“Silver” and “Gold” Pen Club

[GlenV]

Wow that’s the second one I’ve ever seen, a Skyline ANYONE would love to have congrats 

[Penguincollector]

6 hours ago, Baka1969 said:

 

It's a Hero 395 and the bottom is there to help it secure when posting. It's also somewhat decorative. Overall it's a better looking than performing pen. 

  I thought that was the Hero plum blossom on the clip, but my eyes are not great. I do like the secure post feature, as a serial pen poster. Some pens are more decorative than performative, it’s unfortunate.

 

2 hours ago, cherylmarie said:

I usually prefer pretty vintage celluloids, but there are 3 metal pens I've retained for my collection. All were "sumgais" and they are all great writers!  

Parker Cisele Sterling 75

Eversharp Skyline Command Performance solid 14k

Mont Blanc Turbo brushed steel

  Nice set of sumgais!  The Eversharp is beautiful, and 75 Ciselés are one of my favorites. I haven’t seen that MB before- it’s really cool!

[Tashi_Tsering]

Montegrappa Reminiscence (round version, late 1980th)

 

 

 

 

[Baka1969]

3 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

  I thought that was the Hero plum blossom on the clip, but my eyes are not great. I do like the secure post feature, as a serial pen poster. Some pens are more decorative than performative, it’s unfortunate.

 

  Nice set of sumgais!  The Eversharp is beautiful, and 75 Ciselés are one of my favorites. I haven’t seen that MB before- it’s really cool!

 

I'm a poster also. To the point that a pen that won't post is practically a deal breaker. My Faber -Castell e-Motion is claimed to be able to post. Nope. Making it unusable to me. Too bad, it's a brilliant looking pen.

 

[Bo Bo Olson]

2 hours ago, Tashi_Tsering said:

Montegrappa Reminiscence (round version, late 1980th)

nice lighter and ciggie case also.

 

[Bo Bo Olson]

50 minutes ago, Baka1969 said:

I'm a poster also. To the point that a pen that won't post is practically a deal breaker.

Me too, I find medium=small, standard and medium-long/large pens to have the best balances.

Back in the day of One Man, One Pen, and one bought a new pen every decade....a pen was normally posted from my memory and had to have great balance or one went from being a Ford man to being a Chevie man, changing brands for the next decade of use.

 

The only large pen I've found to have great balance was the thin Snorkel. The P-45 has very good balance for a large pen.

The large 146...misses. But the medium-large '48-60 146 has great balance. The Pelikan 600's has great balance also.

[Checklist]

You know, I'm a little surprised that we're seven pages in and the Parker 50 Falcon hasn't shown up yet.  I'd post pictures of mine if I hadn't already sold it...

[Tashi_Tsering]

26 minutes ago, Bo Bo Olson said:

nice lighter and ciggie case also.

 

Thanks! I have small collection of vintage lighters and I like silver

[Tashi_Tsering]

Louis Cartier and Must de Cartier fountain pens.
 

And vintage Cartier lighter 

[Bo Bo Olson]

No picture, a month ago a neighbor bought and sold to me a P15, P-50 and a P-51. She boutht for €12 and sold to me for €20.........Looking only at the 51, I opened my mouth

up to say €30, but 20 came out.

It did take a while to find out what a P-15 & 50 were.

[Penguincollector]

5 hours ago, Tashi_Tsering said:

Montegrappa Reminiscence (round version, late 1980th)

 

 

 

 

  That trio! 

[Penguincollector]

2 hours ago, Checklist said:

You know, I'm a little surprised that we're seven pages in and the Parker 50 Falcon hasn't shown up yet.  I'd post pictures of mine if I hadn't already sold it...

 I would love to see pictures, even if it’s found a new home. 

[Penguincollector]

2 hours ago, Tashi_Tsering said:

Louis Cartier and Must de Cartier fountain pens.
 

And vintage Cartier lighter 

 Oh wow. The Cartier display at my jeweler’s shop was the “look but don’t touch” section for young Penguin. I wanted the Trinity and the Pasha and a tiara so badly.

[Baka1969]

7 hours ago, Bo Bo Olson said:

Me too, I find medium=small, standard and medium-long/large pens to have the best balances.

Back in the day of One Man, One Pen, and one bought a new pen every decade....a pen was normally posted from my memory and had to have great balance or one went from being a Ford man to being a Chevie man, changing brands for the next decade of use.

 

The only large pen I've found to have great balance was the thin Snorkel. The P-45 has very good balance for a large pen.

The large 146...misses. But the medium-large '48-60 146 has great balance. The Pelikan 600's has great balance also.

I have four of the 146 pens dating from the early 1970s to the early 2000s and I find them well balanced except the back weighted Doue sterling silver. 

 

I think one of my best balanced pens is my vintage Parker 51. It posts amazingly and feels great in the hand. I can see why it was so popular in its heyday. 

 

I have an early Pelikan M600 that is sized like the M400 and one of the great things about it is the balance and light weight. 

 

The Lamy 2000 is another well balanced pen when posted. 

 

The Pilot Elite is another pen that is brilliant when posted. Both the modern and vintage styles. 

You're right, back in the one man, one pen days the pen manufacturers had to get it right or else risk complete failure.   

[Tashi_Tsering]

8 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

 Oh wow. The Cartier display at my jeweler’s shop was the “look but don’t touch” section for young Penguin. I wanted the Trinity and the Pasha and a tiara so badly.

I deliberately don’t go to jewelry stores so as not to start wanting something super expensive

[Tashi_Tsering]

Montegrappa Oriental Zodiac Snake in silver. 

[Bo Bo Olson]

7 hours ago, Tashi_Tsering said:

Montegrappa

I saw a super large one, in a live auction with it's very own teak temple. It was large enough that one's secretary follows behind one with it on a silk pillow.

 

I had the two handed pen in hand, but thought the tiny MB149 to be then, too big for me.

 

[Tashi_Tsering]

15 minutes ago, Bo Bo Olson said:

I saw a super large one, in a live auction with it's very own teak temple. It was large enough that one's secretary follows behind one with it on a silk pillow.

This one isn't that big. I have larger Monegrappas that really need a secretary and pillow I will show them later. 

[Penguincollector]

9 hours ago, Tashi_Tsering said:

Montegrappa Oriental Zodiac Snake in silver. 

  Oh wow, the sliversmith work on it is so intricate! Is that a cabochon emerald on the clip?

 

9 hours ago, Tashi_Tsering said:

I deliberately don’t go to jewelry stores so as not to start wanting something super expensive

Same, same. My life is very different now than it was when I was a wee penguin.

[Tashi_Tsering]

3 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

Is that a cabochon emerald on the clip?

I'm not sure, but I think it's green agate. But definitely not an emerald.