True Writer Pen Collection - So Far

[mge01park]

14 hours ago, donnweinberg said:

Thanks, mge01park, for sharing your “Select” information here at this time.  So, I have the third phase pens in the four colors.  I had the same unhappy experience with the standard medium nib.  

So they snuck in the Bordeaux after the original release of the four colors of the last Select. It’s much different than the burgundy color wise and it has a swirl finish. The rollerball for me had issues with the cap, it’s loose fitting and rattles. The fountain pen is fine. I guess what I liked about the Select most in the last group were the navy and green colors, they’re really nice. 

[donnweinberg]

1 hour ago, mge01park said:

So they snuck in the Bordeaux after the original release of the four colors of the last Select. It’s much different than the burgundy color wise and it has a swirl finish.

 

Would you show us a photograph/scan of the Bordeaux and Burgundy colors, so we can see the difference?  Thanks.

[mge01park]

3 hours ago, donnweinberg said:

 

Would you show us a photograph/scan of the Bordeaux and Burgundy colors, so we can see the difference?  Thanks.

Sure I can. You do have the burgundy though, but for the group I’ll post them together. 😊. 

[mge01park]

Bordeaux and Burgundy True Writer Select. Bordeaux on first and second and together on 3rd. 
 

 

[kazoolaw]

As an outsider, how many known colors are there of the TW model shown in the preceding post?

Are the other TW models?

It looks like an effort to collect all just the FPs would be unending:  carry on.

[mge01park]

17 minutes ago, kazoolaw said:

As an outsider, how many known colors are there of the TW model shown in the preceding post?

Are the other TW models?

It looks like an effort to collect all just the FPs would be unending:  carry on.

In this group of TW Select there were 3 other colors being Navy, Green and Black. 
The previous True Writer Select group came in Mediterranean (ocean blue), Stormy Weather (light grey), and Macchiato (coffee brownish).

[donnweinberg]

Thanks, mge01park, for the photos.  The Bordeaux has a beautiful sheen. 

[mge01park]

37 minutes ago, donnweinberg said:

Thanks, mge01park, for the photos.  The Bordeaux has a beautiful sheen. 

And the silver trim vs. gold. I wish all of them had the silver. 😊. 

[donnweinberg]

I’ve generally been partial to gold trim, but there are cases when silver trim (including stainless steel and chrome) work better.

[mge01park]

12 minutes ago, donnweinberg said:

I’ve generally been partial to gold trim, but there are cases when silver trim (including stainless steel and chrome) work better.

Understandable. The only gold trim I bought in years was the last 4 Select. The previous Select were silver trim, I’m not sure about the Macchiato, as a rule for the last 15 years or so I didn’t buy pens with any brown in them except Twsbi due to my addiction. I don’t like the gold plate on any pens and I’ve managed even on many of my gold nibbed pens including Sailor, Delta, Leonardo, Stipula, Pilot VP, FC, etc., I’ve been able to stay away from it generally. Pelikan and MB of course no way usually. 

[Misfit]

I like either color trim. Sometimes gold tone looks better, and sometimes silver tone looks better. I’d like to own the True Writer Kyoto Gold to see what gold tone trim looks like on that pen. I suspect it looks good as the pen is in warm colors in my opinion. 

[mge01park]

5 hours ago, Misfit said:

I like either color trim. Sometimes gold tone looks better, and sometimes silver tone looks better. I’d like to own the True Writer Kyoto Gold to see what gold tone trim looks like on that pen. I suspect it looks good as the pen is in warm colors in my opinion. 

Is the Kyoto Gold a rare TW?

[Misfit]

19 hours ago, mge01park said:

Is the Kyoto Gold a rare TW?

I’m not sure. I haven’t seen one yet on eBay since I started looking for the Kyoto last year. I only know of it from the Levenger True Writer History page. 

[mge01park]

3 hours ago, Misfit said:

I’m not sure. I haven’t seen one yet on eBay since I started looking for the Kyoto last year. I only know of it from the Levenger True Writer History page. 

That was a pretty standard item for the TW for many years, correct? I must have one somewhere but I feel it’s not a gold plated one, it’s the chrome version. 😊. 

[Misfit]

I won an auction for what I believe is the True Writer in Rose with M nib. It has dried ink in the nib, and converter, but I can get that clean I believe. The ultrasonic cleaner will do a lot of the work. With price, shipping and tax, it’s $26 and change. I’ve lost several auctions for the Rose True Writer. I was surprised no one else bid during the last 30 seconds. 

[mge01park]

Congratulations. Is it the Tea Rose? Pictures?

[Misfit]

@mge01park here is a photo of the pen from the eBay listing. 
 

 

When I looked at the True Writer history, I thought I was the pen called Rose from the earlier True Writers. The seller called it Pink Pearl.

[inkstainedruth]

That's a pretty pen no matter what it's called!  What's the nib on it?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Misfit]

@inkstainedruth it is a M nib. The pen has ink in the converter, likely dried,nib as well. So it will get lots of time in the ultrasonic cleaner. I might add some water to see what color ink the person used. 

[mge01park]

Nice one, congratulations. It should cleanup, hopefully there’s no ink inside the cap. My demo TW’s had that and I was never able to clean it all out but got it alot better with the UC. It still bothers me some. Those were special as they packaged them with a bottle of ink to match the demo.