What pen(s) are you waiting for in the mail?

[Bo Bo Olson]

I picked a discontinued 755with breather hole nib I added to my Studio , in it is a from reports a bit more springy than the 755 or 756 gold nibs..

[Baka1969]

1 hour ago, Bo Bo Olson said:

I picked a discontinued 755with breather hole nib I added to my Studio , in it is a from reports a bit more springy than the 755 or 756 gold nibs..

 

I have two Z55 nibs and the new one will be a Z56. I'll report back how they compare.

[turbofish]

'MONTEVERDE Omniflex Nib' is the one I'm waiting on now. Been reading about flex nibs and want to try one out.

A week before that, it was a 'Hongdian Black Forest Metal Fountain Pen Titanium'. Turned out to be a nice and cheap pen.

A week before that, it was a 'Ellington, The Stealth'. A bit smoother than the one above.

 

I might have a problem.
Current work stash
 

[inkstainedruth]

I just got a Strata with an Omniflex nib a couple of weeks ago.  Haven't had a chance to try it -- I've got too many pens inked up at the moment (including a bunch of pens that were repaired at the Ohio Pen Show earlier in the month) and was trying to use up the ink in those and get them flushed out....  Plus one of the Snorkels got inked up so my husband could decide if he liked Namiki Blue enough to merit getting a full bottle (since he seems to have misplaced the Safari he wanted me to get him last spring ).  I think if I get one more pen flushed out I'll hit something faintly resembling equilibrium and then can start playing with more/different pens....  (Honestly -- I don't know how ASD manages having so many pens inked up at once... because I sure can't.... )

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[ParramattaPaul]

2 hours ago, turbofish said:

I might have a problem.

Apparently, so do I, but with Conway Stewart and Onoto pens.  And vintage British pens.  And Diplomat pens.  And Platignum pens.  And a few others.  And ... ... ... that's about it.  I think.

[Bo Bo Olson]

2 hours ago, turbofish said:

I might have a problem.

I remember being in The Pen of the Week in the Mail Club.

Then, The Pen of the Month in the Mail Club.

Sooner or later you will be in The Pen of the Quarter Club.

 

 

All the Clubs cost about the same, one just gets less pens per membership.

And I suggest getting into the Pen of the Month Club as soon as you can. You have then time to research the pen and IT'S Nib.

 

I got into chasing the nibs, not brands...that I have so many Pelikans is expected in I live in Germany. another brand sort of snuck up on me.

 

I have some 35 nib types in various widths and flexes...out of my 120.

 

Not worrying about brand overlaps in nib sizes.

If one alternates, Stub and CI (Cursive italic) in the nail nibs there is some 45 nibs in standard EF, F, M, B, BB and obliques, from nail, semi-nail, regular flex, semi-flex and maxi-semi-flex.

 

Then comes Superflex. the wider nibs no longer make sense....

Easy Full Flex, (5?)

Wet Noodle. (3) (many more cheap but modern Wet Noodle pens out there, now than when I finally decided to get a couple. )

 

And the very rare Weak Kneed Wet Noodle....a term invented by the English nib grinder, John Sorowka. I unfortunately have one.

On a MB pre'24 Safety Pen, with repairs, One of The Pen of the year buys.

Unfortunate, in with such a nib, I'm supposed to learn how to write. Said that about the Wet Noodles too.

The Easy Full Flex are just fun nibs.

Pen of the Year Club...not in the mail......the hand made 950 Parisian silver snake with emerald eyes, cost more than the repair and polishing.

The rebuilt cap and what was on the beater before. The nib is a number 6 Simplo...can click for better view.

 

I do have some very pretty pens from when I was back in the Pen of the Month....bound to have a few pretty pens from my bottom feeding days of Pen of the Week in the Mail Club.

An Italian 1948 Columbus piston pen, was from my Pen of the Week days. One of my top five for pretty pens, but it did need need a new piston, and sat for a long time waiting for me to stop buying  pens, ink, papers, ever so many inkwells, and start repairing  many of the pens that required repair.

 

 

 

 

 

[jchch1950]

On 11/28/2023 at 8:16 PM, AmandaW said:

They are only available from the store in Japan?

I bought it through the Shopee platform. It hasn't arrive yet.

[Bo Bo Olson]

They came in today.

Wateman 1925 Gothic gold filled.In it was anchient I never inked it but sent it in for a new sac. It had lots of dried out ink in it. Francis cleaned it up besides cleaning up the insides.

in his telling me about what he'd doen to reaperi my pens, he mentioned what a grand nib the Watemany had.

I had only fount semiflex.

As Mauricio says, it's a lot of fiddly work to get a superflex nib to dance the right tune. Francis did the trick, and that Waterman gold filled Gothic is a Wet Noodle.

I cropped this somewhere else than in Imgure. The nib is gold the original auction house picture that was used had a dirty nib.

Not as good as I hoped but what the hell.

 

I'm going to look up which ink to use on my medium-small maxi-semi-flex Osmia-Faber-Castel 52 BB. a grand steel nib. No picture The basic  black and gold torpedo/cigar shape of a Pelikan 140 or a MB. Medium small was very, very popular back in the day of German stubbed semi-flex pen era.

Cheap east German Singwitz pen with a eye balled EEF. Now inked with Pelikan Edelstain Olivine, an ink I don't think I'd used before.  I may have been able to buy a Japanese EF/Western EEF cheaper than the repair, but it;'s my pen and I needed the nib.

It was a cheap plastic pen that fell into my hands...don't remember f it was part of a live auction lot or given to me by a neighbor........it functions.. Smoothed the nib on the buff stick, loaded it with Edelstein Olivine. Not the best balance  in a Standard sized pen, but not bad. Not quite as narrow as expected, have to try it with Pelikan BB.

 

Being lazy might try a vial with Pelikan BB and the remains of Olivine.

I ended up with pens that were marked 'not tested' for good reason; the guy tested and it failed....that won't happen with my pens  when I go....they all will work....even if cheap and it cost me more than the pen is worth to repair it................It is mine, it should work....and I don't believe in sh**caninng pens that can be repaired.

 

I can afford beer, sometimes even the best. Sometimes not.

There are those pens that can be saved...I'm a user, with a collection, not an economic buyer, who has to factor in the cost of repair. As I said, I can afford beer..

 

[TgeekB]

Just received this one from Jeb’s Pens.

 

 

[amper]

I'm waiting for my new TWSBI ECO-T Rosso EF to arrive. Supposedly will be here on Monday.

[ruby.monkey]

I have a couple of Osprey Pens Milano ebonite pens on the way (one red-black ripple, the other Vermont Fall) along with a handful of the Zebra G nib units. I don't really plan to use the G nibs, but the units do go beautifully with Esterbrook 314 Relief nibs along with other dip nibs that I'm very fond of.

[Arkanabar]

I'm waiting on a set of eight Jinhao 82s, each a different color, none of them dark.  I've found it's a lot harder to spot ink on the section when it's black or close to it.  The original anticipated delivery date is still some nine days hence, but looking at the tracking info, it's likely to arrive before that.

[inkstainedruth]

Not a pen, but I just ordered a replacement converter for the Lady Sheaffer 620, from Peyton Street Pens. Hoping I've ordered the correct one (I wasn't able to measure the end of the one what was in the pen -- the sac in it is hard as a rock -- quite as accurately as Teri could because not sure where my calipers are -- had a bad feeling they were in a tool box up in the bedroom and didn't want to wake my husband up last night).

The sad part is that the replacement converter cost roughly twice the cost of the pen -- and that's before adding in shipping charges.  But that still makes the final cost of the pen to me around $35 US at most (the sticker on the cap of the pen gave its original price as $15).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[TrueBlue719]

First post in a while, I just saved up enough to buy one of my grails.  Just ordered the Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age EF.  Now it's just a matter of waiting for it to arrive. Tracking the shipping 24/7 is healthy (and normal), right?

[Chouffleur]

2 hours ago, TrueBlue719 said:

First post in a while, I just saved up enough to buy one of my grails.  Just ordered the Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age EF.  Now it's just a matter of waiting for it to arrive. Tracking the shipping 24/7 is healthy (and normal), right?

Not as healthy and normal as 60/60/24/7.

[TrueBlue719]

4 minutes ago, Chouffleur said:

Not as healthy and normal as 60/60/24/7.

So you would say tracking orders through 4 different apps all with notifications is better than just one, right?😆

[tutelman]

On November 27th I posted about a Columbus Academia I won on eBay.  Lo and behold, on December 3rd I won another Yamazaki-made Columbus pen.  This time it is a NOS burgundy Progetto with a MF nib.  It’s on its way from Italy.  

[Chouffleur]

1 hour ago, TrueBlue719 said:

So you would say tracking orders through 4 different apps all with notifications is better than just one, right?😆

Absolutely. Especially if you program each app to play a different tone or birdsong followed by the location changes in a train conductor voice.

 

"PING! (or CHIRP!):  [Package nickname] Departed FedEx location CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 12/7/23 2:19 PM"

[dms525]

There's a category of pens that I could call "almost grail pens" or "grail pens if the price is right." They are high end pens I would like to try but not enough to pay the prevailing price. Or I would love to have it, but it doesn't seem to be available with a nib I would use.

 

Well, one of these is on its way to me. It is a a Pilot Custom 845 Urushi Red. The stars that aligned for me were 1) a FP Day special price; 2) available BB nib; 3) from a vendor that has an in-house nib technician who has already done really good cursive italic grinds for me on several pens.

 

I'm eager to see if it's as nice as I expect.

 

David

 

[TrueBlue719]

20 hours ago, Chouffleur said:

Absolutely. Especially if you program each app to play a different tone or birdsong followed by the location changes in a train conductor voice.

 

"PING! (or CHIRP!):  [Package nickname] Departed FedEx location CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 12/7/23 2:19 PM"

Possibly already done! and different vibrations too for when I'm at work!