What Pen Are You Waiting For In The Mail 2018

[sansenri]

 

Arrived and WOW!

The Factory Stub is amazing.

Interesting, can you post an image of the nib? is it a tipped stub? For some reason I prefer stubs that retain tipping, and not so much those that are exploiting only the cut nib. I have a Stipula tipped stub which is fantastic.

So I am particularly interested in Factory Stubs.

[sansenri]

BTW the pen I am waiting for is a Stipula Novecento in green marble EF nib

 

[TSherbs]

Kevin's discount on FPR pens got me: one Guru on the way so that I can try one of his flex nibs

[DaveyWonder]

Just ordered an M805 demonstrator (without barrel engraving) with custom OB nib from John Mottishaw and team. I can’t wait!

[Bookman]

I just ordered this Hero Century Pioneer. Never heard of this model. Looks like a cousin of the Hero 9075 or maybe the 186 and bears a slight resemblance to an ugly second cousin twice removed (Hero Pastel) that I saw on Norman's site.

Edited February 5, 2018 by Bookman

[sharonspens]

 

Just received today from Danny Fudge: a Wasp Addipoint I picked up for $8, and a Merlin 33 the thad a loose button filler.

 

Still waiting for my Tangerine Sailor from Fahrney's. I don't know if it is in the mail yet.

 

Sharon in Indiana

[MercianScribe]

Sooo busy at the moment, all kinds of interesting things to ask and to post... but all I can do for now is chip into this thread once in a while. And this year I promised myself I'd finish selling the half the pens I wanted to sell and stick only to awesome buys! And so far apart from one PIF from here which should be arriving this week and one excellent draw win of a Karas Kustoms, which was great, but not my cup of tea and will shortly be PIFfed itself, I've only bought awesome pens!

 

If not 'grails', certainly damn close.

 

The Waterman 55 from the other day is a joy to use; definitely a grail pen.

 

And then this week seems to be a week of lots of old, BCHR, NOS, boxed and papered flexible eyedroppers from various makers, some arriving to my home, some to my parents home, some to my NYC friend... No idea when I'm going to be able to ink them up though!

[inkstainedruth]

And it's HERE! Grey Decimo, EF nib (turned out the nib got swapped for the M that it came with, before getting shipped on to me. I've barely gotten the parcel open though -- I was out running errands all afternoon (before the next round of nuisance snow hits) and then had choir rehearsal this evening. Hopefully pix in a day or two. I'll have to make due with the cartridge that was packed in the box though, until I get a chance to get a converter for it.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Claud]

Waiting for a Pelikan M600 in black and green and an M605 dark blue. Received my M805 Ocean Swirl Saturday.

[2airtoon20]

This is the new 2018 version of the topic

Which pen are you waiting for in the mail

 

 

The last post in the old topic can be found at:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/316659-what-pen-are-you-waiting-for-in-the-mail-2017/page-55?p=3976172&do=findComment&comment=3976172

 

 

Enjoy

 

 

D.ick

Moderator

Not waiting for it in the mail yet, but about to put in an order for Northern Lights. Quite excited as this would be my first, first BNIB Visconti as opposed to a pre-owned visconti (and it's LE!)

[HoosierGeek]

I'm waiting on a Parker 21 that I got on eBay. My first vintage pen. Hopefully it's in as good a shape as the seller claimed.

[tvradio]

Earlier this week on Youtube Chris Rap looked at an updated Delike New Moon EF pen with a Waverly nib that was updated with more metal parts. So I ordered one for $8 on ebay in dark blue. Should be something fun to play with (or toss).

Edited February 7, 2018 by tvradio

[MercianScribe]

Congrats Ruth! Finally, eh?!

 

tvradio... for Pete's sake, don't call that a Waverley around here - you'll get strung up!

 

Just seen on my tracking app the two Watermans I was hoping would be this week are going to be today!

[tvradio]

Ha. Yes, I read about that.

[inkstainedruth]

Congrats Ruth! Finally, eh?!

Yeah, I've only been trying to find one since last spring.... And plans were finally put in motion the beginning of November.

Now I have to get my husband to find me the Vanishing Point so it can get flushed out and I can swap the nibs. Then probably have to make do with the cartridge for now until the Baltimore/Washington Pen Show when hopefully I can pick up a converter (yes, I could probably order one before then, but since I'm planning on going to the show *anyway*...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[FPRebel]

And it's HERE! Grey Decimo, EF nib (turned out the nib got swapped for the M that it came with, before getting shipped on to me. I've barely gotten the parcel open though -- I was out running errands all afternoon (before the next round of nuisance snow hits) and then had choir rehearsal this evening. Hopefully pix in a day or two. I'll have to make due with the cartridge that was packed in the box though, until I get a chance to get a converter for it.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Gray? Is this the same as the light blue? I WANT THAT PEN!!

Congrats!!!

[inkstainedruth]

Gray? Is this the same as the light blue? I WANT THAT PEN!!

Congrats!!!

 

No, it's definitely different from the light blue (I've seen the light blue). You have to get the Light Grey directly from Japan (either from someplace like Jetpens, or an eBay seller, or, in my case, a US dealer with contacts in Japan). Pilot-USA does NOT sell that color (ditto for black, white, or dark blue) -- they told me it was a "marketing decision". Apparently to their minds smaller pen = "girly" colors. As if men might not have small hands, or that women might not like "girly" colors. And yet they have all SORTS of really cool colors for the full size Vanishing Points (and if those weren't so darned heavy for me I'd have bought one of those long since) that are readily available.

It's been a really frustrating experience to go through, and I got extremely lucky in that I mentioned the problem to the right person -- and even then it took nearly 2 months from when I got the email saying "Are you still interested?" till the time I got the one saying "It's IN!" (and then another week plus for the check to get to him and the pen arrive in my mailbox. And he very kindly swapped out the M nib that was on the pen he got for the EF I needed before putting it in the mail.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[sdbruder]

.. and from my many pens still in transit the one that is just about to arrive any time soon in the next couple of days now is a Faber Castell Loom Piano Black Fine.

 

[mehandiratta]

Lamy AlStar Vibrant Pink

[sub_bluesy]

Kaweco steel sport in BB just ordered yesterday. Also a Piuma in titanium medium nib. Technically there’s a Jinhao x450 frost black in my mailbox right this minute as well.