What Pen Are You Waiting For In The Mail 2018

[sub_bluesy]

Also waiting for my gold Visconti Watermark back. I sent it in because a couple spokes on the cap had broken from regular use capping and uncapping. The filler knob never was plated the same color gold as the rest of the pen. I told Coles of London this and they still decided to charge me $100 to correct the issue! The pen is still in warranty and Coles of London of all places should be well aware of Visconti quality control issues. Between the service fee, shipping, and correction cost Im in about $200! This is my last Visconti. Done with them after that screw job! I have like 10 Viscontis with more on my list but Im officially done after this.

Edited November 15, 2018 by sub_bluesy

[uceroy]

Still waiting on:

 

FPR Jaipur in black with flex nib

Platinum Plaisir in dark green

TWSBI eco transparent fine nib

TWSBI eco black 1.1 stub

TSWBI go smoke 1.1 stub

and reserved the TWSBI eco 'Christmas editions' in transparent green and red, medium nib

 

and lastly an Opus 88 Koloro in beige/blue, medium nib, which will be my most expensive pen so far

.. A bir more than I remembered, d'Oh!

Edited November 16, 2018 by uceroy

[A Smug Dill]

Platinum Jaipur in black with flex nib

Platinum Plaisir in dark green

I didn't realise that Platinum made a model/line of pens called Jaipur. That sounds very uncharacteristic of a Japanese pen manufacturer.

[uceroy]

I didn't realise that Platinum made a model/line of pens called Jaipur. That sounds very uncharacteristic of a Japanese pen manufacturer.

Sorry, I made an error there 😅 it's an FPR

[truthpil]

Sorry, I made an error there it's an FPR

 

Did you get the regular flex nib or the new ultra-flex version?

[uceroy]

Did you get the regular flex nib or the new ultra-flex version?

There was no option for ultra flex when I ordered.. So I'm assuming it's the regular flex nib.

[TaylorJ]

My fountain pen cup runneth over...My order containing my TWSBI Eco Transparent Blue, and my Jinhao, has made great time and is going to arrive today instead of tomorrow!

 

Assuming the USPS doesn't have any issue getting through the snow, if the mail comes at the same time it usually does here, I'll be reporting back this afternoon with my adventures.

 

-Taylor

[Inky.Fingers]

[Honeybadgers]

 

Must not make buttplug joke. Must not make buttplug joke.

 

Apart from looking like a buttplug I really like it.

[Honeybadgers]

 

Found for $120 shipped with an 18k nib on Amazon.

[Dolganoff]

A P51, a P61 and one mystery pen that may or may not be another P61...

Oh, and a Wingsung 601.

 

Father, I sinned.

[biancitwo]

A Platinum 3776, Bourgogne, B nib. I have the Chartres Blue B. I love it so much I did not send it to Pendleton Brown for an italic modification. This one will go to PB immediately.

 

Also, a Visconti traveling inkwell. Now, I will have a complete fill of my Pilot 823.

[sub_bluesy]

Must not make buttplug joke. Must not make buttplug joke.

 

Apart from looking like a buttplug I really like it.

What’s been seen can’t be unseen lol

[truthpil]

 

Must not make buttplug joke. Must not make buttplug joke.

 

Apart from looking like a buttplug I really like it.

I was thinking wine bottle stopper haha.

[truthpil]

(duplicate post... Hate this phone)

Edited November 20, 2018 by TruthPil

[truthpil]

A Platinum 3776, Bourgogne, B nib. I have the Chartres Blue B. I love it so much I did not send it to Pendleton Brown for an italic modification. This one will go to PB immediately.

I'd love to know how it writes once you have this done. I have the same pen and am thinking of sending it to PB as well.

[biancitwo]

I'd love to know how it writes once you have this done. I have the same pen and am thinking of sending it to PB as well.

I will put this on my calendar. Otherwise, no telling when I will remember.

[truthpil]

I will put this on my calendar. Otherwise, no telling when I will remember.

 

Thanks. Same here...I'd probably forget my name if it wasn't written in my Fauxdori Traveler (with an FP of course).

[inkstainedruth]

For me it's a replacement to the Grey Pilot Decimo I lost at OPS a couple of weekends ago (and right after I had some work done on it, too -- turns out the nib assemblies for older VPs are not quite as interchangeable as I had been led to believe...).

But I found another one on eBay (and for less money than I paid for the first one), and this time I didn't have to mess about with trying to find an EF nib assembly. It's just going to take a long time to get from Japan, since I decided to stick with the economy shipping (which was still supposed to include tracking info...). Sigh.

Seller has excellent feedback ratings, but it took a day or two to get a response to a query I had, (although was very apologetic about the delay -- I have to remember that Tokyo is roughly halfway across the globe from Pittsburgh).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[A Smug Dill]

It's just going to take a long time to get from Japan, since I decided to stick with the economy shipping (which was still supposed to include tracking info...). Sigh.

In my experience, the included tracking for Japan Post International E-Packet and Registered Air Mail is pretty useless. I had items that just sat on a status (inside the domestic leg of transit inside Japan) for a week before being updated to 'Dispatch from outward office of exchange'. Only the EMS service is worth anything; but then you pay through the nose for it.