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Wondering if others have been given a FP as a gift, and while the fact that the person noticed you liked them is great, the make or model isn't your style and it isn't something you would use. What have you done with the pen?

Our live are not shaped by our circumstances; our lives are shaped by our reactions to our circumstances, and those reactions are made by our free choice.

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Use it!

In my case they're from my husband. He notices what I use. Luckily, I have so many pens that a pen out of rotation is not unusual. To be honest though, I don't really dislike the pens. One is the Monteverde lipstick pen. I've always wanted one of those. It's cute. I have to fiddle with the nib though, it doesn't write too well. Also, he has been woodturning and has turned some beautiful pens. The problem is that the nibs on the kits are not wonderful. After tweaking, perhaps they will be. I need to get moving on those.

 

Otherwise I haven't been given any pens that I don't love. One gift was from my brother who heard me talking about the Pelikan M320 and offered it as my birthday present. It also helps that the person who has gifted me with many pens is the person who turned me on to fountain pens in the first place :D No junk there!

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The problem is that the nibs on the kits are not wonderful. After tweaking, perhaps they will be. I need to get moving on those.

 

Most of those kit pens can be tuned, but there are other nibs that you can get as well. I think Old Griz can tell you where to get them - I beleive you can get Bock nibs, as well as 14K nibs from somebody.

 

And did you know these will sometimes take vintage Waterman #2 nibs? Have the only flex-nib wood-turned pen around. ;)

 

John

So if you have a lot of ink,

You should get a Yink, I think.

 

- Dr Suess

 

Always looking for pens by Baird-North, Charles Ingersoll, and nibs marked "CHI"

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And did you know these will sometimes take vintage Waterman #2 nibs? Have the only flex-nib wood-turned pen around. ;)

 

John

Ooooooh, I'll have to look into that!

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And did you know these will sometimes take vintage Waterman #2 nibs? Have the only flex-nib wood-turned pen around. ;)

 

John

Ooooooh, I'll have to look into that!

Also, back in the day when Chuck Swisher turned pens, he used to offer them with Sheaffer nibs. I've acquired one of those, which is very nice. But actually, the nibs with the good kits can be very satisfactory, if properly adjusted.

 

Best

 

Michael

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With the Waterman Phileas I was given, I exchanged the medium nib for a fine, and used it on and off for a while. Like others, I have enough pens that people who see me occasionally don't necessarily expect to see the one they gave me.

 

I'm dithering about the THink pen I bought with the gift certificate my coworkers gave me. I liked it when I bought it, but it's a broader nib than I prefer, and it's never really sung to me. It might find itself being traded for another pen somewhere down the line, or given to someone else.

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