I got this pen today

[DilettanteG]

26 minutes ago, Misfit said:

A Kaweco AL Sport in Vibrant Violet arrived today. It has an F nib. I put Waterman Tender Purple in a cartridge for the pen. It’s a very pretty color. 
 

Love that fuchsia. 👍

[AmandaW]

Two Sheaffer's mentioned yesterday.

 

A dark blue 440 with a beautifully extra fine nib. The sack in the converter crumbled...so I used an empty cartridge refilled with Diamine Twilight. 💙

 

And a stainless steel No Nonsense that arrived as a ballpoint, but is now a fine italic fountain pen.

 

 

[DilettanteG]

15 minutes ago, AmandaW said:

Two Sheaffer's mentioned yesterday.

 

A dark blue 440 with a beautifully extra fine nib. The sack in the converter crumbled...so I used an empty cartridge refilled with Diamine Twilight. 💙

 

And a stainless steel No Nonsense that arrived as a ballpoint, but is now a fine italic fountain pen.

 

 

Nice! A Sheaffer No Nonsense was my first fountain pen back in the 80s. I'll always have  soft spot for them. 

[Baka1969]

MB Great Characters Homage to JFK Special Edition in Bordeaux

[Misfit]

I got two today. One is a heavy pen.  It’s a Jinhao 999 dragon pen. The other is very light. It’s a Kaweco Sport Skyline in Concrete Gray, and came with a clip. I might post a photo later. I’ll use the Jinhao 999 pen on the 10th, when the Chinese New Year  year of the Dragon starts. I was born in the year of the Dragon. 
 

 

The Jinhao 999 weighs 107g or 3.75 oz. The Kaweco Sport weighs 13g or 1/2 oz. 

[RedPie]

13 hours ago, Misfit said:

I got two today. One is a heavy pen.  It’s a Jinhao 999 dragon pen. The other is very light. It’s a Kaweco Sport Skyline in Concrete Gray, and came with a clip. I might post a photo later. I’ll use the Jinhao 999 pen on the 10th, when the Chinese New Year  year of the Dragon starts. I was born in the year of the Dragon. 
 

 

The Jinhao 999 weighs 107g or 3.75 oz. The Kaweco Sport weighs 13g or 1/2 oz. 

Congratulations to both of you new pens. I find myself using the Jinhao many times. I enjoy writing with it. 😁

[Baka1969]

14 hours ago, Misfit said:

I got two today. One is a heavy pen.  It’s a Jinhao 999 dragon pen. The other is very light. It’s a Kaweco Sport Skyline in Concrete Gray, and came with a clip. I might post a photo later. I’ll use the Jinhao 999 pen on the 10th, when the Chinese New Year  year of the Dragon starts. I was born in the year of the Dragon. 
 

 

The Jinhao 999 weighs 107g or 3.75 oz. The Kaweco Sport weighs 13g or 1/2 oz. 

I can imagine long 15 page writing sessions with the Jinhao...lol 

 

Great looking pen. 

[Misfit]

Thank you @RedPie it’s interesting they made the cap posting option. Too too heavy for me. I got to thinking if you threw that pen at a bad person, like an attacker, it could hurt a lot. 
 

@Baka1969 I’m pretending you meant the Kaweco. But I get the joke. That would be a challenge. 

[RedPie]

10 hours ago, Misfit said:

I got to thinking if you threw that pen at a bad person, like an attacker, it could hurt a lot. 

You are right about that. 😄

I got used to the weight pretty quick and like it. Posted and all!

[Bo Bo Olson]

There are certain Japanese hand held protection tools that are illegal**, that large sturdy pen is legal....you just need to take a few lessons.

 

**odd, in today's world.

[Misfit]

I received a TWSBI Eco in Cement Grey that was made in China shipped from AliExpress. It looks to be the real deal. I’ve read that TWSBI has a factory in China, and makes exclusives for the Chinese market. Of course the Cement Grey was available several years ago in the US. I let it get away. 

[AmandaW]

22 minutes ago, Misfit said:

I received a TWSBI Eco in Cement Grey that was made in China shipped from AliExpress. It looks to be the real deal. I’ve read that TWSBI has a factory in China, and makes exclusives for the Chinese market. Of course the Cement Grey was available several years ago in the US. I let it get away. 

Thankyou for confirming that. There's a colour I missed and now would like. Thankyou. And not.

 

Do you like the Cement Grey? I have mine inked with Noodler's Lexington Grey, it was my first not-black ink and still a favourite.

[Misfit]

I do. I like gray inks, and gray pens. I like lots of colors. I’m going to get my bottle of Diamine grey for mine. I just swapped nibs to a Nemosine 1.1mm stub nib. 
 

@AmandaW I got my Cement Grey from the Lusfer store on AliExpress. Sending you a PM. 
 

Edit: Tomorrow I’ll try taking a photo of the Cement Grey in the sunlight, and post it here to see if you, AmandaW, think it looks like yours. 
 

I inked the new Eco, and it’s writing. Hurray. The nib and feed slipped out easily. The Nemosine 1.1mm nib and the feed took some effort to push down far enough. I was comparing it to another Eco I swapped with a Nemosine nib. 

Edited February 9 by Misfit
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[Misfit]

The Goldspot/Kaweco collaboration arrived today. It’s an AL Sport called Mercury orange, described as burnt orange. I got the BB nib. Even though Goldspot describes it as the Roman messenger god, I’m thinking of it as the planet Mercury. 
 

[RedPie]

That is a great color @Misfit Congratulations!

[DilettanteG]

14 hours ago, Misfit said:

The Goldspot/Kaweco collaboration arrived today. It’s an AL Sport called Mercury orange, described as burnt orange. I got the BB nib. Even though Goldspot describes it as the Roman messenger god, I’m thinking of it as the planet Mercury. 
 

Nice!

[Penguincollector]

16 hours ago, Misfit said:

The Goldspot/Kaweco collaboration arrived today. It’s an AL Sport called Mercury orange, described as burnt orange. I got the BB nib. Even though Goldspot describes it as the Roman messenger god, I’m thinking of it as the planet Mercury. 
 

  The ink from @LizEF’s review today would match this pen well, I think. It’s a very nice color choice, reminds me of saffron rice.

[LizEF]

16 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

  The ink from @LizEF’s review today would match this pen well, I think. It’s a very nice color choice, reminds me of saffron rice.

[Penguincollector]

I was expecting this next week, and a different pen today, but I’m happy it’s here! IM Monochrome Blue.

[Misfit]

That’s a very nice shade of blue @Penguincollector