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Well, it took me about two and a half months to go from weighing the merits of the Metropolitan vs. the Safari, to relishing the performance of my Pilot Custom 823, to thinking, "Hmmm, ya know, these Nakayas are *really* nice."

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"A knifeless man is a lifeless man." -- Faroe Islands proverb

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I know the feeling. I've got a quantity problem. By the end of the month I'll own 20 vintage MBs... all in the search for the 2 or 3 I want to keep and use frequently.

 

I think you're OK though, because I started with more affordable pens and wish I had spent a little more up front to get something with a bit more class.

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Took me just over three months :)

 

Truth be told I wish I had waited longer as I would like a different nib now that I have more experience. But it is a lovely pen!

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When July rolls around, please be sure to post a review of whichever David Oscarson you decide to buy.

I plan to live forever. So far, so good.

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They are nice aren't they?

 

Now then you might want to look at their kissin cuzins the Platinum Izumos.

 

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They are nice aren't they?

 

Now then you might want to look at their kissin cuzins the Platinum Izumos.

 

 

jar, you can be cruel sometimes ...

 

BRADGAD: welcome, and please share notes on your enjoyment of the escalation process.

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Ar least you avoided The Pen of the Week in the Mail Club.

 

 

The wise pick well in the Pen of the Month Club.

 

Pen of the quarter is a good club to join....one gets better pens. :)

 

Each border passed seemed big at the time....some were....the lower borders being the most important. You passed through levels rather fast. B)

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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Yeah I am with you, I picked up a couple of Auroras and then found Nakaya and all is lost, three of them are now in use.

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Right now I believe I am in need of the local chapter of FPA, I hear they have 12 step program (or is that a 12 pen program?).

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Right now I believe I am in need of the local chapter of FPA, I hear they have 12 step program (or is that a 12 pen program?).

 

It's a 12 inks program. ;)

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It happens.

May we live, not by our fears but by our hopes; not by our words but by our deeds; not by our disappointments but by our dreams.

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I had only a Sheaffer No-Nonsense pen, then I bought a black Parker Duofold Centennial fp, an older Prof. gave me his well used Parker 51 fp.

Then a three or four later, I realised that I had close to 450 pens!!!!! How they multiplied, I have no idea!!!!:):)

Brad- welcome to the club.

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Well at least I have... wait, I was going to say a support group, but y'all are more like enablers or co-conspirators.

"A knifeless man is a lifeless man." -- Faroe Islands proverb

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There was a time when I thought 12 pen would be enough; actually a lot. :lticaptd:

Then there was the only need 10 inks....if that. :rolleyes:

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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Brick Tamland: Yeah, I stabbed a man in the heart.

Ron Burgundy: I saw that. Brick killed a guy. Did you throw a trident?

Brick Tamland: Yeah, there were horses, and a man on fire, and I killed a guy with a trident.





Took me about two years after receiving my first Nakaya before I went Nakaya crazy. But when the crazy hit, it hit hard. The benefit was the Nakaya Shield -- I'd order a Nakaya and would not buy another pen until the Nakaya was paid for (back then, your credit card wasn't charged until the pen was leaving for the ride to your address). At the time, that was three or four months of no other pen purchases. Once, the Nakaya took six months. And I was fine! Everything worked out!


Now...while Nakaya is my favorite pen (specifically the Piccolo Cigar model), I find that I LOVE the Pilot PO (posting) nib and would like to put one of those in one of my Nakayas. Wow. That would be... wow. Maybe I can get one of my Nakaya nibs filed down and shaped to a PO. Or a reasonable facsimile.


Have fun on your journey!

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Yes, I'm saving up for an MB Writer's edition. It will take me at least two years. There again, once I've saved the cash a Nakaya might be bought instead.

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