe filler, and it's one of very few such bottom-feeder pens I've encountered that could be restored. The nib was shot, so what's in it now is a Pelikan M200 nib with the plating partially removed to mimic the design on the dead nib.

 

http://www.richardspens.com/images/collection/zoomed/du-pont.jpg

 

Who was DU-PONT? I dunno, but they made pretty pens.

[HLeopold]

I finally got myself a Sheaffer PFM, the III in black and gold, medium-fine SMOOTH nib, very little wear, restored and writing perfectly, it came in the mail today so it was perfectly timed for both the holiday and my birthday. Diane paid for most of it as a gift.

 

Price was very reasonable, shipping was only $4 and like the Pelikan 800 that I bought from Mr. Propas, it came packed into a length of hard plastic water pipe and both pen and pipe were well padded. The seller certainly did himself well in my eyes. Just another excellent eBay seller.

[sdcurnow]

Christmas was good! I received a NOS Pilot MYU (Feb 1972). One of my Holy Grail Pens. Merry Christmas fo all.

[PAKMAN]

Finally today from under the Christmas Tree where it has languished for 10 days, a Pelikan 400 Brown Tortoise with a Medium Flexy nib. Sweet!!!

[jjudge]

 

Cheap day today: I went to Bob Slate's in Harvard Sq and bought a Parker Reflex for less than $8

It goes well with my yesterday's purchase: Pelikan Pelikano jr

 

and some J. Herbin ink.

 

-- joe

[phillychuck]

Silver Rotring 600 OS with gold B nib. Smooth writer from the get go (started with a cart of PR Black Magic Blue - waiting a convertor)