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Greetings everyone.

I have following this Board for a while and now the time is here to join and participate.

I have been collecting Pens for about 10 years after finding a Parker 75 ciscele, a T-1, and a Black PFM that my folks had stashed away amongst my college stuff( left from my 60's flirtation with pen collecting).

I love both vintage and modern pens. I mainly collect parker 75's and Wahl, Eversharps but have a smattering of most other famous brands as well.

I get my pens from the 3 major sources- Ebay, Antiques/flea mkts. (getting much harder to find decent stuff reasonably priced) and buying in stores (new stuff).

I have run the gamut on the Bay from ripped off to great deals !!--like everybody else I guess.

Oh I also have a serious ink habit ( 50+ bottles) and my pen rule is that I Have inked almost all my pens and use enjoy them! Out of a 150+ collection I only have about 5 vintage pens mint, boxed,never inked where to do so would destroy value. I generally don't buy such pens anymore

Greetings and Best regards to all.

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Welcome!

 

Which are your favourites in particular or do you rotate them all? Nib preferences?

 

"Oh I also have a serious ink habit " -Well, as long as you don't drink it.... :D

Pedro

 

Looking for interesting Sheaffer OS Balance pens

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Hi Drpjm,

 

Currently my pocket holds a Parker 75 Godron with an 18k french med italic nib #95, a blue carbonesque Namiki vanishing point with a custom ground italic nib, and a soldier clip blue Wahl with a fine flexi goldseal nib.

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as you can see I like mainly italic or flexi nibs. I definitely always have a 75 with some italic nib in rotation as well as some flexi Whal or eversharp. I just took out of rotation a black waterman ink-vue with a medium nib.

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Hello and welcome. Sounds like you have quite the collection going there. It would be great, if you feel like it, to see a pic or two and to hear some more about what's in it, your favorites, etc.

 

Regarding the "serious ink habit," seems to go with the FP territory. I have more ink than pens at the moment.

 

Hope to see you around - glad you joined up! :D

"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Rom. 5:8, NKJV)
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Hi,

 

Welcome from Rhode Island!!

 

Dillon

Stolen: Aurora Optima Demonstrator Red ends Medium nib. Serial number 1216 and Aurora 98 Cartridge/Converter Black bark finish (Archivi Storici) with gold cap. Reward if found. Please contact me if you have seen these pens.

Please send vial orders and other messages to fpninkvials funny-round-mark-thing gmail strange-mark-thing com. My shop is open once again if you need help with your pen.

Will someone with the name of "Jay" who emailed me through the email system provide me an email address? There was no email address provided, so I can't write back.

Dillon

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