Which was your favourite pen 10 years ago?

[Roger W.]

Sheaffer stainless brushed targa bought in 1982. Unlike the other targa user I've still got mine.

 

Roger W.

[Titivillus]

(We began selling fountain pens online exactly 10 years ago, in March 1996).

 

Do you remember which was your favourite pen in March 1996?

Pelikan M800 green with a fine nib.

 

 

Kurt H

[Guest Denis Richard]

The only "nice" pen I had at the time : Parker Duofold International in blue marble,

[KendallJ]

Favorite pen in 1996?

 

Bic... ?@#$!

 

Didn't start collecting until 2000

[Ray]

10 years ago it was a Cross Townsend with a very broad, wet nib. It's still in the rotation.

 

Ray

[Visoflex]

I had and used the same pen as I still use today. A red marble Duofold Centennial with XF nib.

 

I also had a Sheaffer Targa, but did not have a happy experience with it and eventually it went the way of all flesh - I did not shed a tear.

[Kees]

My favorite pen 10 years ago was the same pen I use almost everyday today, the Parker "51" aeromatice. Now I have multiple "51"s and I alternate.

 

I know, I'm boring. Been married to the same woman since college, too.

 

Ron

Nice!

Me too: Same pen ten years ago, same woman since college!

But, just in case someone feels like reporting this, pen and woman are different from Ron’s...

 

The pen is a black Sheaffer (new) Crest with gold-plated cap and medium nib. It was so good I thought it would be my last. In fact, it wasn’t, but it still is my dearest.

 

Kees

[grasshopper]

Kees! Haven't heard from you for a while, mate (or perhaps more accurately, I must have missed all your recent posts :ph34r: )

 

 

I was also another Bic-er 10 years ago, sadly. I would have had 10 more years of wonderful life had I discovered FPs by then! (And yes, I too am another who's been with the same [but different ] woman since university - hmmmm.. I wonder how many of us here are like this...)

 

 

G.

[Kees]

Hi, Grasshopper! I have been around (mostly reading).

 

Different wives ... also different college days? We got married in 1976...

[PaulK]

I would have been using a Cross (splurged: sterling silver) rollerball which I still have and carry in my briefcase as a back-up, MB 146 FP, and my MB pen/pencil set (almost never used now). The Mont Blanc's were given to me over successive special events (birthday, anniversary, etc.) by my wife.

 

Although it was certainly around, the internet was still pretty much in its infancy. I would have to say, my interests have been impacted by the info on here ('opened by eyes'). Plus, in 1996, my focus was certainly different then....job, school, young family, new home, etc.

 

Neat subject....nice to think back.

 

Paul

[Betty]

My pen at that time: Papermate pen and some Sanrio pens.

[Greg]

10 years ago, that's only 1996, it was a Parker Duofold International with Penman green and which, by then, had a replacement nib. I had dropped it, nose down, and tried to straighten the nib with little success. Parker gave me a discount on the new nib in exchange for the bent one. Good service. The nibs were Fine, but didn't take long to wear to medium. Eventually the cap top was broken and fixed with two pack filler, the plating on the section rings rotted away and, by the time the second nib became too worn, I lost it. Regrettable.

 

With today's computers my everyday pen gets nothing like the same use. Regrettable too.

 

Greg