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Misfit Museum Piece

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Hmm, a demonstrator is good for shimmer inks since you can see the feed while cleaning. Mine got Colorverse Show-Me Missouri because the pen and ink were new.  I’m not sure what ink will go in next. Would a gold ink look good coming out of that pen?

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Tashi_Tsering Extremely Rare

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A relatively inexpensive fountain pen from S.T.  Dupont —  D Initial.

 

The appearance and workmanship are good, but I don't like the silver nib on the gold plated background.

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Gloucesterman Antique

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11 hours ago, Misfit said:

@Penguincollector I think you’ll like the Indigo and Bronze TWSBI. I have one, and think it’s an attractive combination of colors. We will be Pen Twins because I got the stub nib also. 

I purchased one a while ago, 1.1 also, but have not inked it yet.

Does that make us triplets?

A grey day is really a silver one that needs Your polish!

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Penguincollector Donor Pen

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 I bought a pretty blue Parker Parkette, lovingly restored at a very good price at my pen club meeting. 

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 25 currently inked pens:

Parker Duofold Centennial IM, RO Rose Gold Antiqua

MontBlanc Bohème Noir F, MB Midnight Blue 

Pelikan M800 needlepoint, Kuretake Shikon

MontBlanc Noblesse M, KWZ Sheen Machine 2

Waterman 52 EF, Herbin Bleu Pervenche

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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12 hours ago, Gloucesterman said:

I purchased one a while ago, 1.1 also, but have not inked it yet.

Does that make us triplets?


Yes! 😆 

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 25 currently inked pens:

Parker Duofold Centennial IM, RO Rose Gold Antiqua

MontBlanc Bohème Noir F, MB Midnight Blue 

Pelikan M800 needlepoint, Kuretake Shikon

MontBlanc Noblesse M, KWZ Sheen Machine 2

Waterman 52 EF, Herbin Bleu Pervenche

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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20 hours ago, Misfit said:

Hmm, a demonstrator is good for shimmer inks since you can see the feed while cleaning. Mine got Colorverse Show-Me Missouri because the pen and ink were new.  I’m not sure what ink will go in next. Would a gold ink look good coming out of that pen?


  I think so, Robert Oster makes a darker gold ink that would look good- I can’t recall the name just now- Antiqua maybe?

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 25 currently inked pens:

Parker Duofold Centennial IM, RO Rose Gold Antiqua

MontBlanc Bohème Noir F, MB Midnight Blue 

Pelikan M800 needlepoint, Kuretake Shikon

MontBlanc Noblesse M, KWZ Sheen Machine 2

Waterman 52 EF, Herbin Bleu Pervenche

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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Misfit Museum Piece

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3 hours ago, Penguincollector said:


  I think so, Robert Oster makes a darker gold ink that would look good- I can’t recall the name just now- Antiqua maybe?

I have Oster Gold Antiqua. 

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Ooh, if you try it, show me @Misfit! 

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 25 currently inked pens:

Parker Duofold Centennial IM, RO Rose Gold Antiqua

MontBlanc Bohème Noir F, MB Midnight Blue 

Pelikan M800 needlepoint, Kuretake Shikon

MontBlanc Noblesse M, KWZ Sheen Machine 2

Waterman 52 EF, Herbin Bleu Pervenche

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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Misfit Museum Piece

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I will. The pen still has ink in it, so it might be awhile. I wonder if the Gold Antiqua ink will look gold in the pen, like looking gold. 

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A Smug Dill Museum Piece

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Two Admok M800 piston-fillers, one fitted with a Bock EF nib, and the other with a Schmidt F nib (as EF nib wasn't an available option). Sigh, I just couldn't help myself… a little bit of curiosity, but a whole lot of “I just have to have it” in my pen library.

 

I haven't tried ordering items on Taobao with ‘official’ air mail as the delivery method before; so let's see how quickly or slowly the pens arrive. (Last time, I elected to use the ‘official’ sea/surface mail as the delivery method because the parcel contents were heavy and thus the cost was much cheaper that way. It took months to arrive. This time, the difference in costs between air mail and surface mail is about $2.)

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amk Collectors Item

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On 2/9/2024 at 11:21 AM, Misfit said:

Congratulations @amk any chance of a photo to show the icy Pelikan and pink Kaweco?

Of course! I just had to bring my camera back in from my workshop...

 

Even then, I couldn't quite capture the iciness of the blue. But what a pairing! I have FPUK Teal in the Pelikan, and Kaweco Ruby Red in the Kaweco.

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Tashi_Tsering

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15 hours ago, PithyProlix said:

 

How is the writing experience? 

Like all other S.T. Dupont nibs which I tried: stiff, smooth, wet (not to much). 

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On 2/10/2024 at 4:44 PM, Penguincollector said:

I finally ordered a Twsbi. It’s the indigo and bronze 1.1 stub. I needed some White Lightning, and the Brown Penguin ink from Octopus Fluids, and shipping is outrageous, so I added a pen. 

It’s not shipping, it’s a pen discount!  This is sound logic that I fully support and have used in the past.

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57 minutes ago, Surlyprof said:

It’s not shipping, it’s a pen discount!  This is sound logic that I fully support and have used in the past.


 This is excellent 😂. Keeping it in mind for the future!

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 25 currently inked pens:

Parker Duofold Centennial IM, RO Rose Gold Antiqua

MontBlanc Bohème Noir F, MB Midnight Blue 

Pelikan M800 needlepoint, Kuretake Shikon

MontBlanc Noblesse M, KWZ Sheen Machine 2

Waterman 52 EF, Herbin Bleu Pervenche

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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ruby.monkey

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Latest is a Sheaffer Imperial 440 with a broad oblique steel nib, with squeeze-fill convertor included. I'm looking forward to its arrival - I've always been impressed with the quality of Sheaffer's italic and oblique nibs and I don't expect this one to disappoint.

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Runnin_Ute Museum Piece

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Arrived today

PSP exclusive, Ranga Monterey with Architect Broad nib. First fill using Iroshizuku Kon Peki 

 

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Puddinhead Near Mint

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2 hours ago, Runnin_Ute said:

Arrived today

PSP exclusive, Ranga Monterey with Architect Broad nib. First fill using Iroshizuku Kon Peki 

 

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How is this pen unposted?

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