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Hey, you are looking pretty good too! Hello~~! :roflmho:

 

Is that the last Sheaffer?

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I'm enjoying this thread far more than I think I should!

 

If only my handwriting looked half as good...hence my preference for firm stubs / CIs.

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This is my favorite of all your Ex-es (love at first sight! :roflmho: )

 

 

Is that from the Eversharp or the Swan?

 

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http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/Scans/photobucket-763-1336627580599.jpg

 

 

 

Hey, you are looking pretty good too! Hello~~! :roflmho:

 

Is that the last Sheaffer?

 

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/photobucket-19090-1332452850225.jpg

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http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/photobucket-19090-1332452850225.jpg

 

 

 

Love both of them, give me a yell the divorces are finalised :roflmho: (if you decided to sell them in the future) ! :thumbup:

 

 

See, pen sellers! Having writing samples do help! I have spotted out possibly the better ones of the lot just from a few words of samples!! :roflmho:

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You are right, I have a B, M, F and EF nail....would never need another nail.

Of course my nail B and M do use more ink than a EF.

 

Well, well, well, I even got one inked, a B. Someone gave me a Lamy CP-1, cartridge pen. I've used it so little, it's still got Shocking, the cartridge is almost empty and in only a year.

From time to time I ink my P-51 F for editing.

Nice and Smooth. :rolleyes:

 

Would not say no to a Dupont nail. :embarrassed_smile:

 

Got rid of most of my nails and regular flex to my godkid. The modern pens.**

I'm sure to have a few regular flex vintage pens...somewhere.

 

I do like semi-flex (@25) and maxi-semi-flex/'flexi' (@10).

I only have some 4-5 easy full flex.

One noodle....out side of dip pens. I'm not really ready for them.

 

One does not need to press a nib hard all the time in nibs with some flex. A light hand in a semi or 'flexi' will give you a regular line.

 

:headsmack: All that time wasted learning a beautiful flex hand.

 

**PS...I do have some regular flex pens I use, in F and M, that often give me very good shading in this or that ink. Better shading than I expected.

Always inked is my Pelikan 120 ('50s-65) gold plated steel F, a joy to write with. It's nib is a tad more springy than modern regular flex, though it is not a springy nib like a modern MB.

 

One does need a full set of each flex, IMO.

 

CI& Stub...will be by me alternated when I get so far. BB nail '36 Parker Canadian on a '38 Vac, and a rescued Lamy Persona OB nail, now a M-B Cursive Italic...always now in rotation.

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In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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However, I might be interested in the Waterman 5 or the Conklin.

 

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I enjoy owning pens with which I can play around with flex, but for 95%+ of my writing, I prefer just a standard nib. I can writer faster and maintain the nice selection of inks, etc that I love most about fountain pens.

Non est ad astra mollis e terris via. - Seneca

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Please list the unsatisfactory some what flexible nibbed pens you will be selling for a song to save ink.

 

Well I can't help you, I got to feed a lawyer, who don't collect pens. :bonk:

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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I feel like I'm reading a romance about fountain pens. The honeymoon, the breakup, the collateral broken friendships :)

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I feel like I'm reading a romance about fountain pens. The honeymoon, the breakup, the collateral broken friendships :)

 

 

And then the friends immediately hitting on the ex-misses! :roflmho:

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That FX3 is to die for... :cloud9:

 

 

I called dibs! :roflmho:

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Andy, you called dibs on everything. (Petulant face.)

 

(Ha ha ha.) A couple of those pens inspired flex lust even in me. That last Sheaffer? *Swoon*

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