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DvdRiet Vintage

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Diplomat Epoque in a very 90s mottled orange lacquer called Indian Summer with a hard-as-a-nail and dry-writing M nib, that is a perfect match for the wet and dark blue-black of Herbin Bleu des Profondeurs 

Co-founded the Netherlands Pen Club. DM me if you would like to know about our meetups and join our Discord!

 

Currently attempting to collect the history of Diplomat pens.

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PAKMAN Ancient Artifact

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Journaling today with the Homo Sapiens Bronze Age.

 

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51ISH Collectors Item

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A brace of Parker 51's today.    1 in Burgundy with a F nib with Aurora Black, and the other in Navy Grey with a M nib filled with Diamine Damson (first time using this ink although I've had it for years.)  🤔

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Parker Jotter stainless steel

Mark from the Latin Marcus follower of mars, the god of war.

 

Yorkshire Born, Yorkshire Bred. 
 

my current favourite author is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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inkstainedruth Ancient Artifact

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Today it's been:

1) Sterling silver Parker 75 Ciselé, B nib -- MB Great Characters Jimi Hendrix.

2) Sailor 1911S Loch Ness Monster, MF nib -- Sailor Souboku.

3) Cross Solo (blue, B nib) -- Diamine Blue Edition Gingerbread.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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TrueBlue719 Rare

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Today is my Pilot e95s, and my Pelikan M800  I got from the NY pen show yesterday!

"Live like you were dying" ~Tim McGraw.  Truer words have never been spoken, and you'll never know that until you've had to fight for your life.

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51ISH Collectors Item

51ISH

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2 x Parker 51's and my Bejing Jin Xing 28  with Diamine Sherwood Green... Oh and the No Nonsense M with what's left of the Sheaffer Black Cart.

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51ISH Collectors Item

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6 minutes ago, TrueBlue719 said:

Today is my Pilot e95s, and my Pelikan M800  I got from the NY pen show yesterday!

 

Congratulations on the Pelikan M800.... What colour did you get??

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inkstainedruth Ancient Artifact

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It's been a Parker day today:

1) Parker 61 Flighter, F? nib -- unknown (and diluted) black ink (suspect that I'm really going to have to break down and actually flush the pen soon).

2) Parker Vacumatic Red Shadow Wave -- Waterman Mysterious Blue.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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TrueBlue719 Rare

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2 hours ago, 51ISH said:

 

Congratulations on the Pelikan M800.... What colour did you get??

Thank you very much! It's been a grail for a while! I ended up getting a blue one!

"Live like you were dying" ~Tim McGraw.  Truer words have never been spoken, and you'll never know that until you've had to fight for your life.

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1 minute ago, TrueBlue719 said:

Thank you very much! It's been a grail for a while! I ended up getting a blue one!

Congratulations TB719 on your new pen... 👍

I'm wondering if your pen is NOS or one of the newer opaque ones.

Can you see the ink level, is the barrel clear or is it opaque?

I replaced the broken barrel in the pic below and the new one was opaque.

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TrueBlue719 Rare

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13 minutes ago, USG said:

Congratulations TB719 on your new pen... 👍

I'm wondering if your pen is NOS or one of the newer opaque ones.

Can you see the ink level, is the barrel clear or is it opaque?

I replaced the broken barrel in the pic below and the new one was opaque.

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Thank you very much! They say you learn something new every day! I didn't know that's how they were differentiated! I can clearly see through the barrel more towards the back (the filling mechanism area). I put a dark ink in it this morning so I'm not sure if I can see through the top by the section, but I presume it would be the same throughout the barrel, so I guess I have NOS (I very well could be wrong as this is my first Pelikan). Thanks! Is there any way I can narrow down a date further?

"Live like you were dying" ~Tim McGraw.  Truer words have never been spoken, and you'll never know that until you've had to fight for your life.

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Misfit Museum Piece

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A MaJohn (Moonman) A1 that I rinsed, and filled with De Atramentis Robert Koch or Adular Blue. 

The pen is writing better with the DA ink versus the Pelikan 4001 blue black I first put in it. I’d have trouble with that ink. The pen wouldn’t want to write.  I’d have to rinse the nib. 
 

 

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DvdRiet Vintage

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Started the day with a green no-name French pen with an accordion sac and a very soft 18k Edacoto cursive italic nib that I was testing with Waterman Intense Black, but I’ve just run it out of ink. So, now I’m moving on to a gold-plated Diplomat Attaché from the 1980s with a hard steel M nib that has turned out to be fun with the Diamine Purple Rain I got from my pen club Secret Santa late last year.

Co-founded the Netherlands Pen Club. DM me if you would like to know about our meetups and join our Discord!

 

Currently attempting to collect the history of Diplomat pens.

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amberleadavis Pen Dust

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On 4/20/2023 at 10:31 PM, Sinistral1 said:

Is this pen made from a Mutt blank - who made it?

 

This was a Franklin Christoph Dromgoole's exclusive.  The material is Jonathan Brooks "Whiskey River".

 

https://www.dromgooles.com/franklin-christoph-dromgooles-exclusive-model-02-f.html

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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amberleadavis Pen Dust

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1 hour ago, DvdRiet said:

Started the day with a green no-name French pen with an accordion sac and a very soft 18k Edacoto cursive italic nib that I was testing with Waterman Intense Black, but I’ve just run it out of ink. So, now I’m moving on to a gold-plated Diplomat Attaché from the 1980s with a hard steel M nib that has turned out to be fun with the Diamine Purple Rain I got from my pen club Secret Santa late last year.

 

The accordion sac was a cool concept. How is it in practice?

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PAKMAN Ancient Artifact

PAKMAN

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GvFC black chevron today.

PAKMAN

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Helen350 Antique

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17 hours ago, Misfit said:

A MaJohn (Moonman) A1 that I rinsed, and filled with De Atramentis Robert Koch or Adular Blue. 

The pen is writing better with the DA ink versus the Pelikan 4001 blue black I first put in it. I’d have trouble with that ink. The pen wouldn’t want to write.  I’d have to rinse the nib. 
 

 

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Has become a pen I enjoy writing with.

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