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Only 2 1/2 FPs this month, as one was ordered in April but arrived in May.

 

A Lamy Safari blue & red (MSRP € 14,95), where I exchanged the scratchy original M to a better spare M. It even writes wet with Lamy Blue-Black (iron gall) carts.

 

The new Pelikan M620 'Madrid' with a somewhat toothy 18K EF nib (without box or papers) arrived this month from Regina Martini's new auction site (€ 165 shipped).

This size is better for me than the smaller Souveräns. While this is the best Pelikan nib for me so far, it is still below average. Pelikan just can't make as good EF nibs as Omas or Waterman. It is now filled with De Atramentis 'Aubergine'.

 

Finally my first vintage celluloid fountain pen for $99, by the 'Unique' Pen Company of England. The company stopped production in 1958, so pretty everything by them can be considered vintage. They seem to be quite rare nowadays.

This mint pen has a semi-flex EF 14k warranted nib, imprinted with a tiny unicorn. The pearl and black cracked-ice celluloid is marvellous, the section and the jewels on cap and blind cap are black plastic, while the applications are gold plated. It is a button filler, where only one push of the button is possible (I think).

The pen seems to be some kind of SE, as it has no manufacturer imprint anywhere, but instead 'Richard - Morges' and 'Made in England'. The pen isd either pre- or post WWII. Morges is a town near Lausanne in Switzerland, where Richard is a stationary shop, the swiss ebay seller wrote( the seller is the organizer of the Geneva pen show).

The brand identifcation was only possible via the 'unique' (sic) stepped clip design by a fellow FPN member (thanks, Laura). But I can't get any information about model type or exact age.

It writes quite well and reliable, if one holds it right, but flex is only under pressure. The balance is very good, also posted, which is necessary, as it is quite a short pen. Now it is filled with Diamine Prussian Blue, because of the vintage ink colour and the the easy flushability of Diamine inks.

Actually, I wasn't looking for vintage pens, but this one somehow caught my interest, while searching for Auroras.

 

Below are the Pelikan M620 Madrid and the vintage UNIQUE celluloid fp

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Nice week Andy and Simon! For me, a Pelikan Concorde de la Place, a second golden brown vac (1943), 2 of the DaniTrio $27 pens, a pinstripe Centenial Duofold - I actually bought this in April but sent it in for a nib exchange and it just came back today from the UK with a super sweet two-tone nib - silver with a gold heart. I have mixed feelings about the nib - it's beautiful, but its different from what is supposed to come on this navy pinstripe. anyway, I feel like I've had a pretty darned goo past couple of weeks!

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That's a great Unique. I have one of them myself, but not as nice as yours. Mine is in a lovely red marbled celluloid with the same nib as yours, although mine has more flex to it. Writes like a charm. I suspect they were one of the conway stewart off brands, or used the same rod stock, as I have a Conway made Relief in the exact same plastic.

 

Thanks for sharing!

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That's a great Unique. I have one of them myself, but not as nice as yours. Mine is in a lovely red marbled celluloid with the same nib as yours, although mine has more flex to it. Writes like a charm. I suspect they were one of the conway stewart off brands, or used the same rod stock, as I have a Conway made Relief in the exact same plastic.

 

Thanks for sharing!

Brian

Thanks, Brian.

 

That celluloid seems to have been more widely available at that (which??) time, as the same seller (Mohamed Khediri from Switzerland) also had a German Soennecken 507 piston filler on auction. That pen had also exactly the same celluloid as my Unique. The Soennecken got a final bid of almost $400 !

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Does your camera have a macro setting? Most do now a days, and you'll need it to take any decent pen shot. I'm sure there are worse photographers out there, wait a minute, I know there are, :D so give it a shot (pardon the pun). Some of us need to live vicariously through others.

 

Yes indeed, Nice week! Congrats!

Brian

I don't know if it has a macro setting. It is a fairly new digital camera so I'm pretty sure it has everything, but I couldn't quite understand the manual so I'm not sure. As I said, its that stupid thing that pushes the button that is the problem. I'd love to post adequate photos, I just need to figure out how to take the closeups.

 

I need to go to TNS school. :)

 

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I don't know if it has a macro setting. It is a fairly new digital camera so I'm pretty sure it has everything, but I couldn't quite understand the manual so I'm not sure.

Look for an icon of a flower, that usually identifies the macro setting, whether it be a physical turn of a dial or a push of a button. You'll be taking good macro shots in no time!

 

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Thanks, Brian.

 

That celluloid seems to have been more widely available at that (which??) time, as the same seller (Mohamed Khediri from Switzerland) also had a German Soennecken 507 piston filler on auction. That pen had also exactly the same celluloid as my Unique. The Soennecken got a final bid of almost $400 !

That's really stunning, and to be a double jewel model too. It makes the mouth water. Tell me it's just your good photo. :drool:

 

I think you got the better deal. :)

 

Brian

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