Pens That I Wish I Still Owned

[Kenlowe]

A couple spring to mind immediately.

 

A Cross Verve, I paid £60 for it 10 years ago, when someone almost begged me for it 5 years later I let it go for £120. That pen had a hopeless clip and the cap design was faulty but it had a glorious broad Namiki nib.

 

 

Next is a mongrel, a Parker Duofold Streamline from around 1930 but it had been fitted with a much later UK Parker Duofold Maxima #50 nib that had been worked on by the best nib master. That pen was a treat to look at and a joy to use, sold it when I was broke and regret it now.

 

As I said once before, it is all about the nib.

[PAKMAN]

I've sold off several PFM's and wish I had kept at least one of them !

[WLSpec]

I sold a blue Leonardo Furore recently, which, when I look back on it, was an incredibly beautiful pen. Wish I had kept it!

[Pjake]

The only pen I regret selling ia a Stipula Fiesole about 3 or 4 years ago here. May soon begin a search for a replacement...maybe an amber Etruria...we'll see.

 

Peter

[Carguy]

Parker Norman Rockwell Duofold

Aurora Optima Italian flag set of 3

Conway Stewart Churchill in Red Stardust finish - I REALLY MISS this one!!

 

All sold when I was broke and jobless, so for good reason, but I could never afford to replace them now.

[Antenociticus]

Around 1985, the guy who used to cut my hair sold me a fountain pen, one of a few he had acquired along with a job lot of Turkish railway workers' retirement watches. I assumed the pen was Turkish, too, though it may not have been. It was slim with gold-coloured trim and a very classic-looking marbled red and black finish. Wrote nicely, too. I wasn't so into fountain pens at that time, but I loved that pen and used it a lot – until I lost it somewhere.

 

Still miss it sometimes.

[Parker51]

A Vintage Jade Green Oversize Sheaffer's Balance with great color and a wonderful nib that disapeared over a Christmas Holiday. I suspect it was taken by someone who appears to have stolen some other items (which resulted in their employment termination) as they eventually admitted taking $60,000.00 from someone else in our family (the taking of the money was recorded in a deposition under oath, but as the elderly relative was deceased it was not possible to pursue prosecution as the taker said they were given permission by the elderly relative with dementia to take what they needed).

[como]

That’s a beautiful pen. I wouldd regret selling it too :-( I hope you will find your replacement soon as consolation.

The only pen I regret selling ia a Stipula Fiesole about 3 or 4 years ago here. May soon begin a search for a replacement...maybe an amber Etruria...we'll see.

 

Peter

[N1003U]

MB 146 in Burgundy. Lost to the ages some years back, but I still miss it. I looked at a Petit Prince recently, but it just isn't the same. One day I will work to find a replacement.

[mehandiratta]

Have not sold a single pen for which i did not had multiple nos.

[Susan3141]

A Conway Stewart Churchill in a glorious amethyst color with a smooth italic nib and my MB Dumas with the best italic /stub nib. Sold them so I could buy other pens. Should’ve realized how perfect they were.

[Aysedasi]

A Taccia Stacato, which was one of the first pens I bought from a member of FPN (I forget who - it was quite a few years ago). It had a custom ground cursive italic nib that was gorgeous. I still don't know now what prompted me to sell it....

 

A Cadmium Yellow Sheaffer Imperial with a broad nib. Bought from Ron Zorn IIRC. Again no idea why I sold it. I've since acquired another, but sadly not with a broad nib.

 

About 7 or 8 Lamy 2000's, the pen I love to hate and hate to love. I have another one now though, of course.....

Edited July 14, 2020 by Aysedasi

[Newton Pens]

The first restored pen I bought was a Parker Duofold JR, Jade, with a bouncy F/M nib. Got it for $60 but probably couldn't find one in the same condition for double that today.

[jchch1950]

A Parker T1 that agave as a gift in the 70's. Later I bought another one that I still have.

[Aysedasi]

A Parker T1 that agave as a gift in the 70's. Later I bought another one that I still have.

 

I daresay there is a 'rebought' thread on here somewhere.... Most of us have probably been in the same boat!

 

 

EDIT: I was right!

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/5168-pens-that-youve-sold-and-then-bought-again/?hl=%22bought+again%22

Edited July 14, 2020 by Aysedasi

[Honeybadgers]

Just one and I rectified it within a year because I knew they were going to become ungodly rare and increase in price - a Visconti Divina Metropolitan in green stacked coin celluloid and sterling silver inlay. Got rid of it because it stained inside the section (which cant' be cleaned) and wrote badly even after being replaced by coles.

 

I bought another used from a member here in solid shape (though with a medium nib, which I'm going to have remedied into a medium stub) and just remember to grease the lip around the nib from time to time. It's a stupid, stupid pen. But just looking at it makes me happy.

[AmandaW]

My one and only Pelikan, an M405 Stresemann and a bottle of Montblanc Oyster Grey. As a gift. I didn't even get to try them.

 

And under the same circumstances, I would probably do it again.

[A Smug Dill]

My NOS Waterman Expert 'Racing Edition' yellow fountain pen — with the F1 racing car-shaped case and all — but only because my ex-wife took it off me to send it as a birthday present to my (then 12-year-old) stepson I've never met, and for all I know never developed an interest in fountain pens. Not that I was ever going to use it myself, since it had a Medium nib (and I presume a "Western Medium" at that), and kept it in the retail package in a drawer for several years.

Edited July 15, 2020 by A Smug Dill

[TheDutchGuy]

I’ve given away several pens that I didn’t really want to part with, because the joy of making someone happy outweighed the joy of keeping them. In terms of selling a pen that I regretted later, the only one that comes to mind is a Diplomat Aero. That was a great pen, but the nib didn’t suit me. I intend to get another one someday with an EF.

[Arkanabar]

Two that I bought in university.

First, an A&W Sizzle Stix -- a rebadged Reform school pen that took international c/c.

Second, one of those transparent Sheaffer student pens sold on blister cards. The only reason I stopped using it was because I didn't know about refilling cartridges.

Alas, both are long gone, and I know not when I will again see the like.

I don't really miss the matte black stealth Pilot Vanishing Point or any Lamy Safari I've ever had (two, plus a Jinhao 599).