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Like many of you, I have a drawer full of empty pen boxes. When I get a pen in box I pull then pen and put it in my pen portfolios, and store the box.

 

You'd think that the box would just be clutter I'd never look at again, but I realised just recently when choosing between a pen without box and a pen with box that I LIKE to have the original packaging - it is a bit of history and adds to the 'feel' of the pen for me, even if I rarely look at the box again.

 

How about you guys - box, or no box, or does it make no difference?

 

And if you do get a box with a pen, do you store it, putting a note inside as to which pen belongs there, or (horrors) do you toss it in the bin without a second thought?

 

Bill

(who has a basement room filled with all the stereo boxes he's ever had)

Bill Spohn

Vancouver BC

"Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence"

 

Robert Fripp

https://www.rhodoworld.com/fountain-pens.html

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I throw some duplicate boxes out & keep one of each design for "if I sell purposes". As fickle as I am with keeping pens, I doubt I would ever sell all my pens from a particular brand, so I really don't need all the boxes.

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I give most of my boxes to my 6 year old nephew. I also have been buying yellow color fountain pens especially for him - I will start giving him the pens when he is about 14-15 years of age. Ohh.. his favourite color is yellow!!!

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I give most of my boxes to my 6 year old nephew. I also have been buying yellow color fountain pens especially for him - I will start giving him the pens when he is about 14-15 years of age. Ohh.. his favourite color is yellow!!!

 

Ah, but by then his favorite color will have changed . . .

 

I have all the boxes for my modern pens, which is down to only a couple at this point. I think I may even have an extra Pelikan box. I sold most of my modern pens, so the boxes came in hand for that.

 

Most of my vintage pens do not have boxes. I have been know to buy just the box without the pen, in the case of the brands I collect.

 

If anyone has a Charles Ingersoll box, please let me know.

 

John

So if you have a lot of ink,

You should get a Yink, I think.

 

- Dr Suess

 

Always looking for pens by Baird-North, Charles Ingersoll, and nibs marked "CHI"

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Most of mine are on a shelf in the workshop.

 

Not these however -

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/ruaidhri/a-Navy-Pinstripes.jpg

 

or these -

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/ruaidhri/a-Parkers-Sheaffer.jpg

 

:D

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I keep boxes. I love boxes and am a terrible packrat.

 

OT: My latest find is an Ineeka Tea tin (picture here http://www.spiritedthought.com/category/innovation/ ) --- I'm hoping this will work out for the external pouch for my laptop bag to hold my power adapter and some other odds-n-ends.

 

And, yes, I keep all of my pen boxes as you might guess from my new avatar.

 

William

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I always keep the manufacturer's boxes, in case I decide to sell the pen at a later date.

Yes, me too.

 

And then there are some boxes that are just plain nice to keep... ;)

 

Warm regards, Wim

the Mad Dutchman
laugh a little, love a little, live a lot; laugh a lot, love a lot, live forever

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I find myself keeping boxes for ink too -- just in case. I will remove the ink from the boxes though.

 

Stephen

Current Favorite Inks

Noodlers La Reine Mauve Noodlers Walnut

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Actually, I prefer briefs to boxers. Teen-age son prefers boxers as did his grandad. Wonder if it is just generational rebellion?

 

Just can't imagine why so many women responded to a post addressed to guys. :unsure:

 

Andy

 

 

(so sorry, I should have resisted)

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I keep em all, pen boxes, ink boxes, camera boxes, computer boxes, audio boxes. Well actually not all - I don't keep any bike or bike component boxes now that I think about it.

 

Jim

Jim Couch

Portland, OR

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Although I do not hesitate to buy a pen without a box, I keep the boxes I do get. I have my pen boxes boxed in larger boxes, all placed where I can get to them in my garage. In the last five years, I have relocated three times and I dragged those boxes with me every time. I collect pens, not boxes - but sometimes I wonder.

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Greetings all,

 

Will not buy without a box, (unless it is a very unique vintage pen), and not only do I keep the boxes, but I keep the pens in them too! I guess I'm just a maniac. :)

 

I can prove I'm a maniac too; because not only do I keep the pens in their boxes, but I also keep them stored on end so the pen is always vertical- even the ones that have no ink in them.

 

Does this prove my insanity or not? :blink:

 

Regards to all,

 

Sean

corniche

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