Show Everyone Your Pens!

[Albinoni]

Thank you, it is a very nice pen to fill, to look at, and to write with it is a pleasure. The nib is a soft, flexible, oblique italic.

My great uncle probably received it as a 40th birthday present in 1938 - it had a "rest" of about 30 years before I received it.

Is it a Canadian or US Parker Vacumatic also what would you say the colour is. I k know they made both the US and Canadian versions. This has been one of my dream pens for a while now. I've seen quite a few on eBay actually. I know one sort had a push down and lock filling system (like yours) and the other had a plastic sort of pump action filling system. But all in all a very nice pen indeed.

[WestLothian]

It is a black colour unless held to the light and it is marked with the following:

 

MADE IN PARKER VACUMATIC PAT. No.

CANADA REG. T. M. S. 318982 8.

 

It was most likely bought in Scotland but it has travelled all round the world. I prefer this original lock-down or first generation filler as it has a shorter blind cap.

[a.lachlan]

Here's my collection

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And closeups...

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Left to right: Sheaffer Prelude (M), Sheaffer 100 (M), Sheaffer 300 (M), Lamy Studio (EF), Lamy Studio (M), Kaweco Allrounder (F), TWSBI Diamond 580 (M), Italix Parson's Essential (F).

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Left to right: Parker Frontier (M), Hero 616 (F), Pilot Prera (M), Faber-Castell Loom (M), Lamy Nexx (F), Lamy Al Star (2013 Limited edition, M), Lamy Al Star (F), Lamy Safari (1.1mm italic)

[usk15]

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[pablowish]

My cheap but useful bunch:

 

 

- Ohto Tasche (my favourite)

- Kaweco Sport EF

- Parker Vector M

- Unknown old Pelikan

- Lamy Vista EF

- Schneider Easy Pen

 

...and last but not least (and previously forgotten):

 

- Sailor Hig Ace Neo EF

Edited February 13, 2014 by pablowish

[abritdownunder]

From left to right: Noodler's Ahab, Montblanc 149, Visconti Homo Sapiens, Sailor Professionalgear KOP, Pelikan M1000, TWSBI Vac 700, and my little Parker Jotter.

[SharpSpine]

LAMY Safari charcoal w/ extra-fine black nib

 

 

TWSBI mini Classic w/ extra-fine nib

 

[apkayle]

 

I just received my Conway Stewart 27 and I've dubbed it the 8th Doctor pen due to the green color reminding me of 8's velvet green coat.

[SuperNib44]

These are my two favorites out of my 5 pen collection. A Moore 92 (mid 1920's ?) and an Onward (1930's-40's ?). I am not too sure about the dates.

[kingcobradude]

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From left to right: Noodler's Ahab, Montblanc 149, Visconti Homo Sapiens, Sailor Professionalgear KOP, Pelikan M1000, TWSBI Vac 700, and my little Parker Jotter.

whats the ink in the middle?

[camoandconcrete]

whats the ink in the middle?

Its Visconti blue.

[abritdownunder]

whats the ink in the middle?

 

 

Its Visconti blue.

Yep, Visconti Blue. Even though the bottle is plastic it's still gorgeous!

[TheTiddlerOfWinks69]

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May I present my pen collection after 5 months

Edited February 25, 2014 by TheTiddlerOfWinks69

[The Blue Knight]

Bump, I would be nice to see a few more posts on this thread by others.

[oregano]

@toppen: agreed. third time I try to upload this. Let's hope it doesn't expire!! With that said, here are some shots of my pens from a couple weeks ago.

Waiting to get my ducks in line to do some more pictures.

 

 

L to R: Pelikans: 450, 400 black striated, M101N brown tortoise, M400 white tortoise, M600 green, R605 blue,

Ferrari da Varese Yesterday, Montblanc 142, MB 234 1/2, Waterman 301 V 'thoroughbred'.

 

 

L to R: Waterman Phileas, marbled blue, Aurora Afrika LE, Caran d'ache Leman.

 

Honorary mention to my Phileas, my first fountain pen (17 yrs ago)

Have since made some changes, but this is what it looked like recently.

[Ceramicist]

Beautiful collection, paloma32. I particularly love the Pelikan M101N and the Phileas. My Phileas, my second fountain pen and a gift from my husband for publishing a chapter in a book, has gone to a plastic grave (in the bottom of my pen repair box) owing to a broken section. I mourn her often.

Edited April 26, 2014 by betweenthelens

[oregano]

Thank you, betweenthelens. The M101N is my favorite pen to write with (it has pride of place in my avatar too, as you can see.) There's just something about

the Phileas...The nib on mine doesn't write that well anymore, but I still enjoy trying to use it once in a while. Belated congrats on publishing a chapter in a book--now that's permanent, even if the Phileas wasn't!

[Ceramicist]

Thank you, betweenthelens. The M101N is my favorite pen to write with (it has pride of place in my avatar too, as you can see.) There's just something about

the Phileas...The nib on mine doesn't write that well anymore, but I still enjoy trying to use it once in a while. Belated congrats on publishing a chapter in a book--now that's permanent, even if the Phileas wasn't!

Well, I hope to have an M101N one day. I love its look and I'm sure it writes dreamily! I like your avatar as well! What happened to your Phileas' nib? What about getting it modified? Thank you for the congratulations. Never belated in my "book." I went to Asia in 1998, and upon my return, a professor at a university asked me to write a chapter on the children of Nepal for an academic book by multiple authors about teen life in Asia. In fact, that was the title, too. It wasn't well-received at all but I was pretty happy to have been published and I did my best.

[max dog]

Here are all my Cross, Pelikans, Parkers and others:

I had my pens all over the place, some in their boxes. The other day, I decided to make room in my bookshelf and display all of them. My wife has since recovered from her shock.

 

 

My current favorites I carry with me:

 

 

 

[Tasmith]

Pelikan M200

 

 

Pelikan M200 Demonstrator

 

 

Waterman Executive

 

 

Waterman Kultur

 

 

Monteverde Invincia Stylus

 

 

My newest additon, Pilot Vanishing Point

 

Edited April 27, 2014 by Tasmith