True Writer Pen Collection - So Far

[Ceramicist]

36 minutes ago, mge01park said:

I have both of the flourish too. They’re really nice and the gold plated nib helps them. 

Nice! I'm so eager to get my two True Writers that I ordered a couple days ago.

[Misfit]

I’m looking forward to seeing the ones I ordered too. The Chromatic and the Elements Air are the ones I bought in the buy one get one. They may not have shipped yet since I purchased them on a Friday. 

[Misfit]

@Ceramicist there is a red True Writer on eBay. It’s a classic red maybe, but it’s not the cranberry. Most of the True Writers in red have silver tone trim. That helps eliminate them from consideration more easily. 

[Ceramicist]

11 hours ago, Misfit said:

I’m looking forward to seeing the ones I ordered too. The Chromatic and the Elements Air are the ones I bought in the buy one get one. They may not have shipped yet since I purchased them on a Friday. 

 

11 hours ago, Misfit said:

@Ceramicist there is a red True Writer on eBay. It’s a classic red maybe, but it’s not the cranberry. Most of the True Writers in red have silver tone trim. That helps eliminate them from consideration more easily. 

I purchased mine on Friday as well. I also ordered Taccia Tsuchi Golden Wheat for the Sapphire Mosaic and L'Artisan Pastellier Classique Vert Moyen Mousse for the Origins Anniversary from Vanness. 

 

I have the Stipula Gladiator in red; I think that's my only red pen.

[Misfit]

@Ceramicist I got the shipping notification. It showed DHL, but the tracking number looked like the USPS. I put it in the USPS app, and it showed the shipment at Hebron, Kentucky. Kentucky shares a small part of its border with my state. Exciting!

 

I have red pens, but no red True Writer. That’s why I’m being picky by wanted the Flourish Cranberry for the red True Writer. 

[Ceramicist]

25 minutes ago, Misfit said:

@Ceramicist I got the shipping notification. It showed DHL, but the tracking number looked like the USPS. I put it in the USPS app, and it showed the shipment at Hebron, Kentucky. Kentucky shares a small part of its border with my state. Exciting!

 

I have red pens, but no red True Writer. That’s why I’m being picky by wanted the Flourish Cranberry for the red True Writer. 

I just received my shIpping notification today as well. The DHL shows Olive Branch, MS but the USPS number shows Hebron, Kentucky. I love the anticipation! I hope you find the Flourish Cranberry in time for the holidays! 

[mge01park]

On 9/28/2025 at 9:04 PM, Misfit said:

@Ceramicist there is a red True Writer on eBay. It’s a classic red maybe, but it’s not the cranberry. Most of the True Writers in red have silver tone trim. That helps eliminate them from consideration more easily. 

I have the plain red with gold trim from several years ago. Haven’t opened it. It’s beautiful though and with discounts it was in the $40’s. 

[mge01park]

On 9/29/2025 at 5:54 PM, Ceramicist said:

I just received my shIpping notification today as well. The DHL shows Olive Branch, MS but the USPS number shows Hebron, Kentucky. I love the anticipation! I hope you find the Flourish Cranberry in time for the holidays! 

That’s great news. I had thought they were still shipping from Memphis, TN. I guess when they switched away from FedEx it all changed. This website has been super shaky since last night. TG it’s working again. Good luck on all your incoming stuff. The two Flourish are amazing as are the others. 
 

Corrected

Olive Branch, MS, seems to be the place on all shipments including FedEx. I stand corrected. 

[Ceramicist]

1 hour ago, mge01park said:

That’s great news. I had thought they were still shipping from Memphis, TN. I guess when they switched away from FedEx it all changed. This website has been super shaky since last night. TG it’s working again. Good luck on all your incoming stuff. The two Flourish are amazing as are the others. 

Yes, I noticed the website has been down on and off. 

Thank you for the luck! I'm looking forward to my new pens!

[mge01park]

24 minutes ago, Ceramicist said:

Yes, I noticed the website has been down on and off. 

Thank you for the luck! I'm looking forward to my new pens!

Anytime for pen lovers! 😂. Off Topic - but I was able to get the items I wanted (all non-FP) with the leaves25 discount and the justforyou free shipping over $50. Just made it to $50. 😊. I saved about $27 of which the shipping would have been $14.95. 

[Ceramicist]

14 minutes ago, mge01park said:

Anytime for pen lovers! 😂. Off Topic - but I was able to get the items I wanted (all non-FP) with the leaves25 discount and the justforyou free shipping over $50. Just made it to $50. 😊. I saved about $27 of which the shipping would have been $14.95. 

Right?

 

That's great concerning the discount! 

[Misfit]

On 9/29/2025 at 4:54 PM, Ceramicist said:

I love the anticipation! I hope you find the Flourish Cranberry in time for the holidays! 

I feel like a kid with the anticipation. Thank you for the hope of getting the Flourish Cranberry in time. 

[Misfit]

8 hours ago, mge01park said:

Anytime for pen lovers! 😂. Off Topic - but I was able to get the items I wanted (all non-FP) with the leaves25 discount and the justforyou free shipping over $50. Just made it to $50. 😊. I saved about $27 of which the shipping would have been $14.95. 

Hurray it worked out. Great job on using the discounts!

[Ceramicist]

3 minutes ago, Misfit said:

I feel like a kid with the anticipation. Thank you for the hope of getting the Flourish Cranberry in time. 

Same! I like having to wait for things and not receiving them immediately. We live in such a world of instant gratification. 

[Misfit]

@Ceramicist so true. I remember mail order catalogs, and no tracking. There was no notice of the order being placed either, unless you called to place the order. 

[Ceramicist]

27 minutes ago, Misfit said:

@Ceramicist so true. I remember mail order catalogs, and no tracking. There was no notice of the order being placed either, unless you called to place the order. 

Yes! And not too long ago, there would be dozens of catalogs in the mailbox around the holidays but now that everything is online, there aren't as many. 

[mge01park]

The order I placed this morning, one of the items is coming from California direct ship to me off the Levenger order and the other items are coming the normal way and they’re all shipping via FedEx. I was surprised to see the tracking already and they’ve both been shipped just saying. 😀. 

[mge01park]

1 hour ago, Misfit said:

Hurray it worked out. Great job on using the discounts!

Thank you. I call it a healthy addiction! 😃. 

[mge01park]

48 minutes ago, Ceramicist said:

Yes! And not too long ago, there would be dozens of catalogs in the mailbox around the holidays but now that everything is online, there aren't as many. 

For sure. The big thing in the old days was the Fountain Pen Hospital catalog, it was amazing. Goldspot has a good one though. The Levenger catalogs have been legendary throughout the years as my history with them 😊 going back to the 90’s when I would visit their warehouse hq’s outlet store weekly. Don’t get me started 😅. I knew all the staff and at times they would do an outlet sale which were amazing days. 

[Ceramicist]

1 hour ago, mge01park said:

For sure. The big thing in the old days was the Fountain Pen Hospital catalog, it was amazing. Goldspot has a good one though. The Levenger catalogs have been legendary throughout the years as my history with them 😊 going back to the 90’s when I would visit their warehouse hq’s outlet store weekly. Don’t get me started 😅. I knew all the staff and at times they would do an outlet sale which were amazing days. 

 

1 hour ago, mge01park said:

The order I placed this morning, one of the items is coming from California direct ship to me off the Levenger order and the other items are coming the normal way and they’re all shipping via FedEx. I was surprised to see the tracking already and they’ve both been shipped just saying. 😀. 

I hope your orders arrive quickly!

 

Wow. I would've loved to have a Fountain Pen Hospital catalog. Now, though, I can peruse all of the pen sites I want. So, are you a Floridian? I'm originally from Miami.