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Though the pen may be mightier than the sword, our best pens have become, in essence, the modern day swords. In the words of Ser. Sandor Clegane, "Only c-nts name their swords." Yet, everyone still does it because "all the best swords have names."

 

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Your pen may not be Valyrian steel, but do you name your pens?

 

P.S. Hard Rubber is probably the pen-equivalent to Valyrian steel lol

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When I got my first fountain pen (a Sheaffer school pen) back in high school, I was into naming all sorts of things. Also, I was rather pretentious. My backpack was called Francis, my lunchbox was Loolah Q, and my fountain pen was Bob. Eventually Bob cracked and I have since acquired many more that go nameless.

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No.

That being said, I do have a Parker 45 with a name engraved on it. I will sometimes refer to it by that name.

Brad

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind" - Rudyard Kipling
"None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try." - Mark Twain

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Of course not, nor do I name ... or my buttons.

 

You don't? This is the whole reason I never buy anything with buttons. I thought it was sort of mandatory. :P

 

... do you name your pens?

 

@Swanjun I guess I'm just new to this, so I'm just super excited.

 

Well, great. :huh: Now you've got me wondering what I should name my pens. Maybe we should have a poll for the 10 best pen names... ;)

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No, but I've called some a few names...

 

Love it !

 

 

I've never named a pen.

 

But cars most definitely

 

I've owned, a Raoul, a Klaus, a Wayne, a Michael, a Bono and an Ingatio

(all my cars have been male :mellow: )

 

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I have called a couple Kaweco pens with frustrating flow problems names (@#$%&) that are not allowed on these boards.

*Sailor 1911S, Black/gold, 14k. 0.8 mm. stub(JM) *1911S blue "Colours", 14k. H-B "M" BLS (PB)

*2 Sailor 1911S Burgundy/gold: 14k. 0.6 mm. "round-nosed" CI (MM) & 14k. 1.1 mm. CI (JM)

*Sailor Pro-Gear Slim Spec. Ed. "Fire",14k. (factory) "H-B"

*Kaweco SPECIAL FP: 14k. "B",-0.6 mm BLS & 14k."M" 0.4 mm. BLS (PB)

*Kaweco Stainless Steel Lilliput, 14k. "M" -0.7 mm.BLS, (PB)

 

 

 

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Your pen may not be Valyrian steel, but do you name your pens?

 

 

Only the best ones....

 

My first frankenpen had a vintage nib... a first generation Visconti Dreamtouch Stub (1.3mm) on an silk smooth ebonite barrel... A pen that unique and distinctive neede a name of her own.

 

I named her Dulcinea.. she embodies similar traits as the named character. Despite her humble origins, Dulcinea was a gentle lady.. of incomparable beauty.. :wub: :wub:

 

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Out of over 300, There are two pens that have names. I have a weakness for burgundy Montblanc pens. There is a 146R that I bought as a parts pen five years ago. Took me that long to piece together all the burgundy parts needed to bring it back to life. I call it the Phoenix pen, because it really did come back from the dead.

I did a similar rebuild on a 144R that I call The Banker because it became an orphan after a bank failure.

If I was forced to keep only two pens, these two would be it.

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@Swanjun I guess I'm just new to this, so I'm just super excited.

 

I hope I didn't come across as suggesting that pen-naming was pretentious! Only that *I* was, hence grandly proclaiming that my lunchbox was called Loolah Q., and such like. I also used to salute sardonically as a way of greeting. I would very much like to go back in time and smack my smug fifteen-year-old self.

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I don't really name them, but I use their model names. I have three different Konrad pens so I refer to them by "Forbidden City" or "John Mung", etc. I also have one Pelikan M205, but I usually just think of it as the Pelikan. The Platinum is just 3776... And so on up to about a dozen pens.

 

I don't see anything wrong with giving them names, it's just not something I've felt compelled to do.

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The only objects I've ever named were (and still are) motorcycles. And we all know they must have female names, preferably sexy ones at that! lol

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