I decided to pull out some pens I have not used in a while. I was considering selling some of my first pelikans to pay for some new pens. I inked the pens and tried them out. Man, it would have been a mistake to sell them!!! I had my old 400nn Brown tortoise shell with an Oblique Medium nib inked with noodlers red black and I was blown away!!! This is one of the only oblique nibs that I have seen that has lots of flex and line variation in my collection. I also have a bunch of the translucent M200 but I swapped the steel nibs with 14kt gold fine and medium nibs a long time ago. Yes, they are smaller than I like but these were the pens that got me started in this addiction. I also have a M300 with a fine 18kt nib that is super flexible. This is a nice pen and it writes like a true champ. Only problem is that it feels like I am writing with a toothpick. This one might have to go!!

Other pens I pulled out and used are:

Parker 51 Special Edition (what a lovely writer)
Pelikan M250 Clear (another great writer)
Pelikan M600 (the first larger pen I bought, the smoothest medium nib I have ever owned)
Delta Parthenope (excellent writer, needs to go back to Delta due to cracked threads)

What about all of you???


TNS

Like you, I've recently been using some of my pens that have been sidelined. It's like rediscovering old friends.

Laura

I agree 100% with you!!! I have a hard time considering selling my old pens. They are like old friends and to just get rid of them because you have new friends is quite shallow!!!

TNS

I don't have enough pens that all aren't in regular use

However, when I travel for a week or so and then come back and get to use the pens I left home, I'm always reminded about what I like about each of my pens

french

Isn't it interesting that as personal writing instruments, each has different "personality"? Take for example, all the variables of size, shape, weight, balance, material, color, trim, fit, finish, comfort in use, cap, clip, nib characteristics, feed and flow, filling systems, etc. The possibilities are endless! No wonder we keep looking for THE perfect pen. ; D

I have already found the perfect pen... you know

Hmm... a few of my pens are collecting dust. I don't have as many inks as I would like to have. :doh: :doh:

I only have 9 pens so I tend to rotate them through use with some frequency. I only keep ones that I like and use - although when I haven't used one in awhile (like my "51" flighter I rediscovered a month or so ago) it does remind me of what I liked in the first place.

At least right now my two "51"s, the Waterman Expert 2000 which my wife gave me, and a striped duofold that was a gift are my "sacred cows" that aren't going anywhere.

The two Sheaffer Sentinels I just acquired are being evaluated - my first impressions are good but that is almost always the case with a pen (it's really a bad sign if I don't like it when it is still new to me). My red Estie J is still in a trial phase as well but I'm liking it more with use and my only complaint (the nib width) can be solved rather easily!

some of my pens have been sitting for so long, I actually don't remember how they write. Either time to get them out or time for a purge

Kev