List Your Pens

[bunny]

KCat, here's the list of pens that I have so far...some are modern but most are vintage. I only got my first fountain pen less than three months ago. But here goes:

 

Retro 51 "200" in White Nickle - med nib writes beautifully

2 Waterman Phileas in blue - fine nib, med nib (somehow ended up with two)

Little noname jade ringtop - fine nib and first GB purchase

Medford in carmel with burgandy veining (I don't know anything more about the name) -fine nib and I love the way it writes

Esterbrook J pocket pen in black - 2668 nib

Esterbrook desk pen/w holder in black - fine nib

Parker 45 desk pen in black - med nib that writes like a dream

Noname desk pen in black - fine nib

Sheaffer NoNonsense in pumpkin orange - medium nib

Recife Riviera in orange - fine nib

Wearever Deluxe 100 in pink marble - medium nib, I LOVE this pen

Wearever (unknown model) in purple/pink faceted marble - fine nib (flex?)

Wearever ringtop in rosy pink striated - fine nib

Wearever small matching FP/Pencil set in shellpink/gold - fine nib

 

Coming is a Wahl woodgrain HR with flex nib

 

I think that's it LOL

[Manix_08]

MontBlanc 144

Pelikan M800 (soon!)

Parker 51 (pen and Pencil, late 1950)

Hero 616

ANother 51 style hero

Parker 45

Rotring Freeway

 

A ton of ones I am fixing

[Manix_08]

and a Parker 21! Which I love...

[mr_inky]

Here are the important ones:

 

Pelikan M600 (picking it up today!!)

Parker DF Jr.

Sheaffer Balance (nos)

Sheaffer's 33

Sheaffer's Snorkle (3)

Namiki VP

Parker 51

Inkograph (2)

Wearever (bunch)

Sheaffer's Military Clip (2, (one w/ white feed) )

Eversharp Skyline

Esterbrook (bunch)

Sheaffer's Prelude

Watermans (several, vint. & modern)

Whal Oxford

[KCat]

Cool - I'm enjoying the lists. When I get the courage to actually count my birds and their housemates, I'll post it here. Probably later today. Also want to post a quote I found that I like. That will go with in the pictures forum.

 

I can tell you that I have 7 Pelikans at this time. uh... 8. But one is out of commission for the time being and I'm considering selling one. Haven't gotten the courage to do so yet. gosh it's hard to give up pens.

 

Have yet to try a Wearever. I look at them and some are really cool (I like the greys with red/magenta veins) but i just have this thing about lever fillers...

 

thanks to everyone who is contributing to this thread and to FPN!

[Mikeo]

Well after four months:

 

Vintage:

'48' Parker '51' in Cordovan

'43' Parker '51' in Dove Grey (My daily user now)

3 sheaffer Balances: one in Carmine, one in green with mil. clip and a Green Vac

Snorkel set, black

Parker Demi Vac

Esterbrook 'J' in grey

Esterbrook Transition in grey

4 Venus's in various celluloids. You might call me Mr. Venus

2 Wearever Deluxe 100's in red celluloid

1 Wearver 'Pennant' that has one of smoothest nibs I've EVER tried - go figure

And whole bunch of other third tier pens from fish'n on the Bay

 

New:

Pelikan 200 Red Demo

Waterman Expert II in red One for me, one for my wife

Waterman Phileas in Red

(I am a sucker for Redheads)

[Guest DRichard1]

Here we go... here is my "collection" after twenty-some years :

 

- Parker Duofold International (the darker marble blue)

- Parker Duofold Jr. (Black permanite, circa 1928)

- Parker Inflection

- Namiki Vanishing Point (Blue Carbonesque)

- Platinum Workhorse

- Nakaya Usrushi "Shobu"

- Sheaffer Crest set (Green barrel, Snorkel filler)

 

and...

 

I'm trading my Lamy 2000 for a Filcao Columbia.

 

Denis

[Elizabeth]

1) Sheaffer Balance II in black with gold trim

2) Broken Sheaffer Vac-Filler (could be wrong on filler type--waiting for this to be returned)

3) Vintage Underwood lever filler in pearl green marbled material (sort of works--still hiccoughing ink at times, even after repair)

4) Conway Stewart Dandy in Azure c/c

5) Conway Stewart vintage 85 in marbelized blue pearl, lever filler

6) Marlen dot com in marbelized pink and black, semi-demonstrator, piston filler (cap cracked, so I returned it to the store to have it sent back to Italy for replacement/repair--only had it two weeks! now it will probably take three months to get it back)

7) Free no-name FP that was a lovely gift from a friend

8) Laban Celebration in Oyster Blue (waiting for this to arrive)

9) Levenger True Writer in Rose (ordered one for myself and am waiting for it to arrive [will return one borrowed from a friend when mine arrives]) couldn't resist the color!

10) Conklin Ohio in Peach--waiting for it to arrive and still wondering if maybe I should have gotten the blue and white swirl... decisions, decisions...

 

So, I can't wait until my three newest pens arrive and my Marlen comes back fixed. Wouldn't mind having the Sheaffer back too so that I can send it in for cheaper repairs.

 

Chela, I finally used up all my ink in my CS 85 so now I can try out that Waterman Blue Black you sent. Thanks.

 

I've missed you all while Rambling Snail has been experiencing technical difficulties.

 

Elizabeth

[bunny]

9) Levenger True Writer in Rose (ordered one for myself and am waiting for it to arrive [will return one borrowed from a friend when mine arrives]) couldn't resist the color!

10) Conklin Ohio in Peach--waiting for it to arrive and still wondering if maybe I should have gotten the blue and white swirl...  decisions, decisions...

I see you are getting the Rose pen, Elizabeth! And the Peach as well, good choices! Of course, I favor the rose but then that shouldn't surprise anyone.

 

Becky

[bunny]

'43' Parker '51' in Dove Grey (My daily user now)

 

Waterman Phileas in Red

(I am a sucker for Redheads)

Oh, be still my beating heart....a P51 with of that year! One of these days...it will happen. I'm on a slow and deliberate yet attainable, for me, hunt for a P51 '42 or '43, for sentimentals reason.

 

And the Waterman Phileas...I wish I'd gotten one of the two blue that I ended up with, in a red.

 

Becky

[KCat]

okay - here's my list (several of these were gifts or ridiculously low-priced by folks encouraging me in the hobby. I started "collecting" in '97. I actually only have two pens on my wishlist "for all time" I think. I feel that this collection is more than enough for one person and have moved on to inks, paper, and rubber stamps.

 

First the non-Pels:

Namiki Falcon in blue.

Columbus Academia in Emerald

Levenger Verona Purple

Phileas (one blue, one green if I ever find it)

MB 146 (gift)

Laban Celebration Black Pearl (these are beautiful acrylics that are not captured well in pictures on-line - there's a depth there that is amazing) And the nib is nice too.

Parker Sonnets - 2 (gifts) One Cascade (my only metal pen) and one uh.. dang it I never can remember the finish name. it's quite lovely. Fire somthing.

Esterbrook - 2 c/c pens - one my hubby excavated from his "stuff" of high school times. That's my favorite and one of my most treasured pens.

Senator Windsor - an excellent little pen for the price. If you can find one!

Sheaffer Snorkel - $6 find by my daughter that I had fun restoring

Rotring Core - just 'cause. not comfy for long-term writing but I keep it next to this PC and filled with PR Orange Crush.

 

The Pels: M400 white Tortoise, M400 blue stripe, M120 solid black (recent acquisition from the wonderful Rick Propas), M200s - grey marble, green marble, green translucent, Telekom grey/magenta. M250 in blue/black.

 

handful of "cheap" pens - Heros, Futures, Reflexes, etc.

 

Becky - if I had a red Phileas, I'd trade you - I think the blues are beautiful (old stock - new ones are a bit too flashy)

[Stylo]

Here is my list:

 

- Parker 75: black lacquer with 18K nib

- Parker 25: black matte. I have three (don't ask)

- Waterman Phileas: purple (was supposed to be blue :-) )

- Waterman Expert II: a green and a blue (marbled)

- Pelikan M200: transpaent blue

- Sheaffer Targa: chrome, with a severly dented cap and a dried sac

- Shaeffer imperial touchdown (I think): gold plated

[mchristi]

My pens so far:

 

1) Waterman Hemisphere, stainless steel, medium

2) Platinum Workhorse, black trim

3) Platinum Workhorse, blue trim

4) Waterman Phileas, blue, fine

5) Pelikan M200, blue marble, medium

 

 

Mark C.

[KCat]

I really respect those who have been in the pen hobby for some time but haven't accumulated a gazillion pens.

 

Which is not to say I have any disrespect for hoarders such as myself.

 

I do have a much shorter wishlist these days. And sometimes I wish I could give up a few of my pens but of those I bought, there was something in particular that drew me to *that* pen (whichever it was) and so it's hard to give it up. Gifts are of course impossible to let go of.

[Lexicon]

Okay, here's what I've got (not a lot):

 

-Pelikan M405 in black/blue stripe with a fine nib

-Green and brown Wearever (but marked 'Supreme' on the clip) from the 30s--needs a new sac

-Pink 30s-ish Pioneer--also needs a new sac

-SPW Tundra X-1 (when it arrives--it's takin' so freakin' long--along with...

-Two Worker Bees)

-a couple other boring (and non-working) no-names and my disposable (but still refilled!) Pilot Varsity

 

And my fiancée has a green celluloid Filcao Forever that I gave her for her birthday.

[bunny]

Okay, here's what I've got (not a lot):

 

 

-Pink 30s-ish Pioneer--also needs a new sac

Trust me...it's the only one you need! LOL

[Free Citizen]

For me, too numerous to name here but nothing compared to what Chris Chalmers has got. She tells me she has over a hundred! Mostly exotic.

[KCat]

And my fiancée has a green celluloid Filcao Forever that I gave her for her birthday.

What does your fiancée think of the Forever. The celluloids look so lovely. I have no need for another small pen - or any pen for that matter. But I do look at those sometimes and imagine Richard can make them very enjoyable to use.

 

what seems to be the problem with the no-names. Are they modern or vintage?

[AndrewC]

List,list,o list...

New, then vintage...

Waterman Laureat II black,F

Conklin Gliders F, tortoise and blue(whatever they called it)

Filcao Columbia

Laban Black Widow, M

German No-name, Burg. and Black F

Sailor Magellan Jade , HF(hardF)

Sailor Calligraphic($13.00 variable nib) demonstrator

Sensa Meridian silver F

Pelikan 200 M(EF nib in drawer)

Parker Sonnet Matte Black,M

Sheaffers;

Prelude Black, M

Balance IIs, Cobalt M, Jade FS, Roseglow F, Amber M, Aspen M

Vintage;

Sheaffers;

Slim balance Black Triumph BStub

Touchdown Blue #3

Cadet Brown #3

2 No Nonsense Blue, Calligraphy points

Desk Pen, self Stubbed(WAAAAAAAY wide!)

Esterbrook SJ(?) Grey, accountants point

Mabie Todd Swan Lever fill, Green and Mother of Pearl pinstripes w/ the smoothest sweetest MF(?) ever

Parker 51, Cedar(I think)Aero, F

Parker Duofold Jr Streamlined Burgandy/Black F

 

Waiting on Dennis to send a Lapis flattop Wearever and to fix a Sheaffer BHR Flattop. Have some Rollerballs(Waterman, Retro 51, MB, Levenger,...) ummm, Mom bought me an early BD present,(I picked) a Krone Metaphor Bucaneer. If the color isn't right I'll try to find a Blue Moon or Stretch Oasis. Real nice Mom

I'm just finding a focus. Sort of. May sell some to buy others. Can only see. Inks change at will. TTFN, AndrewC

[Lexicon]

And my fiancée has a green celluloid Filcao Forever that I gave her for her birthday.

What does your fiancée think of the Forever. The celluloids look so lovely. I have no need for another small pen - or any pen for that matter. But I do look at those sometimes and imagine Richard can make them very enjoyable to use.

 

what seems to be the problem with the no-names. Are they modern or vintage?

She likes it quite a lot. I wanted to get the blue one, but they (www.wndpens.com) were out (even though it was listed as in stock), so I decided to go with the green and got a bunch of free ink cartridges for the mix-up. The green fits with my fiancée's birthstone (peridot), so she said it was a nice colour, but I think the blue (with the red/purple in it) would have been nicer. It writes well, and is perfect for fitting into a small purse, so I think I have succeeded in starting her on the way to loving fountain pens. I don't think I have ever seen celluloid before and was surprised at the way it looks and feels--almost waxlike.

 

The no-names are vintage, and just need new sacs, but I'm waiting a while before I buy some--hopefully I can find a few more cheap vintage pens that need sacs and buy a lot of sacs all at once to start my restoration adventure.