What Pen Are You Waiting For 2019

[millertime]

I'm waiting for my Lamy Vista with an extra fine nib.

It might here today :-)

[City74]

I had some leftover eBay bucks to use so I decided to try another Kaweco. The Perkeo I had didnt really thrill me, so I wanted to try another. This time went with a Skyline Sport in a Broad nib. Hope this one is better

[Driften]

 

The new Penbbs M nibs are pretty nice. They write as good as a JoWo #6.

 

 

I just got my 355 today with the M nib and I'm happy with the pen and nib! I agree mine is as good as a JoWo #6 M. I am not feeling any need to swap the nib. I swapped the PenBBS F's to JoWo B's but that was mostly to get a wider line.

[A Smug Dill]

My self-discipine as a consumer is nigh non-existent these days. I caved and ordered a Aurora Optima 365 in brown tortoise-shell (996-LT) with EF nib, and all it took to push me was an additional 5% off the effective price for which I could get it one day ago. (Yes, I imagined the price could be lower yet again by another 5%, but just couldn't hold out to see whether another better discount code would come up.)

 

Edit: Uh, grammar.

Edited January 17, 2019 by A Smug Dill

[Carrau]

My self-discipine as a consumer in nigh non-existent these days. I caved and ordered Aurora Optima 365 in brown tortoise-shell (996-LT) with EF nib)

Thats a beautiful pattern of tortoise shell-I can see the irresistible attraction. I had the same problem with a pen that I had been interested in a few years ago, then forgot about, a Krone Boulder in Chinook livery. I had looked for some time for one, and gave up looking. A few days ago I came across one without looking for it, and its on its way. Its easily the most colorful pen I own, but I love the salmon red with blue veins running through it. The Krones from the early 2000s were a good bit less bling covered, with usually fine 18K gold nibs that were nice writers.

Edited January 17, 2019 by Herrjaeger

[sidthecat]

An old Reform with an old Bock nib that's alleged to be Superflex.

[JMTB]

On order: Conid Kingsize Bulkfiller + Wancher Dream Pen Urushi Tamenuri

Edited January 17, 2019 by JMTB

[JotterAddict62]

Waiting for some Parkers to come back home that I dropped off at the Chicago Pen Show last May.

I'm in no hurry but I will check on the status of the repair order.

[NotAWiz4rd]

Waiting for:

Conklin Duragraph Orange Nights with Omniflex nib

Conklin Endura Mahogany with 1.1mm Stub nib

TWSBI 580 Clear with EF nib

[Tincansailor]

Just couldn't help myself -- Have a Parker 45 Flighter starting its journey to me! The waiting is unbearable.

[KLscribbler]

Not in the mail per se, but I will be going on a two-week vacation to Taiwan imminently, and am looking forward to picking up some Taiwanese pens. It'll be my first time in Taiwan too, so I'm excited!

 

Also looking forward to doing some hunting for vintage Taiwanese and Japanese pens, and eagerly reading up everything I can find online about Taiwanese pen shops, pen models, and pen history. Learning some new things here... e.g. it seems that over the past several decades, there have been many many old variants of what we now call the Sailor HighAce Neo (and which the Taiwanese seem to simply call "F4" due to the nib numbering). Some of those F4s were even made in Taiwan. I wonder how they write, but even as a memento of this vacation they would be lovely.

 

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This lovely pen finally arrived today! It's a mint Parker 45 Custom made in the UK. It still had a tiny bit of dried ink under the nib from dib testing at the factory! Even without ink, the nib slides like butter across the page and has that classic vintage UK Parker softness I really enjoy. This is the first vintage pen I've acquired that is so pristine I'm afraid to ink it haha. For the time being, I'll probably just put the nib into one of my other 45s and let this pen keep its minty-ness.

 

 

 

Lovely! And so pristine! Speaking of UK P45s reminds me of that old thread about perfect writing experiences. As it happens, I'm writing with the particular UK P45 Flighter I discussed in that thread right now. I don't mind the roundness of its tipping quite as much now as I did then, and it's still one of my favorite quick-jotting pens. Such a lively and responsive nib.

 

How is the nib on your new P45? Have you found your ultimate glassy smooth P45 at last?

[Andrea_R]

A little Omas Dama in Scarlet red celluloid, courtesy of Tom Westerich

[Inkyways]

Jinhao Ceramic body pen which is due to arrive this week!

[sansenri]

Gama Eyas in black brushed ebonite

it should be here any day

[A Smug Dill]

I'm still waiting for:

• Sailor Kabazaiku (fitted with a H-M nib; no choice there, sadly)
• (and so on)

 

It seems the Sailor kazabaiku pen is just not mine to have. My fourth order (from different retailers, and not all in the same country) for this pen in the past several months have again been cancelled on account of Sailor Japan not being able to supply the product in a timely fashion.

[millertime]

My Lamy Vista in extra fine arrived yesterday. Yahoo. I don't have time to try it out now but will when I get ashore.

[City74]

Here are the 2 I just got in

[WLSpec]

Sailor 1911 L Tangerine, thinking about a Med-F nib.

[surprise123]

- A Parker 51 set with a huge factory stub

- Pilot Vanishing Point in Matte Black

[RudraDev]

I'm waiting for my sweet pilot custom 74 in a SF nib! My first gold nib pen.

I'm super excited!