Just curious to know what you have bought in the past 2 to 3 months. As for me, I bought the following pens since the 1st of the year:

Stipula Pinocchio in red with a 14kt 1.1 stub nib

Stipula Saturno dark olive green with 18kt 1.3 nib

Stipula Etruria Black with fine nib from Grasshopper!! Going to exchange the nib for 1.3 Stub

Sailor 1911 in burgandy with Togi Emperor Nib from Moorthi

No Name 3 Tined 14kt gold music pen

Bexley Celebration in Independence Color with 18 kt Fine nib
Bexley Americana sierra silver with 18kt medium nib
Bexley Owners Club with 18kt Stub nib

Waterman Edson in Sapphire Blue/Gold Cap with Factory Stub nib

Montblanc 146 in burgandy for the Wife

Pilot 823 with 14kt Broad nib

Sailor 1911m with music nib for the wife

Sheaffer (Levenger Seas) in purple with a 14kt gold broad nib that was customized to a Stub by Dillon. I buy some of my pens from Frank C and he has a lot of nib work done by Dillon.

Sheaffer Legacy (Jim Gaston) Copper color with an 18kt gold broad nib customized by Dillon and made to a Broad stub.

Thats all I can remember for now.

I have to go through some of my other pens and see what I really do not use any more and start selling some.

TNS

shhhhhhh :ph34r:

I would have to do actual research to figure out what I've purchased/traded for in the last couple of months, so instead how about the last three weeks?

Sheaffer Targa*(see bottom)

Parker "51" Aero - black (in the mail)

Sheaffer Balance - red striped

Mabie Todd Blackbird - blue marble/lever filler

Mabie Todd Blackbird - black, leverless (in the mail)

Waterman Taperite (just bought tonight - on its way)

Lamy 2000 (wait, that never came <_< )

Dani Trio Densho (traded away already for no other reason than it's not my Mikado)



*Regarding the Targa - if you don't have one, get one! This is my best purchase from the above list by far - especially considering the great price I got - and the Targa goes down as the biggest pleasant surprise in fountain pens I've come across in a while - Awesome pen!

Hmmm...since the first of the year:
- Pelikan M215 blue with silver trim, medium nib
- Sheaffer Snorkel Admiral, grey with gold trim, fine nib
- Sheaffer 500 'Dolphin', black with silver cap, fine nib
- Sheaffer Touchdown, burgundy with gold trim, medium nib (in the mail)

On a bit of a Sheaffer kick, next need some more ink colours.

What are you, NUTS!!!!
I ain't answering that question....
My wife can look over my shoulder from her computer....
I live in fear now that she will find my complete stash...

NOS (fixed internal piston) Stipula Amber Etruria, gold trim, with a 0.9 mm italic nib. Just got it on Tuesday, beginning to break in the nib as per Wim's instructions. So far it writes like a dream.

tom.

...and maybe a couple of pens with some urushi on them???


I think that I've only bought a single pen in the last three months; an Oldwin.



While I havn't purchased many pens, I have been buying rod stock like crazy.

Oh yeah!!!

Thanks Chris!!

Let me add 2 more

DaniTrio Ban-ei Nishiki-nuri from Chris Burton


And a no name Japanese Urushi ED that is a smaller version of the Ban-ei in plain black. Both pens are most excellent!!!

TNS

Yesterday I received a nice Platinum #3776 with music nib....on the other hand, I have bought a super fast plasma arc light & 4.25x telescopic loupes.

Way too much. And I am now carefully closing my eyes. Except I want more ink. But....I have an expensive asthmatic, diabetic, heart kitty. But pens are sooooo pretty. Good thing she is pretty too (and an amazingly good patient.)

I've bought 5 HP pens, a little conklin, my wonderful Hanyro, A Pelikan Go, Rotring Esprit. STOPSTOPSTOP. (Jim from poohcornerpens is sending me a Sailor 1911M with music nib in trade for my Sailor with zoom, so there is that to look forward to.) It's just a mania. I would still really like a flexy nib. I still want a nice Mabie Todd. I don't know why but I have fixated on them a bit. I also would like to try a Conway Stewart. Man, this is ridiculous. I have ENOUGH pens.

But I need some more ink

There is no such thing as Enough Pens!!!!!

Parker "51" aerometric, burgundy with lustraloy cap

Sheaffer Intrigue with seal pattern

Those Intrigues are nice little pens at a great price!! I have one in the petrol blue color!!

TNS

Let's see:
A few Esterbrooks, I like to draw with these (and look at them). A 9048 and a 9788 nib in there.

A few Sheaffer Vac Tuckaways:
A Brown/Chrome Tuckaway F nib, like my schoolmate had.
A Black/Chrome Tuckaway F nib.
A nice Black/Black Feathertouch Tuckaway XXF nib. Fabulous for fine drawing.
A Ford Blue Feathertouch Tuckaway F nib.

A Green/Chrome Touchdown Tuckaway F nib (From the FPN Marketplace), always with me.

A nice Black/Chrome Sentinel M nib.
A nice Black Statesman Snorkel F Paladium/Silver nib (From the FPN Marketplace), always with me.
A very nice restored Maroon Touchdown Valiant M nib. The slickest wettest nib I've used.

A Black NOS Cadet with a SS M Semiflex Tip-Dip nib (from somebody who's last name is Sheaffer).

2 NOS Rapidograph piston 3060's, a "1" and a "00".

Pens I bought and need to repair/restore or sac:
A pristine Silver SJ.
A Maroon Touchdown Admiral M nib.
A Maroon Touchdown Tuckaway B nib.
A Black Statesman Snorkel, nib unknown (shipping).
A splendid Green Stripe Tuckaway F nib that needs new seals (I'm not that brave yet).

So I've mostly been catching up in the Sheaffer pen department, but my acquisition mode is pretty much played out for a spell (well, after I find that official business non-Balance fat black lever fill Sheaffer I want!)

Time to start drawing! /:)

Hello form Mexico,

I have been a FPN reader for some months learning a lot but not posting much. Today I received this pen and it is so nice that could not resist to show it here.

Its name is Kaigelu by Shangai Stationery Ltd, it is made out of a nice celluloid, with a hefty weight and large nib decorated with a kangooro, once in hand I really was surpised by their good finish. The box cover is real leather including parts of the inside.

The cost was less than 30 USD including shipping from Japan (and took less than 6 days, which is rocket speed for packets arriving here). I will try to give a feedback on the quality of the writing in the next days.

Best regards

Carlos Flores (very happy fountain camper!)



pics from auction page

Wow Carlos, that is one beautiful pen! I am jealous!!

Welcome to the FPN - glad you took the plunge to post!

Looking forward to your review of that pen - I want to see some writing samples!


Marina.

Nice pen Carlos. I've never seen one of these before, and I'll be looking forward to your comments about how it writes and what not.

It's quite a shock really when you add them up.
I hadn't quite realised how many i'd bought.

A Wyvern Pixie pen and pencil set.
An Onoto No. 14.
A Watermans 503.
A Parker 21.
A Parker 61 in rolled gold and black.
A Parker Harlequin.
A Parker 51 in plum and lustrealloy.
A Parker 65 Custom three set in rolled gold and black.Still with chalk marks.
A Parker 51 Special Edition in Blue.
And finally a 1949 Parker 51 Presidential twin set.

Don't anybody tell 'The Boss'

The trick is to buy a lot of inexpensive pens, like Esterbrooks that need work. Then within earshot of your wife, proclaim to other people that the majority of your pens cost less than $15. This worked for me for a long time! Oh, and I was also able to say that a lot of them were gifts (from Rebecca, she's actually MY really truely aunt)

I've had a couple of good trades and some buy/sell dipoles this year. Things that have come to me are:

Pelikan M200 grey marbled
Parker 21
Eversharp Skyline w/ flex
Esterbrook dollar pen in "copper"
Waterman 52
Tab-fil HR eyedropper
Salz Black and White BCHR
2 Sheaffer Touchdown Imperials

and a golden pearl Vac on the way to me. Maybe in today's mail

well, I havent "purchased" any pens, but, I have traded 2 pens recently.
(1) traded a mint Pelikan m800 with green stripes for a Pelikan mint m1000 in black, and
(2) traded a black Pelikan M1000 for a mint blue ice Bexley Prometheus.

And since I am currently unemployed, and looking at a new round of chemotherapy, I dont have any money to buy any pens for a while!!!!

I can't believe I am going to list this:

since Feb 1:

Green marble Marxton flat-top
Eclipse Black ring-top
Red Marxton flat-top
Green Marxton Pencil
Hard-rubber Baird-North ED
Blue 1st year Touchdown
Blue-Marble Marxton streamline
Big red Park Row
Clipless celluloid Wahl(?) with Wahl #2 tempoint nib
Wahl Rosewood Ringtop (no nib)
Sheaffer Balance pencil
Waterman 14, no cap or nib
Eclipse red woodgrain pencil
Sheaffer Crest
Wahl green celluloid Oxford-like something or other (trade)
Eclipse red woodgrain ring-top
Good Service BCHR, with box
Ingersoll Dollar pen
Webster twist-filler
Waterman #4 NY nib (for the 14 above)
English Falcon #2 HR pen
Parker Green-stripe vacumatic with flex
No-name Green-celluloid lever filler (but I think it's an Edison)
Sheaffer Lifetime Triumph Pen and pencil set
Good Service Ring-top

and
1 Sheaffer Lifetime Balance
2 Sheaffer Touchdown Valient
1 Sheaffer Snorkel Admiral
- picked up at an antique dealer for $5.50 each (plus tax). (Look for these in the marketplace soon.)

In addition, pen related items
Vintage 1920s Wilrite Box (only)
2 Baird-North Ads
Baird North 1924 Spring sale catalog
Order of repair supplies from Tryphon
Order of pen trays from Gary Lerner
Sheaffer vac-filler packing unit seals
Sheaffer vac-filler piston seals
Fountainbel Vac-filler packing unit and tools
Silicon sacs from woodbin

I think I need to sell some more pens - soon. Some of those listed above were bought purely to restore and sell. I have a lot of pens right now that I have to get restored and get out to the market.



Yes, but then she says "How many - those add up quickly."

John

Geez...these are in no particular order...

Esterbrook Visumaster 3 (Early J) in pearl red (9968)
Esterbrook J in black, pearl green and pearl brown (2284, 9968 & 2668 respectively)
Esterbrook SJ in pearl brown
Esterbrook SJ in pearl green (2556) - Given to partner at my firm as a gift
Esterbrook SJ in black as part of an Omsiroid Italic set

Esterbrook dipless desk pen set (9668)

Various Esterbrook nibs (mostly 2556)

1942 Sheaffer Crest (vac), F nib
1936 Sheaffer Jr. in Rosw Glow, F nib
1930s Sheaffer Jr. in black (on the way to me in the mail)

1965/66 Pelikan Silvexa M20, M nib
1965/66 Pelikan Silvexa M20, MM nib (on the way to me in the mail)

Conway Stewart #15 FP (on the way in the mail to me), here's what it looks like:





*edited for the model # of the CS*

Wolverine1, that sounds like a very difficult situation. I hope you are able to stay strong, positive, and do well. Best wishes. Nice trades also .

Pens I've bought since the start of 2006 (only listing the ones that have found a home in my collection)
Lamy 2000
Dani Trio raw ebonite Densho
Dani Trio celluloid Cum Laude
Duke Shark
Baoer 3013

not too bad, especially considering the Duke and Baoer combined, with shipping cost less than $40, and I got to meet winedoc in person when I bought the Densho...

I've purchased a few others which I've sold to help finance pen purchases

Last night my wife and I were channel surfing and saw a show on sports collectables. She was very happy that my pen collection hovers around 10, and I don't have a room of the house filled up with $5000 signed baseball jerseys...

french

My wife has a friend whose husband restores old Cadillacs - usually 3-4 at a time. She says at least my hobby is small.

The other day, as I was flushing out a lever-filler, she said "why can't you have a hobby like roofing or fixing a porch" (contemplating some of the home repair projects we have pending). I suggested I could get into restoring old cars - she said old pens are fine.

John

Carlos, I bid on one of those several months back but missed out. It is a great looking pen.

There were a couple of vintage Sheaffer School FPs purchased in the last few months too.

Not very much, all pretty small purchases/acquisitions -

Esterbrook J (red)
Parker Reflex with a fine italic nib
Parker 21 (red)

I believe that's about it!

Yep, me too, need a partial new roof, and a front porch, neither of which I'm qualified to perform on my own.

Nice list John, love to see some of those.

Let's see, since Feb 1st (if I can remember them all)

Jade Sheaffer Balance
Black and pearl streamlined Parker Duofold Jr
Green striped Majestic with cool two tone nib
Black Canadian J Esterbrook
Diamond Point with flexy 14k nib

That's about all I an think of at the moment, it hasn't been to prolific a year, but then again, Chicago is just around the corner.

Best-
Brian

Well, I have a Parker 100 and a Waterman Edson coming this week.
Sold some nice pens too, got a refund on my tax return, and figured out my budget since I'm moving.
Ooops, no money for food. Major debt reduction plan in the works, better interest rate and cash, not credit cards.
But, I'm healthy. Sid, I'm praying for you and wish you the best.
I will test my willpower the end of July by going to the Toronto Pen Show. :doh:
I have everything that I want so perhaps some ink and stationery and a chat with good friends.

..

Lamy 2000: medium nib with Lamy blue/black

Cross Townsend: in Sienna with gold trim: medium nib, standard black Cross cartridge

Waterman phileas in Blackwith gold trim: medium & fine nibs, using standard blue Waterman cartridge

Now if I could only decide which colour Apogee I want...

- I'm not telling!

(*** sulking off to contemplate what has to be sold to pay for the recent pen purchases ***)

Sheaffer Balance Millenium

Lamy 2000

Parker Duofold (c 1941) @ NE Pen Show

Sheaffer "350" Vac Fill (c 1940)

Here I wrote what I've bought in January and February.

In March there were no new pens, just some inks.

This April, I purchased 'only' four pens:

1. new Pelikan Level L5 black cap/gray barrel with a steel F-nib. A major German department store is selling off their stocks, so this was reduced to € 10 (gold nibbed were € 20) from MSRP € 75.
I would't have paid more for this, it's not worth the MSRP from a quality aspect. A very dry writer, which is not too reliable after a few days of unuse. I've taken it apart and flushed it, but is still dry, especially when being filled with Lamy Blue/Black iron gall ink.

2. as new Danitrio Takumi deep blue Urushi (limited Roiro-Migaki series) c/c with Stub nib, currently under nib exchange to a flexi EF. Our Gary in NZ sold his new Takumi to me for a great price (offered on this board for sale), and Kevin ('winedoc') gave his outstanding service for the nib exchange to me, the second owner. Thanks, Gentlemen!
A beautifull, perfect pen in a black laquer wooden box for a great price. It will see some use outside the house for sure. This pen is still comfortable, despite it's size, but I'm sure I don't want a larger pen. Also posting is neither necessary nor possible.

3. new old stock OMAS double desk set with FP and BP on a green glass base for € 120 incl shipping inside Germany, won off ebay with no box or papers. They must have been on display and then in storage for some time (nib discolouration, storage marks on fp), but were unused. The glass base is pristine. They are the currently sold models. The two pens are black resin with 'Omas Extra' engraved on the sides. The tapered piston-filled FP has a stiff 18K F-nib and the striped ink windows of the current desk model (vintage models have a single ink window). It is a looong FP (21 cm! The tapered BP is 19 cm long), while the faceted green glass base is thick as bullet proof glass (1,8 cm height, 22 cm long and 14 cm wide). The pen holders have three golden stripes, the pens only one golden trim ring each. The set looks very plain and serious, made for a CEO's/President's desk.
The FP writes dry, scratchy and loudly, so some nib work is inevitable, if I want to write more than my signature. The piston is very stiff but works, the ink capacity is large enough. Actually I didn't find out the current MSRP of this set (there was a small old sticker with 365,- on it, but I don't know if DM or EUR) , while the sets are manufactured for decades now, they are still rare, so the price is fine.

4. new Pelikan M620 'Madrid' with 18K EF nib for € 165 incl. shipping, without box or papers, from Regina Martini's brandnew auction site http://www.martiniauctions.com . She offered me free choice of the nib (originally 'Cities' series Pelikans are only offered with F, M or B nibs) and will test it for me. This red marbled pen is one of the most beautifull 'size M600' colours. Just bought the pen and it has yet to arrive ...

There were also some dip pens and nibs, but they are not yet satisfactory. Also I've got some nice inks this month, like De Atramentis/Gutenberg 'Aubergine' (seemingly the single real Aubergine colour on the ink market), Noodler's 'Purple Martin' (nicer than regular purples, easy on the eyes), the Noodler's Swishmixes 'Thahitian Pearl' and 'Burgundy', among others ....

Now I'm eyeing a Pelikan 'Athens' in a B&M store, regular MSRP ..., but that will have to wait ...

A second Sailor 1911M. Have one (blue) I really like for routine writing. The second (red) is for grading--almost makes it fun.

Cheers.

Now come on southpaw, you can't lead us on like that, the rest of us told our dirty secrets, tell, tell, tell, tell!!

Carlos, love the kangaroo nib, looks a lot like a pen I have from China that has a two tone ventless nib with an alligator on it. Maybe that should be a separate thread, nibs with wierd animals on them.

Best-
Brian

I feel the same way! What to sell, what to sell??

I'll post some pics eventually. Most of the Sheaffers will end up on the market. I plan to try to pull together some profiles on some of the other companies - Baird North, Ingersoll, and Good Service. One of the Good Service pens I have is pretty interesting, because it is an early HR pen. Good Service may have been one of George Kraker's projects after the demise of the Kraker Pen Company, and the pressure bar on this one is kind of interesting.

John

Well, 2 more pens purchased

DaniTrio Tosca in the blue 4 celluloid (M nib)
Taccia Imperial Portugese in Forest Marble (Binderized 0.6mm Stub)

I'm anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Taccia from Mr. Binder's workshop. I also had my DaniTrio CumLaude's nib customized by Dillon, and I'm waiting for that to arrive as well.

After I have time for a suitable test of each, I'll post some reviews.

french

Two weeks ago:
An Eclipse sterling silver filigree over a black celluliod cap and body, standard size.
with a flex warranted nib, excellent condition.
Robertaia

A Pelikan 250 Amber demonstrator and a Conway Stewart 58 (new model)...but I'm looking at a few CS vintage pens!

Ummm, I started counting a feel a bit embarassed right now.

Way more pens than I should have....

8 Stips of which 5 were Etrurias and 1 an Etruria in almost all but name, 5 Lamy Safaris or related pens, 3 Diplomats, and I still have 3 pens on order.... I won't say which ones...

Warm regards, Wim

Well now ... (deep breath)

Mabie Todd Swan HR eyedropper
Mabie Todd Swan HR lever filler

Marlen Basilea (reviewed here)

Mentmore Autoflow button-filler brown marble (beautiful pen, review to come)
Mentmore Autoflow lever-filler blue marble
Mentmore Autoflow lever-filler black (parts pen for the other two)

Onoto HR plunger-filler

Parker Vacumatic Major brown (or is that golden?) pearl
Parker Vacumatic Major blue pearl
Parker Vacumatic Junior emerald pearl
Parker Vacumatic Junior green marble
(um .. that's enough Vacumatics ... )

Sheaffer Legacy II matt black w/gold cap (GREAT price from Jim Gaston)

Oh, and about 20 minutes ago, a beautiful Conway Stewart no. 27 in plum hatched celluloid on thEbay ....

I have recently purchased:

-Parker Sonnet SS CT (M)
-Lami Safari Vista (F)
-Perraz Stylos Baron Black (M) (A present in fact)

VH

Too many (and have already sold some 'cause I can't afford to keep 'em all):

Delta Dolcevita OS, F
Delta Dolcevita Medium, xxf
Delta Via Veneto, black, F
Stipula Etruria, Amber, xf (sent to Deb Kinney for fine tuning)
Visconti Sassuolo, Amber, f (sent to Deb Kinney to make a .4mm stub)
MB146, F (sold it already, not "fancy" enough for me to justify keeping it over a Pelikan)
Binder .6mm stub nib (LOOOOOVE it!)
Probably forgot about several more.

Some traded and a few small purchases -

Sheaffer Sentinel snorkel with a fine nib (needs a little adjusting)

Sheaffer Sentinel snorkel with an extra fine nib (I've been using a lot)

Sheaffer Craftsman lever filler with a nice wet fine to medium nib in my favorite Sheaffer striated color - carmine red. This one has been in my pocket continuously since trading

Esterbrook blue J transitional - I need another nib for this one as the 9550 EF is just too fine for my normal use.

Dani Trio "$27" pen - very nice pen but didn't fit my hand so it got traded.

sold several others to fund the above. But even now I'm looking at my collection and starting to realize there is some duplication of uses so perhaps something else will go out the door in favor of something with a stub nib!

I'v only been involved in Fountain pens for a few months Recently I got:

Parker Vector Flighter
Sheaffer Viewpoint with 3 calligraphy nibs (F, M, -i usually use the F
Parker Sonnet (Stainless Steel M nib)
Some $1.50 Smiggle fountain pens
Some Pilot Varsity's