Adding To The Flock

[finzi]

2 minutes ago, chromantic said:

 

Thanks, it is rather nice, isn't it. After the Gold M200, I swore I'd never buy another white one but then I caved and got the M400 White Tortoise and now here we are.

 

This is how it begins, isn’t it? I Googled and found a violet and a turquoise. And now I want them. 

 

Gotta catch ‘em all.

[Christopher Godfrey]

<No problemo, I thought, I just happen to have an M from my red-striped M400 which I replaced with an EF.

<Pen refused to write with the M.  I put the B back in and it writes fine with that. Very strange>

 

chromantic, that sounds like a (clogged) feed problem, no?  Did you previously lubricate the feed with silicone grease, by any chance, so that a smidgeon of it might be polluting the channel?

[carola]

1 hour ago, finzi said:

 

This is how it begins, isn’t it? I Googled and found a violet and a turquoise. And now I want them. 

 

Gotta catch ‘em all.

By now, they demand absolutely crazy prices for the pink one. For the others not so much, as far as I have seen, but the prices for the pink one are just ridiculous. And I have never managed to understand why. 🤷‍♀️

[chromantic]

2 hours ago, Christopher Godfrey said:

<No problemo, I thought, I just happen to have an M from my red-striped M400 which I replaced with an EF.

<Pen refused to write with the M.  I put the B back in and it writes fine with that. Very strange>

 

chromantic, that sounds like a (clogged) feed problem, no?  Did you previously lubricate the feed with silicone grease, by any chance, so that a smidgeon of it might be polluting the channel?

 

That occurred to me. The nib actually came with my blue-striped M400. I inked that up but didn't like the line width so I swapped it with the EF on the red-striped, which I then never used: I finally got around to buying an EF for it last year but wish I had done so ages ago when Cult was selling them for $105 instead of the $165 they have them for now.

 

I did the usual flush and soak in water with a little ammonia at the time, will try doing that again, prob use the ultrasonic on it, too.

 

2 hours ago, carola said:

By now, they demand absolutely crazy prices for the pink one. For the others not so much, as far as I have seen, but the prices for the pink one are just ridiculous. And I have never managed to understand why. 🤷‍♀️

 

Yes, the pinks are well over $1000 on ebay. The Turquoise are going for $650 and up, more than I care to spend. I've seen the newer green one for much less than that.

[inkstainedruth]

4 hours ago, carola said:

By now, they demand absolutely crazy prices for the pink one. For the others not so much, as far as I have seen, but the prices for the pink one are just ridiculous. And I have never managed to understand why. 🤷‍♀️

I had wanted the pink and white M600 early on but tried holding one at a pen show and thought it was a bit too heavy.  Then tried a different color one at a pen club meeting and it wasn't so bad.  So ended up getting one of the violet and white ones on eBay, although the pen & box looked like they had fallen off the back of a trailer, and I've now got traces of the ink I put in it in cracks in the cap.... 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[RedPie]

On 2/1/2025 at 2:08 PM, finzi said:

I don’t have a flock, only the two, which may or may not turn out to be a breeding pair…

It is a breeding pair...you will see!

[chromantic]

On 2/1/2025 at 11:08 AM, finzi said:

I don’t have a flock, only the two, which may or may not turn out to be a breeding pair…

 

The M605 green, which I ordered yesterday (thank you so much @cultpens for your amazing customer service and fast delivery!) and the M400 white tortoiseshell which I received as a gift Christmas 2023.

 

You started with just the one and, yet, now you have two. It's clearly parthenogenesis.

[RedPie]

21 hours ago, chromantic said:

It's clearly parthenogenesis.

...and that is very special!

[finzi]

23 hours ago, chromantic said:

 

You started with just the one and, yet, now you have two. It's clearly parthenogenesis.

 

1 hour ago, RedPie said:

...and that is very special!

I mentioned the “breeding pair” idea to my other half and he seems to think that there are more in my future. Excellent, if it comes out of someone else’s budget! 🥰 Mmmmmm, birthdaaaaaaaay…

[chromantic]

Here are pictures of my two vintage 400s, the grey-striped arrived this week and the brown tortoise I got last fall.

 

[stoen]

4 hours ago, chromantic said:

the grey-striped arrived this week

Although the binde has a pronounced greyish hue, it still seems green-striped.

 

Even though the brown one with all its nuances of tortoisechell looks more appealing to me eye, both pens are remarkably beautiful and well kept. Congrats!

😶

[chromantic]

3 hours ago, stoen said:

Although the binde has a pronounced greyish hue, it still seems green-striped.

 

Even though the brown one with all its nuances of tortoisechell looks more appealing to me eye, both pens are remarkably beautiful and well kept. Congrats!

😶

 

Thanks. The grey does look greenish in photos, that's why I almost skipped over it but, in the hand, you can easily see it's grey. Here's a photo with it along side the Stresemann and the Black Tortoise where it still looks slightly green.

 

[stoen]

8 hours ago, chromantic said:

Here's a photo with it along side the Stresemann and the Black Tortoise where it still looks slightly green.

A beautiful pen nevertheless. Congrats!

🙂

[mehandiratta]

Added this beauty 

 

[chromantic]

Nice! What nib did you get?

[stoen]

A nice pen. Nib: F flex…

[inkstainedruth]

Ooooh, PRETTY!

The flex nib is just an added bonus....
Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth