How Many Pens Have You Bought This Year - 2015

[______Zaphod_Beeblebrox]

It's a new year so reset your tallies!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The old 2014 topic is to be found

 

HERE

Edited January 3, 2015 by RMN
added link to old topic

[Wandering Man]

8 1/2 hours into the new year and my total is 0 pens. That's pretty good restraint, I think.

 

I must confess I came close to buying a Parsons Essential a few minutes ago ...

[ISW_Kaputnik]

I haven't bought any pens in the ten hours and forty minutes that this year has lasted so far. I do have one coming, but it was ordered last year. In fact, it arrived last year, but turned out to have nib problems, and back it went. The seller is supposed to send me a new one once they get the return.

 

The goal for this year is to reduce my total number of pens, selling more than I buy. Heck, I'll give some away to people I know if I can get them interested.

[william2001]

2014- 3: Pilot Varsity, Parker Sonnet, and Pilot Metropolitan... and few other that I cannot recall.

2015- 0: Today is New Year's Day, so none. I may buy a Montblanc later today though.

-William S. Park

Edited January 1, 2015 by william2001

[Cob]

In January this year I had no pens (apart from the nice gold-banded Swan I left behind in France). In February I bought for £5 a Jackdaw in a charity shop.

 

Now I have over 60, and the corpses of at least another thirty - and I have sold at least forty or so.

 

It's VERY bad here... ANd there are 10 propelling pencils as well...

 

Cob

Edited January 1, 2015 by Cob

[amberleadavis]

Oh my Cob, have you set up a triage area?

[Cob]

Oh my Cob, have you set up a triage area?

What's a "Triage Area?"

 

I just looked back; I have sold 75 pens on ebay this year, I have given away six or seven pens and sold about another ten privately.

 

Jolly unhealthy! Still there are four more up on eBay right now!

 

Cob

[amberleadavis]

What's a "Triage Area?"

 

I just looked back; I have sold 75 pens on ebay this year, I have given away six or seven pens and sold about another ten privately.

 

Jolly unhealthy! Still there are four more up on eBay right now!

 

Cob

 

 

I had to go make sure I spelled it correctly....

 

tri·age

trēˈäZH,ˈtrēˌäZH/Submit

noun

1.

(in medical use) the assignment of degrees of urgency to wounds or illnesses to decide the order of treatment of a large number of patients or casualties.

verb

verb: triage; 3rd person present: triages; past tense: triaged; past participle: triaged; gerund or present participle: triaging

1.

assign degrees of urgency to (wounded or ill patients).

[Ian the Jock]

 

I discovered fpn and fountain pens on 5th Nov.2014 and have since amassed the following.

In order of receipt.

 

Jinhao x450

Bauoer 3035

Unnamed hand turned acrylic pocket pen

Manuscript master 1.1

Kaigelu 335

Kaigelu 368 fude nib

Picasso swedish flower king

Jinhao 9009

Dollar 717i demonstrator

Dollar i10 x2

Dux something or other with an odd hooded nib

Arbutus apollo

Noodlers ahab

SB calligraphy set

Pierre Farber red art deco style

 

I'm still honing my tastes and preferences, so many more to come.

In 2015 I hope to get a Pelican of some description to see what the fuss is all about.

A vintage pen or 2.

Some broad/stub nibbed pens.

A Kiagelu 316 (its a kangaroo thing )

And

A visit to a physical pen shop/store which at this point I have been unable to achieve.

 

And no doubt countless other chinese pens, as all that I have so far have been brilliant and all for virtually no money

 

I'm having a hoot so far.

 

Ian

[ddyager]

I haven't finished the 2014 tally yet, but it looks like something in the range of 140. The majority were Wahl Eversharp pencils and pens from the '20s with some Conklins and Parkers thrown in. Only 8-10 modern pens.

[fullfederhalter]

I didn't count, but the number is probably between 20 to 30 pens and mechanical pencils, mostly bought at estate sales and flea markets.

 

Dale

[bmwboris]

So far, it's been a good year:

 

Parker 45

 

Conklin Nozac

 

Two Esterbrooks

 

Osmiriod

 

Total cost: $0.00

 

 

I want to go shopping with you for my next acquisition LOL!!!

[WilsonCQB1911]

I didn't even make it a day - bought my first new pen of the year yesterday. Ugh. What's wrong with me? Now I'm up to 10 pens and I have worked hard to keep that number down. A few will have to go. 10 is too many.

[FayeV]

The pen ban didn't last long . . .

 

I bought my first pen of 2015 while drinking coffee on New Year's Day. A Pelikan M205. This would be my 5th M2xx pen. I bought the other 4 last year, my very first piston style pens. I guess I like these little birds.

[F104]

Zero. Ink, on the other hand...

[PAKMAN]

2014 was my year of obsessiveness. I bought 18 pens and sold 8 and gave one away. Sold 4 cars and bought 4 cars. Bought 3 guns sold 3 guns. Bought 7 bottles of ink gave away 4.

 

So this year I plan to be thankful for and enjoy what I have and keep buying to a minimum! So far so good, no new pens, cars, guns, ink etc. for 2015. Haven't even been to the grocery store!

[Cob]

 

 

I had to go make sure I spelled it correctly....

 

tri·age

trēˈäZH,ˈtrēˌäZH/Submit

noun

1.

(in medical use) the assignment of degrees of urgency to wounds or illnesses to decide the order of treatment of a large number of patients or casualties.

verb

verb: triage; 3rd person present: triages; past tense: triaged; past participle: triaged; gerund or present participle: triaging

1.

assign degrees of urgency to (wounded or ill patients).

Thank you; of course I could have looked that up myself but I am so damned lazy!

 

As for ill patients, my pens are largely healthy; the rest I'm afraid will have to go to Dignitas!

 

Cob

[The Blue Knight]

It's a bit strange having this topic 2 days into 2015, Like most people non yet however may change in a week or two.

[Kuscer]

Oh yeah! M'first to come will be Pilot Parallel and 2nd will be Pilot Metropolitan. Of course, by the end of the year, if my wallet could talk...

[stacybean]

Delta Fusion 82 1.1 stub

Marlen Aleph

2 Lamy Al-Stars 1.1mm and B nibs

 

I am choosing to refrain from further epic purchases for a while. In an alternate universe I purchased a Nakaya Decapod, Visconti Wall Street LE in Burgundy with a a B stub nib, a Delta oversize Oro and Dolce Vita, a Conid bulk filler, M1000...... You see where this is going.