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ParkerDuofold Antique

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Hi all,

 

Well, I can remember when I used to prefer blondes,... but then as I grew older,... oh,... wait a second... :blush: ...I seem to have got my notes mixed up... :D ...these are for another site. :blush:

 

Oh, yes,... I see I've already answered this question; so I'll just quietly go now. :)

 

Be well all. :)

 

 

- Anthony ;)

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I like demonstator pens now. When I first started collecting I didn’t. I still prefer a color but think some pens in the clear acrylic/resin look nice

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Hi all,

 

Well, I can remember when I used to prefer blondes,... but then as I grew older,... oh,... wait a second... :blush: ...I seem to have got my notes mixed up... :D ...these are for another site. :blush:

 

Oh, yes,... I see I've already answered this question; so I'll just quietly go now. :)

 

Be well all. :)

 

 

- Anthony ;)

 

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Well, given the pix of the P45 Flighter you just posted, I'd say you've now expanded your tastes to silvertones.... ;)

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"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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ParkerDuofold Antique

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:lticaptd:

Well, given the pix of the P45 Flighter you just posted, I'd say you've now expanded your tastes to silvertones.... ;)

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

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- A.C.

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prometheus13 NOS (New Old Stock)

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In my early days, I would only buy/use gold nibs -- mostly new, had a vintage (mostly Parker Vacs) phase, spent time and money on "special editions" then late in the game discovered the joy of steel nibs (love those Diplomat, Faber Castell nibs, some lower cost Chinese pens (TWSBI, PenBBS now) and small maker/semi custom pens (Franklin Christoph, Edison).

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I like demonstator pens now. When I first started collecting I didn’t. I still prefer a color but think some pens in the clear acrylic/resin look nice

 

 

I bought more pricey demonstrators (including, most recently, an Aurora 88 Minerali 'Limited Edition' demonstrator with Amber finials) than I though I ever would, but so far I'm not convinced the materials, workmanship and/or manufacturing precision in demonstrators can match opaque pens made of celluloid and/or adorned by maki-e, raden, koshi-inden, kanazawa-haku, urushi, intricate carvings, embedded metal threads or stripes, precious stones, etc. Visible 'sloshing' of ink inside the barrel adds nothing to the value of fountain pen to me personally.

I endeavour to be frank and truthful in what I write, show or otherwise present, when I relate my first-hand experiences that are not independently verifiable; and link to third-party content where I can, when I make a claim or refute a statement of fact in a thread. If there is something you can verify for yourself, I entreat you to do so, and judge for yourself what is right, correct, and valid. I may be wrong, and my position or say-so is no more authoritative and carries no more weight than anyone else's here.

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For a long time, I thought really fine nibs were the thing for me, probably due to the fact that my writing style was conditioned by the ballpoint and the rollerball. Fast forward two decades: I'm having more fun with inks and I've been using wider nibs. I don't see myself going back to very fine nibs.

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Went from cost-effective and well designed tools (eg Lamy 2000, Mr. Pen) to cheap demonstrators with edged nibs (Indian, TWSB), to quality/dignity (eg KOP), to technical marvels with edged nibs (eg Conid CAISO). Next phase was vintage flex, and I still love playing with those but don't actually write with them all that much. I explored some "pretty" pens - including urushi, custom makers and celluloid Italians. Love 'em but, again, more for the odd fun session than for regular use. Now, my most used pens have returned to being cost effective and well designed tools - but for fountain pen calligraphy. Most often used - a Reyes crossflex nib/hacked Grasty feed in an Indian eyedropper, a Desiderata Daedalus, and (the champion) a stock Grasty Z6E nib assembly (Jowo format) carrying a G nib and mounted in an Edison Menlo demonstrator. The Menlo/G is nice to hold, very unfussy (the Daedalus not so much), and just feels great for heavy flex writing. The eyedropper/Reyes is pretty good too, and makes a great EDC. I'm happy.

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I used to be very focused on german and french pens before but now focusing more on italian and vintage american made pens.

Pens are like watches , once you start a collection, you can hardly go back. And pens like all fine luxury items do improve with time

 

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