Blue Pen Club- Show Me Your Blue Pens!

[amberleadavis]

11 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

Beautiful pens, @amberleadavis! Those Hinze pens are super fun!, and the more Franklin- Christophe pens  I’m shown, the more intriguing they look. Laban pens often leave me breathless .

 

Given a choice between the Laban pen and the Franklin-Christoph, I'd choose the F-C hands down.

 

My Hinze pens often contain F-C nibs.

[amberleadavis]

5 hours ago, Misfit said:

These are simply incredible. They are fun, beautiful, happy pens.  

 

The material is even cooler under black light.

[vicpen123]

My lot. Only five out of many more either black or red.

No particular interest in blue - just acquire what is available that interests me.

 

From the left:

 

Esterbrook J; Platignum Silverline (with unusual sloping chrome topped cap); Parker Vacuumatic; Platinum 3776 Chartres Blue; Parker UK Duofold Senior (35).

 

[Penguincollector]

That’s a beautiful group of blue pens, @vicpen123! Quality over quantity. 

[Penguincollector]

9 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

 

Given a choice between the Laban pen and the Franklin-Christoph, I'd choose the F-C hands down.

 

My Hinze pens often contain F-C nibs.

Your particular pen has such a great minimalistic design, yet the material has such depth. I hope to run into one at the pen show this summer. 

[amberleadavis]

1 hour ago, Penguincollector said:

Your particular pen has such a great minimalistic design, yet the material has such depth. I hope to run into one at the pen show this summer. 

 

It is comfortable for long periods of writing.

[Penguincollector]

1 hour ago, amberleadavis said:

 

It is comfortable for long periods of writing.

Nice!

[amberleadavis]

Monty Winnfield

 

[Misfit]

I got three pens in the mail today, including a blue one. The blue and green pens are Jinhao 82 pens. The other pen is a Nebula Eco in gray. 
 

[Penguincollector]

2 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

Monty Winnfield

 

I was going to ask you about this one! It’s so pretty! I’ve never heard of this brand or maker.

[Penguincollector]

3 hours ago, Misfit said:

I got three pens in the mail today, including a blue one. The blue and green pens are Jinhao 82 pens. The other pen is a Nebula Eco in gray. 
 

That powder blue and chrome(?) is nice! Are you going to leave as is or swap parts with the green?  Is the grey Nebula as warm as it looks on my screen? It looks almost beige (greige?) to me.

[Misfit]

I’m going to leave the pens as they came. Though I did order them 1.1mm stub nibs. Those and another pen haven’t arrived yet. The Nebula does seem to be a taupe gray. I just noticed the cap has Lanbitou on it. 

[AmandaW]

2 hours ago, Misfit said:

I’m going to leave the pens as they came. Though I did order them 1.1mm stub nibs. Those and another pen haven’t arrived yet. The Nebula does seem to be a taupe gray. I just noticed the cap has Lanbitou on it. 

This one?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33034754960.html

[Armo]

Wyvern Pixie

 

[Misfit]

1 hour ago, AmandaW said:

This one?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33034754960.html

(bleep) double (bleep). I massively overpaid for mine. $19.95. 🤬

[AmandaW]

7 minutes ago, Misfit said:

(bleep) double (bleep). I massively overpaid for mine. $19.95. 🤬

I am so sorry to hear that. The link I put up might have been in Australian dollars. Does that make it look any better?

 

I thought you were getting a Grey Nebula and they had sent you the Lanbitou by mistake.

[Misfit]

I think that website renamed it. Labintou is on the cap. AliExpress has it for less. Amazon has it for less. I just have to remember I’ve got some bargains in the past. No more impulse purchases. Need to sleep on them, or at least research them. 

[AmandaW]

3 minutes ago, Misfit said:

I think that website renamed it. Labintou is on the cap. AliExpress has it for less Amazon has it for less. I just have to remember I’ve got some bargains in the past. No more impulse purchases. Need to sleep on them, or at least research them. 

Did you think it was a grey Nebula you were ordering? And they sent you a Lanbitou instead? If so, they have to replace or refund it. That's not fair.

[Misfit]

13 minutes ago, AmandaW said:

Did you think it was a grey Nebula you were ordering? And they sent you a Lanbitou instead? If so, they have to replace or refund it. That's not fair.

I checked the website. In one photo of the “Nebula” you can see Labintou on the cap. The seller is in Slovenia, so I won’t be returning it. Lesson learned. They use a countdown clock to manipulate you. They have the same price, and countdown clock now. 

[Penguincollector]

  I just came home with this lovely Cross Century II in translucent blue with chrome trim and steel Fine nib. My husband is the world’s biggest enabler. He was going to his hobby shop and asked if there was anything I was looking at over at the stationery shop; of course there was! 
  While I was originally looking for the same pen in rose gold trim, I had tried this one out when I bought the Wanderlust but  kept thinking about it for months.