2017 Wishlist

[visvamitra]

1. Conid regular with titanium nib (preferably Conid Monarch made for FOntoplumo but I won't be able to justify the cost to myself)
2. Omas Paragon or other (what I want is metal section and nice nib)
3. Yard-o-Led Standard, Plain finish
4. Affodable Parker Vacumatic with some nice stripes

Maybe something else will come my way. I've been thinking *and drooling over) about Conid too long though. Time to act this year.

[Arkamas]

I've fallen for a lot of Japanese Pens, particularly Pilot. Maybe more just my wishlist as it stands. I don't know if I'll ever actually get the C823 since it stands well beyond my price threshold right now.

 

- Pilot Custom 823, black

- Pilot Custom Heritage 92, transparent

- Pilot Custom 74, deep red

- Pilot Vanishing Point, black/gold

- Pilot E95s, deep red

- Platinum 3776, black

- Sailor Profit Standard, blue

- Lamy Safari, charcoal

- Kaweco Skyline Sport, grey

Edited March 8, 2017 by Arkamas

[chromantic]

My new wish for 2017 is that I stop buying pens.

[Guardy]

On the actually feasible side:

-Lamy Safari LE 2017 - Petrol (just have to wait until it comes out)

-Any pretty Wing Sung pens that pop up on my radar

-A demonstrator that's not c/c, for the sole purpose of terrifying people with Diamine Oxblood.

-Maybe a Kaweco Sport

 

On the kinda feasible side:

-Italix Captain's Commission (pretty low priority, though)

-Geha Goldschwinge (the older, pretty model - hunting for it, but little luck so far)

-Platinum Century (I'm mostly just scared of customs, hah)

-At least one reasonably colorful celluloid vintage pen with a sac-based filling system; preferably in working condition and structurally sound... anything better than that is optional

-Esterbrook J (They're all US-based and shipping and customs costs are slightly horrifying and almost the price of the pen in most cases, otherwise I'd have bought one a long time ago)

 

Broke university student with big dreams:

-Waterman Carène

-Pilot Vanishing Point

-Pelikan M400 Tortoise Shell (white) (<- grail pen? Grail pen.)

 

Already done:

-Picasso 915

-Wing Sung 322 in red

-Faber-Castell Loom

-Hero 901 (I know it's a tacky thing, but I've been meaning to buy one for months. It's a sub-3€ pen, for crying out loud, but somehow I keep telling myself 'later'. The fact that none of my tried and true pen sources carries this one doesn't help) Finally ordered one today, halleluljah.

Edited March 14, 2017 by Guardy

[GutSchrift]

I should probably be saving or buying a nice vacation but here's the wishlist (we'll see what ends up appearing!)

• Namiki Yukari Royale Vermillion
• Pelikan m900 Toledo or Pelikan m700 Toledo (haven't decided yet)

[888007888]

1.) Montblanc Andy Warhol limited with the flowers.

2.) Visconti London Fog

3.) Lamy Safari Petrol

[Cryptos]

My wish, now, for 2017 is to stop being suckered into buying pens that are not what they seem. I guess that I should start by simply not buying pens?

[JotterAddict62]

Any unusual vintage Parker that comes my way. I do like advertising Jotters [ the more iconic the better with brass threads ]

[Kelly G]

Well, as long as we're wishing:

I'm intrigued by the Namiki Emperor Vermilion Urushi

The Pelikan M900 has been on my list for a very long time - should have bought it five hundred dollars ago.

A Nakaya Naka-ai. Deciding on the particular urushi would be a problem - fortunately I don't have to decide any time soon.

 

Perhaps my most fervent wish in the pen category is that I might find the will to begin divesting myself of some of the accumulation. If I did, I could buy those three on the list. It is interesting how this obsession works.

[OmegaMountain]

Well, bought a Nakaya and just got it in. So, I'm actually really digging the Safari Petrol and hope to grab one next month.

[MHBru]

Namiki Milky Way..... I can dream can't I?

[Bookman]

All vintage:

• Parker Deluxe Challenger (Green Marble)
• Sheaffer Lifetime Balance (Green Striated)
• Waterman Man 100 Opera (Black Chased)
• Wahl Eversharp Doric (Cashmere Green Marble)
• Wahl Eversharp 86 Personal Point (Rosewood)
• Pelikan 120 (Black/Solid Green)

​Realistically, I might buy 1-2 of these

[praxim]

@Bookman, I have a Man 100 Opera (black chased) in Classifieds now. PM me if you are interested.

[chromantic]

... I can dream can't I?

 

Well, if we're dreaming, the "whale fighting squid" one.

[fpenluver]

My new wish for 2017 is that I stop buying pens.

Rather than following chromantic i think i wish......... I have more money to fund my purchase for this year (but it seems that it will only be a wish)

[Arkanabar]

On the actually feasible side:

-Lamy Safari LE 2017 - Petrol (just have to wait until it comes out)

-Any pretty Wing Sung pens that pop up on my radar

-A demonstrator that's not c/c, for the sole purpose of terrifying people with Diamine Oxblood.

-Maybe a Kaweco Sport.

That's TOTALLY feasible. FPRevolutionUSA.com (Kevin has closed the old fountain pen revolution site) has a bunch of Indian piston and ED demonstrators for sale. So too does ASApens.in (except that most of them are listed as out of stock). Next step up is a TWSBI ECO or 580 or Mini or Vac Mini or...

 

You're apparently in Deutschland, so getting a 4.5oz bottle of Noodler's Nikita with a free Indian demonstrator ED would be likely to be a bit tricky. If you were here in the US, I'd totally suggest that.

[Noihvo]

That's TOTALLY feasible. FPRevolutionUSA.com (Kevin has closed the old fountain pen revolution site) has a bunch of Indian piston and ED demonstrators for sale. So too does ASApens.in (except that most of them are listed as out of stock). Next step up is a TWSBI ECO or 580 or Mini or Vac Mini or...

 

You're apparently in Deutschland, so getting a 4.5oz bottle of Noodler's Nikita with a free Indian demonstrator ED would be likely to be a bit tricky. If you were here in the US, I'd totally suggest that.

 

[ReadyFireAim]

Waterman 52 "wet noodle" in olive ripple.

 

0.8 CI Masuyama grind on 146R

Edited March 24, 2017 by Bordeaux146

[BillH]

Waterman 52 "wet noodle" in olive ripple.

 

0.8 CI Masuyama grind on 146R

 

 

Yes, that 146R is a great wish!

 

I am wishing that Pelikan and MB spread their 2017 new releases out enough that I do not have to wear oven mitts to handle my c-card. I goes without saying that I also wish hope they are worth the wait...

[inkstainedruth]

Well, I can cross a 405 Stresemann off my wish list -- it's now in the mail from Germany, along with an M405 in Striated Blue (although I don't know if they've hit Stateside yet, or how long the package will be stuck in Customs. And the Vector distraction (at least for the time being). I think I can afford some of the other pens on the list, too -- but at this point (at least for some of them) I want to wait to see them in person (rather than on a bad photo on the Bay of Evil), so I'm willing to wait a few months to hit the next available pen show (for both convenient travel and a weekend that isn't sucked up by something else).

Fortunately, most of the stuff on my list isn't in the same price range as the two M405s.....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth