What Pen Are You Waiting For In The Mail 2016

[malang]

 

I had been thinking about making a thread along the lines of, "this is what I was thinking when I started" and "this is where I am now". In there, I had thought to make a comment about inadvertently doing a Montblanc in public, or the most desirable pen (personally) that I had considered but yet not bought, and that was (is) an Edson. So far, I have resisted it owing to its visual elaboration. I mean, it looks like an Edson.

 

I'd love to see that thread! That's why I like it haha I mean if I'm going to buy a pen worth that much, I want it to look worth the money to me and to feel connected to it and enjoy it's style.

 

Don't really care what anyone else thinks of my pens or even my possessions in general, whether they're worth $1 or $10,000 as long as I love it and it works for me. Love to hear people's views and opinions of course but I'm referring to the fact that I don't bond with the negativity of others haha.

 

The only thing holding me back from a more expensive pen is priorities at the moment. I want to wait and get an expensive pen when it will have some meaning, like when I graduate or get a job in my field and so on.

Edited June 7, 2016 by dauodwa

[praxim]

I'd love to see that thread!

I will create it, fwiw, in a few days, and include my disappointments.

 

The only thing holding me back from a more expensive pen is priorities at the moment. I want to wait and get an expensive pen when it will have some meaning, like when I graduate or get a job in my field and so on.

Show that restraint and do it when ready. My own Waterman set was a gift from me to me in 1998 after a particular achievement, the first time I had bought "expensive" pens after years with reliable modest sheaffers, and the last until this [certain emphases deleted ] forum sucked me in to a bunch of better ones. Really, I was looking for them anyway.

[uemuraw]

Now the waiting begins. A Nakaya Naka-ai Cigar Kuro-tamenuri. I thought I got a Writer, and was just pondering whether to get a Cigar instead. Then I thought, oh well, I paid the deposit, it's probably too late. I get the payment receipt, and it's a Cigar! Here's a nibs.com photo to tide me over for the next six months.

 

 

 

The pen will have my last name (Uemura) in kanji (上村). The choices were red, black, or gold. I forgot to specify, so they chose gold. The gold looks good. Here's a photo from Nakaya's web site. I figure mine will look like the one on the far right - basically gold on black. Cool.

 

 

I sure hope I didn't misspell the kanji on the pen, like I did on my tattoo. Apparently, if you reverse the kanji (村上), it's "Murakami" and not "Uemura."　I wonder if that's a Japanese semordnilap (村上　上村).

 

Well, this particular pen may show up in 2016, or it might be a part of next year's thread.

 

 

[Helen350]

Vintage Red & Black Marble & Gold Lever Filler Fountain Pen- c. 1930's

Hua Hong

Wality Acrylic Eyedropper - Green/Yellow

Private Reserve Avacado Ink

 

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Edited June 9, 2016 by Helen350

[majolo]

In the next two days I should be getting:

Italix Parson's Essential, Amber, medium cursive stub;

Esterbrook J, broad left oblique;

Faber Castell Ambition Pearwood, broad (probably will try to grind to a stub once I have a bit more practice).

I've never had an oblique nib before, hopefully I can write okay with it.

[inkstainedruth]

Well ... ! My M150 made it from Germany to NY in good time but has made a detour to the Post Office in Puerto Rico over the holiday week-end. Guess I'll get more tracking info on Tuesday.

 

Last year, I had an M200 Café Crème sit in Customs in New York for something like a week, and then it came to Pittsburgh via New Hampshire or Maine....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Cryptos]

My Pilot custom 823 just landed on my desk at School.

 

Should I open it now, or wait and photo unbox later? Decisions, decisions. This is by far the most expensive pen I've bought.

 

 

Super excited!!

[jmccarty3]

Let us know how you like your 823. I use mine every day at work with Pilot Blue Black ink.

[dylim1]

Edison Nouveau Premiere Midnight Thunder.

[MZielinski]

I'm waiting for a Conklin All-American Lapis Blue with a medium nib. Also got a bottle of Noodler's Liberty's Elysium to go with. Should be arriving today. Can't wait!

[Thornys]

Just waiting on my Visconti Rembrandt Merry-Go-Round. It may not be my cup of tea at all, once I see it, but it has had me interested for a while now, so...... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[praxim]

Waterman 0552. Apart from its external appearance I have no idea of the condition. I bought it from a charity in the country, which was selling some estate items. If the pen is not worth the money then I should still be able to recover something selling it on and meanwhile the charity benefits.

 

This is meant to be my sole foray into vintage, thinking it might be a reasonable companion to the gold Eversharp pencil I inherited from the same era. All my other pens are current or recent and I like them like that; smooth operators, smooooth operators.

[Cryptos]

The 823 is a magnificent writer so far! Got her filled with Iroshizuku tsuki yo (and I do wish YouTube reviewers would learn how to pronounce Japanese names properly; it's embarrassing).

 

Anyway, fits well in the hand, looks handsome and lays down a perfect line at the mere touch to the paper. So smooth too!

[Thornys]

TWSBI Vac 700, a Kaweco Liliput in brass, a Franklin Christoph 45 in cherry ice, a Platinum Plaisir Fountain Pen in pink, a Noodlers Konrad Piston Filler Flex Fountain Pen (Clear Demonstrator), ans from one of our own, a Pilot Vanishing point in copper red

 

 

 

Seriously, didn't I just post a few days ago??? Holy (bleep)...

 

I won't even mention the inks that will be accompanying the pens...

 

Oh, and my "real" Ink Journal!!

 

(... bunch of enablers.... I love you ALL!). Haha!

[ak2k5]

An ASA Nauka from group buy on FPN and a Ranga Bamboo ...first with a Schmidt M nib and second with a jowo two tone M nib..

[mr2txaggie]

When I decided to post here I was awaiting a new pen. However,it has since arrived.

 

I will be glad to share it with you anyway:

 

I got John Mottishaw ( no affiliation ) to do a regrind from a Bexley broad to a Italic. Lovely, isn't it!!

 

Notice how the body tapers to the piston knob. Also the cap is quite proportionally larger compared to the rest of the pen. It is also very well balanced, posted or not.

[mr2txaggie]

Yes, Empty_of_Clouds,

 

One thing that Brian Goulet ( no affiliation ) in his reviews is make sure that we know the correct pronunciation of P, P and Ink.

 

One time he was review a Lamy and he told the viewers that was pronounced like " Tommy loves his Mommy ", what a nice way to explain it!

[Mikeal]

Waiting, somewhat impatiently for nearly a month for my Sailor 1911 Large.

[Guardy]

So my Reform 1745's arrived, which was surprising, since the seller, in his unending wisdom, forgot to mark the things as "sent"... *snrk*

Oh well, fine by me.

 

My Delta Dolcevita Federico STILL wasn't sent (I guess... unless they just forgot to tell me, too); if that one's not here by June 10th I'll have to do some message sending...

 

Aaaaand still nothing on the Delta Dolcevita (which, by the way, I bought on May 18th). Sent a mail yesterday, but of course they don't do stuff on weekends. This will be very interesting.

Especially because I didn't really expect to run into any problems with those guys.

Sigh.

[13R14N]

Got the best news today (with pictures): my CONID Bulkfiller MINIMALISTICA demonstrator is completed and on the way.

Ordered with black cap, without clip, and with titanium nib (+2 more Ti nibs).
I could not pass up the option of ordering multiple Ti nibs; including the option of a custom grind on each nib. Truly marvelous options



I am very excited.

Many thanks to Francis, Johan & Werner.

 

Now, to select an appropriate ink???

 

- Brian