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rachelcarpenter Near Mint

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lovely! and love how it seems to jump out of the car-pic background....! the pen is mightier than the car by far!

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Esterbrooks

 

Montblanc... meisterstuck 146 from the early 80s. A gift from a friend who got many pens for his Bar Mitzvah.

 

Conklin parts, in a ziplock.

 

1990s Shaeffers - one slender matte mauve, one marbled shiny blue, both lovely to write with. Love those nibs.

 

Stypen. Smoother flow now that I've flushed it.

 

"Treasure" combined pen and pencil. Old, tiny, works.

 

PetitPoint

 

Platinum Preppy

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very nice and soberpen :thumbup: very nice writing samples, thanks for sharing :clap1: :thumbup:

Pens are like watches , once you start a collection, you can hardly go back. And pens like all fine luxury items do improve with time

 

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your handwriting is impeccable, not like mine (chicken scratch)

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I opened a box of cheerios and planted them. I thought they were doughnut seeds. They didn't sprout :( (joke of the week)

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AltecGreen Antique

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The Mitaka shiro nib is pretty flexy and offers a good amount of control. Here are samples from the Mitaka compared to other shiro nibs. The two Pilot R pens have a bit of flex but need a fair amount of force which digs into the paper. The Power (obscure brand) is very similar to the Mitaka and probably my best writing Japanese vintage pen. This and the first Pilot R pen just came back today from repair and they are wonderful writers now. The Shiseido pen is super flexy but not quite a wet noodle. Not as soft as a 30's Omas nib but slightly more spring so better control. The last is a 50's vintage World and shows moderate but useable flex.

 

 

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Mitaka

Pilot R (black urushi over celluloid)

Pilot R (older celluloid lever filler)

Power (1930's)

Shiseido lever filler (from the cosmetic company)

World

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August 28-30th, 2020
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Redwood City Ca, 94065

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Thanks for an excellent contribution to the thread, AltecGreen. Those are some very nice pens: I like the Shiseido, but it's probably a little too flexy for me to use.

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Thanks for an excellent contribution to the thread, AltecGreen. Those are some very nice pens: I like the Shiseido, but it's probably a little too flexy for me to use.

 

 

One of the interesting attributes of these shiro nibs is that they have a good amount of spring even if they are really flexy. If you have a light touch, then you write normally with all of them.

2020 San Francisco Pen Show
August 28-30th, 2020
Pullman Hotel San Francisco Bay
223 Twin Dolphin Drive
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DanielB Rare

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On the grounds that a diagram always helps...

 

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It does indeed. Thanks.

 

Should the rod come out completely once the knob is unscrewed?

Quan el centre del món no ets ben bé tu (per més que en tinguis la il·lusió),

si et desvetllaven enmig de la nit, no vulguis preguntar-te per què vius:

distreu-te rosegant l'ungla d'un dit. [I beg your pardon, Salvador Espriu]

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Should the rod come out completely once the knob is unscrewed?

It does. Don't do it with ink in the pen, though. :bunny01:

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Nice sketch!

"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination."

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bluemagister Vintage

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An excellent review! I assume the kanji on the nib are "細字"? (saiji=fine letter). I LOVE that chevron-shaped breather hole!

 

WOW, next time I am in Tokyo, I'm going to go combing for pens in antique shops!

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"細字"? (saiji=fine letter)

They're squared-off and stylised, so the "字" is a bit hard to make out, but that's how I read it.

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Should the rod come out completely once the knob is unscrewed?

It does. Don't do it with ink in the pen, though. :bunny01:

 

 

 

Oops ... too late

 

Just kidding. I don't plan to use my MB as a swizzle stick either.

Quan el centre del món no ets ben bé tu (per més que en tinguis la il·lusió),

si et desvetllaven enmig de la nit, no vulguis preguntar-te per què vius:

distreu-te rosegant l'ungla d'un dit. [I beg your pardon, Salvador Espriu]

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all of the japanese shut-off EDs I have seen (I have not personally seen this particular one) have a thicker end to the shut-off rod as in the modified pic below... this prevents the rod from being removed from the barrel end and thereby makes it extraordinarily difficult to fix a leaking seal!!! (altho' I did figure out a bit of a quick and dirty hack)

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