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txomsy Antique

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15 hours ago, carola said:

@USG

I have finally gotten around to play a little bit with the A. Morton:

 

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Wow! That's a jewel.

If you are to be ephemeral, leave a good scent.

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Tashi_Tsering Extremely Rare

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Wancher Dream Pen in marble-brown ebonite. Medium steel nib from JoWo. 
 

Nice box, large but not heavy pen with simple design. Section is little bit thin for my taste. Not bad, but nothing special. 

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On 9/6/2023 at 1:38 PM, carola said:

@USG

I have finally gotten around to play a little bit with the A. Morton:

 

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I didn't get a chance to comment...  So Nice !! Very Cool ✒️ ! ! 👍

WaddaPen !!!!  😀👍  Great color ink...  Super Shading !

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6 hours ago, USG said:

 

 

I didn't get a chance to comment...  So Nice !! Very Cool ✒️ ! ! 👍

WaddaPen !!!!  😀👍  Great color ink...  Super Shading !

 

That´s simple Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue, lit with a flashlight because it was already too dark to get nice pictures where you could see the shading. 😄

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8 hours ago, carola said:

 

That´s simple Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue, lit with a flashlight because it was already too dark to get nice pictures where you could see the shading. 😄

 

A flashlight !!! What a good idea.  I'll have to try that. 😀👍

 

5 hours ago, ParramattaPaul said:

The Wyvern 690 arrives today and an impulse-purchase vintage Onoto is now on its way. 

 

Eagerly waiting for the pics 👍😀

 

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3 hours ago, USG said:

 

A flashlight !!! What a good idea.  I'll have to try that. 😀👍

 

 

Eagerly waiting for the pics 👍😀

 

One - 

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And two -

 

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The 690 certainly wasn't a top-of-the-line model, but it provided its owner/s with good, reliable pen with a quality nib.  This particular pen has a fine nib that produces a nice line.  It's in good condition while showing the effects of the service it provided its owner/s.  It didn't cost me a packet (less than a Lamy Safari), so I'm happy with it.

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Last impulse purchase was a Platinum Preppy (never had one before).  I needed some items ASAP today so the lazy part of me went to amazon vs driving around town on Sunday.  I was a few $$ short of free, same day delivery.  So I had to either pay shipping or add something eligible to the cart.  The cheapo Preppy fit the bill.  

 

Does anyone else round out an order with FP related items to meeting a shipping threshold?

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A Speedball Auto Feed set and a three-pen Sheaffer No Nonsense calligraphy set (sold as a single lot on ebay). I'm hoping the Speedball still works, but if not then I can always use a few more No Nonsenses.

 

Also a wheat-and-lavender heat pad to use as a wrist support when typing. Time to accept that I'm getting old.

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On 9/8/2023 at 11:48 PM, ParramattaPaul said:

And two -

 

Wyvern 690 marking.jpg

 

The 690 certainly wasn't a top-of-the-line model, but it provided its owner/s with good, reliable pen with a quality nib.  This particular pen has a fine nib that produces a nice line.  It's in good condition while showing the effects of the service it provided its owner/s.  It didn't cost me a packet (less than a Lamy Safari), so I'm happy with it.

 

I couldn't tell, it the pen square?  Dragon Logo ! 🐲

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13 hours ago, USG said:

 

I couldn't tell, it the pen square?  Dragon Logo ! 🐲

No, it isn't square. The logo is a wyvern.

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Well, TECHNICALLY (the heraldry geek in me) thinks of wyverns as dragons with only two legs -- in the front -- and then the larger tail in the back, behind the wings (like on the logo for the pen).  Whereas dragons have four legs, and a smaller tail.

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"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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uaexemarat NOS (New Old Stock)

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A new old stock waterman carene in purple that I found in a random stationery shop. The colour on it faded just right where it looks great! 

 

I decided to go to a random stationery shop near where I was that was out of the way. Lo and behold, I found a Waterman Carene (Which I wanted for that inlaid nib for so long) in my favourite colour (purple) that looked even better at a discounted price. I didn't even know that carenes came in purple before seeing it

It cost me the equivalent of around $136.

 

That shop had a really weird and nostalgic feel even though I have never been to it. It gave me some weird vibes.

unfortunately, there is some chipping on it but it was at a good price

 

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Misfit Museum Piece

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I was just thinking I don’t have any pens in the mail or impulse purchases. Then I thought idiot, you will have some for your birthday this month. So I thought I’d find the little bag of nibs that held three 1.1mm stub nibs I bought. Two of the three are on pens.  It wasn’t where I thought it would be. I wanted to put one on the new Hongdian maple leaves pen I’ve been saving for Autumn, which starts on the 23rd. That gives time to find those nibs. 
 

Well, I looked at one of the pens with the stub nibs I bought. It is a #5 nib. The Hongdian has a #6 nib. So I found the Anderson Pens 1.1mm stub nib that hasn’t been used, and put it on the Hongdian. It’s silver tone, but that’s ok.  

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On 9/10/2023 at 8:50 PM, B. Honeydew said:

Last impulse purchase was a Platinum Preppy (never had one before).  I needed some items ASAP today so the lazy part of me went to amazon vs driving around town on Sunday.  I was a few $$ short of free, same day delivery.  So I had to either pay shipping or add something eligible to the cart.  The cheapo Preppy fit the bill.  

 

Does anyone else round out an order with FP related items to meeting a shipping threshold?

Does tossing a pen into the order I made in early July from Cult Pens count?  :rolleyes: (The order was mostly inks....)

Turned out that with the exchange rate between dollars and pounds, I would have probably made the threshold for free shipping without that al-Star LE, but, well.... :rolleyes:

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"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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