What Was Your Last Impulsive Pen Acquisition?

[dogpoet]

A NOS Waterman Jif 2, though as this was an online sale, I have yet to receive it, and might not. (It really should have made its way here from France by now.)

[JotterAddict62]

A Parker 45 BP with the phrase [ Our job is getting things done! ] on the barrel.

I had to have that one.

[Mercian]

A Parker 45 Flighter off the ‘bay (yaaarrr!).

 

This pen is my first ever 45.

It is a “MADE IN ENGLAND” one from (I think) the 1970s. It has polished-chrome tassies. It came to me in a nice, robust, cloth-covered box.

It has a steel (not gold) ‘M’ nib, and a corporate logo (from ‘Dutch State Mines’) on its side, so it only cost me £15 (including p&p).

 

It arrived this morning, and it still had a dried-up “SUPER QUINK INK CARTRIDGE. PERMANENT BLUE BLACK. MADE IN USA” in its barrel. One made of hard-ish plastic, with “RESERVE TANK” also printed on it. (How old are those?)

 

The pen is now in clean-up - I ran tap water through it for a while, and its section is now soaking in plain water.

The ink that I washed out of the old cartridge looks like it would have been a very pleasant colour; an actual blue-black, and not the teal-green of the 2000s-era Quink Blue Black.

 

It feels extremely well-built - in the same way that my ‘Made in England’ ‘Super 21’ flighter bp feels much more robustly-built than my modern (early 2000s) Jotter flighter bp does. E.g. the threads inside the barrel of my 45 are, like those in my ‘Super 21’ bp, made of brass. Unlike those in my modern Jotter bp, which are plastic.

 

Taking it apart to clean it called to my mind the wistful expression “ah, They just don’t make them like this any more”.
Guess I’m getting old, eh?

Edited April 7, 2020 by Mercian

[SwipedFromTruman]

For me, it was the Wing Sung 699. Not too pricey for a Pilot Custom 823 knockoff - but it hasn't been a great pen for me. Goulet nib didn't fit as well as I'd hoped - and screwing the cap back on ended up bending the nib. Oh well, live and learn, right?

[Linger]

I wanted to try a vintage pen. So I bought a Sheaffer Balance from the late 30s from Catawiki. I overbid, spent more than I intended, and the pen was an utter disappointment. I accepted the package on the day i left for 10 day trip, and did not pay attention to the condition the pen was in. The feed was crooked and did not align with the nib at all. Next to that the pen is mini. It is not yet repaired, and I keep it in my drawer as a reminder to never do that again.

[sharonspens]

When you own 70+ pens, most any purchase is an impulse. Today i received a PenBBS double nibbed pen; Goldspot had them on Weekly Dip special last week, and I have been fascinated by the idea of such a pen. It is cleaned up, filled with Bungbox Ink of the Witch and Iroshizuku Asa-Gao. Just finishing my taxes and waiting for the feeds to become saturated before i use it (it will be the reward for finishing the taxes).

 

Sharon in Indiana

[jmccarty3]

Last impulsive acquisition was today. Saw Tom Kellie's magnificent photos of Montblanc's elegant Meisterstück Le Petit Prince Special Edition 146 Petit Prince and Planet, https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/353137-montblanc-meisterstuck-le-petit-prince-special-edition-146-petit-prince-and-planet-ef/, and couldn't resist ordering one in EF from La Couronne du Comte, along with the accompanying ink and a bottle of Chinese Blue for good measure. The pen will make a nice companion to my 146R.

[MadAsAHatter]

I just made an impulse buy this past Sunday night. I bought a Sheaffer Balance pen & pencil set from Peyton Street Pens. Here's a pic. I hope Peyton Street Pens doesn't mind that I borrowed the image to post here since I don't have the pen yet to take my own pictures.

[WLSpec]

I just made an impulse buy this past Sunday night. I bought a Sheaffer Balance pen & pencil set from Peyton Street Pens. Here's a pic. I hope Peyton Street Pens doesn't mind that I borrowed the image to post here since I don't have the pen yet to take my own pictures.

That is a beauty!

[WLSpec]

WLSpec, my latest is an Indian pen too - decided to get the latest ASA Nauka special edition. I have no idea how long it might take to arrive though, as we are all under lockdown here in France.

Sounds nice! (The Nauka Flora, right?) The Ranga hasn't arrived yet, and I don't know how long it will take... could be a while

[FOUR X FOUR]

It wasn’t a pen but I just bought a 96 pen briefcase.

[BaronWulfraed]

It wasn’t a pen but I just bought a 96 pen briefcase.

Oooh... I was tempted by it, but it would have left me with too many small and expensive leather cases. I settled for another 24 pen case and plan a mass resort of my pens... I only have one case that takes those large Ranga, and Lamy Joys...

[inkstainedruth]

I went to the local pen porn store for ONE bottle of ink.... probably shouldn’t have even gone in. Picked two bottles, because I needed another black ink. Then I mouthed off about making me a cash deal on a Pilot 823.....he did, so I had to take him up on the black version of that pen.

 

Damn that man!

 

Yeah, you really had to twist the guy's arm hard, didn't you?

For me it was probably the Parker 75 I got on eBay last week. Pen came yesterday. Maybe I paid more than I should have, given that I passed on one with some dings for (by the time eBay collected PA sales tax, plus shipping) would have been about half the price.... OTOH, mine has a B nib, and the less expensive ones were all M nibs. It's a later model, with the dished tastes, but if I read stuff correctly last night it's from before 1979 because of no date code. And once I saw the Cisele finish on one at an estate sale last year I've been in lust....

Tomorrow it gets to come out and play! Trying to decide what to put in it first....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[inkstainedruth]

When you own 70+ pens, most any purchase is an impulse. Today i received a PenBBS double nibbed pen; Goldspot had them on Weekly Dip special last week, and I have been fascinated by the idea of such a pen. It is cleaned up, filled with Bungbox Ink of the Witch and Iroshizuku Asa-Gao. Just finishing my taxes and waiting for the feeds to become saturated before i use it (it will be the reward for finishing the taxes).

 

Sharon in Indiana

 

Is that the PenBBS 469? I just looked at Goldspot's website; they're kinda neat looking, but are you going to have problems with ink leaking into the nibs/caps when both sides are inked up but you're not using the pen (or are you going to store it flat)?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Carguy]

Yeah, you really had to twist the guy's arm hard, didn't you?

For me it was probably the Parker 75 I got on eBay last week. Pen came yesterday. Maybe I paid more than I should have, given that I passed on one with some dings for (by the time eBay collected PA sales tax, plus shipping) would have been about half the price.... OTOH, mine has a B nib, and the less expensive ones were all M nibs. It's a later model, with the dished tastes, but if I read stuff correctly last night it's from before 1979 because of no date code. And once I saw the Cisele finish on one at an estate sale last year I've been in lust....

Tomorrow it gets to come out and play! Trying to decide what to put in it first....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Yeah I guess I did cuz he responded quickly! Me and my big mouth,

 

Lucky for me I have a very understanding wife.....I love that woman!

[Addertooth]

I suffer from a painful infatuation with Waterman Lady Patricia pens/pencils. I normally like getting them in a set (if possible). If not, then I will snag one, and then keep looking for the other.

This pencil popped up not well identified, and with language that led me to believe it was missing parts on the inside. It arrived today, and only needed a quick polish and the rubber eraser replaced.

 

This particular Lady Patricia family member can be tough to find. It is the Gothic (some call it checkerboard) gold filed model. No brassing can be found, but I will likely replate the nose piece.

Searching for it on the web turned out very few pictures of this exact model. It is roughly Circa 1931.

 

Edited April 15, 2020 by Addertooth

[welch]

Aurora 88p

[Mercian]

I have, once again, succumbed to Temptation on the ‘bay

(This ‘lockdown’ business is proving to be very expensive for me....)

 

This time, I have bought myself an aerometric Parker “51” in Burgundy.

It was ‘MADE IN ENGLAND’ in the third quarter of 1954 - just like my first “51”, which is ‘Navy Grey’.

It has a nib that is fine/medium, a sac that is totally clear, and a Lustralloy cap with the longer clip that one would normally expect to only find on the earliest aerometric “51”s, and not on a mid-50s pen.

 

It is now loaded with Rohrer & Klinger Salix iron-gall blue-black ink

[como]

Come to think of it, I am incapable of distinguishing what's impulsive from what's not. It seems to me that all my pen purchases are impulsive, and at the same time full of reasons and conviction. Yes, it makes a lot of sense

[Mercian]

It seems to me that all my pen purchases are impulsive, and at the same time full of reasons and conviction.

When a part of your brain can instantly come up with a range of eminently-sensible and pressing reasons for a purchase, that’s how you know it’s a ‘guilty pleasure’