Have You Ever Considered Stopping From Buying More Pens?

[rochester21]

I have accumulated about 25 pens in the 3 year period since i began this hobby, but now i think more and more about stopping from buying any more pens. I give myself 4 arguments to support this:

1. There is no perfect fountain pen, so no point in looking for it.

2. If one buys them randomly(without a specific gold), then one can`t stop until one has them all, which isn`t going to happen.

3. I can`t keep them forever.

4. I only use one pen from the entire lot !

 

Of course, it`s easier said than done, but i think/hope than from now on i will buy fewer and fewer pens. This way, i will appreciate more the pens i already have and i will save my money. And hopefully one day i will simply lose the urge for trying new pens.

 

What about you? Have you ever considered not buying pens anymore- at least at some point? and if so, why? same for the negative answer.

Edited February 9, 2013 by rochester21

[Penne Stilografiche]

My simple answer, NO.

[frenchy82]

i've just starded to buying pens and i'm not going to stop for a long time :embarrassed_smile:

[PatientType]

I've not only thought about it, I've done it. I stopped buying pens at least six times. I'm up to about 40 fountain pens now. But, I'm not planning to buy anymore. :ltcapd:

[Plume145]

Nope. I've been using pens for over 20 years, since primary school, and for almost all of that time I have had more than one pen. In that time I've been like you are now - using one pen at a time, often with the same ink too - and I've been at the opposite end of using multiple pens at the same time all with different inks (since last May I'm doing the latter, after a few years of being a one-pen gal).

 

The trick is to cull and rotate. Cull, as in go through your pens every once in a while and take out the ones you don't use much or don't like much and get rid of them. Give them to people to get them into fountain pens or sell them here, whatever. Rotate, as in pick a few of your pens to ink with a color and once the ink is through, don't refill the same pen, but another one (then after a while of doing this, if there's some you still haven't used, you might consider them for culling). Use multiple ink colors so it's not basically one ink in like six different pens - you don't need much money to do that, the samples from the goulets will yield anywhere from one to two and a half fills, and if you get the subscription service, you can fill 5-10 pens at a time with five different inks for just fifteen bucks.

 

25 isn't insane. I have about 70 (will be down to around 55 after the latest cull) and mine is definitely not the biggest stash around. If you can deal with not having them in a lovely pen case with individual slots (which to be fair is only a necessity with higher end pens or delicate finishes) they also take up very little room to store. Mine fit in a biscuit tin with room to spare

[WOBentley]

I have a lot of pens, more than 150, though my "collection" is small compared to many others... However it is my hobby and I only buy what I can afford so I don't plan to stop...but I have become more selective.

[geoduc]

I have a plan to purchase two more pens and then stop buying for at least a year. We'll see how that goes.

 

My collection is small at only about 20 pens, but I think that's plenty to meet my needs and desires. I'd actually like to whittle it down to 15 of my favorites.

[Shangas]

Stop collecting PENS?

 

BLASPHEMY! Nail him to the Cross!

[tmcneil82]

All the time. Typically near the end of the month, when the gf is balancing the checkbook.

[Frank C]

No. There is always some new interesting pen coming on the market. I often read about nice pens here on FPN and then want to try them. I like different nibs. I like many colors of ink; I currently have about 40 pens inked, with 40 different inks. I use a fountain pen every day at work. I see no reason to stop buying fountain pens.

[raigne]

I have, but like any crash diet, I gain back double what I had before.

Edited February 9, 2013 by raigne

[JohnMarra]

I have been collecting for nearly 40 years and I will confess that I have gone years without buying any pens. But, I always seem to find my way back. But my collection is trending in a downward trend. I've gone from 1,000+ to 300-400 and continue to streamline ... lately, I am enjoying giving pens away to new collectors.

[Joe in Seattle]

Yes, and I'm just about there, almost.......

[sammyhellsyea]

Every day. But it's more like "I spend a lot on this (bleep). I should stop. Meh."

 

And then I'm over it.

 

Although in the last 3 days, I have placed 3 orders from Goulet and they were all over $100.

 

It's like gaining tolerance as a drug addict.

[ethernautrix]

I don't say never, but I have certainly slowed down. I'm satisfied with the pens I have, so there isn't the compulsion to acquire more.

[fourseamer]

No, but I've reached something of a limit both financially and by pen count where I'm not comfortable buying a pen unless I sell another. I could probably even stand to trim my collection down, but I enjoy what I have so...no, not for now.

[bphollin]

I'm on a pen purchase sabbath at present, which roughly translates to "I'll only buy if the pen is a Lamy or if it is for my birthday."

[johnmetta]

Stop collecting PENS?

 

BLASPHEMY! Nail him to the Cross!

 

What? And ruin a perfectly good Cross?

[mirosc]

Yes, thought about that. But I had not reached my "goals" then. But I'm nearing the end ;-) so I guess....

er,....

that the lags will just become longer :embarrassed_smile:

[enricof]

Unfortunately I'm reducing volumes but increasing unit prices...