Rip Thread For Lost Pens

[mana]

Ah, ok

 

It was too far from the road for that. I think I may have left it in the driveway and an animal took it. We have coyotes, racoons, etc that could have taken an interest in it, I suppose.

[pajaro]

Taps for an old pal, a Sheaffer Dolphin Touchdown filler, mid green barrel and bright metal cap with gold trim. It had a smooth gold nib.

[sidthecat]

I’ve lost three ringtops - they have an unpleasant tendency to unscrew themselves from their caps and disappear. A silver Wahl, a black Carter’s and a silver basketweave Waterman...that one I had to replace just to prevent my co-workers from asking me “Found your pen yet?”

The caps are enshrined in my jewelry case to wait for The Last Day, when they’ll be reunited with their pens.

[AndyLogan]

After reading this thread, I've decided to keep my penroll at home, and will probably use a 2 pen case at the most as my EDC.

[inkstainedruth]

I lost every pen in my avatar in September 2015 when my home burned... except my Plum 51. For reals.

 

I went back to college for the fall semester, and one day left my laptop plugged in while I went to school. While I was gone, my laptop's lithium battery exploded and set my computer desk on fire, which burned my kitchen wall and sooted up the rest of the house. My pen glass (avatar) was next to the laptop, and burned. I lost about twenty pens in total, mostly Parkers. Luckily my Plum was in its display box in my bedroom dresser, and I found it *last weekend* all safe and sound in a box while sorting through some of the salvaged things.

 

I learned the following...

 

1) You can remove nibs and other metal pen parts from melted carpeting using lots of acetone and a steel gallon paint can - and lots of patience. Strangely, the fire melted the pens completely but didn't hurt the nibs at all, so I was able to buy other pens to put the nibs in. The only pen I'm still trying to salvage is a First Generation 51 Flighter - the clutch is still stuck in the cap.

 

2) It is almost impossible to file an insurance claim for fountain pens, no matter how much they were worth.

 

3) It's almost as much fun looking for replacement pens as finding the original ones.

 

I have photos here somewhere. I was going to post a list of the dead but it was simply too depressing.

 

ken

 

A few years ago I found out that a good friend collected pens and pencils the hard way... when I saw her housemate on the early evening news one Saturday and my husband said "That's LINDA!" Fire in a wall (they didn't know there was wiring there because there were no outlets. And because Teri is on disability, she had oxygen tanks, which of course blew up when the fire started. They both got out, but lost all their cats but one. And basically everything else.

One of these days we need to get together. I bought her a Parker Vector Looney Toons "Tas" fountain pen -- because, well, Teri needed a Tas pen (Got a "Grumpy Cat" wearing a jester's hat for Linda. )

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[inkstainedruth]

I lost two pens, a Parker Vector (I know, I know) and one that I loved but cannot remember now. They were in a pouch that I left at the Starbuck's in Sinch'on, Seoul.

 

My first "good" pen was a Parker Vector. I left it my brother-in-law's one January 6-1/2 years ago and didn't get it back for a month. In the attempt to find a replacement for it, I eventually found my way here....

Oh, and then a couple of Christmases ago I lost it in my house for something like ten months (fortunately I had just finished flushing it out). That pen got the moniker "Perdita" (I was a fan of the original novel of 101 Dalmations when I was a kid... ).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth