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

[ParramattaPaul]

No longer waiting ---  

[AmandaW]

28 minutes ago, ParramattaPaul said:

No longer waiting ---  

That looks even better with the palladium (?). Trim instead of the gold I saw when I looked. Goes very well with the greens.

[ParramattaPaul]

3 minutes ago, AmandaW said:

That looks even better with the palladium (?). Trim instead of the gold I saw when I looked. Goes very well with the greens.

Thank you.  My other Scholar is black with palladium.  I can't say that I'm a fan of gold although most pens (at least mine do) have gold fittings/finishings.

[MarcoA63]

JinHao X159 Orange :-)

[VersoFolio]

On 2/20/2023 at 2:50 PM, ParramattaPaul said:

At the moment, I'm waiting '7 to 10 working days' for the Onoto Scholar I ordered.  That said, I ventured onto Ebay and bid a losing bid on a circa 1930 vintage Onoto.

Congratulations Paul... wish it was coming to my place!

My computer screensaver has an image of the Highland Scholar.

I am drawn to the palladium trim as well.

 

I'm waiting for 2 pens in the mail. One scruffy, old Onoto K1 (1955-1957) and one early Pilot 77. These are regarded as low end but both have features I find interesting and I'm hoping they will clean up nicely.

 

Two of the same model, 'George Linz & Co.' "Rubidor", School pens arrived today. One a Tan/Beige colour,  the other Burgundy.

I also have two early piston-filler Rubidor ballpoints. They were sold here in the 50's and I found this ad from the "Salient" student magazine from Victoria College, Wellington 1953

 

 

 

I have 2 or 3 old Onotos, 3000 series I believe and a Woodgrain 5000. (I think one has a feed the same colour as the pen) They have been nicely restored but I rarely have them in use.

 

P.I.Tom

 

 

[Mercian]

15 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

OOOOH! 

Didn't know that 45 Flighters came in other colors besides black trim....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

With my ‘Evil Enabler’ hat firmly on - and with my apologies to your chequebook and to your husband - I am going to place this link here.

 

That webpage shows all of the varieties of 45 ‘Flighter’ that Parker produced.

[Number99]

16 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

OOOOH! 

Didn't know that 45 Flighters came in other colors besides black trim....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

There are also Rage Red and Burgundy.

The ones I got are all American made GT flighter. parkerpens.net has the same variant of the British made CT but the difference will be whether it is CT or GT.

[Number99]

2 hours ago, Mercian said:

With my ‘Evil Enabler’ hat firmly on - and with my apologies to your chequebook and to your husband - I am going to place this link here.

 

That webpage shows all of the varieties of 45 ‘Flighter’ that Parker produced.

I have two variants of the Flighter that are not listed here.

One is a variation with the 61 type clip that you know, probably an American Parker 45 fountain pen for the Japanese market, which is in the Japanese catalog.

 

The other is a variant that is not in the catalog. It is a Flighter Deluxe no tassie (Flighter no Tail Cap) with a narrow barrel, but due to laziness I have not yet introduced it to this forum.

(probably late 1960s or early 1970s).

I have a picture of this in FPN album, but I have not yet written a manuscript about it because I have no information about it and have to rely on a lot of guesswork.

 

 

Postscript.

I have also been shown an official Argentine Flighter.

Some French models do not have the "45" stamped on the cap, so this may be another model.

There may be more.

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/365827-parker-45-variations-photo/?do=findComment&comment=4525953

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 23, 2023 by Number99

[ParramattaPaul]

6 hours ago, Pale.Ink.Tom said:

Congratulations Paul... wish it was coming to my place!

My computer screensaver has an image of the Highland Scholar.

I am drawn to the palladium trim as well.

 

I'm waiting for 2 pens in the mail. One scruffy, old Onoto K1 (1955-1957) and one early Pilot 77. These are regarded as low end but both have features I find interesting and I'm hoping they will clean up nicely.

 

Two of the same model, 'George Linz & Co.' "Rubidor", School pens arrived today. One a Tan/Beige colour,  the other Burgundy.

I also have two early piston-filler Rubidor ballpoints. They were sold here in the 50's and I found this ad from the "Salient" student magazine from Victoria College, Wellington 1953

 

 

 

I have 2 or 3 old Onotos, 3000 series I believe and a Woodgrain 5000. (I think one has a feed the same colour as the pen) They have been nicely restored but I rarely have them in use.

 

P.I.Tom

 

 

I've never even seen a Rubidor.  There was a Sheafer school pen that came my way in high school, but otherwise it was Platignum pens for me when I was at school.

 

Currently, I have only one vintage Onoto.  It is a lever fill.

[inkstainedruth]

8 hours ago, Mercian said:

With my ‘Evil Enabler’ hat firmly on - and with my apologies to your chequebook and to your husband - I am going to place this link here.

 

That webpage shows all of the varieties of 45 ‘Flighter’ that Parker produced.

Thanks for posting the link.  Although it's bad enough that I *already* want a Harlequin....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Mercian]

6 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

Although it's bad enough that I *already* want a Harlequin....

Yes. Harlequins. Who wouldn’t want to have one?

 

My mum had a black-shield BP version in the early 1980s. Which she (& I) loved.

Right up until some nastyrudesailorword ‘relieved her’ of it ☹️

[VersoFolio]

7 hours ago, ParramattaPaul said:

 

Currently, I have only one vintage Onoto.  It is a lever fill.

 

I also have a lever fill Paul. Black with gold trim.

I had a quick look at my records. Also a 3000 and a 5000 plunger fill. They were all sent to the local restorer. 

 

The cork plunger models are quite remarkable. I find them quite intimidating to write with....they don't tolerate any nonsense!!🤨

 

FPN member, @johnmc2, is our esteemed Onoto, Swan Mabie Todd, Mentmore, etc. expert here and is very skilled in their restoration. I hope he doesn't mind me mentioning this.

I know he is very busy with regular clients these days.

 

Filling 1930s & 40s Onotos is a notable experience. Unscrew end cap, pull out plunger, dip nib into ink bottle, firmly push plunger back in and just before it reaches home there is a soft thud or pop sound. The plunger pressure has been released and converted into a vacuum within the barrel and ink is drawn in.

I am easily fascinated by fountain pen technology in all it's forms.

It's one of my gifts😄 as I'm fond of saying.

 

I believe the Onoto K1 that's due to arrive is a piston filler but would not be considered a 'luxury' model by any means.

 

I would love to write with any modern Onoto, 'Magna or Scholar'!

The Caledonian Collection has captured my imagination but it's one of those things I can only dream of just now!

 

Cheers, PITom

 

 

 

[ParramattaPaul]

1 hour ago, Pale.Ink.Tom said:

 

I also have a lever fill Paul. Black with gold trim.

I had a quick look at my records. Also a 3000 and a 5000 plunger fill. They were all sent to the local restorer. 

 

The cork plunger models are quite remarkable. I find them quite intimidating to write with....they don't tolerate any nonsense!!🤨

 

FPN member, @johnmc2, is our esteemed Onoto, Swan Mabie Todd, Mentmore, etc. expert here and is very skilled in their restoration. I hope he doesn't mind me mentioning this.

I know he is very busy with regular clients these days.

 

Filling 1930s & 40s Onotos is a notable experience. Unscrew end cap, pull out plunger, dip nib into ink bottle, firmly push plunger back in and just before it reaches home there is a soft thud or pop sound. The plunger pressure has been released and converted into a vacuum within the barrel and ink is drawn in.

I am easily fascinated by fountain pen technology in all it's forms.

It's one of my gifts😄 as I'm fond of saying.

 

I believe the Onoto K1 that's due to arrive is a piston filler but would not be considered a 'luxury' model by any means.

 

I would love to write with any modern Onoto, 'Magna or Scholar'!

The Caledonian Collection has captured my imagination but it's one of those things I can only dream of just now!

 

Cheers, PITom

 

 

 

The thought of having a plunger filler Onoto and wrecking it makes me shiver.  I would hate to damage one.

 

I don't have the number of pens that many others here have, nor do I buy pens every month.  In fact, I may buy only one and at the most two a year.  That I think allows me to indulge my pen lust without having to forego my humble crust of sustenance.

[VersoFolio]

27 minutes ago, ParramattaPaul said:

The thought of having a plunger filler Onoto and wrecking it makes me shiver.  I would hate to damage one.

 

I don't have the number of pens that many others here have, nor do I buy pens every month.  In fact, I may buy only one and at the most two a year.  That I think allows me to indulge my pen lust without having to forego my humble crust of sustenance.

 

Absolutely my friend!

 

Quite right. That 'crust' keeps body and soul together.

I am on a subsistence income but regard a meager allowance for entertainment essential to feed the inner man!

I don't have the seemingly insatiable appetite nor the unlimited budget. Just enough to maintain my state of well-being.

 

Learning what I like and don't like in the way of writing tools has taken a while but I have sought after a few models and am definitely narrowing it down.

I have a vague ambition to be a "One Pen Man"!! How hard could it be with the likes of a beautiful, Pelikan M800 or a Montblanc 146? (or Onoto Scholar)

 

I can't help but notice that you have a moderate and well reasoned approach, have pens of great renown and use them regularly. I would subscribe much more to that manner of collecting than the fanatical end of the spectrum.

 

If I focused all my resources for six months I could probably afford a "Scholar" but I fear the "Magna" is well out of my reach.

 

Cheers, PITom

 

 

 

 

 

[ParramattaPaul]

7 minutes ago, Pale.Ink.Tom said:

 

Absolutely my friend!

 

Quite right. That 'crust' keeps body and soul together.

I am on a subsistence income but regard a meager allowance for entertainment essential to feed the inner man!

I don't have the seemingly insatiable appetite nor the unlimited budget. Just enough to maintain my state of well-being.

 

Learning what I like and don't like in the way of writing tools has taken a while but I have sought after a few models and am definitely narrowing it down.

I have a vague ambition to be a "One Pen Man"!! How hard could it be with the likes of a beautiful, Pelikan M800 or a Montblanc 146? (or Onoto Scholar)

 

I can't help but notice that you have a moderate and well reasoned approach, have pens of great renown and use them regularly. I would subscribe much more to that manner of collecting than the fanatical end of the spectrum.

 

If I focused all my resources for six months I could probably afford a "Scholar" but I fear the "Magna" is well out of my reach.

 

Cheers, PITom

 

 

 

 

 

The price of a Magna varies depending upon the model, but I'm sure you know that.  The 'basic' black and silver Magna Classic model is not much dearer than a Scholar and is quite a nice pen.  There are some beautiful more up-market Magna models but I could never justify buying one of them. The Plain black and silver was -- I thought -- going to be my one and only Onoto when I bought it.  Then the Scholar came on the market.

 

Pelican pens are very prestigious pens and much sought after.  They, like the up-market Onotos are pens I admire only from a distance.

[Misfit]

I bought a TWSBI Eco in Cerulean blue with 1.1mm stub nib tonight. The waiting starts. 

[Runnin_Ute]

On 2/15/2023 at 8:41 PM, Runnin_Ute said:

Hasn't shipped yet but this will in the next day ot two.

Arrived in yesterday's mail.

 

It is not only gorgeous, but it writes real nice, although I haven't used it much yet.

[VersoFolio]

In the coming days..

A 1960s Pilot 77 school pen, (Teal with semi hooded 'dart' nib), a late 1950s Onoto K1 (Black in the style of a P-51) and most exciting of all my rejuvenated Montblanc 146 after visiting the workshop of esteemed restorer, John.

 

P.I.Tom

 

 

[Detman101]

Waiting on a new Flex-Italic to arrive...it's hit the US shores, but no idea where it landed.
Nothing in USPS tracking either.
Guess we just wait...more.

[51ISH]

On 2/20/2023 at 12:09 AM, Mercian said:

I am waiting for delivery of a very-lightly-used 1960’s Newhaven Parker Duofold ‘Junior’.
It is an ‘aerometric’ squeeze-filled pen in ‘boring black’, with gold trim, and has a 14k gold nib.

The vendor described its nib as being ‘medium’ and having a bit of flex, but my main interest in it is its simple, broad-channelled, ebonite feed - because I intend to use it as my main pen for ESSRI.

 

I was looking for an aerometric-fill 1950s Parker ‘Victory’ (which is an identical pen, apart from the imprint on the barrel), because I am amused by the Orwellian connotations of its name, but this Duofold Junior was very inexpensive for a pen in such good condition.

 

Now I am 🤞that it doesn’t get ‘lost’ by our ‘Royal’ Mail - and that the parcel in which it is sent isn’t used by Sorting Office staff to practice their penalty shoot-outs and/or Rugby goal-kicking 😉

 

To be fair... I placed an order on ebay.co.uk for a pen from a supplier in China late on the 8 March and the pen arrived this morning in perfect condition. I find that pretty amazing when it takes over a week to get my prescription back from my GP which is a mile away from my doorstep and is sent 'electronically' to my pharmacist. Strange that...