What pen are you waiting for in the mail?

[inkstainedruth]

This one:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PELIKAN-BLACK-GREEN-GOLD-FOUNTAIN-PEN-EXCELLENT-CONDITION-/111386301228?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=YBygMBx5dbrqjipBqsMo5PfkX2g%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

So, the pen came yesterday afternoon. I think it's a 100, from doing a little research online (found a website where someone was selling what looks just like this only the length is listed as being a tad different -- but the angled shape of the cap ring is the same. I thought the nib was going to be a B, but it actually appears to be an italic! The nib is marked as what looks to me to be "1 0" or "1 O").

Oh, and mine actually says "W. Germany" on the band. Don't remember about my 200 with the Bayer logo on it (apparently a corporate gift pen originally), but I"m pretty sure that the 400 just says "Germany". Anyone know offhand if that's a way to narrow down the date on the pen? Or is this something for the Pelikan forum (or actually getting photos to the woman at Pelikan that I was in contact with to get info about the 200)?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Keyless Works]

Well I bought the big one, a 1938 OMAS Extra Lucens oversize:

 

 

[damonism]

The Pilot Vanishing Point arrived from Japan. It was so quick eBay isn't yet letting me provide feedback on the seller!

 

It's a really nice pen. Lighter than I imagined, but solid feeling. It came with a CON-20 converter, but is currently inked with the cartridge it came with (because I thought attempting to use the CON-20 for the first time after a couple of beers last night was potentially a recipe for disaster).

 

Having read a lot about how fine Japanese nibs are, I got a medium, and it's quite a lot thicker than I expected. Not bad, just a bit surprising.

 

Now I'm even more keen to get my Metros to see how they compare (especially the fine).

[Earthdawn]

It arrived

 

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac10/thevaporcafe/VP66_zps0bd86d48.jpg

 

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac10/thevaporcafe/VP34_zps64a239b5.jpg

[JoeyZ]

Pilot VP f yellow - - my first VP (and I have only been lusting over one for 15 years or so... Talk about delayed gratification!)

[crbrown]

My Lamy 2000m arrived but what was supposed to be a fine nib turned out to be an oblique medium. probably sending off for a Pendleton grind.

[betweenthelens]

pearlescent Bayard

[logantrky]

MB 149 75th Anniv in BB nib & MB 149 90th Anniv

[cjseibold]

Not a pen, but a Pilot leather pen wrap. Been waiting for a month so far. Damn international shipping. Should be here in a couple of days, I'm told....

[The Blue Knight]

Ordered a Sheaffer VFM today, A pen I didn't need but hey it cost less the a tenner.

[trdsf]

Not waiting on a pen per se but am waiting on a selection of sacs and other restorational pieces-parts... which will be enough to bring at least four and as many as seven pens to full functionality: two Sheaffers, and one each Esterbrook, Wearever, Conklin, Arnold and Cascade. So in a weird way, I'm waiting for pens I already own.

[SweetCaroline]

I'm waiting for my first fountain pen!

It's a Pelikan M200, medium nib,

Green Marble. Hoping it ships Monday....

 

I am most definitely not waiting patiently...

Hee Hee!

 

Carolyn

[Thier.]

I've found (and bought !!!!!) a splendid Parker Vacumatic Blue stipes on a second hand website. The seller being on holidays, I'll have to wait 2 weeks before getting it .....

But well, I'm thinking about the next one .... :

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/267952-which-one-will-be-your-next-fountain-pen/

[dms525]

A Stipula Etruria in "Champagne" celluloid with a 1.1 mm italic nib from Bryant.

 

A Conway Stewart Belliver in "Nebula" resin with an IM nib from Couronne du Comte, which is having an FPN discount right now. The Belliver, my favorite CS model, is being discontinued. This makes me unhappy, but Dennis has it discounted, so (reasonable price - discount - FPN discount) = incredible bargain!

 

Not a pen, but I have ordered several different pen carrying items from a brand new manufacturer/vendor: www.NockCo.com. They make some novel designs in attractive colors. I couldn't resist, even though I need another pen case like I need another pen, or a hole in the head.

 

David

[siouxsie311]

I am waiting for a Pelikan M200 fine nib in black. I'm really excited in trying this pen out!

[lehrer07]

Platinum #3776 Century Chartres EF, not sure if it will be a numbered edition or not...

[SweetCaroline]

Now I'm also waiting for a Levenger L-Tech ...

[Yaakova]

Noodler's Ahab Flex Nib and a vintage Sheaffer Triumph Imperial 444.

[tringle]

Aristokrat (gigante) almost 14 cm

Grieshaber lapis blue flat top

Sheaffer nail head lifetime flat top

Gold Bond twist filler.

 

[Tasmith]

Waiting for the return of a MB 146 nib exchange. Medium for a fine.