What was your last very deliberate pen purchase?

[Misfit]

A Retro 51 Silver Lining with 1.1mm stub nib. I’ve searched for it a few times. I may not have searched enough though, now that I think about it. Oh well. 

[SilverStoneMetallic]

A Sailor 1911 with a Naginata Cross Concord back in August of '20 was my last pen purchase to date. I just wanted to use it to replace the factory nib on my Conid Regular. No more pens for me until I complete my undergraduate degree program.

[TrueBlue719]

A Montblanc 144 (my first Montblanc FP) and a Sheafffer Snorkel at the New York Metropolitan Pen Show.  I went looking for a Montblanc and walked away with two gems. 

[Parker51]

Edison Chicago Pen Show limited Edition Comet made from Jonathon Brooks Forged Patina. Tuned at the pen show just for me. 

 

[Misfit]

@Parker51 please let me know what your impressions of the Comet are. I’ve wondered about that pen. It looks neat. 

[Parker51]

41 minutes ago, Misfit said:

@Parker51 please let me know what your impressions of the Comet are. I’ve wondered about that pen. It looks neat. 

It is a wonderful pen, much better balanced than the Skyline which it is reminiscent of due to subtle differences in dimensions and differences in materials. I like the shape and it feels right in my hand. And as it was tuned, in person to my hand and use, it writes wonderfully. 

[Misfit]

@Parker51Thank you for the information.  I liked versions I saw on the Edison smugmug site where the topper is in translucent material.  As I impulsively bought a Franklin-Christoph last night, I can’t go looking for a Comet now. But one day, I expect I might get one. I love my Beaumont C/C pen. I would look at their pens wondering which model I’d like next. I have a Menlo also. I got it at the 2014 Chicago Pen Show. 

[Penguincollector]

I have no idea what this is, other than a ring top lever filler. The price was right, and I figure that I can work on it unless it turns out to be a better deal than I thought. I can’t read what’s on the nib all that well. I blew up the picture as well I could, I see a 4 and a 2. Should be here within a week. 

[Misfit]

I hope it turns out well for you. 

[Penguincollector]

Thank you! 

[taimdala]

My last deliberate pen purchase?

 

Yesterday afternoon: 3 TWSBI Ecos.

 

Cerulean Blue, EF

Lilac, EF

Glow Purple, M

 

And I will get the Glow Green in M as well. 

 

I intend to get the Glow Eco nibs ground at the Triangle Pen Show next summer. Kirk Speer did such a marvelous job with the nib he ground for me at the 2022 show on the Transparent Yellow M nib, that I think I'll go for multiple grinds on the transparent/glow color releases, and stay with EF nibs for the opaque colors.

 

I've noticed that the Glow Purple is a translucent match for the Lilac, and the Glow Green is a translucent match for the Jade. Dare I hope a Glow Blue might be released as a match for the Cerulean? 

 

Fingers crossed! 

 

(Now if only TWSBI would release an Opaque Blood Red, an Opaque Emerald/Forest Green, and an Opaque Lapis Blue ... and possibly add gold flecks to that Lapis Blue, to match the real stone. Man, I would buy all three in a hot second!)

[Misfit]

You have to have multiple Eco pens, just like potato chips. 

[jchch1950]

Twsbi Eco pens are useful and collectible.So many colours and now glow pens. Semitransparent or solid colours will be nice additions,

[Penguincollector]

I bought a transparent blue Yongsheng 699 with a 14k nib. I’ve been looking at it for a long time. It was about 25% off and I haven’t seen it that low since I started looking, so I bit. I missed out on a fair few transparent blue pens so I didn’t want to miss out on this one. 

[Misfit]

Alas I waited too long in looking at that Eco is cement gray. Gone. 

[Josey]

A Pilot Custom 742 with FA nib. I love my Falcon, and I wanted more flexy pen experiences, and since I'm only experienced (kinda, a little) with Pilot, I went with the only other option. I was delighted to find that the FA nib is flexier than the Falcon nib, though I wish it lay down a finer line when writing standard cursive.

[Arkanabar]

For a few months, I'd wanted to purchase a pair of FPR's Tanoshii Urushi Art pens, to celebrate our anniversary.  I love the pens, and my wife loves Asian decor.  But the ones I wanted were out of stock, and so I wound up wiating months to actually pop them into my cart and get through the purchase process.

[BlueJ]

Parker Duofold Centennial, Black and Pearl, M nib, likely from 1990s. It was a grail pen of mine ever since then, and I finally bid for one on the EvilBay. Shown with an original parker Big Red circa 1928.

 

 

 

Edited December 13, 2022 by BlueJ
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[Misfit]

Congratulations @BlueJ getting a grail pen is worth celebrating. 

[Penguincollector]

Beautiful pens, @BlueJ! It was a 1930s Senior Duofold in the same colorway that was the Pen I Couldn’t Have because I was a teenager with no money.  When I went to pick out my Centennial a couple years later, Pearl wasn’t available at the store and the Blue turned my head.