The Hemingway Photo Thread

[slippery when wet]

I still have a a fresh memory of the day a mint Hemingway with a buy now option of $1100 popped up on eBay a few years back and I passed it up due to not having that sort of spare cash at the time . I don't frequent this thread a lot for that reason

[fpupulin]

"Our story begins..."

 

 

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Neal.

 

 

A great, low contrast, vintage composition, an intimate homage to a pen that is both vintage and modern, and unique in its class. Congratulations for the photos and your splendid Hemingway, and for the diary as well!

[fpupulin]

I still have a a fresh memory of the day a mint Hemingway with a buy now option of $1100 popped up on eBay a few years back and I passed it up due to not having that sort of spare cash at the time . I don't frequent this thread a lot for that reason

 

 

In the far 1992, I was eyeing the Hemingway in the windows of two pen shops that were close to my office. It was then 400 Euros, new, and with the freedom to select the nib of your choice. In that moment the priorities of my life left no free money for the pen, and I had to pass. Always regret the moment...

[fpupulin]

fpupulin, I am green with envy of your medium-format camera set-up and your talents at lighting and composition. Such beautiful work!

 

 

jmccarty3, thank you for your words.

 

Well, together with a few watches (very, very few) and some fifteen fountain pens (maybe a bit less), photography is my only vice... And I have the excuse of using my gear also for my botanical work.

[fpupulin]

The black resin of the Hemingway is not black. It is a very dark brown. I saw a few pens where the brown is lighter, as it was slightly faded, but in my sample it is very dark and intense. Just not black...

 

Here is a photograph to see it against a true black background:

 

And here, is the pen working in botany...

Please follow posting images!

[penmanila]

Lovely drawing. Indeed, the Hemingway colors are officially “coral and espresso,” iirc.

[jmccarty3]

I have a beautiful NOS Hemingway, so no need for envy there, but I am still drooling over your camera equipment and your photographic skills. These are some of the best photos I have seen on FPN.

[BillH]

I would guess the outcome of my spending any time in here will be the same as after all the time I spent last year in Tom Kellie's Rose Gold O3B thread.

 

 

 

fpupulin, thanks for your beautiful photographs! (and Tom K, thanks for yours as well)

[Tom Kellie]

I would guess the outcome of my spending any time in here will be the same as after all the time I spent last year in Tom Kellie's Rose Gold O3B thread.

 

fpupulin, thanks for your beautiful photographs! (and Tom K, thanks for yours as well)

 

~ BillH:

 

The very warmest Thank you!

You're too kind.

If a Hemingway is in your future, you'll be in fine company, as this thread shows.

Tom K.

[fpupulin]

In good company, working hard for Christmas...

 

[slippery when wet]

Very nice work fpupulin, I have admired your craft over the years and look forward to this time of year when you bring out your best.

Cheers

[billydo]

In good company, working hard for Christmas...

 

 

 

Beautiful work Franco, your calligraphy is just wonderful and an inspiration to many other fountain pen users for sure...

 

 

Neal.

[fpupulin]

Lovely drawing. Indeed, the Hemingway colors are officially “coral and espresso,” iirc.

 

 

Oh, yes! Coral and Espresso!

 

 

 

[i am electrified by the power resolution of my new macro lens...]

[fpupulin]

In the pen box...

 

 

[niksch]

Did anyone re-post the vintage '50s 149 EF nib that I transplanted into his Hemingway WE? Including the 50s vintage ink feeder?

Edited February 5, 2018 by niksch

[penmanila]

Haven't posted to FPN in a while, so let's revive this thread:

 

 

 

Edited July 27, 2018 by penmanila

[thygreyt]

This makes me want a Dumas SO much..!

[fpupulin]

Learning Spencerian with the Hemingway. A Mini Phalaenopsis orchid, flowering for the third time in a small por of porcelain 2" (5 cm) wide, is a good companion for the writing session...

 

[KAC]

Nice orchid, nice pen, nice photography and thanks for resurrecting this thread!

[BillH]

Just lovely Franco, thank you so much for sharing.