Your Pen Trajectory

[JayKay3000]

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Edited August 13, 2018 by JayKay3000

[Corona688]

1990's, as a youth I destroy a Sheaffer No Nonsense. I'm still not entirely sure how.

2006-ish, some sort of cheap Parker. It breaks and leaks.

2007-ish, some sort of cheap Sheaffer. It breaks and leaks.

2010-ish, I'm given a Waterman Phileas. It breaks and leaks but is kludged back into service.

Early 2018: Sudden renewed interest in art and inks. I get Dollar 717i's. Despite intense punishment they do not break or leak. Yet.

Mid 2018: Some dip pens and a folded ruling pen.

 

The folded ruling pen and dip pens are the ones I use most often by far, mostly for art.

Edited August 14, 2018 by Corona688

[senzen]

 

Uh, trajectory? What's that? My pen shopping tends towards "Oh, I liked that one, let me get another in a different color/with a different nib" and "Too good a deal to pass up!" and "Ooh, shiny....." And "Ooh, shiny..." is all over the map....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

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That sums it up, it's a bit like pinball. More ink! Ding! Need to cut back! Bloop bloop bloop! Can't pass that one! Ziiiing! Finally found the one that makes that !!! ink look nice! BONG! Meanwhile everyone around you is wondering what the hell is going on, maybe it's one of those new synthetic drugs?

[DasKaltblut]

I am so damn eclectic, everything from a mont blanc 149 to a visconti homo sapiens to the lamy cp1 to parker vacumatics and platinum preppies and all things chinese.

 

Good luck predicting my next buy.

Just wanted to say how much I love the Lamy Cp1. No triangle grip!!!

[DasKaltblut]

My pen trajectory:

 

Year 1: I have money.

Year 2: I have no money.

Year 3 till Death: I blame the pens.

Edited August 15, 2018 by DasKaltblut

[MHBru]

Ive been on a very atypical path as my first pen was an m800. This topic did remind me of a recent blog post with a similar angle. Its very well done and asks, What was your pen zero?

 

http://www.leighreyes.com/?p=5561.

[ardene]

In an effort to look into the future, I thought I'd post my FP history in the hopes that your responses would give me a guide to where my taste will wind up.

 

Year One: Esterbrook LJ/SJ --> Parker (51 (Aerometric),61, 75) -->

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Reform 1745 Eversharp (Skyline, Symphony, Ventura)

 

 

Year Two: Waterman Open Nib versions of the Taperite pens (Canada) --> Sheaffer Touchdown (Fat Sentinel, TM Sentinel, TM Crest) -->

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Waterman 452 Montblanc 227

 

 

Year Three: Pelikan P30/M30 --> Pelikan M60

 

 

Looking forward to your responses

 

Do you have fountain pen collecting in mind?

[TSherbs]

My pen history is consistent: inexpensive pens that get good reviews.

 

Repeat.

 

For example, I just got my first Plaisir. What a great pen.

[kcnib]

My first pen was a 149 I bought almost 30 years ago. Still my favorite but very polarizing. Creates too much attention. I have to sketch in front of others and have found the more inexpensive, non descript pens cause me the least stress. So I have learned to adjust nibs to my liking and stick with less flashy pens. Today I got a TWSBI Go. Very clean and simple. Nib is super and it feels great in my hand. I see myself using it for quite a while. Until the next one......

Edited August 18, 2018 by kcnib

[countrydirt]

I seem to have finally come full circle.

 

Year 1 - Waterman Phileas (purchased at an office store) and a Lamy Safari

Years 2-9 - Many, many, many vintage and new, ranging from Reform to Franklin Christoff to Esterbrook. Several Lamy Safaris, AlStars, calligraphy, inexpensive Chinese, Noodler's offerings of Indian pens, and etc. Found a love for TWSBI, even if almost every one had to be replaced, a piece at a time, as the company learned how to build them. I even sold a few pens of ebay and other places.

Year 10 - TWSBI Precision, ECO and Diamond 580, a couple of Indian ebonite pens and finally, a Lamy 2000.

 

I think I have enough now. I have an old shoeshine box that is almost half full of a variety of inexpensive to expensive pens.