I got this pen today

[Misfit]

@AmandaW Hurray!  I’m glad your Pinkly has arrived. My Pinkly says hello to yours.  

[DilettanteG]

On 12/28/2023 at 3:14 PM, A Smug Dill said:

 

Alas, my photos don't show the grey-black colour of the shiny clips, cap rings, and nibs properly. See https://www.platinum-pen.co.jp/star_wars_fountainpen.html

A lot of beautiful pictures of pens here, but as a Star Wars fan I really love these. I do like to cross collect, hence my Visconti Hanoverian to complement my Hanoverian horses.

[DilettanteG]

On 12/28/2023 at 9:07 PM, cat74 said:

A few pens over the holidays!

Parker 45 insignia was engraved....but!! same initials as me, my son, my cousin, my dad and his cousin, grand dads and great grand dads!!! So it's all good!!

Also an Orange and Teal Parker 45 and a made in Canada Esterbrook J with 9128 nib (after a good clean..couldnt tell what nib it was before!)  really just wanted it for made in Canada

 

That last pen in particular is just stunning. Congrats!

[DilettanteG]

10 hours ago, AmandaW said:

Arrived today from the other side of the planet: a Levenger True Writer Pinkly with a medium nib. It's travelling companion is a True Writer Starry Night mechanical pencil.

 

These are so pretty! Do they write as well as they look?

[Misfit]

I got three pens today. 
 

 

The pen at the top came in one package. It’s a Monteverde Prima Red Swirl with a 1.1mm stub nib. 
 

The other pens came in the same package. The TWSBI Eco Cream and Rose Gold has a 1.1mm stub nib. The discontinued Kaweco Sport Skyline in white has a B nib. The Sport Classic white is, from what I can tell, still a part of the Sport Classic (gold tone details) series. 
 

I’m thinking of Diamine Chocolate for the Eco. I got some Jet Pens blue ink cartridges, and that could go in the Kaweco. I allegedly ordered Monteverde Red/Black ink cartridges that are marked as Red only on the packaging. There were only 3 cartridges in the package that is supposed to have 6. I contacted Amazon via chat. They issued a refund, and indicated no return was necessary. So the Prima could get one of those cartridges, or a bottled ink. 

[Misfit]

@DilettanteG I have six or seven Levenger True Writer fountain pens with nibs F, M, B. They all write smoothly and well. We shall see what @AmandaW thinks. 

[Misfit]

Here is the new Kaweco’s writing sample. The ink is a color of blue chosen by Jet Pens as their own ink. 
 

[Misfit]

Another new pen arrived today. @DilettanteG named it. The paper is a Mnemosyne notebook. 
 

[USG]

On 1/2/2024 at 10:11 PM, Misfit said:

Here is the new Kaweco’s writing sample. The ink is a color of blue chosen by Jet Pens as their own ink. 
 

 

That's such a nice ink color 😀👍

 

6 hours ago, Misfit said:

Another new pen arrived today. @DilettanteG named it. 
 

 

Two mini reviews.  Every picture is worth a thousand words.  Well done.  👍😀

[Misfit]

Thank you @USG

[Baka1969]

Caran D'Ache Ecuidor Avenue 

 

 

I will add more details in an upcoming post about this Caran D'Ache. You might be surprised about my opinions. 

[USG]

1 minute ago, Baka1969 said:

Caran D'Ache Ecuidor Avenue 

 

 

I will add more details in an upcoming post about this Caran D'Ache. You might be surprised about my opinions. 

 

You have some very interesting pens Baka, I never saw this one before.  Looking forward to your comments and opinions. 😀👍

Btw, nice mini review and writing sample.  What paper were you writing on?

 

So I'm thinking about the elements of a Mini Review.

• Pen
• Nib
• Ink
• Paper
• Comments
• Photos
• Writing Sample

That's a boatload of information in a very small space. 😀

[Penguincollector]

       A new blue pen, my first Esterbrook. I don’t know anything about the model, except that it has a later spoon lever. I think the nib is a 9556. It’s really pretty.

[DilettanteG]

@Penguincollector That blue ripple effect is really lovely. Good choice.

 

@Misfit seems like your little trooper is the perfect pen for black ink. I'm very big Into perfect pairings at the moment and this really works! (I'mstill waiting for my Pelikan Lizard so I can finally use my Edelstein Onyx.)

[Penguincollector]

Just now, DilettanteG said:

@Penguincollector That blue ripple effect is really lovely. Good choice.

 Thank you! 

[A Smug Dill]

Stipula La Ventidue 22 with a steel V-Flex nib

 

The grind of the nib on it was pretty (bleep) terrible out-of-the-box.

[Misfit]

@A Smug Dill pity about the nib. The pen is attractive. 

[InesF]

3 hours ago, A Smug Dill said:

The grind of the nib on it was pretty (bleep) terrible out-of-the-box.

Sorry to read about your bad experience! This variant of the La22 looks amazing! I hope you can fix the nib by yourself, although I'm sure you may get a replacement without a problem (for nasty additional effort).

My steel V-flex Stipula was a great writer out of the box, but the gold nib I bought a bit later was (bleep) (bleep) (bleep) unusable scrap metal.

Not good if luck is a big part of getting a new pen.

[A Smug Dill]

41 minutes ago, InesF said:

I hope you can fix the nib by yourself,

 

Thanks! After doing a whole lot of work on it, it still writes dryly and especially on diagonal strokes crossing top-right to bottom-left (and, to an extent, those going in the opposite direction), but is usable as an quasi Extra Fine nib with some room for making bold highlights:

 

[Checklist]

22 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

        A new blue pen, my first Esterbrook. I don’t know anything about the model, except that it has a later spoon lever. I think the nib is a 9556. It’s really pretty.

 In case no one has told you, it's a later SJ, which is a "pocket" version of Esterbrook's incredibly popular J model.  A 9556 nib is a great find, too; I have one on my red full-size, and it is a lot of fun to write with.