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sonia_simone Collectors Item

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My beloved white tortoise Pel with Noodler's Golden Brown; Phileas F with Tahitian Pearl; Legacy II with Legal Lapis; Pel 200 with Levenger's Pinkly.

Isn't sanity really a one-trick pony, anyway? I mean, all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy . . . ooh hoo hoo hoo! . . . the sky's the limit!

--The Tick

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RyanL27 Vintage

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I'm using a new one today:

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i137/RYANL27/IMG_0004-6.jpg

 

It's a 1980's W. German m400 with an amazing 14k medium nib. I traded for this with a fellow FPNer, and I'm supremely happy. It came mint, and you can still see the barrel sticker (which I'll take off soon).

"I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them."

- Baruch Spinoza

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Blade Runner Donor Pen

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Nice pen Ryan! I've got a very similar 400 in brown cap and brown tortoise body.

Love that trimless section!

 

Here's what i used today -

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/jelb/IMG_4111.jpg

Montblanc Oscar Wilde wih Montblanc sepia. This one makes me smile when

I'm writing. Its nib is a joyful thing. :)

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RyanL27 Vintage

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:drool: Wow Jeen - my m400 may indeed be nice, but that Oscar Wilde is gorgeous! I love the cap and barrel combination - unique and classic all at the same time. Nice choice.

"I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them."

- Baruch Spinoza

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yoyology Mint

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I finally have my grandpa's Sheaffer back from OldGriz, and it's a joy. Here's a pic of my pocket protector and it's contents today.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/yoyology/Pens/Pocket.jpg

The FP is the aforementioned Sheaffer Jr, filled with Noodler's Ottoman Azure.

The BP is a no-name garage sale pickup, made in Taiwan. I'm not fond of it, but it looks okay and I do like to have a BP for writing on thermal paper.

The lead holder is my preferred drawing pencil. It's old, but I know nothing about the manufacturer. The only marking on it is the number "5611" faintly engraved near the button. Currently, it's loaded with a 2H lead. I added the clip myself, stolen from a Pentel MP.

The eraser is a Pentel Clic.

Professional librarian and yo-yo expert

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jmk Near Mint

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Today I'm using my Namiki Wildflower with a medium nib and Sheaffer brown, ST Dupont Midnight Blue Orpheo with a Binderized medium nib and Omas blue, and Montblanc Boheme gold doue rollerball. I'm equipped for fun with any writing task today!

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monster NOS (New Old Stock)

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today I'm using:

 

Wality #69 with a Sheaffer M italic nib

 

Pelikan 150 with broad italic nib

 

 

several of my everyday pens are in desperate need of cleaning and service so my rotation is pretty slim

 

 

mike

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ibtuten Dipped Only

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Today it's gonna be a Rotring Freeway, strainless steel with a medium nib. After about 4 years of use, it's smoothed down to a beautiful medium-wet write. Feels like happiness :D

 

Sadly, my camera is kaputt and I can't find a good picture online :angry:

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Johnson Vintage

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Using and absolutely loving this purplish Waterman Phileas I bought from yiterp recently in the marketplace. This was one of the pens recommended to me as a great starter pen, and indeed it is! I would be quick to recommend a used Phileas to anyone looking to get into FP's, it writes extremely well and it a very good looking pen. It makes filling out bank forms fun! Also, it has made me realize I am more of an M nib writer then an F nib. I love those thick lines! Using Noodler's Blue-Black.

 

My daily user might change when I receive my Pelikan m205 demonstrator from Richard and the blue alphaplus from doc. :drool: :bunny1:

 

By the by, FPN has the best smilies on the internet, IMO. The Drool/Bunny1 combo is among the most satisfying I've encountered to emote almost any emotion.

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happiness isn't caused

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Johnson Vintage

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Today I'm using my Parker 45. This is the first time I've used this pen at work, and I absolutely love it. I've never written with a 51 before, but if the 45 is supposedly the budget version of the 51, then I know I'm in for a treat.

 

M Nib, Noodlers Blue-Black.

happiness isn't caused

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amin Extremely Rare

amin

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Received two "Big Red" Duofolds back from Richard this week. After his magic, they look great and are a joy to write with. I still appreciate modern pens, but more and more I find myself drawn to pens that my grandfather enjoyed.

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Dawn Rare

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Today I am using my MB Starwalker with blue/black ink, Estie LJ with Sonias Golden Greener, Sailor 1911 with Waterman Havanna and my Osmiroid italic pen with Parker black ..... practicing for the competition!

 

Dawn

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Blade Runner Donor Pen

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Hey Amin, good to see you back. :)

Today's companions -

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/jelb/IMG_4154.jpg

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Cross Century sterling RB, Aurora 88 fine with 1:1 Florida & South

Seas blue, 146. Binderized fine with Montblanc black, Omas Paragon

Milord, medium with Aurora blue.

The case is Levenger's Pen Parapet.

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French Vintage

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Today my 'new' Sheaffer Snorkel f 14K nib Noodler's red-black and my blue $27 pen M steel nib, Noodler's Legal Lapis

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Richard Antique

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I took the Waterman 452 out of my Piquadro yesterday, and into its slot I slipped a Newark-made Ingersoll ringtop with a marvelous semiflex nib:

 

http://www.richardspens.com/images/collection/zoomed/ingersoll_rt.jpg

 

The Piquadro's other slot, as always, is home to my double-jewel Blue Cedar "51":

 

http://www.richardspens.com/images/collection/zoomed/51_cedar_sterling.jpg

sig.jpg.2d63a57b2eed52a0310c0428310c3731.jpg

 

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amin Extremely Rare

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Hey Amin, good to see you back. :)

Jeen, thanks. My life has been crazy of late. Still try to look in as often as possible on the Parker forum, but haven't posted in a while. Things are getting better and I'll be around here more again :).

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Maja Donor Pen

Maja

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Today I'm using a navy blue Parker '17' Lady fountain pen with a great left oblique nib. I got it on Ebay with a few other writing instruments a while ago; it has a cracked cap but it doesn't bother me at all as the nib is so wonderful. :)

I can't remember which ink I filled it with a week or so ago :blush:

Vancouver (Canada) Pen Club (our website)

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monster NOS (New Old Stock)

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the pens I am using today are two I bought last week from Dennis.

 

Sheaffer Craftsman with a #5 Feather Touch nib - nice wet line and smooth

 

Esterbrook cartridge pen (unknown model) with a fine steel nib converted to an eyedropper - nice fairly wet line and unbelievably smooth.

 

both are exceptional writers and were in perfect working order. I am assuming that Dennis restored both of them. If so, great work Dennis.

 

 

mike

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jpolaski Extremely Rare

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Today's pen was a Midnight Blue Parker "51" aero with GF converging lines cap that I was finally able to eliminate a slow hood leak in with some shellac (thanks Dennis :))

 

It actually seems to write better now for it.

"The older I get, the more I realize I'm getting older".

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