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  1. 1. How many fountain pens do you have?


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Just voted....it's a secret though.

 

On a side note...@ justdaveyb...what program did you use to make your pen collection flow chart...I WANT THAT!!

 

Seriously,if you could please PM me with the info so as not to distract from this thread..

 

Thanks,

 

Rick

 

Edit...never mind, just went to your blog, my answer is there...cool, and of course it's OSX/iOS!!

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Download Freemind or xMind from the net. These are free and help you draw some nifty mindmaps. The theory is that mind is much more amenable to graphical and two dimensional information such as a map rather than a sequential list. Mindmap help planar layout of your concepts, thoughts and ideas.

 

Brahmam

 

 

 

 

 

Just voted....it's a secret though.

 

On a side note...@ justdaveyb...what program did you use to make your pen collection flow chart...I WANT THAT!!

 

Seriously,if you could please PM me with the info so as not to distract from this thread..

 

Thanks,

 

Rick

 

Edit...never mind, just went to your blog, my answer is there...cool, and of course it's OSX/iOS!!

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more than 50

Pens are like watches , once you start a collection, you can hardly go back. And pens like all fine luxury items do improve with time

 

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georges zaslavsky Museum Piece

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more than 50

 

Off topic: Are you by any chance the author of a book on Hamiltonian Chaos?

No, I am not. Here is the link to the person who wrote the Hamilton Chaos, it was Georges Moisevitch Zaslavsky http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_M._Zaslavsky. My other family name is Merkel, however one of my cousins who was studying at the A&M University of Texas and who was preparing back then a mba met him at one of his conferences.

Pens are like watches , once you start a collection, you can hardly go back. And pens like all fine luxury items do improve with time

 

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more than 50

 

Off topic: Are you by any chance the author of a book on Hamiltonian Chaos?

No, I am not. Here is the link to the person who wrote the Hamilton Chaos, it was Georges Moisevitch Zaslavsky http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_M._Zaslavsky. My other family name is Merkel, however one of my cousins who was studying at the A&M University of Texas and who was preparing back then a mba met him at one of his conferences.

 

Unfortunate! I could have used your (I mean, his) help on few issues, I am stuck with in chaos. Looks like have to do more calculations all by myself and so need more pens. :puddle:

Selling: Oversize Sheaffer Balance Pencil (ca. 1934).

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Just passed 50. 51 to be exact.

 

Loving the chart, what program did you use?

 

An app called Mindnode. It is very simple but elegant.

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Here's my question, for those with more than 500 pens: what storage method or system do you use? And are you happy with it?

 

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eo

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The important thing is not to stop questioning. --Albert Einstein

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How many fountain pens do you have?

 

I have no idea how many I have but I do know that if I get a few more pens, I'll be closer to having enough.

 

"Enough" is a figure I am approaching asymptotically ;)

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The statistics looks, as expected, Gaussian. However, there is this interesting patch of 30-50 pen-range: number of members in this range is smaller than the numbers in 10-30 and 50-100 ranges. Either this could be an artifact of not-so-scientific binning of data which has been chosen or the fact that this 30-50 range is a kind of unstable state: once a collector is in this range more often than not he/she tends to acquire more pens. More data/votes may help understand this.

Selling: Oversize Sheaffer Balance Pencil (ca. 1934).

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A mere 12 currently but there is an Edison Collier on its way to me very soon (hopefully). As that will make an "unlucky 13" looks like I have an excellent excuse to start eyeing up my next purchase :ltcapd:

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Oh, dear. I hate it when I'm force to face my addiction.

 

The last time I answered this question, I think I had ~50 pens. Now...

 

My pen storage cabinet holds 64 pens: full, plus a few skinny pens are two to a slot.

 

My Levenger 12-pen display is full of colorful Lamy's (mostly Safaris with a few Al-Stars).

 

I have a twenty or so pens in another storage drawer.

 

Then there are the two desk pens and the 6-7 inked pens I carry with me.

 

Yup, that's over 100. Currently, my most expensive is a CS Bespoke. Many were in the $50-150 range, but there are a good number of Lamys and cheaper Pilots, etc.

 

Every time I think I'll sell some pens (like my Pelikan M2xx demos, which I haven't used in several years), I start to think about how sorry I might be down the road that I didn't keep them.

 

Sigh...

Kristi

 

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Ask me about my purple pen addiction.

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Not enough yet...but of course my wife says I have too many...

(Unfortunately) I also collect tobacco pipes, and she also cannot understand why I need to have more and more...

Ladies...

Excuse me if you are among the exceptions:)

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I have about 12, including one cranky old Montblanc that drives me nuts, a Lamy Vista, a Pelikano JR that I hate cause it's too big and my beloved Mabie Todd. Of course, I am going shopping on Wed so that number will probably go up soon.

I also just enabled a co-worker who admired my Lamy but balked at the price. When I showed her the Pelikano she liked everything but the color so I am getting her a red one.

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I have 11 pens, and still want MOAR pens! I have 3 pens in regular rotation though, plus one that's always on a pad of paper in the living room, next to the phone.

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