New Mentmore !

[essayfaire]

My first attempt at buying a Mentmore(the handsome brown marbled one in the pictures) led me to to the discover that nibs can sing(see other thread).  I prefer other music.  Then this even handsomer more burgundy tinged one was sent to me as a replacement.  The sizing is a bit odd - it looks a little shorter unposted, but longer posted.  They are both wonderfully weighted and sit nicely in hand.  I dip-tested the new(well, it's vintage, but new to me!) one on Christmas and am thrilled to report in does not sing!  Wonderful pen, though now I have to choose an ink that is neither blue nor brown but is safe for it.  There's a little bit of feedback in an effortless writer. I'm so pleased.  

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Compliments of the Season @essayfaire

I hope you and your loved ones are safe and happy where you live, I assume somewhere in Nth America. A 'White Christmas' that looks a little too white for my liking!

(btw...hottest time of the year here which also has its challenges of course)

 

Congratulations on your 'Mentmores'. A milestone moment using vintage pens from Gt. Britain. Both very good looking indeed!

 

I have a few Swan, Mabie Todd, several Conway Stewart and many, and various, from the 30's, 40's.  I can't help but be reminded how well designed they were yet for different uses and a different world than the one I inhabit. Rather I think of them as 'artifacts', rescued than as daily writing tools.

 

An possible exception is one, little, 'snake/lizard skin, "Swan" that seduced me with its many charms! (chewed end and all)!! 😄

 

 

Thanks for your virtual companionship over the year @essayfaire It's been good fun. I hope we share more interesting topics and discussions in 2023.

Happy New Year

Cheers, Gary T

(Pale.Ink.Tom)

 

Ps..finished "MIddlemarch" and it has gone to the list of, 'my top 10' books. A George Eliot masterpiece, in my personal experience.

 

[essayfaire]

17 hours ago, Pale.Ink.Tom said:

Compliments of the Season @essayfaire

I hope you and your loved ones are safe and happy where you live, I assume somewhere in Nth America. A 'White Christmas' that looks a little too white for my liking!

Thanks.  I live in the part of North America where snow is a very rare thing that shuts everything down.  It was cold enough to snow here on Christmas, but it did not.  When it's that cold it might as well!

17 hours ago, Pale.Ink.Tom said:

Congratulations on your 'Mentmores'. A milestone moment using vintage pens from Gt. Britain. Both very good looking indeed!

 

Thank you.  I love the vintage Conway Stewart I have, too.  I have realized that vintage gold-nib pens are a much better deal than brand new gold-nib pens, if only I can find suitable inks that won't kill their sacs!  I like very saturated browns.

17 hours ago, Pale.Ink.Tom said:

Ps..finished "MIddlemarch" and it has gone to the list of, 'my top 10' books. A George Eliot masterpiece, in my personal experience.

See??? I think it is rare to find someone who reads it and then does not consider it in their top ten!

 

Snakeskin on a vintage Swan!  Seems so un-British, but it works!  Glad you are enjoying it!

[Paul-in-SF]

19 hours ago, Pale.Ink.Tom said:

Ps..finished "MIddlemarch" and it has gone to the list of, 'my top 10' books. A George Eliot masterpiece, in my personal experience.

 

Hmm, I was sure I had read this many years ago when I was plowing through the classics (so much Trollope, so little time), but I don't remember anything about it. I'll have to try it again to see what I missed. 

[essayfaire]

Here's the new non-singing one: