Pen Photography

[christof]

 

2021 "origin"

[christof]

no pen photography, but pencil sharpeners:

 

 

 

El Casco M430 and M475

 

two completely different sharpener of the same brand. both cool!

[christof]

Got pen!

 

 

here are some  photos of my newest, the Goldfink CusTom #38, a custom made pen, made by Tom Westerich:

I assume that Tom choosed the nr.38 because the pen has the same dimensions and a similar shape as a Montblacn 138:

The CusTom is made of cumberland ebonite and has a piston filler developped by Tom himself. 
He also choosed this nice Montblanc 146 nib from the 50's and the original Montblanc Papyrus clip.

Unfortunately, the nib and I didn't get along, so I just swapped it out for another vintage No. 6 nib that fits my writing habits much better:

For now, the pen is with me all the time for testing:

It works flawlessly and has some nice design features too:

All in all, I can only recommend Toms high end craftmanship! This pen is really very well made, elegant and practical to use. Just great!

C.

[mizgeorge]

Stunning

[theodore94]

Amazing pictures!! I have a likely obvious question -- how do people pose pens? I can't stop them from moving out of place. Whenever I try to do the classic "pen balanced on cap" shot, the pen inevitably falls off. When I try to take pictures of a bunch of nibs, they all roll over until the clip is on the table. Are you all using stands? Or just better dexterity?

 

I feel like I could take better pictures describing specific pens if I could just get them to stay in one spot! And it makes taking pictures of clips impossible unless I'm using my hand to hold the pen in place.

 

Thanks!!

[Paul-in-SF]

I see a lot of folks on eBay using pen stands to pose their pens, which sometimes makes it hard to see some details (which may be intended in some cases). 

 

For myself, I have used a small bit of scotch tape folded over on itself, small enough to fit under the pen so it isn't visible. It doesn't take much to keep a pen from rolling. I don't think there's enough adhesive there to leave a residue on the pen, but I'm sure there are better solutions, which I hope to find out here. 

[carola]

A bit of play dough can also do the trick.

[christof]

I use “blue tack”.

C.

[Droppingin]

 

nm

 

[inkstainedruth]

On 3/4/2021 at 7:22 AM, carola said:

@ inkstainedruth: A matryoshka set of cats and you didn't buy it and send it over to me?

Oh my....

Sorry, but if I had bought it it wouldn't have gone ANYWHERE except the built-in china cabinet/display case in my dining room, next to the glass unicorns and the glass pelican and a small glass "Rudolf" Christmas ornament that was a gift from my best friend in high school.

Of course, this discussion is now leading me to wonder what ever happened to the matryoshka set I bought in a GUM (department store for foreign tourists) in Moscow in the 1970s....  Not anything cool like the cats one, just a basic set similar to the one in Christof's photo.  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[carola]

26 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

Sorry, but if I had bought it it wouldn't have gone ANYWHERE except the built-in china cabinet/display case in my dining room, next to the glass unicorns and the glass pelican and a small glass "Rudolf" Christmas ornament that was a gift from my best friend in high school.

Of course, this discussion is now leading me to wonder what ever happened to the matryoshka set I bought in a GUM (department store for foreign tourists) in Moscow in the 1970s....  Not anything cool like the cats one, just a basic set similar to the one in Christof's photo.  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Well, my matryoshka set from the 1970s sits comfortably in the big book case in my living room. And it would of course have welcomed the cat set.

[christof]

someone on another forum left the following comment to these two photos :

 

"before the party - after the party"

 

 

 

...quite a clever comment  as I think!

[carola]

6 hours ago, christof said:

someone on another forum left the followin comment to these photos :

 

"before the party - after the party"

 

 

 

...quite a clever comment I think!

 

It is! 😂

[christof]

CusTom #38 von -C.M.Z-

[christof]

 

[N1003U]

10 minutes ago, christof said:

 

Very nice. I know it is not always easy to do something transparent/translucent against a white background.

[christof]

national pencil day!

 

 

 

[christof]

After almost 13 years of membership and 2752 posts I have to realize that FPN and I have grown apart. I find hardly contributions which I am interested in and on the other hand I feel hardly interest of the members in my contributions.

 

In addition, FPN has changed a lot. I can hardly find my way around and I must say that the site has become very unwieldy.

 

This is a screen shot when I open the home page of FPN on my computer:

 

and this is how it looks on my smartphone:

 

 

This is not fun anymore to me and is only one of the reasons why I will take a break from FPN for the time being. I wish all members who read this all the best and maybe we will meet again another time at another place.

 

Christof

[cunim]

Normally, I tolerate ads and appreciate the time and trouble of the board owner.  However, monetization can be taken too far and FPN is unusable without an ad blocker.  Too bad.

 

As to responses, I just hope people enjoy my photos and I don't expect (or get) replies  I am sure lots of members like your photos as much as I do.  Let us know where you end up.

[tmurfet]

On 3/23/2021 at 8:22 PM, Paul-in-SF said:

I see a lot of folks on eBay using pen stands to pose their pens, which sometimes makes it hard to see some details (which may be intended in some cases). 

 

For myself, I have used a small bit of scotch tape folded over on itself, small enough to fit under the pen so it isn't visible. It doesn't take much to keep a pen from rolling. I don't think there's enough adhesive there to leave a residue on the pen, but I'm sure there are better solutions, which I hope to find out here. 

I used white Lego parts to create a pen stand for my daily inked pens, then use Lego to pose items as well. I find "blue tack" and/or soft erasers a pain in the neck as they leave behind tiny blobs that have to be tacked up.