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

[ruby.monkey]

I have a couple of Oriandcalli flex pens on the way - somebody on Reddit mentioned them and I got curious to see how they perform. There's also an older Pilot Namiki Capless and a Columbus 12 desk pen coming.

[kazoolaw]

After a pilgrimage to the Mother Country a Stipula Novecento Rex is on its way back to me.

[Misfit]

I’m waiting on a TWSBI vac mini with 1.1mm stub nib. 

[Cjtamu]

Marble brown Pelikan M200 with EF nib. Wanted something I could take to meetings etc. and not worry about too much and it fits the bill. Knives were mentioned a few pages back. Also waiting on a Hiro Otter Custom and a Queen Mini Toothpick with mammoth ivory scales. Fingers crossed this steenkin hurricane doesn’t disrupt USPS and/or our lives too much! And @MercianI assume your 1954 Pelikan is safely back in the fold? Had same issue with mine and was on pins and needles until I got it back a couple weeks ago.

[Claes]

I am waiting for an impulse buy:

a brass fp named Monograph. It is "designed in Denmark", made in China, and was dirt cheap, so I simply could not resist...

 

Have fun!
Claes in Lund, Sweden

 

 

[Misfit]

On 6/6/2024 at 1:38 PM, Mercian said:

 

Currently waiting on the return of a repaired pen - my 1954 Pelikan 400.

 

I have a 1954 Pelikan M400 brown tortoise. What is yours?

[Mercian]

On 7/6/2024 at 5:05 PM, Misfit said:

I have a 1954 Pelikan M400 brown tortoise. What is yours?

Mine is a ‘standard’ green-striped with black furniture.
You know; a ‘This is my Pelikan fountain pen. Many are like it, but this one is mine’ Pelikan 😉

 

After (to my slight surprise) being completely seduced by its lovely, crisp, semi-flex cursive-italic ‘F’ nib, I now find myself coveting an equivalent in Brown Tortoise. Perhaps with an ‘M’.

This nib in ‘B’ would be superb nib for signatures.

[RedPie]

Waiting for the Wing Sung 630 in yellow.

[Cjtamu]

Still waiting for a marble brown Pelikan M200. Beryl has caused a bit of USPS roulette in this part of the world. Friday it was at a PO about 70 miles E/NE of me that packages headed here don’t usually go to. They say as of Saturday it’s now at the distribution center 70 miles north of me to which packages headed here often DO go! Hopefully it appears here in the next day or two. @Mercian you won’t go wrong with a brown tortoise 400. Wonderful pen and the brown tortoise is particularly attractive I think.

[inkstainedruth]

A couple of Parker Vectors, both medium nibs I think, with a couple of cartridges.  Had been watching that listing for a while and then last week the seller made an offer.  But I've been having problems with PayPal recently and couldn't log in and had to put the charge on a credit card (after sending abject apologies to the seller).

Pens have made it halfway across the country from the Pacific Northwest, and are (assuming no foul ups with USPS, of course) scheduled to be delivery by Tuesday evening.  

Of course, getting converters for them will cost more than the pens themselves did.... 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Lithium466]

38 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

 

Of course, getting converters for them will cost more than the pens themselves did.... 

I've had good luck with Chinese "3,4mm" converters in myParker 45's

[inkstainedruth]

I don't have to worry about converters for my P 45s -- when I was looking this morning to see if I had any backup piston converters I found a couple of the screw in press bar converters that I didn't remember having.  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Paul-in-SF]

I am waiting for a Pilot Custom 823 in clear, with the Signature nib, which I ordered new from Japan. I ordered it on July 3rd and of course it seems like it's taking forever to get here. At the moment it is somewhere east of Tokyo, but it hasn't logged in yet on US soil. I'm hoping for tomorrow for that, and then delivery by the end of the week. 

 

This is my second Custom 823. My original one has the transparent brown body and a Soft Fine nib, which I like quite a bit. I thought the Signature nib sounded interesting and a little different, and so this is my July pen. 

[Lithium466]

12 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

I don't have to worry about converters for my P 45s -- when I was looking this morning to see if I had any backup piston converters I found a couple of the screw in press bar converters that I didn't remember having.  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

I meant that for your Vectors

(some earlier 45 flighter are king of picky with some converters)

[inkstainedruth]

I've been lucky in that I've found press bar style ones for all of 45s (or else they came with the converters already).  The only Parker I had problems with was the Urban.  The only converter I could find locally was one of the earlier style press-bar ones and it got stuck in the barrel and I had to send it back to Parker under warranty.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Wil D]

A black Pelikan 140

[jchch1950]

A Lamy Safari special edition for Itoya Japan. The model is Cooper 02. It should be mailed before the end of the month. The price is very high but it will be a nice addition to the Lamy Safari collection(I hope).

[Mercian]

On 7/6/2024 at 1:22 PM, Cjtamu said:

And @MercianI assume your 1954 Pelikan is safely back in the fold? Had same issue with mine and was on pins and needles until I got it back a couple weeks ago.

It is indeed 😊

I sent it to a reputable repairer here in the UK, & they have returned it to me in exactly my as-requested condition 

 

I confidently expect that it will now outlast my own ‘use-by’ date 😉

[Cjtamu]

On 7/21/2024 at 4:37 PM, Mercian said:

It is indeed 😊

I sent it to a reputable repairer here in the UK, & they have returned it to me in exactly my as-requested condition 

 

I confidently expect that it will now outlast my own ‘use-by’ date 😉

Good to hear. I’ve yet to ink my 1952-53 since it returned from repair, but soon. I’m with you, this one will be in my estate sale. Montegrappa Classica in charcoal currently en route. 

[Carguy]

I finally pulled the trigger on a First Year midnight blue 51 DJ (at least I think it is midnight blue). It has a spotless Sterling cap, aluminum jewels, and a sticker on the body, so of course it will need a new diaphragm. Not sure if I plan to do that myself or send it off.