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@Misfit Thanks for welcoming me. Did a rough doodle sketch of kansas city on my TB sketch insert (kraft paper) dedicated to you. Hope that it ok.

Another Parker Vector, from off eBay, from a seller I've bought from before. The seller made an offer that I couldn't refuse (basically dropping the original listed price in half! ). And I should have it in about a week and a half at most. Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

I am not 100% certain for this cap. Usually you pull the inner cap and then the clip comes out. The inner cap typically is the part that secures a clip in this style. That is the set up for caps on older Swan pens and many others. See instruction on Z clips. With the streamlined shape of this cap, I am less certain.

@DlaurenSG Greetings from Pittsburgh! You would have fit right in at a Steel City Nibs meeting here a few years ago when we had an ink-swap night. Of course, FPN's own RonZ was just sitting there twitching all evening, because as a repair guy, he (understandably) mostly always wants to use the same ink for testing -- Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue (when he gets "wild and crazy" he'll use 4001 Brilliant Black... ). Me? My husband tells people that the pen collection was just the "gateway" to the real stash -- the ink collection.... But yeah, finding the right pairing of pen and ink is sometimes interesting. My first "expensive" pen was a 1990s era Pelikan M400 Brown Tortoise with an F nib; my husband was freaking out a little over the price -- but it was for a special occasion and I told him, "Oh -- this is WAY cheaper than a NEW M400 would be! And they don't make the Brown Tortoise any more...." Then what did Pelikan do a few years ago? Make a liar out of me by re-releasing the M400 in that color.... ). I was going to use it for drawing, but the original ink I put in it, Iroshizuku Yama-guri, was just WAY too wet for the pen. But when I put Noodler's Walnut (a very dry ink that I had originally tried in what I didn't realize at the time was a very dry writing pen) into it, the pen coaxed flow out of the ink, and the ink made the F nib less of a gusher (Edelstein Smoky Quartz works well in that pen too). Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Dear Mercian. +1 to all your points. It's about time and the quality arising from you and the pen... Best Jens

Dang! Nice score! Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

And I paid $4 (plus tax) for a 1st year “51” about 10 years ago at an antique store. Does that mean $4 is now my acceptable limit for a 1st Year “51”?

during bond hearings

Thank you for the welcoming.

Glad I just joined. We were on a buying spree from early March to early April and I’d probably still be typing. Waiting on one, Brown Santa says it will be here Monday. Brown tortoise Pelikan 400 that I believe is circa ‘52-53. Will see just what we have when it gets here. Was listed as a brown tortoise M400 and it clearly was NOT that. Not usually one to look forward to Mondays, but in this case making an exception.

@marcelo and @Skydiver I can tell you are both in trouble! 😆 Those are serious symptoms of what is to come. I'm just kidding. I have two colors, orange and white, but will probably get the Dark Sapphire at the end of the month. Then I am done. Although, I am thinking of swapping out the stub nib on one of my Goes and putting it into one of the Ecos, instead.

red clown noses

LOL! And I'm eyeing a basic black which is not like me. I tend to go for clear or colors.

Every 3rd October

Once a year...is my guess.

Well, I wouldn’t describe a Lamy 2000 - or any pen in its price-range - as a ‘starter pen’ 😁 But of course its cost may be trivial for you and, if it is, although I confess that I’m envious of your good fortune, I hope that you’re enjoying it, and sensibly too 🙂 In terms of choosing between the ‘F’ and ‘M’ nibs: The 2000 is a fairly ‘wet’ writer, and my handwriting is small, so I bought mine with a ‘F’ on it, and I love it. That said, I have read comments from other people on here who have found that the ‘F’ nib has too-narrow a ‘sweet spot’ (i.e. tolerance for variation in the ‘roll’ angle of nib-to-page) for them to be able to use it reliably. Other people have found the ‘F’ to be too-narrow for them, and that the ‘M’ is perfect for them. Nobody else can say which nib will suit you better. The only person who can decide between the two is you. As you are apparently near a store that sells them, I urge you to go back to it, and ask them to let you write with both pens (dip them into a bottle of washable blue ink). While sitting down. That way, you can find out which one you prefer. Whilst other folks’ experiences can be useful to warn you about potential ‘problems’ that you may encounter with a particular nib, or a particular pen, your own experience/opinion after using it is the only one that matters. Nobody else’s personal preference/opinion is in the least bit relevant to your choice. Most Importantly: don’t rush! There’s no hurry to buy a ‘good’ pen that will suit you, and which you will use for a long time. Invest the little bit of time that is necessary to look-up pictures of the pens that are being recommended to you in this thread; decide which ones appeal to you, then; read/watch several reviews of each of those pens, then; try out in person as many of them as you can. There’s no sense in rushing out and buying a pen that you may later find out that you don’t actually like that much, or that you don’t like as much as another model of pen. Good luck

Evergreen (medium nib) Onoto Scholar while I decide which pens to ink or re-ink.

How often does Hamburg pen show take place and when? Is it a periodic event (monthly, quarterly, annually...)?

So far so good. No need to clean out any dust. Thinking of just letting the dust to accumulate to give the pen a vintage look (perhaps I am just too lazy). Doubt a young person will pick it up. More for us old folks who have finer taste in life hahahaha. The typical comments from others using the pen - like to rub their fingers to feel the textured barrel and cap while writing. Writes well on MD, MB and pineider paper. Flows well on paper with some texture/feedback.

Appreciate your 2 cents, I tried the feel for a Lamy 2000 in the store and really liked how the silver one felt in the hand. The design is nice too very understated. I might try it as a starter pen, should I go for a medium or fine nib?

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Thanks for all the recommendations, believe Lamy 2000 can also be added to that list?

Is it the oval gold sticker? Excellent theory from soapytwist. Distinct possibility. I'd also concur with his latter option. Montblanc has a history of using older ancillary components (clips, nibs, feeds, etc) on newer models, until stock is exhausted - could be extended to stickers and packaging? It makes business sense, why waste a perfectly good component - although it can cause confusion in dating the pen. (First world problems!) Congratulations on your Hemingway! A grail pen, to me,

Thank you for posting this photo! I have been toying with the idea of buying a 1.1i Z50 for a few years, but I had read that the degree of line-variation that they give isn’t very high, so I’ve never got around to ordering one. Your writing & vertical/horizontal line comparisons are the best demonstration of the nib’s capabilities that I’ve ever seen My handwriting will never be as attractive as yours, but you have convinced me to buy one of these nibs 🙂 [Of course I am now wondering whether the QC is consistent enough to guarantee that I will get a nib that gives as much variation as yours does. Still, there’s only the one way to find out….]

Well, FWIW, my own mind generated three thoughts when I first saw it; 1- that is beautiful 🙂 2- I bet its texture feels really interesting in one’s hand 🙂 3- but it also looks as though it’s probably a major Dirt Trap, and I bet it’s a real ‘challenge’ to keep it clean! 😢 I guess I’m just showing my age again, eh? 😁 I also bet that its combination of that texture and its gold plating make it absolutely mesmerising when writing by candlelight [Before anyone replies with ‘Drag yourself out of the Nineteenth Century, granddad!’, I ask them to bear in mind that I am English. We are not yet sure that we entirely trust your newfangled ‘electricity’… ]