Looking For The Last Pen I 'need' And Would Like Advice

[inkstainedruth]

How do you lose so many pens, Ruth?

 

Karma payback for the really good sumgai deals I've gotten over the years?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[siamackz]

Well it happened... my Grail pen with a broad nib came for sale at a great price and I snatched it up

 

now for inks...

Well... tell us what you got! And remember to come back and repost when you get your next pen

[Bold2013]

Yard o led retro grand.

 

I will come back with an update in a few months either way,

[aggoo]

Yard o led retro grand.

 

I will come back with an update in a few months either way,

Beautiful choice. I don't think you could have done much better, but I was going to suggest a Waterman Liaison which comes in 2 beautiful ebonite finishes.

 

Gorgeous pen (though I'm biased because I have one), unusual and fits every other one of your criteria if you can find one with a wider nib. Mine's a Medium and writes quite broad.

[Bold2013]

It's a broad. Great minds think a like...

[Sasha Royale]

You don't have, on your list, a Parker 51. I recommend getting a Parker 51 Aero, restored with a silicon sac. It will last fifty years. The Parker 51 was designed for writing. In the fountain pen days, everyone, who could afford a Parker 51, used a Parker 51 -- Eisenhower, DeGaul, Churchill, my Dad. it is a great vintage writer.

[Bold2013]

My first Grail pen is a restored 51 Flighter with a medium minuskin stub. I even bought a kullock desk pen barrel to exchange for the metal one during long writing sessions. It's a pen I plan to keep for a lifetime.