What Pen Are You Waiting For In The Mail 2018

[A Smug Dill]

A Nagasawa Stationery Centre store exclusive ('Proske') edition of a Sailor Profit Standard demonstrator with a Zoom nib:

 

and a bunch of cheap Pilot, Platinum and Sailor desk pens to compare against one another and with which to do ink reviews eventually.

[mtbradley]

 

I have one just like this--you'll love it.

 

I hope so! Thanks!

[JerseyGirl0807]

Platinum 3776 Nice Lilas

Visconti Pink Rembrandt

Nemosine Singularity Magenta Demonstrator

Birmingham Pen Company Model-A Clear Demonstrator 1.0

[888007888]

Waiting for - Visconti Ocean Breeze Rose Gold (f). Diplomat Aero Blue (broad). Diplomat Aero Orange (m). And a Caran d'Ache 849 ballpoint in Brut Rose.

 

Purchased in Ireland today - Caran d'Ache fixpencil black 3mm. Copper, Gold, and Silver 1917 Leuchtturm notebooks. Graf von Faber-Castell Olive Green ink bottle.

 

It was a great pen day today.

Edited September 18, 2018 by 888007888

[jmccarty3]

Sheaffer Sentinel FP/pencil set in Periwinkle, with Periwinkle section and chalk marks intact.

[Retro-user]

A Parker Vector Rollerball - France edition.

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

My used Lamy nexx with pink cap has finally started its journey to me!

[SchaumburgSwan]

Hi,

 

I like buying Mabie Todd Swan pens in decent condition to bring them back to live.

Today I bought this 6241 (?) made in the late 1940s with damaged cap and hopefully interesting nib:

 

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Swan-Mabie-Todd-Fueller-14ct-Feder-Pfeil-fehlt-/113245039126

 

Poor condition, description and bad photos... but it will be fun (hopefully).

 

Best

Jens

[TSherbs]

none

 

cuz I just received my third Plaisir all the way from Japan (50% less bought from the Rising Sun)

 

took a month to arrive, though

 

but waiting is a form of saving (for me)

 

 

 

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Edited September 20, 2018 by TSherbs

[A Smug Dill]

but waiting is a form of saving (for me)

It's the opposite for me. Sometimes, seeing what I already have in my collection (of whatever) gives me pause when contemplating new purchases. However, until I've actually received the goods and have had to find somewhere to house them, it doesn't feel real or satisfying, so I often just keep ordering more stuff while I'm waiting for earlier orders to arrive from overseas.

 

Having orders unilaterally cancelled by sellers because they cannot (or decline to) fulfil an order is a form of saving for me. A seller on Rakuten Global Market has already twice cancelled my orders for a Sailor Kabaziuku fountain pen on me:

http://www.sailor.co.jp/images/bungu/10-3013/headimg.jpg

 

including once yesterday. At this rate, I may just have to order from nibs.com or some such; it's more expensive, but at least then I won't be limited to (no choice but) a Medium nib.

 

In the meantime, I'm still waiting for the Sailor Proske, as well as a Pilot Elite 95S, and a bunch of Pilot and Sailor desk pens with EF nibs. Oh, and three different Fude nib pens.

[dylim1]

FC Model 45 Long

TWSBI Eco

[TSherbs]

It's the opposite for me. Sometimes, seeing what I already have in my collection (of whatever) gives me pause when contemplating new purchases. However, until I've actually received the goods and have had to find somewhere to house them, it doesn't feel real or satisfying, so I often just keep ordering more stuff while I'm waiting for earlier orders to arrive from overseas...

We all respond to the itch in different ways. I have a bit of Puritanical repression in me. I'm not always the most fun.

[surprise123]

Parker 51 Aero NOS Burgundy (hopefully Plum?) 12k GF Cap from Argentina (eBay).

Parker 51 Aero boxed set 14k GF Caps (Color possibilities range from Forest Green to Cedar Blue) also from eBay.

Parker Duofold UK Blue Aerometric Senior #25 nib from Etsy.

[Brianm_14]

My first Sailor pen, a medium-sized 1911, with a medium nib, will be here Monday! Hopefully. Japanese price but it was already here and ready for shipment via Amazon Prime (last one). My only gold nibbed pens are two Platinum 3776 pens, fine and medium, so I am curious to see how another gold nib feels. I know from experince that steel nibs can be tuned to a degree of surprising excellence, and I have several of these which I enjoy (new and vintage) but gold nibs have always made me curious. So pretty exciting for me, and something I've been looking forward to for over two years.

 

This is the first time I have spent over $100 on a pen (each of the 3776s cost about $78 on sale). I am glad Pilot has some gold nib models under $100 for my next purchase, as I don't plan on making this >$100 a habit. Inks are expensive enough, if one tries an interesting variety, and the slender royalties realized on academic books simply cannot justify the cost of pen and ink (sadly)! But, on the other hand, there are pens such as my TWSBI Ecos which I enjoy every day, along with my beloved restored Esties, and I hope I will never outgrow that pleasure. Still, I can't wait for Monday!

[Ink Sandwich]

Wing Sung 618 demonstrator

Wing Sung 610 in dark red (no ink windows)

Wing Sung 3001A clear white

 

Pelikan M200 EF nib (giving Pelikan one last chance after the gold coating on my F nib started to peel)

 

Guess I really have been splurging a bit lately

[TSherbs]

My first Sailor pen, a medium-sized 1911, with a medium nib, will be here Monday! Hopefully. Japanese price but it was already here and ready for shipment via Amazon Prime (last one). My only gold nibbed pens are two Platinum 3776 pens, fine and medium, so I am curious to see how another gold nib feels. I know from experince that steel nibs can be tuned to a degree of surprising excellence, and I have several of these which I enjoy (new and vintage) but gold nibs have always made me curious. So pretty exciting for me, and something I've been looking forward to for over two years.

 

This is the first time I have spent over $100 on a pen (each of the 3776s cost about $78 on sale). I am glad Pilot has some gold nib models under $100 for my next purchase, as I don't plan on making this >$100 a habit. Inks are expensive enough, if one tries an interesting variety, and the slender royalties realized on academic books simply cannot justify the cost of pen and ink (sadly)! But, on the other hand, there are pens such as my TWSBI Ecos which I enjoy every day, along with my beloved restored Esties, and I hope I will never outgrow that pleasure. Still, I can't wait for Monday!

I'd love to hear how you like this pen. I feel exactly the same about expenditures, and my Custom 74 is my best nib right now (SFM). But I am open to other possibilities in this low-end range for gold nibs.

[Boz]

Blackbird in blue/bronze and a couple of Parker 51s'.

[mitto]

Parker 51 Aero NOS Burgundy (hopefully Plum?) 12k GF Cap from Argentina (eBay).

Parker 51 Aero boxed set 14k GF Caps (Color possibilities range from Forest Green to Cedar Blue) also from eBay.

Parker Duofold UK Blue Aerometric Senior #25 nib from Etsy.

A UK Duofold with #25 nib is a standard Dufold and not a Senior. The Senior has #35 nib.

[Driften]

FC Model 45 Long

TWSBI Eco

 

I just ordered the 45L as well. I used to have a 45 XLV. I sold it when I got down on eyedropper fill pens. The 45L being lengthened to the little bit needed for a converter will be much better. I still might eyedropper it like I did the smaller one, but having the option will be better. The 45L is no longer then the pocket 66, which do it the shape also can not use a converter.

 

Ordered mine in Solid Ice.

 

[JerseyGirl0807]

The recently released TWSBI blue Eco.