What pen are you waiting for in the mail?

[ladyambrosia]

well..got my other pens. Now I am waiting on a Pink Lamy Safari.which I will use but keep hidden from some friends. They would never let me live it down that I bought a Pink pen.

[ClassicBlack]

I am waiting for a Deccan MP in the mail from India. I wanted to buy a very large eye dropper (my first) then customize the nib. It will either be a stub or a cursive italic. I just mailed out a Vanishing Point and a m215 to a fellow FPN member.

[handwriter]

My Soennecken arrived. My first truly flex nib. Wow!!!!

[orangeaurora]

I"m waiting on an orange Lamy Safari with a 1.5mm Italic nib.

 

I'm also waiting on an Aurora Mini Luna with an Italic nib.

 

 

Oh MY, the ANTICIPATION!

[beelzebub23]

I am waiting for a Namixin white jade fountain pen with a medium nib

[TWRDO]

I just ordered a 3-pen bundle of Pilot 78Gs. Now I need to decide on some ink...

[RitaCarbon]

Waterman LeMan 200, stubbed B nib. Bought it yesterday out of boredom, greed, or curiosity. Or to ease the pain of my miserable existance in this world...

 

While waiting for my LeMan to arrive, I have discovered a thread in which a LeMan owner cried terribly separated from the beloved pen...

 

That good, huh? I'll soon find out...

Edited February 10, 2010 by RitaCarbon

[cclewis76]

I am waiting on a Pilot Knight in burgundy with a medium nib. I have tried a Pelikan Pelikano (M), Waterman Phileas (M), Lamy Safari (F) to use as a daily writer and haven't been overly satisfied with any of them. I have read and heard so much about the Pilot Knight that I'm excited about it and think it might just be the daily writer I've been looking for.

I have a Parker 51 and love it, but it's a medium nib and a little too broad for me.

[jasperbob]

Waiting on a Namiki Falcon with Fine nib from Binders.

Barabra says it will be shipped this Saturday.

Great.

[BamaPen]

Waiting on a Pilot Namiki 78G with M nib in red - just for fun.

[21November]

Not waiting any more! Got it today, a mint '48 plum Parker "51" aerometric. Never been inked! It's a beautiful thing.

 

Speaking of which, do you guys hoard up pens like this or do you go ahead and use 'em?

 

After writing with my trusty red Lamy Safari for well over twenty years, last year I turned my collecting pursuits towards certain vintage fountain pens...mostly in the region of 30 to 50 years old...loving the 60's styling...and they're all great to write with...each has it's own special something about it that I like.

 

I work from home and hand write a lot of material...now I keep 10 or so inked up (with various inks) at all times and alternate through them all, every day...making the volumes I write out, an even more pleasurable task.

 

Having said that, I've also hoarded up a stash that I don't use and it seems I keep adding to that lot...don't quite know why...I think I might be hooked on the hunt, the anticipation of delivery from worldwide sources to me here in AU, the unveiling, and the first dip and scribble...leaving them uninked, untried? I'll be damned first.

 

I'd highly recommend using your pen or at least try it out...IMO, actually using a beautiful well preserved pen ranks amongst the finer joys in life...all but 3 of mine are mint and or were nos/uninked...and the three are beautiful for the character they display, something that only time and careful ownership could have imparted to them.

Edited February 11, 2010 by 21November

[trent]

A Bexley BX802 from Richard Binder. Good choice?

[TriggerT]

I received my Sailor Professional Gear black with a medium nib yesterday. WOW is it smooth.

[cutechocobos]

Parker Latitude GT

 

My friend's M nib was slightly smoother than my Sonnet, but has a definite sweet spot

[Alexander Winter]

Hero 110 fine 12k gold nib, and for only $10.00 - just arrived today and I am grateful.

[jkrewalk]

A Pilot Custom 823 Black Demonstrator. Initially it looks black but when you look closely the barrel is transparent!!!!

 

It is not available in America so I am waiting for it to arrive from Honk Kong.

 

To see and read about it CLICK HERE

 

JK

[Sailor Kenshin]

I always say I'm done buying pens. I should just clam up.

 

Waiting for a few inexpensive (will NOT say 'cheap' because all such pens have written beautifully and exceeded all expectations) Chinese pens from isellpens.

[davidjs]

Waiting on one of the NOS Merina's from Richard Binder, and a Sheaffer Balance from the marketplace here!

 

I'm cursing all of this Mid-Atlantic snow for keeping the post office from getting me my pens!

[Joe_Schmo]

I think the recent weather has slowed the mail here on the East Coast- anticipation for one pen has led to the buying of another, and then another.... Also, I'm quite the beginner (I own 2 pens) so I'm really trying to get a feel for what's out there. Without further delay:

 

1. A Cartelo 100

2. A set of three Wearevers. The ebay listing didn't give much info, but they look fairly clean, and I hear that they are nice for monkeying around with. And at $1.99, why not, right?

3. Sheaffer Lifetime in black and green. This pen looked pretty interesting, pretty vivid vertical stripes, and a two-toned nib.

4. Finally, one I was pleasantly surprised to get, a Parker Duofold Major Vac, in green and brown. I love the look of these pens, and this one has a replacement 14k nib with "a moderate amount of flex" - another FP first for me.

[Parkermaniac]

I am done with collecting but in a year, I might order some more Noodler's Black.

 

-Nate