What Pen Are You Waiting For In The Mail 2017

[parkerwasmyfirstlove]

Parker Junior in blue, aerometric filler.

[HDRoot]

 

how do i receive things by post without the wife knowing?

I'm expected a 1950ish MB 146 in today's mail. I'm going to be working in the yard about the time the mailman is expected. I have a modern 146 that I'm going to put away, so if she counts pens there'll be the same number. 😇

Edited February 15, 2017 by HDRoot

[HDRoot]

Oops

Edited February 15, 2017 by HDRoot

[guyinkits]

Oh credit card, how I abuse thee. Classic Pens LB5 Kouseki on its way.

[inkstainedruth]

Well, the Vector came a day earlier than advertised. Got the nib unit flushed out (soaking in slightly soapy water overnight), then rinsed well with distilled water this AM. Oddly, the packaging said the nib was a medium, but the feed is marked as "F".... The date code on the pen is IIIL (1st quarter 1993). Oh, and the seller taped another cartridge to the outside of the package, in addition to the one in the blister pack....

Once the feed drains and dries I will slap a spare twist converter on and give the pen its first fill ever.... Not sure what yet -- just NOT Quink Washable Blue....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[thx1138]

Waiting no more.

Blue 3776 broad arrived today.

Filled with herbin sapphire blue.

The pen is better than I could have hoped for.

Writes so well and fairly wet, nice and broad.

Truely great pen and beautiful to boot.

[dylim1]

Tactile Turn Gist

[squidz]

Well just pulled the pin on my first gold nib. Purchased a Pilot Decimo Gray Fine. It's gonna seem like a long wait till I get my fingers on it.

[Winegums]

I just dived head first into the fountain pen world by ordering an all brass Karas Kustoms Fountain K with a 1.1mm bock stub nib from Goulet Pens. My wife got me into fountain pens and I've been researching what would be my first pen ever since. I'm someone who enjoys a hefty writing tool as it allows me a great deal of control when using it. It looks like an extremely durable design and I love that the raw brass will tarnish from use. I can't wait to get my hands on it and start the aging process.

I'm seriously thinking of replacing the steel clip with a hand carved titanium clip of my own design. but it might have to wait as I have other projects on my plate.

[Aquaria]

I just got my Sailor 1911S and love it, already.

 

But I'm not happy with my azalea Nemosine Singularity. It writes well, but I've had some very real problems getting the cap to come off, rather than the barrel. On one occasion, only the barrel would come off, no matter what I did, and it took my husband using all of his strength to get the cap to come off. Thankfully I haven't converted it to an eyedropper, but it's ridiculous that this pen is such a pain to deal with because the cap and the barrel screw on in the same direction.

 

So I went in search of a new pink pen to replace it. I'm big on having a pen match what color ink I put in it for my college pen case. I'm a fanatical color coder with my agenda, plus I don't want to spend time rifling through pens trying to remember which one has which color ink when I'm in a hurry, which I usually am when having to log various assignments when the professor tells us about it--which is always 10 seconds before the class is over. I settled on the Platinum Cool in pink. Reasoning: I love my Platinum 3776, so I'll probably like this pen.

 

While I was there, I saw a Pirre Paul 325C in Orange. It was only a few bucks, so why not?

 

I also ordered a Pilot Metropolitan in Turquoise and a Picasso 918 in Red off Amazon while I was ordering my Sailor converter and some refills for my husband's Midori Traveler.

 

So now I'm waiting for all of those.

 

Am completely addicted now.

 

 

[Aquaria]

Check out Speerbob's store on the evil auction site :

 

https://tinyurl.com/sbshef

 

Oh, that is evilness personified. That purple swirl is calling to me, but...must...resist.

[eliweisz]

The Targa is here, and it's fantastic. Next in line - Caran d'Ache Ecridor Chevron, Medium nib. Not shipped yet.

[KingRoach]

the Hero 616 pack arrived way sooner than expected and has filled my last week with playing and tweaking.

Still waiting on the Jinhao 911. Aliexpress says it went up in the air on Feb 15th.

 

That's it for hooded nibs now. Back to the same old:

Bought but not yet posted:

Jinhao (something) black with a Jinhao fude nib

Yiren bookworm ::EDIT: got the right name and model::

Inoxcrom 77 made in spain, red colour

Pelikan Pelikano blue

Platinum short pocket pen (PKA 500 type?) but in what seems to be, unfortunately, a steel nib.

 

Almost got but hesitated until it was gone: an indian flex-nib pen, similar in nib-style to the Noodler's. :'(

Edited February 19, 2017 by KingRoach

[ekfritz]

Franklin-Christoph Model 31 IPO in Cocoa Pearl, but it's coming from Massdrop, so who knows? This may be my first pen of 2018!

[KingRoach]

oh and forgot to mention, a Sheaffer Stylus Dual Point in what seems to be a rare beige-y colour. My disappointment is that there seems to be something printed on the barrel, so might have been a promotional item, but really looking forward to receiving that and using it. I want to be impressed.

 

I love that it has a converter in it.

[praxim]

Well, overnight I picked up an Onoto plunge filler with #3 nib at what I consider a good price. I was not really trying. It looks to me like a 2500 Streamline (not named by the vendor) and is black with two medium gold bands, something which seems to appeal to me. I will need to wait on the pen to know the actual quality of course.

 

This triggers a definite sell on one of my existing Onotos, something about which I have been dithering for a while.

Edited February 20, 2017 by praxim

[tytyvyllus]

I have always wanted a Christie, missed one in St. Croix but that's another story, and decided that the latest heritage by MB will do. I understand it is a smaller pen but that just means it is closer to the roots rather than the larger sized Legrande or Meisterstuck.

-T

[Cryptos]

I've gone for a huge gamble... and just forked out for a Pelikan 100N with a flex OBB nib. First Pelikan for me. Perhaps I should have started with a 120? Dunno.

[nikhil5saraf]

Kasas Kustoms INK

[jmccarty3]

My second MB 344, this one with an OB nib, should be delivered today. Hope it's as great a pen as my EF.