What pen are you waiting for in the mail?

[AV8R210]

Is it just me, or does it seem to take way too long for USPS and /or U.S. Customs to clear and deliver pens coming from the UK and Europe to the U.S?

 

Royal Mail and Deutche Post tracking web sites show the pens arriving at JFK within a few days of mailing. Then the trail stops, goes cold, and the long wait begins.

[Penne Stilografiche]

As of right now I waiting for a solid gold Waterman 552, a Parker Vacumatic junior, a Parker 61 pen and pencil set w/ rainbow caps, a "first edition" Parker 61, another Parker 61, a Parker 51 pen and pencil set, and 2 Wearever Pennants.

[muskokabrian]

Waiting on a Pelikan 400 nn in tortoise with a fine nib. This is the pen I've most desired since I developed an interest in fountain pens a couple of years ago and it took me quite awhile of hunting around and bidding on ebay before I was finally able to get one at a price I felt was both reasonable and in my budget. Very excited about it.

[falarcon]

A Conid First Production Run Sleek Bulk Filler Stermline Demo with a M titanium nib!

 

[muskokabrian]

A Conid First Production Run Sleek Bulk Filler Stermline Demo with a M titanium nib!

 

That's a very cool looking pen! What is a bulk filler?

[alc3261]

It is a system which allows a very large capacity of ink, the rod you can see pulls right out of the back and when you push it back in the pen fills. It is a bit like the Visconti Powerfiller or the TWSBI Vac.

[whitedot]

Tortoise 400NN with factory BB stub and 450 from Jorge!

 

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[athenian]

A Pelikan M205 in black with medium nib. Can't wait. Hope the medium nib is not too wide.

[century]

Just completed purchasing....

 

Conway Stewart Churchill in Classic Black with Silver Trim.

 

Cant wait !

[Gloucesterman]

Blue F-C 27 with a fine nib and an "ink ball" additional section.

 

Should be here by Saturday.

[shuuemura]

A 18K gold-filled Cross Townsend with a BB nib from the 1990's when it was still made in the USA. Also, a new Sheaffer Legacy medium size nib unit to fit onto my Sheaffer Sterling Silver Legacy pen. Finally, two Jinhao 159 pens. Oh, the anticipation is killing me....

Edited September 6, 2013 by shuuemura

[msnovtue]

Oh... somebody stop me. I shouldn't have, but I did.

 

 

S. T. Dupont Pharaoh LE.

 

 

Ebay is evil.

[TSherbs]

Tortoise 400NN with factory BB stub and 450 from Jorge!

 

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2853/9506108673_13d485ee3f_b.jpg

suuweeet

[WOBentley]

Nakaya long 17mm cigar with custom music nib by Mr. Mottishaw...4 months down... .?? To go

Two pens from FPN's own Tortoise

A Snakeskin pattern vintage pen via another FPNer...

A Franklin Cristoph Bellus in red with a Masayuma 0.8mm CI

Guess I went a bit off the edge too!

Edited September 7, 2013 by WOBentley

[debraji]

A Platinum Century 3776 Bourgogne, F.

[Centopar]

I am waiting for a Waterman 54 in BCHR. I bought it for the nib: it's an Ideal BB stub with full flex. With a keyhole breather. I am so excited about it that my heartrate has actually gone up since I started writing this post.

[Valek]

I have a TWSBI Vac 700 fine nib coming in for everyday lecture note taking and writing. Should be arriving tomorrow or the day after. Bit boring but its a solid daily writer that can hopefully stand up to some minor abuse.

[pencils+pens]

Visconti Opera Elements Water from IguanaSell. Going on two weeks now - it is coming in from Europe, which is something I didn't know when I ordered it.

[tijntje]

I bid €7,50 on a parker 45 to add it to my workhorse collection. This was on a local fleamarket site. The seller emailed me to tell me he wanted €10 for it, postage included. I replied that was fine by me if he would sell another pen he had for sale to me for €25, $33. That other pen was advertised as "old parker with gold nib". It's a vacumatic that to me seemed to be in excellent optical condition, green striated and the nib seemed perfect. I'm very excited by what I hope is a sumgai, although I tell myself that the pen may well be a useless bit of celluloid, or break in the mail..

[The Blue Knight]

Parker Sonnet from a nib exchange. But because of the UK's postal service is so crummy it's been in the post for 5 days and sill no sine.