Lost Pen

[kenny]

I lost my Waterman Edson Black Diamond. I bought it at the Chicago Pen Show for $700 (discount from $1000) maybe 7-10 years ago.

 

I'm really bummed. It either fell out of my shirt pocket or I put it down and someone took it. I didn't realize it was gone initially. Couldn't find it later.

 

[Parker51]

I lost my Waterman Edson Black Diamond. I bought it at the Chicago Pen Show for $700 (discount from $1000) maybe 7-10 years ago.

 

I'm really bummed. It either fell out of my shirt pocket or I put it down and someone took it. I didn't realize it was gone initially. Couldn't find it later.

 

Sorry for you loss.

Before you give up completely I,suggest you check for it a few different ways. First, check your laundry and everywhere your laundry goes. I have found pens I thought were lost in a pocket of a shirt I changed and left the pen in the pocket. I thought I had taken and stored it, but forgot to and had thought I lost it in that way, fortunately I got it before it ended up being washed..

Second, if you have a car, check the car. I have accidently dropped a pen in the car and found it under the seat.

Third, check lost and founds, ask at service desks of stores, etc., anywhere the pen might have been set down. Some people are honest, and as most have no idea of the value of a Fountain Pen and no ability to use one, they may have turned it in to someone. I haven't lost and recovered a pen this way, but have done so with gloves and hats over the years.

And last, if it is cold where you live, sometimes pens come out of pockets when taking off sweaters or coats and can end up caught in them. It is a long shot, but it might be in the sleeve of some outerwear.

Edited February 6, 2020 by Parker51

[Left FPN]

First port of call ebay or other online auctions. See the search to newly listed items.

 

Visit local pawn shops.

 

Did you ever take pictures of the pen during its time with you.

 

If so you may have its serial number from the cap.

 

My most foolish pen buying error, at the end of their run Amazon had 3 listed for £250 each.

[Addertooth]

I wish you luck finding your treasured pen.

[Nicholas Green]

That's not a small loss by any means! I hope you're able to recover your pen!

[WalterC]

You have my sympathy.

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And last, if it is cold where you live, sometimes pens come out of pockets when taking off sweaters or coats and can end up caught in them. It is a long shot, but it might be in the sleeve of some outerwear.

This is exactly how I lost my beloved flexy Waterman (3V, 32V?). My pullover windbreaker pulled it out of my pocket. I knew where it happened on my walk to work to within 10 meters, but when I went back after work I couldn't find it. It's doubtful that anyone took, more likely it got kicked or crushed by cars in the roadway.

[WLSpec]

Oh no! I hope you find it.

[pen2paper]

Agree, don’t give up looking. Was positive my trusted daily report writer was gone forever, since work traveled through two counties & multiple stops that day. Until two months later it turned up in the searched & repeatedly cleaned work vehicle. Tiny crevasse held it captive. It wrote flawlessly! How ink remained fluid a mystery.
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& later survived a complete washing cycle.

[kenny]

Haven't recovered it.

 

I'm afraid it's lost forever.

[Estycollector]

I really doubt someone took it if found. Perhaps I am naive. When I have lost small items, they usually turn up unexpectedly. I truly hope this occurs for you.

[mhguda]

I once lost a treasured pen in a friends' car, it fell out of my purse. Both of us looked for it, both together and separately - nothing doing.

I ended up finding and buying a replacement. Almost but not quite the same pen - we all know how that goes. Then, a few months on, she makes me a present... it's the lost pen! Turns out it was in the car all along but well hidden - it only turned up all those months later when she did a deep clean of the interior of the car and found it... So now I have three separate Deccan flattop Advocates.

[Carrau]

If you haven’t done this already, I'd buy or borrow one of those magnets on a stick used to pick up nails at a construction site, and carefully work it under and between the seats of any vehicles you may have ridden in. There are smaller ones used to pick up metal parts that have dropped in hard to reach places that will work in between seats. I’ll bet a friend or neighbor has one or both of these if you don't have one yourself.

[sidthecat]

Ringtops are prone to unscrewing themselves and disappearing...I've gotten quite paranoid. I've gotten lucky maybe three times and found the pen. I've gotten unlucky the same number of times and all that's left is expensive caps.

[inkstainedruth]

True words.  

I had the business end of my first Morrison ringtop (for which I paid MORE than for my Plum Demi 51, BTW) unscrew itself from the cap three times in the space of 24 hours: once in a parking garage, once in my house, and once in my car (but I thought it had happened at the grocery store or in the parking lot -- at night...).  And then thought I'd lost it entirely on the way to the Ohio Pen Show one year.  Got lucky and bought a replacement for cheap being sold as a parts pen at the show -- but of course the nib was not NEARLY as nice as the juicy semi-flex nib on the first one.  Then, the following week discovered the cap hanging off one of the window clips on my storm door, and when searching around found the rest of the pen in one of the grooves in the door frame.  And every time, it managed to NOT land nib down.  But that pen NEVER leaves the house any more....  I suspect that once I get the sterling filigree ringtop serviced, it won't leave the house EITHER -- it cost way more than the first one did, and that pen was in working condition when I bought it; the sterling one?  Not so much....  But I'd been craving a sterling one to go with the gold-filled filigree one for several years.

Maybe I should look at that thread about Loktite again, and see which formula would work best for BHR....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[pearlfox]

15 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

Maybe I should look at that thread about Loktite again, and see which formula would work best for BHR....

I've been experimenting with shellac inside caps, originally with the idea of reducing scratching when posting all-metal pens, but also for adding a bit of grip to threads.  I figure it's relatively easy to remove, as long as it's not on something sensitive to alcohol, and hidden inside the cap won't affect aesthetics.

[inkstainedruth]

Let us know how your experiments pan out!  Shellac would be much easier to use, and I've got some already.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[sidthecat]

I sent for a type that bonds loosely. Fingers crossed. I've also found that for some reason, Watermans are the most likely to do the trick and Mabie Todds much less so.