Blue Pen Club- Show Me Your Blue Pens!

[christam]

5 hours ago, Mercian said:

Does anyone here own a Parker ‘IM’ in ‘Monochrome Blue’?

They are indeed very blue pens.

 

I've got one I received a few months ago, courtesy of the Amazon Vine programme.  To my eyes it looks more like a "blurple" than a true blue but I freely admit my eyesight's not the best!

[mallymal1]

18 hours ago, Nyoko said:

 

 

Oh, that poor pen has seen better days! I think mine is heading for the same fate. The cap is shrinking around the area of the inner cap and you can see cracks developing. Well, we can enjoy these beautiful treasures while they last. Some celluloid pens last many years, while some deteriorate very early (like some of my Omas and Stipula pens!) but I guess none will last forever. It's good that we have the chance to appreciate and care for them for awhile.

 

 

 

A fine sentiment. These pens are around 80-90 years old, so that's not too bad a life span.

 

Is that a No. 35?

[mallymal1]

The last of my blue pens...I think.

I've really enjoyed hearding them all together, spending some time with them, and also enjoyed seeing other members blue pens. 💙

 

 

Left to right...

 

PenBBS 456 x 2, PenBBS 323 x 4, Pilot Stella, Pilot CH92, Pilot C74, Pilot Pocket ball pen, Pilot Crystal, Pilot Prera, Platinum Cool, Platinum Preppy, Sailor Pro Color.

[Nyoko]

5 hours ago, mallymal1 said:

 

A fine sentiment. These pens are around 80-90 years old, so that's not too bad a life span.

 

Is that a No. 35?

 

Thanks. My pen is a Duro No 26. The engraving is still visible on the barrel.

[Penguincollector]

5 hours ago, mallymal1 said:

The last of my blue pens...I think.

I've really enjoyed hearding them all together, spending some time with them, and also enjoyed seeing other members blue pens. 💙

 

 

Left to right...

 

PenBBS 456 x 2, PenBBS 323 x 4, Pilot Stella, Pilot CH92, Pilot C74, Pilot Pocket ball pen, Pilot Crystal, Pilot Prera, Platinum Cool, Platinum Preppy, Sailor Pro Color.

PenBBS 323s have been popping up a bunch in pen spaces and catching my eye lately. This grouping of pens is like a summer sky. The transparent blues with the gold furnishings are lovely, as are the stately looking Preras. I love the look of the Pilot Pocket ball pen, if there’s a fountain pen in that style, I need it!

[USG]

On 2/22/2023 at 2:37 AM, Penguincollector said:

So we had been talking about blue pens in the “What Pen Are You Using Today, in 2023” and there were lots of blue pen pictures posted. Here are mine. They run the gamut from hella cheap to expensive in the 1990s. The only one missing is my five below calligraphy pen.

 

Wow PGC. 50 Shades of Blue….  Very Nice…😃 👍

 

On 2/22/2023 at 10:38 AM, PAKMAN said:

Here are my Pelikan blues

Pelikans

M1000 with Newton blue lizard binde

M800 with Newton blue lizard binde

M800 LE Blue Ocean

M800 SE Blue-o-Blue FP and BP

M800 Blue stripe Sovereign FP, MP and BP

M600 Blue stripe Sovereign 

M400 Blue stripe Soverign

M200 blue demonstrator

 

Holy Brass Pistons Packman, A Scoop Of Pelikan Blues…. 😃 👍

 

[Penguincollector]

1 hour ago, USG said:

 

Wow PGC. 50 Shades of Blue….  Very Nice…😃 👍

 

 

Holy Brass Pistons Packman, A Scoop Of Pelikan Blues…. 😃 👍

 

Thank you, I hope you show off yours in this thread soon!

@PAKMAN’s  flock sure is impressive, hun‽ 

[dms525]

I thought I had a blue pen in my collection ...

 

 

 

 

 

I did.

 

David

[Misfit]

Ok, so which one is The blue one?

[dms525]

1 minute ago, Misfit said:

Ok, so which one is The blue one?

 

It's in there somewhere, I'm pretty sure. 🤣

 

[Penguincollector]

2 hours ago, dms525 said:

I thought I had a blue pen in my collection ...

 

 

 

 

 

I did.

 

David

Anyone see where on the floor my jaw ended up? 😘

[Runnin_Ute]

On 3/1/2023 at 9:35 PM, Penguincollector said:

Nice set of blues- I had trouble deciding between the two Al- stars you have and the ocean blue but ultimately got the ocean blue. The others will most likely end up with me eventually.

Both the Al Stars are SE pens. Petrol is a 2023 release and the Pacific around 2018 or 2019. I have a third Al Star that WAS the regular line when I bought it in 1998. It was made until 2013 I believe.  Raw aluminum finish.

[mallymal1]

9 hours ago, dms525 said:

I thought I had a blue pen in my collection ...

 

 

 

 

 

I did.

 

David

 

Wonderful, @dms525

 

How many years of collecting, do these pens represent?

[dms525]

6 hours ago, mallymal1 said:

 

Wonderful, @dms525

 

How many years of collecting, do these pens represent?

 

12

 

David

[Penguincollector]

12 hours ago, Runnin_Ute said:

Both the Al Stars are SE pens. Petrol is a 2023 release and the Pacific around 2018 or 2019. I have a third Al Star that WAS the regular line when I bought it in 1998. It was made until 2013 I believe.  Raw aluminum finish.

My local still has the Pacific; I didn’t realize that it was a SE- I’m a recent Lamy convert who used to find them hideous until fairly recently- I’ll get one next time I go!

[51ISH]

My modest few..

[Penguincollector]

They might be few in number, but the aesthetics pack a punch! 

[51ISH]

51 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

They might be few in number, but the aesthetics pack a punch! 

 

Thank you for your kind words.

 

The Platinum (2nd from the right) even in real life is such a deep blue it's almost black at first look. It reminds me of being on / over of deep water on the ocean. The Kaigelu second in from the right is too flashy and classy all at the same time 🙂 There must be an air leak in the cap somewhere as it drys out way too quickly.  I first saw a picture of one on this website and had to have one. The seller did offer a refund but I couldn't find one anywhere so decided to keep it just because I love the colour of the brown running through the blue on the cap and couldn't see anything like it back then,  (10 years or so)

Edited March 6, 2023 by 51ISH
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[GlenV]

Blue pens ahh so pretty here’s mine 

 

[Penguincollector]

@GlenV that Vac is spectacular, and the ring tops! I could see wearing a lovely blue silk sautoir with those, or a jaunty vest pocket chain. Oh, that Eversharp with the stripes, and, and….