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tamiya Vintage

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You know your a Pen Addict when you ..............

 

12. When you suddenly realise you had a hot cup on tea on your table which went cold hours back!

12a Q: the kids have learnt the mugs of liquid on my workbench aren't always for quenching thirst, whereas I gotta think back is this Twinings or did I flush out Havana Brown this morning

 

12b waterman doesn't taste too bad, 4001 brun is vile & haven't chanced to sample Visconti yet ;)

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hahaha ... that is something! Maybe get confused between the Black Ink and glass of Rum ! Candle light isn't that bright :D

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You know your a Pen Addict when you ..............

 

*snip*

12. When you suddenly realise you had a hot cup on tea on your table which went cold hours back!

*snap*

How many have experienced this?

What do you mean, "went cold"? :huh: My milk with coffee today is *grabs a thermometer* ~26°C. Okay, fair enough, tea should be around 40 to 45°C :rolleyes:

 

Edit: When you accumulate pens, but don't know what on earth to do with them.

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You do not have a right to post. You do not have a right to a lawyer. Do you understands these rights you do not have?

 

Kaweco Supra (titanium B), Al-Sport (steel BB).

Parker: Sonnet (dimonite); Frontier GT; 51 (gray); Vacumatic (amber).

Pelikan: m600 (BB); Rotring ArtPen (1,9mm); Rotring Rive; Cult Pens Mini (the original silver version), Waterman Carene (ultramarine F)

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Edit: When you accumulate pens, but don't know what on earth to do with them.

 

and then you see another one that seems rather nice ...

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and then you see another one that seems rather nice ...

Yup. "Maybe in future I'll have to write more in work". *bzzzzt* Unlikely.

You do not have a right to post. You do not have a right to a lawyer. Do you understands these rights you do not have?

 

Kaweco Supra (titanium B), Al-Sport (steel BB).

Parker: Sonnet (dimonite); Frontier GT; 51 (gray); Vacumatic (amber).

Pelikan: m600 (BB); Rotring ArtPen (1,9mm); Rotring Rive; Cult Pens Mini (the original silver version), Waterman Carene (ultramarine F)

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Addict? I'm not an addict! I never use more than one pen. Not at the same time at least. The others are inked just in case this one runs out of ink.

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Uh... When your in jail

 

Guard: What you want for your last meal?

You: Nothing, just my Parker 51 and a notepad, please.

Guard: .....

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tamiya Vintage

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Uh... When your in jail

I'd suspect FPs wouldn't be allowed inside a penitentiary...?

 

So you'd better not get caught!! :D

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One of our grandsons (3yrs) doesn't recognize the difference yet between 'want' and 'need'. He says things like "I really need this toy". You know you're a fp addict when a new one comes in the mail and you show it to your wife and she says, in her best imitation grandson voice "oh that's pretty... you really needed that one, didn't you."

"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working." -Pablo Picasso


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It's like an automatic response now.. for the last 4-5 pens that I acquired, the first thing I do is break out my loupe and check out the nib alignment then take the pen apart, clean it, and put it back together again before I even ink it.

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You are ecstatic when a gift package arrives from a family member that contains 5 old, broken pens purchased at a flea market for $.50 and you instantly reach for the loupe to check nibs and mentally inventory your sac supply. Other packages go unopened while you break out your heat gun and section grips and get to work on the first Wearever in the box.

Dave Campbell
Retired Science Teacher and Active Pen Addict
Every day is a chance to reduce my level of ignorance.

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I buy "back ups" of my favorite pens. I also buy multiple pens of the same kind because I want to have them all inked up with different ink colors. For example, I own 3 Lamy 2000s, 3 Platinum 3776s, 3 Pilot custom 74s, 4 Pelikan m 200s and so on. I have a serious problem.

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When you buy pens you don't want from a picker to make certain he keeps looking for them for you.

Not me, but an actual practice of a friend of mine.

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tamiya Vintage

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For example, I own 3 Lamy 2000s, 3 Platinum 3776s, 3 Pilot custom 74s, 4 Pelikan m 200s and so on. I have a serious problem.

too right, they're all Japanese & German! What have you got against USA & UK?? :)

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too right, they're all Japanese & German! What have you got against USA & UK?? :)

 

he prefers axis over allies.. ;-p

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M

 

 

he prefers axis over allies.. ;-p

More importantly, what's he got against vintage pens?
Oh -- wait. That means more for ME! :lticaptd: Never mind....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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tamiya Vintage

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More importantly, what's he got against vintage pens?

Oh -- wait. That means more for ME!]

Worst thing with Vintage is its soooo hard to accumulate a fleet of Identical units, if say you wanted to test a dozen inks concurrently.

 

Plus additional variation due to efforts of restorer/tuner/wear&tear/age.

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Addict? I'm not an addict! I never use more than one pen. Not at the same time at least. The others are inked just in case this one runs out of ink.

 

Good one, I see what you did there!

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