What Pen Are You Waiting For 2019

[Says]

Yes, switching to collect something else.... but it usually doesn't cure the ailment your wallet has..

[mallymal1]

A Montblanc Carrera.

[rossy]

Pilot Custom 743 with FA nib.

I'm going to fit that FA nib into my Pilot Custom 823.

Also ordered Flexible Nib's ebonite feed for the them.

[tubular]

I am waiting for a Sailor 1911 midsize anchor gray pen with a medium fine 14k nib. I'm hoping it will be invisible to thieves and impervious to the wear of the world.

[Honeybadgers]

my first cross - a townsend platinum finish with 18k nib, on amazon for 175.

 

Also waiting on a ranga 4c with bock EF and a ensso minimilistica.

[WLSpec]

Pelikan M800

[mallymal1]

A couple of Lamy Safaris. Lime Green and Yellow with black clip.

 

[Helen350]

I was under the impression that I’ve stopped buying pens like it was the end of the world...

 

Then I’ve recollected all the pens I’m waiting right now:

- 2 TWSBI’s ECO just because of cap colors I still don’t have plus inks;

- Another Ranga;

- one Platinum 3776 with a music nib (that’s my first Platinum);

 

oh well. Does it have a cure?

 

Does it? Well if it does I have not found it yet. I started out with a Waterman Phileas and now 250 pens later. Starting in

April of last year I took a sabbatical, which lasted until January 2019. I have ordered over 12 pens since coming off the

'sabbatical'. Granted none of them are expensive pens, but on my fixed budget I have still been busy. When you find the

cure please let me know!!

[biancitwo]

Not waiting on new pens, but sending a new Leonardo acrylic Blue Hawaii, broad, to Pendleton Brown for baby bottom relief and an italic modification. It will be like a new pen. I will also send a Nakaya Portable, with soft medium nib (and already writes great), and/or a Pilot 823 Smoke, with broad nib, for italic modification. The 823 is also an excellent writer. Just as exciting as waiting for totally new pen.

[jmccarty3]

Just received the Nakaya. I was anxious to use the soft medium, but had decided without trying it to get a PB CI. I was surprised to find the nib is very fine. Then I wrote with it. I was even more surprised to find the nib very smooth. It is relatively wet, though the line, while dark, remains quite fine. I filled it with Monteverdi Horizon Blue. I haven't written on good paper yet. This is a treat. I may not have a modification done. A beautiful pen, with a wonderful nib.

 

The Nakaya soft medium is a wonderful nib. Don't feel guilty about keeping it.

[Gobblecup]

I am currently waiting on two Pelikans, one used and one new, both discontinued modern models. First, a used M605 in Dark Blue with a medium 14k crisp italic ground nib. The second is an M205 in White with a fine steel nib. That will bring my Pelikan count up to 17 birds.

 

I have plans and a preorder set for more this year. An M1005 Stresemann with a broad nib and an M900 Toledo with an extra fine nib are among the pens I am saving up for/have on preorder. I will probably get a 400NN Schildpatt, an M600 Vibrant Green, an M200 Smoky Quartz, and a few M400/405 nib units to upgrade my M200/205s. Eyes are on the lookout for an M205 in Red, and an M200 in Amber as well. I have a bad Pelikan addiction y'all!

Edited April 21, 2019 by Gobblecup

[Hawker]

TWSBI Eco LE in transparent orange with M nib, due for release in a couple of days.

[Occipital Lobe]

I´m waiting for a Sailor Pro Gear Slim with a fine nib. The first gen. pen.

[biancitwo]

The Nakaya soft medium is a wonderful nib. Don't feel guilty about keeping it.

I have now written with the Nakaya Portable soft medium on good paper. Of course, it is even better than on mediocre paper. My Leonardo acrylic broad and Pilot 823 broad leave today for Pendleton Brown. The Nakaya goes to office with me.

 

It may yet go to PB, but it will get a thorough working first. How representative would a 3776 soft medium be of my Nakaya? I may get a PB CI on one of those first.

[WLSpec]

Just ordered a Stipula Tocco Ferro w/ medium nib off Goulet... my most recent pen was a vintage Sheaffer so I decided to go for modern this time and try a new brand (don't have a Stipula yet). Like the large, blue ink window and the modern design.

Edited April 24, 2019 by WLSpec

[Enkida]

I'm waiting for my bank account to agree with my first higher end pen purchase(es?)

 

What that pen will be though, I'm still torn between.

The Leonardo Momento Zero is in the lead, with the Lamy 2k in a close second place. Really it's juggling between a pen I love the look and design of versus actually trying out a gold nib on a pen I also like the look and design of (though not as much). Distantly chasing after them are various Sailor, Platinum, and Faber Castell models. A Pilot would be in the books if I could find anywhere besides eBay or Amazon to buy it from semi-locally, but I haven't found a willing shop yet.

[chromantic]

Goldspot has the Conklin Duragraph Red Nights on sale for 1/2 off so I ordered one (F), pics of this one always caught my eye. First Conklin, hope I like it.

[A Smug Dill]

I'm not sure why it took Amazon US nine days to dispatch my order for a Namiki Falcon with rhodium trim and soft Extra Fine nib, when the item was listed as being in stock at the time of ordering, but I just got notified it's finally been shipped using DHL Express to me in Australia (so it'll still make the original window for the expected delivery date).

A Pilot would be in the books if I could find anywhere besides eBay or Amazon to buy it from semi-locally, but I haven't found a willing shop yet.

Would La Couronne du Comte in the Netherlands be sufficiently "semi-local"? Or did you mean a shop in Germany?

Edited April 25, 2019 by A Smug Dill

[Enkida]

 

Would La Couronne du Comte in the Netherlands be sufficiently "semi-local"? Or did you mean a shop in Germany?

 

Actually, I *just discovered* the existence of this shop yesterday, on this forum, from reading a different thread! How's that for zen? Of course I'd prefer if it was a B&M shop with an online presence in Germany, but I can settle for the Netherlands. ;-) Thank you!

[twin63]

Franklin-Christoph Model 19 in Black & King's Gold with a medium nib (HPS).