What Pen Are You Waiting For In The Mail 2017

[escribo]

Waiting on an "updated" Bexley Prometheus in Mottled Raspberry Red and Black Hard rubber with Black acrylic with gold plated clip and trim and fine nib. I have three other Bexleys and they are solid pens. The red and black Ebonics was too much to resist.

 

Nice! I just received a yellow (black ends) Prometheus today and it writes so smoooth! I also got Fine.

[Kelly G]

 

Nice! I just received a yellow (black ends) Prometheus today and it writes so smoooth! I also got Fine.

I received mine late yesterday and it is in my pocket as we speak (actually, it is laying on my desk as I've been writing with it at every opportunity). It turns out I must have ordered the M nib, but that is OK with me. I flushed it and filled it with Pilot iroshizuku yama-guri, my high-end brown; a new pen deserves the best, right? The pen is writing quite well, smooth with good flow and no issues as of now.

I'm glad I bought this pen!

[FOUR X FOUR]

I just ordered a Lamy 2000 makrolon with medium nib and a Pilot Custom Heritage 92 with medium nib. I actually already have these 2 pens but each pen has an inner part missing, due to rinsing them over The sink and not stopping off the drain. I was too lazy to send them in to get what was lost in the sink. Hard listen learned. I won't rinse any more nibs or feeds in the sink without closing off the drain.

[escribo]

Just a couple of Pilot 78Gs with BB nibs. I rediscovered my 78Gs with B nibs and how much fun they are. Run circles around a WAY more expensive pen I have with stub nib.

I'm amassing Pilot nibs for future Frankenpenning.

 

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[ManofKent]

Just a couple of Pilot 78Gs with BB nibs. I rediscovered my 78Gs with B nibs and how much fun they are. Run circles around a WAY more expensive pen I have with stub nib.

I'm amassing Pilot nibs for future Frankenpenning.

 

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I was really pleasantly surprised by the broad nib on 78G. I found the pen far too light for my tastes, but stick the nib on a Metro body and it's a nice combination. I must keep an eye out a for a cheap BB.

[inkstainedruth]

For me, it's a pair of (pricy!) Pelikans -- an M405 Stresemann (one of the Anthracite bindes) with a B nib, and an M405 Striated Blue with an EF nib.

I think it's going to be low budget pens for me for the next few months -- or longer -- after these two.... But oh am I looking forward to them. I had always liked the look of the striated blue bindes but other pens kept presenting themselves to me first (starting with the 1990s era M400 Brown Tortoise). And the Stresemann -- I knew when Pelikan came out with the Anthracite M800s a couple of years ago that if they ever made that color available in the M400 size I just HAD to have one....

They're supposed to be shipping today. I figure a few days to get here Stateside from Germany, and then a week or two in Customs. But I'll be on pins and needles till then.... Ironically, the last pen I was waiting on was a low-budget NOS Parker Vector. My taste in pens is all over the map....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[escribo]

I was really pleasantly surprised by the broad nib on 78G. I found the pen far too light for my tastes, but stick the nib on a Metro body and it's a nice combination. I must keep an eye out a for a cheap BB.

 

I think I'll do exactly that- excellent idea! I have 2 Metros, one with an EF Penmanship nib that writes a hairline and is not to be messed with. The other is stock with a F nib.

 

Update: I knew the nibs were a perfect fit, but I just now found out that the whole nib unit - section and all is a direct swap.

 

P.S. Shame one has to buy a whole pen just for the nib.

[ManofKent]

 

I think I'll do exactly that- excellent idea! I have 2 Metros, one with an EF Penmanship nib that writes a hairline and is not to be messed with. The other is stock with a F nib.

 

Update: I knew the nibs were a perfect fit, but I just now found out that the whole nib unit - section and all is a direct swap.

 

P.S. Shame one has to buy a whole pen just for the nib.

I find the cap step too irritating for long periods of writing, but for short pieces (when you're more likely to use more characterful nibs) the balance and weight of the Metropolitan is pretty good. For the current prices of 78Gs and Metro's the combined pen is still good value in my mind. I'll pass the 78G with metro nibs onto someone else who doesn't mind the 78G weight anyway.

[Lexus77]

I just won an auction on a Dutch site, and won this beauty. Apparently, it's a Waterman Torsade.
I just CAN'T wait till the mailman drops this in my mailbox.

 

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[praxim]

I think it was three weeks ago I mentioned I was waiting for two unrestored Aurora 88 (1950s). Well, I am still waiting but only until late today when I can get to the post office.

[BillH]

For me, it's a pair of (pricy!) Pelikans -- an M405 Stresemann (one of the Anthracite bindes) with a B nib, and an M405 Striated Blue with an EF nib.

I think it's going to be low budget pens for me for the next few months -- or longer -- after these two.... But oh am I looking forward to them. I had always liked the look of the striated blue bindes but other pens kept presenting themselves to me first (starting with the 1990s era M400 Brown Tortoise). And the Stresemann -- I knew when Pelikan came out with the Anthracite M800s a couple of years ago that if they ever made that color available in the M400 size I just HAD to have one....

They're supposed to be shipping today. I figure a few days to get here Stateside from Germany, and then a week or two in Customs. But I'll be on pins and needles till then.... Ironically, the last pen I was waiting on was a low-budget NOS Parker Vector. My taste in pens is all over the map....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

 

Nice choices Ruth! I have the blue 405 with an EF also and find it perfect for margin notes on Sunday morning. And the 405 Stresemann... you're going to like it even more in person. After the Tortoise that anthracite stripe is my favorite.

 

Only pen I'm waiting for is a Sailor 1911L Silver trim and B nib... I think it is done swimming but now it's walking up to the desert from LA. Looking forward to it. And yes, my taste seems to be a little "all over" as well. Worse issues to have I think.

Edited March 23, 2017 by BillH

[inkstainedruth]

 

 

Nice choices Ruth! I have the blue 405 with an EF also and find it perfect for margin notes on Sunday morning. And the 405 Stresemann... you're going to like it even more in person. After the Tortoise that anthracite stripe is my favorite.

 

Only pen I'm waiting for is a Sailor 1911L Silver trim and B nib... I think it is done swimming but now it's walking up to the desert from LA. Looking forward to it. And yes, my taste seems to be a little "all over" as well. Worse issues to have I think.

 

Thanks! I had thought my favorite color would be the Striated Blue until I got the Brown Tortoise (it was the first one that came up that I won an auction for). Then someone gave me a green marbled M200 (she got it off Freecycle of all places) sort of as a joke gift (I don't think she realized that that it was probably a $100 pen!); after that it was a little M100 -- don't really like the color (solid sort of pea green, with a black cap and piston), but it had a 1 mm nib -- and it was a good price. After that it was a vintage 400 in striated green (which I'm also not wild about, but really does seem to be the quintessential Pelikan color) with an OB nib.... Sadly I've lost *both* of the M200 Café Crèmes I bought so I'm really a bit nervous about the two new ones (I can't get lucky like I did with the second Café Crème, which I got on eBay a couple of months after I lost the first one -- and the few remaining ones I've seen are for more than I paid for either one). And that will never happen for expensive pens like the M405s....

I have set up for the tracking info emails from Deutsche Post (the tracking # will also work for USPS once the package gets stateside and through Customs).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

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Edited March 24, 2017 by inkstainedruth

[BillH]

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Sadly I've lost *both* of the M200 Café Crèmes I bought so I'm really a bit nervous about the two new ones

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Everytime I see this I cringe and am sad for you. Someone should start a new thread about "Where I Found My Lost Pen". Then when we lose one we have a good list of unusual places to look for it

[Oggie]

I'm waiting for a dove gray Parker 51 aerometric with a F/M nib, dated 2Q 1950. Not my first Parker 51, and probably not my last.

[praxim]

And nine days ago I mentioned I was waiting on an Aurora Optima. Well, it was posted today, meaning only a couple more weeks of waiting. The tyranny of distance.

 

The two Auroras which arrived yesterday seem to be in good shape, subject to actual use. The seller had kindly included some spare o-rings, just in case.

[Inkantadora]

Just a couple of Pilot 78Gs with BB nibs. I rediscovered my 78Gs with B nibs and how much fun they are. Run circles around a WAY more expensive pen I have with stub nib.

I'm amassing Pilot nibs for future Frankenpenning.

 

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I am doing the same! Love the crispness of Pilot 78G BB.

[FOUR X FOUR]

I just ordered a Lamy 2000 makrolon with medium nib and a Pilot Custom Heritage 92 with medium nib. I actually already have these 2 pens but each pen has an inner part missing, due to rinsing them over The sink and not stopping off the drain. I was too lazy to send them in to get what was lost in the sink. Hard listen learned. I won't rinse any more nibs or feeds in the sink without closing off the drain.

Got em!

[parkerwasmyfirstlove]

Currently, I'm waiting for a Bexley Prometheus in Mint Chip with a medium nib, just purchased it directly from Bexley via ebay. Seems to be a leftover from a recent Massdrop order. I got it extremely cheap, so consider myself lucky.

[cleosmama]

I'm waiting on a green demonstrator Reform pen. I had one many years ago, but it leaked and I couldn't figure out how to fix it. I'm hoping this one operates well and is a good replacement for the one I tossed.

[Call_me_Tom]

Pelikan M805 Blue. It should be here next Wednesday.