“Silver” and “Gold” Pen Club

[Tashi_Tsering]

4 minutes ago, Bo Bo Olson said:

Another fine looking pen.

Thanks! I definitely like the look

[Mercian]

My only pens that are gold or silver are all Parker 75s:

 

 

Top to bottom:

Parker 75 Place Vendôme in Grain d’Orge ballpoint (), made in France in 1988 Q3;

Parker 75 Place Vendôme in Grain d’Orge FP (14k ‘M’ nib), made in France in either Q1 of 1984 or Q3 of 1988;

Parker 75 Ciselé Sterling silver (14k ‘F’), made in USA in early-mid 1970s.

 

And now, here they are with their points out:

 

 

The silver pen is elegant in appearance; a ‘timeless’ classic.

The gold-plated pens are more eye-catching, and tend rather too much toward the ‘blingy’ end of the aesthetic spectrum for my taste. I won’t be getting rid of them though, as they hold sentimental value for me.

 

I also have a few pens that are made of (or clad in) stainless steel.

I don’t yet have a photo of those, so will try to remember to take one in daylight tomorrow and then post it here. If, that is, we get much in the way of daylight….

 

[Penguincollector]

16 minutes ago, Mercian said:

My only pens that are gold or silver are all Parker 75s:

 

 

Top to bottom:

Parker 75 Place Vendôme in Grain d’Orge ballpoint (), made in France in 1988 Q3;

Parker 75 Place Vendôme in Grain d’Orge FP (14k ‘M’ nib), made in France in Q3 of either 1984 or 1988;

Parker 75 Ciselé Sterling silver (14k ‘F’), made in USA in early-mid 1970s.

 

And now, here they are with their points out:

 

 

The silver pen is elegant in appearance; a ‘timeless’ classic.

The gold-plated pens are more eye-catching, and tend rather too much toward the ‘blingy’ end of the aesthetic spectrum for my taste. I won’t be getting rid of them though, as they hold sentimental value for me.

 

I also have a few pens that are made of (or clad in) stainless steel.

I don’t yet have a photo of those, so will try to remember to take one in daylight tomorrow and then post it here. If, that is, we get much in the way of daylight….

 

  I find the Grain d’ Orge beautiful, but I can see how one would consider it a bit much. The Ciselé pattern is my favorite. I have an early US vermeil, but haven’t gotten around to purchasing the silver. I saw a picture of a 45 prototype and a Duofold International and they’re both just as pretty.  Hope you get some light to take your pictures. 

[ThriveCelebrated]

Montblanc Boheme, barleycorn sterling silver with blue stone.

 

 

 

 

[Penguincollector]

Beautiful Bohéme, @ThriveCelebrated! Those always look to me like they should have a lever for some reason. The ble stone on the clip is a lovely touch. 

[ThriveCelebrated]

Thank you, Penguincollector. What is it about the Boheme that calls for a lever? I am reading it as lever filler. The Boheme is such a petit pen, that a lever would be the size of the clip. Now that the thought is in my head...

[inkstainedruth]

I dunno about that.  I have a number of vintage ringtops (mostly Morrisons, but also a Mabie Todd Swan) and they are all lever fillers....  And pretty sure the lever boxes on THOSE aren't as big as the lever boxes on slightly bigger pens like the Esterbrook SJ pens.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[ThriveCelebrated]

18 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

I dunno about that.  I have a number of vintage ringtops (mostly Morrisons, but also a Mabie Todd Swan) and they are all lever fillers....  And pretty sure the lever boxes on THOSE aren't as big as the lever boxes on slightly bigger pens like the Esterbrook SJ pens.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

Thank you, Ruth. I don't have any vintage references, and the one lever filler I have is a modern Leonardo. I fumble with the lever every time I refill that pen, and it hasn't occurred to me that lever boxes could be smaller.

[Bo Bo Olson]

11 minutes ago, ThriveCelebrated said:

I fumble with the lever

Depends on what you grew up with...I started with a lever pen, think It was a Wearever or a Sheaffer school pen, in it wasn't as pretty as the pretty Esterbrok era that I just missed. My only then Esterbrook was one of them dull pressed plastic, metal topped pens that were no different out side of a screw out nib, from a Wearever.

I never had to worry about that screw out nib of the Esterbrook, it like all my pens and Jotters were stolen within that school year.

We were too poor to have my school fountain pen engraved with my name....so they were all stolen.

By 7th grade I was always borrowing other's expensive cartridges....until the coming of the Bic saved me.

[RedPie]

😊

[Bo Bo Olson]

I got the urge to show mine...almost forgetting I had. Had to go back and make sure...it did refresh my memory.

There are so many very nice to greatly beautiful pens out there.

[Penguincollector]

On 1/28/2024 at 6:13 PM, ThriveCelebrated said:

Thank you, Penguincollector. What is it about the Boheme that calls for a lever? I am reading it as lever filler. The Boheme is such a petit pen, that a lever would be the size of the clip. Now that the thought is in my head...

   Something about it just seems like it would, I don’t really know how to describe it. I have a tiny Peter Pan lever filler, so I didn’t take size into consideration. 

 

4 hours ago, RedPie said:

😊

  Ooh, I like the Rose Gold 159(?)! What’s the third pen?  The pattern reminds me of old celluloid. 

[RedPie]

1 hour ago, Penguincollector said:

Ooh, I like the Rose Gold 159(?)! What’s the third pen?  The pattern reminds me of old celluloid. 

 

Yes, the rose gold is a 159. The one on the right is a JInhao 250. 

[Penguincollector]

4 hours ago, Bo Bo Olson said:

I got the urge to show mine...almost forgetting I had. Had to go back and make sure...it did refresh my memory.

There are so many very nice to greatly beautiful pens out there.

  There are so many beautiful pens, it’s lovely to see them all- yours included. I hope to see more of yours in the various color threads when they come back from Francis’ Pen Spa. 

[Penguincollector]

57 minutes ago, RedPie said:

Yes, the rose gold is a 159. The one on the right is a JInhao 250. 

  The clip is really neat on the 250. I can see the branding on the cap ring and the clip now that the readers are on my face. 

[penwarrior32]

On 1/27/2024 at 8:25 AM, Mercian said:

My only pens that are gold or silver are all Parker 75s:

 

 

Top to bottom:

Parker 75 Place Vendôme in Grain d’Orge ballpoint (), made in France in 1988 Q3;

Parker 75 Place Vendôme in Grain d’Orge FP (14k ‘M’ nib), made in France in either Q1 of 1984 or Q3 of 1988;

Parker 75 Ciselé Sterling silver (14k ‘F’), made in USA in early-mid 1970s.

 

And now, here they are with their points out:

 

 

The silver pen is elegant in appearance; a ‘timeless’ classic.

The gold-plated pens are more eye-catching, and tend rather too much toward the ‘blingy’ end of the aesthetic spectrum for my taste. I won’t be getting rid of them though, as they hold sentimental value for me.

 

I also have a few pens that are made of (or clad in) stainless steel.

I don’t yet have a photo of those, so will try to remember to take one in daylight tomorrow and then post it here. If, that is, we get much in the way of daylight….

 

Nice pens.

[Bo Bo Olson]

I stayed away from golden P-75's in they were vermeil or gold plated, in they were not the much sturdier rolled or filled gold. Buying used always brought with it the fear it was already wearing out. I could always only afford used.

 

My silver P-75 cost $22 real silver backed money dollars.....back in the day...The BX (base exchange/PX post exchange by the army) was some $3.00 cheaper than out on the civilian market.

A black and gold Snorkel cost if I remember correctly $14, in '71.

Snorkel was the King of Pens...that I was over when I got mugged by the silver P-75 brothers.

Back in that day to Americans, MB was an 'unknown' local German Market Pen and it had the nerve to sell for more in gold plate, than a Snorkel with rolled gold trim.....and Pelikan was too ugly and as expensive as a grown up's Snorkel back in my Esterbrook/Wearever school days.

[Penguincollector]

2 hours ago, Bo Bo Olson said:

stayed away from golden P-75's in they were vermeil or gold plated, in they were not the much sturdier rolled or filled gold. Buying used always brought with it the fear it was already wearing out. I could always only afford used.

  I was looking for the sterling P-75 when I bought the vermeil, which is gold filled over sterling . It took my breath away.  Almost 60 years after production it’s still in excellent condition. 

[Bo Bo Olson]

1 hour ago, Penguincollector said:

vermeil

I had read as 'noobie' it wore very quickly...so stayed with cheap pens of plastic....I spent a long time as €25 max, before jumping over 30 and so on.

This is the pen where I jumped form 35 to €70, because of the sharp chasing.

After that it still took me a while to start crossing the 50 border.

I had never thought I'd get a BCHR pen, then a while later in my €70-100 max time, it rained BCHR pens.

 

 

[Penguincollector]

That’s such a stately pen, @Bo Bo Olson. I can see why you upped your budget. I can’t wait to do a black pen thread, I bet that will include some beauties!