What Was Your Last Impulsive Pen Acquisition?

[Penguincollector]

45 minutes ago, Particular_Song3539 said:

wow thank you so much for your help @Penguincollector 🙏 <m(__)m>
I probably will get either Sailor 141 or Iroshizuku Kajaku. Arigatou !

 

@OldTravelingShoe 
BIG congrats ! 
That is the pen I have been eyeing for a while. I think in the past year it appeared in Kingdom note for twice.
But twice I didn't have the budget for it.  
There was one available in Tokyo Pen show but the condition was far from desirable.
I too, really admire the Fuyu-kodachi way more than other design like the Kiku. 
Congrats, I am happy for you !

 ii yo ii yo

[PithyProlix]

24 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

  So now that I’m looking at it in the light, it’s not a match, but they seem to be from around the same time. Here’s a picture, I don’t know much about Pilot history, but it’s a cool pouch. It has the Pilot logo embossed on the loop.

 

Pilot has had a bunch of cool & nicely made pouches. 

 

Uhm, I am sorry to say that the pen, very nice though it is, appears to be sheep skin, not lizard. I will include a photo of mine when I post the photos OldTravelingShoe requested. 

[A Smug Dill]

44 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

Are you planning on adding these to said collection?

 

No; but then I bought six new ink colours — three while in Japan, even though I pledged I wouldn't, and then another three at half-price on a Black Friday offer —  just in the past 30 days, without planning on doing so.

[Penguincollector]

55 minutes ago, PithyProlix said:

 

Pilot has had a bunch of cool & nicely made pouches. 

 

Uhm, I am sorry to say that the pen, very nice though it is, appears to be sheep skin, not lizard. I will include a photo of mine when I post the photos OldTravelingShoe requested. 

  I thought that was the case, as I have seen the sheepskin ones before- but the seller kept calling it a lizard. I used to keep lizards and didn’t think it looked anything like that, but maybe there was something lost in translation. I didn’t pay a lot for it, and the nib is divine, so it’s cool.  I would love to see yours when you get to it. 

[Penguincollector]

34 minutes ago, A Smug Dill said:

 

No; but then I bought six new ink colours — three while in Japan, even though I pledged I wouldn't, and then another three at half-price on a Black Friday offer —  just in the past 30 days, without planning on doing so.

    Well,  it would be ridiculous to NOT buy ink in Japan, with so many exclusives. We need an inpulsive ink buy thread over in that section ( I may have started one, can’t recall at the moment). There’s worse things to impulse buy.

[Particular_Song3539]

@Penguincollector oh please do kindly make such a thread ! I am very curious to see what inks others impulse buy, especially from those area where ink samples is not widely available (like in Japan)

[OldTravelingShoe]

6 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

thought that was the case, as I have seen the sheepskin ones before- but the seller kept calling it a lizard

To make things even more confusing, I believe Pilot did make lizard skin pens that looked very similar. I recall a green-colored version, having a thicker clip with floral symbols near its tip. 

[freaca menta]

My last impulsive acquisition was a Sheaffer Imperial Sovereign. It popped up on r/pen_swap on reddit from someone who I had bought from before at a good price. I had been eyeing a Kilk but I wasnt sure the next time I would see an Imperial Sovereign so I snagged it.

[PithyProlix]

Per @OldTravelingShoe's request: recently received Pilot Super-250 (Elite series) with Signature nib, including macro shots of the nib, and Sailor Hoscal. (Sorry for the overexposed Pilot cap.) The pipe lever filler's (terminology per Pilot Japan's repair department) bushing is stuck on the feed peg. I've tried the tricks I know to get it off - now waiting for some needle-nose pliers to arrive in the mail.

 

Per @Penguincollector's request: Pilot lizard-skin wrapped pen. Any speculation about the lizard species? I don't know if the skin is its original color. (?)

 

Per @nobody's request: unknown worn/rough (though not terrible) kamakura-bori ink-stop/eyedropper pen that just arrived a couple hours ago. Has a Steady Perfect nib, which was a Ginjiro Kabutogi (aka "GK") brand, though it cannot be known whether it was made or finished by the master himself. I've never seen a kamakura-bori pen with a black cap top - perhaps it might be a replacement piece from a repair? Regardless, I think it looks good. The finish reminds me of a strawberry's skin.

 

Add in a nice maki-e pen and that might be a sort of fair microcosm of the variety and beauty of vintage Japanese pens! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[A Smug Dill]

Just now, https://en.sailor.co.jp/product/10-3360/

 

[Penguincollector]

5 hours ago, PithyProlix said:

Per @OldTravelingShoe's request: recently received Pilot Super-250 (Elite series) with Signature nib, including macro shots of the nib, and Sailor Hoscal. (Sorry for the overexposed Pilot cap.) The pipe lever filler's (terminology per Pilot Japan's repair department) bushing is stuck on the feed peg. I've tried the tricks I know to get it off - now waiting for some needle-nose pliers to arrive in the mail.

 

Per @Penguincollector's request: Pilot lizard-skin wrapped pen. Any speculation about the lizard species? I don't know if the skin is its original color. (?)

 

Per @nobody's request: unknown worn/rough (though not terrible) kamakura-bori ink-stop/eyedropper pen that just arrived a couple hours ago. Has a Steady Perfect nib, which was a Ginjiro Kabutogi (aka "GK") brand, though it cannot be known whether or it was made or finished by the master himself. I've never seen a kamakura-bori pen with a black cap top - perhaps it might a replacement piece from a repair? Regardless, I think it looks good. The finish reminds me of a strawberry's skin.

 

Add in a nice maki-e pen and that might be a sort of fair microcosm of the variety and beauty of vintage Japanese pens! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 What a lovely collection of vintage pens! The bottom one really does look like a strawberry.   My Pilot is definitely not a lizard, on yours the pattern is very identifiable as lizard skin, which lizard is beyond my ken. The Hoscal pattern is very eye catching and the size is perfect.

[Shinyblue]

23 hours ago, Gloucesterman said:

First of all, welcome to FPN.

Take a moment  and tell us a bit more of your pen focus.

Are you only interested in the vintage Parker brand?

If so, have you discovered the brand focused section of this site?

 

Yes hello, I joined quite a few months ago but just never found time to add anything. My interest is basically pens from before 1995. Not particular interested in Parker although my first purchased fountain pen was a Parker 75. Just amazed at the variety out there and all the subtle differences. So far an Aurora DuoCart has the nib to die for but who knows what will show up in the future.

[Particular_Song3539]

@PithyProlix Beautiful beautiful collection !
I saw your Pilot Lizard skin pen and recalled my 1970's Platinum is also lizard skin (according to Kingdom Note)
They look very much alike and yours color is gorgeous. Thank you for sharing !

[PithyProlix]

51 minutes ago, Particular_Song3539 said:

@PithyProlix Beautiful beautiful collection !
I saw your Pilot Lizard skin pen and recalled my 1970's Platinum is also lizard skin (according to Kingdom Note)
They look very much alike and yours color is gorgeous. Thank you for sharing !

Nice! 

 

I would like to collect Japanese pens with 'exotic' leather. Right now it's a collection of one! I waffled on getting a Platinum Amazonas at a good price and now regret it. 

[Doug C]

Cypress. 

[Particular_Song3539]

7 minutes ago, PithyProlix said:

Nice! 

 

I would like to collect Japanese pens with 'exotic' leather. Right now it's a collection of one! I waffled on getting a Platinum Amazonas at a good price and now regret it. 

 

I assume you knew there is one available right now ? not exactly cheap but that one is gorgeous ! 

[PithyProlix]

Gulp, that *is* expensive! I am strictly a bargain shopper... 

[Misfit]

@Particular_Song3539 I really like your Kyoto Travelers Notebook, and the blue charm. 

[Particular_Song3539]

Thank you @Misfit 
It is on "day off" right now. I try to rotate my TN members as much as possible. 
The Kyoto is a dark navy and you can hard tell the patina, maybe that was why I glued those fabric patches on it .

[Misfit]

@Particular_Song3539 will you please explain on the Travelers Notebook thread how you rotate your TN?