I got this pen today

[Misfit]

This pen arrived today. 
 

[Penguincollector]

1 hour ago, Misfit said:

This pen arrived today. 
 

That looks like fun! I put one with blue finials on my wish list after seeing this post.

[Misfit]

@Penguincollector my first Prera is the Iro-ai with light blue ends, with the M calligraphy nib. It was my first time using Pilot’s calligraphy nibs. 

[Paul-in-SF]

Happy Presidents Day to me, this pen was delivered today via FedEx from an Italian (online) pen shop. It is a Visconti Manhattan in green stacked celluloid. The power plunger filler is very crisp, and it holds at least 2.75 gm of water (i.e. 2.75 ml of liquid). I like the different clip, which is easily actuated by pressing the top, and the finial treatments (stacked circular pyramid shape). To compare to a Wall Street LE, which used the same materials: This is smaller, it is round rather than faceted, and it has a #5 nib instead of a #6 nib. It is a very good size for me, and the M nib is wet and smooth. (This is the sales photo from the site, which is better than any photo I would be able to take.)

 

 

 

[Misfit]

@Paul-in-SF that Visconti Manhattan material  reminds me of the Wall Street. Different clips.  Your new pen is quite handsome. 

[Paul-in-SF]

5 hours ago, Misfit said:

@Paul-in-SF that Visconti Manhattan material  reminds me of the Wall Street. Different clips.  Your new pen is quite handsome. 

 

Yes, I'm pretty sure the materials were the same, along with another model called Copernicus, a crescent-filler with rounded ends. Red, green, and blue were the available colors, and Wall Street also had a gray. 

[MarcoA63]

I had eyed it too on TenPen. Nice pen, congrats!!

[Thymen]

My wife came back from China today, and brought me this:

 

- Two sets of three Jinhao X159

- Two Majohn P136 - Burgundy - EF nib

- Two Majohn P136 - Blue - F nib

- Two sets of P136 nibs (EF-F-M-1.1)

- P136 tool

 

Will give them a good test tomorrow...

 

 

[DvdRiet]

On 2/20/2023 at 7:47 PM, Paul-in-SF said:

Happy Presidents Day to me, this pen was delivered today via FedEx from an Italian (online) pen shop. It is a Visconti Manhattan in green stacked celluloid. The power plunger filler is very crisp, and it holds at least 2.75 gm of water (i.e. 2.75 ml of liquid). I like the different clip, which is easily actuated by pressing the top, and the finial treatments (stacked circular pyramid shape). To compare to a Wall Street LE, which used the same materials: This is smaller, it is round rather than faceted, and it has a #5 nib instead of a #6 nib. It is a very good size for me, and the M nib is wet and smooth. (This is the sales photo from the site, which is better than any photo I would be able to take.)

 

 

 

So jealous!!! I had never heard of these pens before but someone sent me an old catalog from the 90s and these pens were in there. I've been wanting one ever since!! Enjoy your new pen, it's a BEAUTY!!

[Paul-in-SF]

Thank you, I am appreciating its appearance more every day. And while I admit I would still like to get one of the (larger, fancier) Wall Street LE models one day, having this one serves to blunt that desire to a significant degree. The design details are a little more understated than the Wall Street, but there is excellent attention to detail, and the size is just about perfect for me. 

 

Here is a thread from 2021 that has some really good photos of the three Visconti stacked celluloid models (that I know of). I just noticed one detail that is different in the pictured pen from mine: the green Manhattan has the V shapes in the cap band actually cut out, rather than just incised into the band, so that the green material shows through. That's a nice detail. 

 

[A Smug Dill]

@DvdRiet Welcome back! I was afraid you'd walked away from the hobby, one way or another, for good.

[amberleadavis]

5 hours ago, Thymen said:

My wife came back from China today, and brought me this:

 

- Two sets of three Jinhao X159

- Two Majohn P136 - Burgundy - EF nib

- Two Majohn P136 - Blue - F nib

- Two sets of P136 nibs (EF-F-M-1.1)

- P136 tool

 

Will give them a good test tomorrow...

 

 

 

What a nice gift - very attractive pens.  I think you should keep the wife. 

 

[Thymen]

7 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

 

What a nice gift - very attractive pens.  I think you should keep the wife. 

 

 

Married for 36 years already.....

 

Total purchase price was about €100. I asked her/my brother in law to get me these pens to give (some) away. People quite often do not understand why fountain pens are so addictive. One of these cheap-but-good pens plus a bottle of Waterman Serenity Blue explains it better than words can do...

 

[amberleadavis]

16 hours ago, Thymen said:

 

Married for 36 years already.....

 

Total purchase price was about €100. I asked her/my brother in law to get me these pens to give (some) away. People quite often do not understand why fountain pens are so addictive. One of these cheap-but-good pens plus a bottle of Waterman Serenity Blue explains it better than words can do...

 

 

Yes, I give away ink and pens too.

Congrats on 36 years!

[VersoFolio]

Great news today! My privately 'serviced' mid-70s Montblanc 146 is on its way home!

 

...and two new (old) pens arrived.

 

I commented last week that I expected them but they weren't posted until yesterday.

 

Very modest by some standards but we all adapt to our individual pen environments.

 

Onoto K1 possibly 1955-57. Black - Gold (metal) cap, (M) hooded nib after the style of P51 probably. Piston filler and..check out the 'bullseye' finial! Love it!

 

Pilot 77 (AP21), maybe mid 1960s. Teal  - Gold (metal) cap (F) semi hooded nib, Pilot Switch filler. Grip section is narrow and slightly faceted which accentuates the unusual 'dart' shaped nib and feels a bit like a Safari, 'tri-grip' although surely must predate that by at least 4 decades!?

 

Happy to be corrected on any of my guesswork but I would say they may once have been popular 'student' models.

 

But it's about the fascination and the rescue for me...oh did I mention the writing? Yes, it's about the writing and both are filled with Pelikan 4001 Blau/Schwarz are writing beautifully!

 

It's been a good day at the office! 😄

 

P.I.Tom

 

 

 

[PithyProlix]

2 hours ago, Pale.Ink.Tom said:

Pilot 77 (AP21), maybe mid 1960s. Teal  - Gold (metal) cap (F) semi hooded nib, Pilot Switch filler. Grip section is narrow and slightly faceted which accentuates the unusual 'dart' shaped nib and feels a bit like a Safari, 'tri-grip' although surely must predate that by at least 4 decades!?

 

2 hours ago, Pale.Ink.Tom said:

 

I've passed on a few of these, not realizing that the model has a sculpted grip. The Pilot U200, which I have, has the same grip and I like it a lot (though I really don't like the Safari's). I believe the model number is actually 77G2 but I'm not sure - there was definitely a Pilot called a 77G2 that looks very similar, if not identical, to this one.

 

The spring has fallen out of a couple Pilot switch fillers I have. I'm not purist - I just shellac on a sac and squeeze it directly with my fingers ...

 

Enjoy!

[The Elevator]

Lamy Studio in Brushed Stainless Steel finish. Bought second-hand for half its original MSRP. Oddly enough it came with a chrome grip section, not a matte black one. I suspect the previous owner did the swap after the coating on the original matte black one started to degrade. I’m not gonna complain, since I saw this going in. I opened it, inked it, and immediately fell in love. It’s so simple, minimalistic, and modern, with no unnecessary embellishments, yet every detail thought out very carefully. It balances, well, writes like a dream, and looks properly refined and professional. Even my dad, who isn’t a fountain pen guy, said he was impressed. Next up I’ll have to get myself the piano black version with an EF gold nib.

 

Edited February 28, 2023 by The Elevator
Grammatical error

[Surlyprof]

On 2/20/2023 at 10:47 AM, Paul-in-SF said:

That is a beautiful color and finish!

 

 

 

The brushed steel Studio looks fantastic with the chrome section!  I have the standard matte rubber section and, although I like the texture, I find the Studios with chrome sections to feel a little heavier and well-balanced (According to the Goulet website, they are heavier).  I may have to contact The Pen Company to order a chrome section for mine.

[The Elevator]

39 minutes ago, Surlyprof said:

The brushed steel Studio looks fantastic with the chrome section!

Indeed it does—the chrome matches the shiny clip and finials perfectly, and makes for a subtle contrast of only two colors. Most of my other pens have 3 or more colors visible on the body because of different materials all over the place, but this one is so effortlessly elegant.

[VersoFolio]

6 hours ago, PithyProlix said:

I've passed on a few of these, not realizing that the model has a sculpted grip. The Pilot U200, which I have, has the same grip and I like it a lot (though I really don't like the Safari's). I believe the model number is actually 77G2 but I'm not sure - there was definitely a Pilot called a 77G2 that looks very similar, if not identical, to this one.

 

The spring has fallen out of a couple Pilot switch fillers I have. I'm not purist - I just shellac on a sac and squeeze it directly with my fingers ...

 

Enjoy!

Thank you @PithyProlix

I appreciate your comment and the extra information. It may well be a 77G2.

Pilot 77, Made in Japan, AP21 are impressed on the barrel. I have seen images that have "Namarco" stamped there but not on mine.

This sculpted grip is something you are familiar with. In this case I assumed it was a cosmetic feature to enhance the lines in keeping with the V shaped nib.

Would you agree the nib itself is designed to eliminate any form of flex and line variation? (commonly termed - a nail)

I was surprised to find to switch filler in such good working order but I will probably do a 'squeeze - filler when it breaks.

 

P.i.tom