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  2. PAKMAN

    A Lurker Says, "HI"

    Hello and Welcome back to active posting on FPN!! Glad to have you join in!! I love vintage pens but have never had a huge yearning to do restorations.
  3. Today my new Grifos Pocket Pen filled with Monteverde Copper Noir
  4. LizEF

    SmokeSides.jpg

    See this comment:
  5. LizEF

    One-Off Post Attachments 2

    An album for a wide variety of images.
  6. USG

    Pen/Ink/Paper Trios

    Very nice job PGC 👍😀
  7. Doc Dan

    Sailor has a new pen: TUZU!

    https://tuzu-en.sailor.co.jp/
  8. lukeap69

    What pen(s) are you using today?

    Thanks. I can't blame you for not knowing the brand. 😁 I believe they use to call themselves WingSung, some YongSheng, and now JunLai or JunL. Most of their products are 'inspired' by established brands/model. At least this 631 and its big brother 600 are I believe not exactly 'inspired' by specific model. I could be wrong. 😁
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  10. Carguy

    Parker 51 Reminder Questions

    This was very helpful as was FarmBoy’s suggestion. It appears to be solved.
  11. MartinTenbones

    Mb 644 Disassembly - Done!

    Well thanks for this. I have just picked one up myself that needs a restoration and a new seal. Tools required? I'm just starting to look for a how to on this . I have lots of experience with other pen repair but it's always nice to have a proper road map.
  12. I've recently acquired this Swan/Mabie Todd lever filler, carrying the number "2 1/2 SF". I figure the SF stands for "Self Filler", and the 2 is the nib size, but I haven't been able to figure out what the 1/2 stands for. Has anyone seen a 2 1/2 before? Terrific pen, with a wonderfully flexible nib.
  13. I-am-not-really-here

    The Never-Ending Story In Three Word Segments...

    like the wolf
  14. My husband is doing the 'work' so I'll find out how he re-installed the pressure bar & button. The pressure bar isn't rusty or fragile but it was bent so my husband straightened it out and now it looks pretty straight and as if it should work but nothing is happening when the button is depressed. Will revisit the install process to see if that might be the problem. Thanks very much for your input.
  15. Runnin_Ute

    What pen(s) are you using today?

    Let's see.... so far today it has been a little Ranga Monterey, a little M200 Blue Marbled and a few others. I don't just use one pen on any given day. My letters to penpals are often quite colorful.
  16. Lovely pens. I would have had trouble choosing between those two in silver-both have such interesting designs/ patterns.
  17. Gloucesterman

    What pen(s) are you using today?

    that's one beautiful pen. Any more information about it? I am unfamiliar with the name. Thank you.
  18. Lam1

    Pelikan quality

    In my opinion, if you buy from an authorized retailer it shouldn’t matter where you bought the goods. So, I go to Germany for my vacations and can’t buy a Pelikan as a memento? (That was exactly my case). If Pelikan does not guarantee their products, that’s on them not chartpak, since Pelikan has the power to enforce it via contract. Thats why I see more value in MB. Last year I bought a 10 y old 149 (the 90th anniversary) in Brazil, from an authorized dealer that was stopping with the pen business. Arrived in the states and sent it in for a free nib exchange: no problem, no questions asked!
  19. inkstainedruth

    Another Safari for 2024

    Are you sure that they were all from last year? Because the "blue with the red clip" one sounds like the "reboot" French Blue one, and I passed on it when I saw it in the Lamy Soho store in NYC. And didn't go to New York over the holidays in 2023 (my in-laws were sick and -- understandably -- didn't want to deal with company). Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth
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  21. inkstainedruth

    Sailor has a new pen: TUZU!

    The "adjustable" section is interesting, but.... Is it just my imagination, or does the section look really big in diameter? Because this is one I'd have to see in person and likely hold to see if it was comfortable to use. OTOH, I didn't think I could get used to the triangular section on a Safari either.... Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth
  22. "One-Piece Thick Arc" urushi grip section has been developed. grip section for Urushi is designed in such way, urushi process is easier & urushi durability is better, compared to a regular grip section design. also, urushi grip section is thinner than a regular one. because, urushi layers will make the part thicker. even thread size is carefully considered for urushi process tolerance. I will be creating about 10+ different designs of grip sections for urushi. thank you. From Left: Short Hourglass Curvy Hourglass Vintage Taper Vintage Arc One-Piece Pipe Vintage Thick Caterpillar Arc Fine Caterpillar Arc One-Piece Thick Arc
  23. inkstainedruth

    The Never-Ending Story In Three Word Segments...

    We're getting hungry
  24. …my last pen, and my next pen…they are all impulsive
  25. DimitriDiak

    100th Anniversary editions

    More photos released today. I like the look of the new clip … “The clip featured in the collection is an homage to the many different clip versions that existed during the 1920s.” I hear that some boutiques in Asia have already received stock but no updates for us. Here in Canada there are warnings of “many clients on the list for the 149 and with very, very limited quantities and hard to get” no guaranties for some.
  26. I too dislike cartridges; for the reasons already cited by Ruth and by Bo Bo, but also because the plastic from which they are made is gas-permeable, so they are not viable as a mechanism for hoarding one’s precious ink for the long-term 😢 That said, I do recognise that they undoubtedly have a place. If one needs the convenience that they offer - e.g. is a school pupil or university student, or on a business trip and so cannot carry/use bottled ink - they are a great invention. And most cartridge pens can also accept converters for use in situations (at home, or at one’s own desk in one’s office) that suit the use of bottled ink. But the claim that Cartridge fillers have simplified feeders, with only one channel, to lead the ink to the tip of the nib. There is no need of air inside a cartridge." is not only utter hogwash, it is ‘lazy journalism’ too. One need only take a brief look at the Parker website. It bruits their pens’ two-channel feed system. All modern Parker pens are cartridge fillers!
  27. Are you inserting the pressure bar correctly? It should go down the barrel from the back end before re-inserting the button. Make sure there's plenty of talc on the pressure bar and the sac. Is the pressure bar in good condition or rusty and fragile? If the #17 sac fits well over the nipple and in the barrel, I'd stick with that.
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    • Shanghai Knife Dude
      I have the Sailor Naginata and some fancy blade nibs coming after 2022 by a number of new workshop from China.  With all my respect, IMHO, they are all (bleep) in doing chinese characters.  Go use a bush, or at least a bush pen. 
    • A Smug Dill
      It is the reason why I'm so keen on the idea of a personal library — of pens, nibs, inks, paper products, etc. — and spent so much money, as well as time and effort, to “build” it for myself (because I can't simply remember everything, especially as I'm getting older fast) and my wife, so that we can “know”; and, instead of just disposing of what displeased us, or even just not good enough to be “given the time of day” against competition from >500 other pens and >500 other inks for our at
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      Agreed.  And I think it’s good to be aware of this early on and think about at the point of buying rather than rationalizing a purchase..
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      Alas, one cannot know “good” without some idea of “bad” against which to contrast; and, as one of my former bosses (back when I was in my twenties) used to say, “on the scale of good to bad…”, it's a spectrum, not a dichotomy. Whereas subjectively acceptable (or tolerable) and unacceptable may well be a dichotomy to someone, and finding whether the threshold or cusp between them lies takes experiencing many degrees of less-than-ideal, especially if the decision is somehow influenced by factors o
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      I got my first real fountain pen on my 60th birthday and many hundreds of pens later I’ve often thought of what I should’ve known in the beginning. I have many pens, the majority of which have some objectionable feature. If they are too delicate, or can’t be posted, or they are too precious to face losing , still they are users, but only in very limited environments..  I have a big disliking for pens that have the cap jump into the air and fly off. I object to Pens that dry out, or leave blobs o
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