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Yep.

 

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Using right now:

Visconti Voyager 30 "M" nib running Birmingham Streetcar

Jinhao 9019 "EF" nib running Birmingham Railroad Spike

Stipula Adagio "F" nib running Birmingham Violet Sea Snail

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Uh, only one? :rolleyes:

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Uh, only one? :rolleyes:

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

That's what I was thinking. If we're in Middle Earth, I'm more like Smaug with his hoard than Gollum with his one Precioussss.

"So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do."

 

- Benjamin Franklin

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I have a couple of pens that make me say "Wow" when I use them. I fix several pens a week, so I rotate pretty hard on pens... but alway look forward to rolling back to these two pens. Neither of these two pens are show stoppers. One is a Gold Filled Eversharp Skyline "Gold Award", the other is a Canadian department store "Eatonia" Black Chased Hard Rubber pen. I do have a third amazing writer, but it is a solid gold Waterman 552 1/2v, and I am concerned about the risk of it being dropped or harmed while using. It is the wet noodle that all other wet noodle pens dream of becoming. All three of them have amazing line variation, with the least flexible only able to hit 2.4mm line widths with reasonable pressure. They are expressive, and allow me to do brush-stroke like writing.... they unlock creativity. Perhaps when I finish tuning my Red Keyhole Waterman pen, it will get thrown in the same rotation; time will tell. I am drawn toward flex-nib pens which can do things which a ball point pen (or nail nibs) cannot.

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Uh, only one? :rolleyes:

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Yeah!

 

 

 

That would be me! Crouching with a bunch of pens in my hands, whispering: "My Preciouses!"

my depiction would be Smaug on top of a mountain of pens..

Exactly :)

Just give me the Parker 51s and nobody needs to get hurt.

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No

:lticaptd: Thank you for the chuckle @Parker51

I was scrolling down after @DebbieOni beautiful drawing/post and kindred affirmations, but for some reason your clear and simple contrarian full stop was quite refreshing.

 

I've been lucky to have all "preciouses" but of late an old grey 51 aerometric has assertively reminded me: Pens as tools vs bling jewelry or something to be fawned over.

 

:rolleyes: well I still fawn over the 51 because of the memories

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Maybe 15 little precious ones, at least 10......but one must be nice to the 'second born' and the step kids, and use them too.Back when I was a twenty pen 'noobie' I did a balance test, and this one ended up in the top 3.....I'd not waste so much time now with 70 pens to which 15 pens would be in the top 5 now.

Geha 725 (rolled gold furniture), an extremely sleek classy, thin medium large semi-flex F. The nib picture with permission of Penboard.de.

Geha aimed that pen at the MB 2xx's and IMO beat MB. Back when I bought my silver P-75 which was also in the top 3 for balance it cost $22 new...but that was silver money in 1971/2. Them the Geha 725 cost DM360 or $90. :yikes:

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I take horrible pictures the bottom one is not exactly the one I have, the clip of the one I have has two nifty slightly curved lines that gives that clip such class. The following pictures 'borrowed' from someone. :rolleyes: hZrR3oq.jpg

 

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A couple of the step kids.

When I buy a pen, I take the picture as part of the buying.

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In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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SpectTP (and ISW Kaputnik, who also mentioned this image): Ha! I love this image!!! Would you be okay if I someday create a wee cartoon of this? I would give you both credit, of course.

 

my depiction would be Smaug on top of a mountain of pens..

Debbie Ridpath Ohi - Twitter: @inkyelbows - Instagram: @inkygirl - YouTube: @debbieohi

My FP blog (fountain pen comics and doodles): Debbie Ohi's Inky Journal

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For me Fountain Pens are wonderful tools that I use, not treasures.

When I was young I saw myself a little bit as Bilbo Baggins.

I am not a contrarian.

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That's what I was thinking. If we're in Middle Earth, I'm more like Smaug with his hoard than Gollum with his one Precioussss.

 

:lol:

My husband keeps asking me when I'm going to start selling the pens I don't really use, and I always sort of mutter under my breath... "Eventually...."

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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