The Fountain Pen Lies We Tell Ourselves (And The Others)

[lgbpinho]

"I'm buying it for selling with a profit." and then you keep the pen as if you were Gollum and the pen was the One Ring.

[Cordovian]

"This is absolutely, positively the last pen I'm buying this year" (only time this is possibly true is on December 31st)

[Ereshkigal]

"This is absolutely, positively the last pen I'm buying this year" (only time this is possibly true is on December 31st)

and somewhere around 23:00, yes.

[zaddick]

This pen will DEFINITELY not sit in a drawer like the other pens.

 

I am done buying pens until ... (pick some future date mre tha a month away).

 

I need to try out every type of filling system.

 

I don't collect pens.

 

I don't collect inks.

 

I need more X color ink because i don't have exactly THAT shade. (pick your favorite color to insert for X)

 

I don't mind cleaning out vacumatic pens.

 

I need to try X pen in a different nib size.

 

I will NEVER buy a pen over $x in cost. That is ridiculous. (pick your ceiling)

 

I am only going to the pen show to buy one pen. (or just to look)

[The Blue Knight]

It will never be at that price again.

Edited June 17, 2016 by The Blue Knight

[ISW_Kaputnik]

I will never spend $X for a pen.

 

I will never spend $2X for a pen.

 

I will never spend $4X for a pen.

 

I will never spend $... for a pen.

[haruka337]

"I need 145 bottles of ink."

[katm201]

"Blue ink doesn't count because I can use it at work."

[FOUR X FOUR]

MY PRECIOUS

[Sasha Royale]

Maybe someone will be able to use it.

[Helen350]

I'm running out of room in my third (48) pens zipper case. After I purchase the Fosfor pen, I am not buying another fountain pen EVER

[DustyR]

Not exactly a lie, but.....

 

"I really like this new pen. It writes so well! I will probably use this pen for years, that is if nothing happens to it. Something might happen to it. In that case, I should probably buy a second as a spare. And in the unlikely event that something happens to that second one, like I leave it on a plane, it's probably not a bad idea to get a third one."

 

;-)

[snowbear]

I'm only going to buy one more (pen, bottle or sample of ink, dip pen nib . . . )

[Runnin_Ute]

I need to have at least one nib in each of the major sizes...... (EF, F, M, B, OB, stub/italic/CI, other)

 

Or I have to complete the set... I need the red and blue and copper (of Estie J's) as I already have green, gray and black..

Edited June 18, 2016 by Runnin_Ute

[Baenlynn]

"I'm going to write more."

 

I say as I write yet another entry in my journal about writing more, and about things other than writing more.

 

"I'm not going to buy that package set of 'X'."

 

What I really mean is I'm not going to buy it today. When I have the cash to spare on it. It will turn up in my collection.

 

"I'm not going to buy that."

 

Yes I am. Just not today.

 

 

"if I keep all these inked, I'm more likely to use them."

 

And I do. Scrawling lines on printer paper every few days to stop the nibs and feeds gumming up.

[Morphling27]

I can stop at any time I want.

[haruka337]

I can stop at any time I want.

I say this every time I open a bag of Flaming Hot Cheetos.

[ethernautrix]

Some of these lies are very familiar. I'm not alone!

 

The most recurrent lie for me was (is?) "I'm done buying pens." Followed by the special dispensation clause, usually "except for one last Nakaya." We'll see if the main lie is true now that I've ordered my last Nakaya. *Crosses fingers*

 

In the past couple of years, I've bought very few pens, very, very few. If I acquire a new pen, it's usually through a trade, and "new" generally means "vintage," and usually it's because of an irresistible nib.

 

But I'm becoming more and more satisfied with having and using fewer pens. Only time will tell if that is a lie. Feels true for now.

[Raif79]

"I'm done buying pens"

 

"I have enough pens"

 

"I don't have a spending problem"

[ThomasB]

This is the year I downsize my collection, because, yes, I don't need all of these pens