Pens Acquired By Travellers

[ethernautrix]

Forgot to mention the Sailor 1911S (H-EF) bought in Tokyo in November 2001. Inked this pen up a coupla weeks ago; still a joy to write with.

Edited July 11, 2018 by ethernautrix

[Steveg58]

Pens from various trips. Stutgart should of course be Stuttgart.

My modern FP ownership started with seeing the Noodler's Ahab in an Adelaide pen shop.

I've left off the 3 $2.80 pens from Daiso in Brisbane.

Edited July 11, 2018 by Steveg58

[da vinci]

I like to try and get a pen when I travel

 

So far:

 

A Nakaya from Tokyo

A Camelin from Shimla in India

A Retro 51 from Washington DC

A couple of Jinhuo's from Beijing

An Oldwin from Paris

Lamy Safari 'Ampelman' from Berlin

 

I am hoping to visit Turkey later this year, and might try and order a pen from Killik Studios (hope the spelling is right) who is a member here.

Edited to add a FPH special Retro 51 and a Sailor from Fountain Pen Hospital in NYC

[parkergeo]

During my most recent extended international trips I have tried to buy 1) a NOS vintage fountain pen that was "indigenous" to the country from a nice pen shop and also 2) an old "needs work" pen from a local flea market, etc.

 

In Japan I went to Shosaikan (an amazing shop!) and picked up an unused 1960's era Pilot semi-hooded c/c pen that came with two empty dummy "double spare" cartridges and the special CON-W converter needed for the obsolete filling mechanism from that era of Pilot pens. Later in the trip, at the bottom of a shoebox in a second-hand shop I found a 1930s era Namiki-Pilot plunger filler (not eyedropper) with a flexible 14k nib. That's a refurb project for my retirement...

 

Just returned from Spain, where Julia Gusano (hers is another can't miss pen shop!) sold me a NOS Super T Model 60, which is a gold nib/30 micron gold plated cap/piston-filled Parker 51 copy made in Spain in the 50-60's. My flea market purchase this time was a beat-up Parker VS with clear feed, aluminum button collar and gold cap that was missing the pressure bar, sac and breather tube. However, the 14k nib with a bit of flex is in good shape, so it's another project pen that will keep my memories of the trip alive as I put it back in working order. Actually thought the feed was the later black version until it had spent a few minutes in the ultrasonic cleaner...