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MilkThistle NOS (New Old Stock)

MilkThistle

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Hello FPN!

 

I have recently re-discovered my love of Fountain Pens. And, every time I google for an answer to my questions, I end up here.

 

Thanks to FPN ~ I now know (for the first time, actually) the name of my S.T.Dupont pen.

 

"La Plume Ultime" - Ocean

 

I purchased this pen in Boston, MA during the mid 1980's. It writes like a dream after 20 or so years neglected. 3 days of soaking the nib in distilled water made it work like new. (thanks FPN ~ advice I gained from this wonderful forum.)

 

Here it is:

 

http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/b459/MilkThistle29/IMG_2893_zps4idwzl1o.jpg

 

 

Thanks FPN.

 

[i just dropped some $ on an M805...thanks???...!!!]

 

Eric

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Welcome to our little corner of the universe from a pen user in San Diego. You will love the Pelikan!

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Great. That is one of my favorite models and is also called a standard size Gatsby.

 

Welcome home. Pull up a stump and set a spell.

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Eric, hello and welcome from Indiana!

Please visit my store A&D Penworx.

Brands we carry: Benu Pen, Conklin, Kaweco, Monteverde, TWSBI - Diamine, J Herbin, KWZ- Clairefontaine, Field Notes, Rhodia, Whitelines

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Ooooh Lovely pen specially if it's from the 80's were everything was just happening, welcome to the forums! :W2FPN: :bunny01:

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MilkThistle NOS (New Old Stock)

MilkThistle

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Wow, Thank You; my new found enablers!

 

I have belonged to watch, knife, cigar, and MTB forums. This is the best welcome ever!

 

Thanks - nice to wake up and see 10 folks rolling out the carpet. My day has been made and I haven't done a damn thing yet!

 

Here is my entire existing collection. I only owned 2 other fountains - both STDupont. A Montparnasse small in gold (It felt like Gold Plated Plastic) that I gave away, and a Montparnasse large in dark green with gold trim that I can't find anywhere.

 

 

http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/b459/MilkThistle29/IMG_2894_zpsjzvw3apb.jpg

 

 

Going to give this old MB a try - just dropped the nib into some distilled.

 

 

http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/b459/MilkThistle29/IMG_2895_zps2dr5ksju.jpg

 

 

Thanks y'all, You seem like a great group.

 

I'm going to hide my wallet now.

 

:)

 

Eric

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Arkamas

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Greetings!

 

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...The history, culture and sophistication; the rich, aesthetic beauty; the indulgent, ritualistic sensations of unscrewing the cap and filling from a bottle of ink; the ambient scratch of the ink-stained nib on fine paper; A noble instrument, descendant from a line of ever-refined tools, and the luster of writing,
with a charge from over several millennia of continuing the art of recording man's life.

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Welcome !

 

The M805 is a wonderful pen. The Montblanc needs none of my praise. However, do not again neglect

"La Plume Ultime" - Ocean, after so much work. If you are not going to use a pen for a couple of weeks, empty it and flush the entire system, until the discharge is clear. Dried ink is an enemy that can ruin your fountain pen. Dry inside and outside before storing.

 

You have several valuable fountain pens. Treat them as valuables.

 

Write with joy.

Auf freiem Grund mit freiem Volke stehn.
Zum Augenblicke dürft ich sagen:
Verweile doch, du bist so schön !

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MilkThistle NOS (New Old Stock)

MilkThistle

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Got it.

 

Thanks Ancient Artifact...lesson learned.

 

I don't think that the Parker will be in writing condition again because of neglect. It is now an ancient artifact of my college days - I vividly recall taking notes with that pen. Loved it.

 

The M805 that I ordered is the demonstrator. (I know.)

 

The next pen on my list is the Duofold Prestige in Blue Chevron. (I know.)

 

What a wonderful greeting from FPN ~ see you on "the boards"

 

Thank You All,

 

Eric

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Hello, Eric, and welcome to the Fountain Pen Network. Glad you have joined us. You, having joined us, make us better. This is now your place as much as it is ours. Please don't be shy. Ask all the questions you have and don't hesitate to state your opinions. I hope you enjoy your time here. I also hope "hiding your wallet" works for you. It doesn't for most of the rest of us.



-David (Estie).


No matter how much you push the envelope, it will still be stationery. -Anon.

A backward poet writes inverse. -Anon.

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Hello and welcome to FPN.

Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous  Who taught by the pen

Taught man that which he knew not (96/3-5)

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Welcome to our warm nook of the internet, where you can share this beautiful hobby with good and friendly people. Or as we say in low Saxon: Mooi a'j dr bint! (Good you're here.)

Forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much. - Oscar Wilde.

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