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

[Bo Bo Olson]

Either one is a fine springy nib, that will give a comfortable ride.

I have a 250 (Not yet used..NOS) and a couple W. Germany 200's (have also from that era 400, Celebrys and the 381 all of which has that springy regular flex/Japanese soft' nib flex.

 

You do have to have '91-97 400's or 200's to feel the very slight more springiness of the W. Germany nibs.***

Two  W.Germany 200's, a W.Germany 600 and a W.Germany 800.

Both have a nice clean line, in the 250-200 have teardrop tipping.

 

**** Semi-flex '50-65 are softer, springier doing more line variation easily. ..Is wetter, therefore the 200/250 are better on the whole for two toned shading inks.

[Misfit]

I’m waiting on a DeLike New Moon in green marble with a bent nib, and a Kaweco AL in Anthracite with I think a fine nib. Not sure, bought it for the price, not nib. 

[Surlyprof]

I’m awaiting a Leonardo Momento Magico in Sea Anemone resin with ruthenium trim and a flex fine nib.  I shopped all the pen stores I could find in Naples and Rome but never found the combination of pen, nib, resin and trim that I absolutely could not do without.  I had met Valentina and Marco at Stilo e Stile and they offered to talk to Leonardo about making a bespoke Magico with my choice of resin, trim and nib.  That was an offer I couldn’t turn down.  So, even though I came home from Italy empty handed, I’m still getting my dream pen to commemorate our visit.  After spending time at the Leonardo booth at the SF Show, I’m more excited than ever for that pen to arrive!

[Misfit]

I’m waiting on a TWSBI Eco in Indigo with bronze trim, and a Conklin Duragraph in Cracked Ice. Both will have 1.1mm stub nibs. 

[Scriptum est]

Two Jinhao 100 Centennials, one purple-green resin and the other marble sky blue. The first has a fine nib and the second a medium. I had heard and seen a good amount of praise for this manufacturer, especially the nibs, so want to see how good they really are. They should be with me later this week (week commencing Monday 4 September).

[TSherbs]

1 hour ago, Scriptum est said:

Two Jinhao 100 Centennials, one purple-green resin and the other marble sky blue. The first has a fine nib and the second a medium. I had heard and seen a good amount of praise for this manufacturer, especially the nibs, so want to see how good they really are. They should be with me later this week (week commencing Monday 4 September).

Love mine. I have five or six....Good luck!

[A Smug Dill]

One unit of each of the eight colours of the Jinhao 82 Mini (trying to appease the “dark passenger” that wants instead to jump on an offer of the Sailor Rencontre in Blue Ciel for effectively US$114), possibly delivered before the Pelikan Hub.

 

Two units of the Majohn P136 in glacier blue for effectively US$16.60 apiece, taxed and delivered. It takes a minimum of two units of the same line item to trigger a, um, volume discount against the list price, and in any case that is the only colour discounted to below US$20 (ex tax), so I couldn't get that price choosing any other colour or combination. I already have one in dark green, which I rarely use; but I was pleasantly surprised that it still hasn't completely dried out since being filled at the end of 2022, so the surplus unit in the new order is a pen I with which I could penable someone with good intentions, to introduce them to piston-fillers. without it looking like a cheap item of clear plastic designed as a teaching aid (i.e. a demonstrator). I also have other reasons for placing the/an order with the particular seller at this point in time…

 

[Penguincollector]

I’m waiting on two vintage pens, a black cartridge filler Sheaffer with a 14k arrowhead nib, and a short barreled Morison with a 14k fine nib. 

[vibin247]

I went on a spree this past week. Currently waiting on 3 Pilot pens! A red Falcon in soft medium, a blue Falcon in soft extra fine, and a Custom 823 Amber in fine.

[mizgeorge]

Funnily enough I'm also waiting for a sub $20 P136 (replacing one which arrived with a cracked barrel). Also some Jinhao 82s - though only four of them... 

And a couple of vintage bargains - Osmia, Geha and Pelikan - because I don't seem to ever have enough of those mid-20th century piston fillers with their lovely nibs.

[txomsy]

Still waiting for the lacquered Aurora Hastil I ordered a couple of weeks ago. I went to the post office Monday and they told me it was somewhere in a different town, maybe weirdly routed through it. So, nothing left to do but wait and, maybe reclaim again tomorrow at the PO.

[Bo Bo Olson]

16 hours ago, mizgeorge said:

Osmia, Geha and Pelikan - because I don't seem to ever have enough of those mid-20th century piston fillers with their lovely nibs.

I fall into that trap too....................Not waiting for a pen but a Wedgewood pen plate....due in today.

 

Right now a classic, sleek, grand balanced  Geha 725 is in use, with a super fancy inlaid semi-flex nib. Second best balanced of my pens. rolled gold trim, made to beat MB 2xx series and did. Was DM 360 or $90, when my sterling silver P-75 cost $22 in silver money days.

With permission of Penboard.de

There is two clips, this one i don't have.

 

I think the two slightly curved lines add much class.

 

Soon I'll be shipping of my 1925 Waterman for repair....does that count.

[txomsy]

19 hours ago, Bo Bo Olson said:

I think the two slightly curved lines add much class.

Indeed, they do.

[Scriptum est]

On 9/4/2023 at 12:49 PM, TSherbs said:

Love mine. I have five or six....Good luck!

They were delivered this morning! I am looking forward to inking them up and writing with them.

In the same mail delivery I received a box from my penfriend in Denmark which included a Japanese calligraphy brush! Another rabbit hole to disappear down!

[Bo Bo Olson]

It just came in, taking only 3 weeks from England to Germany, because of the Brexit. 

 

Not a pen, but a Wedgewood Jasper pen and inkwell plate. Missing the Wedgewood inkwell.

 

Pen's a copper Esatie with a 9669 B or BB nib, and am early '50's rolled gold  742 MB...they did make the 742 in gold.

Most of my semi-flex or maxi-semi-flex nibs clump somewhat together, this one lies exactly in the middle.

 

The inkwell is crystal glass and a sterling silver cap.

 

[dms525]

A Nakaya Piccolo and a Leonardo Minimalist are out for delivery, having had their nibs ground to CI by Michael Masuyama. And an Eboya Yatate, the bamboo-style pen with a clip, is en route from Tokyo. 

 

Not a pen, but a 60-pen case from Toyooka Craft should be shipped soon.

 

David

[MHBru]

A Pelikan M600 Glauco Cambon is on order and expected next month.  

[ParramattaPaul]

A vintage Wyvern that is expected today, and a vintage Onoto that should arrive next week. 

[Bo Bo Olson]

1 hour ago, ParramattaPaul said:

A vintage Wyvern

I had a nice greenish one, Very, very nice nib, but traded it to a passed English pal, for an OBB semi-flex  Osmia,... of which I have a few Osmia's of different bib widths and semi&maxi-semi-flex nibs. .

[ParramattaPaul]

2 hours ago, Bo Bo Olson said:

I had a nice greenish one, Very, very nice nib, but traded it to a passed English pal, for an OBB semi-flex  Osmia,... of which I have a few Osmia's of different bib widths and semi&maxi-semi-flex nibs. .

Assuming 'passed' means no longer amongst the living, did you ask his/her next of kin or executor to buy back the pen at an inflated price as a contribution to his/her heirs?