Paying It Forward with these pens

[Paul-in-SF]

There are 13 items listed below, I will be giving each one to the first person who requests it. Please note the following:

 

RULES. 1) Limit two items per person, please. 2) Continental US only please, due to postage costs. 3) If you want an item please message me here on FPN and be sure to include your mailing address. 4) First come first served, within the bounds of the other rules. I will post in this thread from time to time to update on which pens are still available. 5) Pens will be posted First Class, cushioned in plastic tubes which will be inside padded envelopes. 

 

Here are the items: 

 

1. RESERVED. Platinum pocket pen PKB 2000 or similar. Someone has replaced the nib with a Sailor nib, which almost fits but doesn't properly so it doesn't write. Includes 1 cartridge. Good for parts or repair.

 

2. RESERVED. Carter's ebonite ring top, original color probably dark blue. Cap badly discolored, chip in cap lip, crack all the way around cap near top, seems stable, doesn't move. Nice flexy nib, lever filler holds ink, pen writes.

 

3. RESERVED. 3 brush pens (as one item), never used, brushes still white. About the size and appearance of Lamy Vista – i.e. clear plastic bodies and caps. Piston fillers. Don't remember brand, possibly from China.

 

4. RESERVED. Wearever pen, Parker 51 knockoff: hooded nib, gray plastic body, brushed metal cap. Writes nicely. Includes one cartridge, not standard size, may just have to keep re-filling cartridge.

 

5. Pilot Crystal(?), translucent blue, Fine steel nib, includes one cartridge. Writes.

 

6. RESERVED. Unmarked small pen, probably celluloid, green cap, cream barrel. Broad steel nib says “Welsh Mfg. Co. Stainless Providence R.I.” Sac holds ink, should write.

 

7. RESERVED. Pilot 2A, steel nib says made in Korea. Blue plastic body, semi-inlaid nib, brushed gold-colored cap. Squeeze/aerometric style filler. Writes.

 

8. “University” pen, very fine brown/black stripes, lever filler, sac holds ink, should write. “Cecil Miller” engraved on pen. Bottom of barrel is open – some piece missing, but pen works. Has TWSBI 1.1 stub nib in it.

 

9. Pilot 2A, steel nib says made in Korea. Green plastic body, semi-inlaid nib, brushed gold-colored cap. Squeeze/aerometric style filler. Writes.

 

10. RESERVED. Piper Empire, rather grand looking with brown marble barrel and cap lip, mostly black cap with flared finial. Vertical crack in cap lip appears to be stabilized. Generic steel nib. Fits standard int'l cartridges, possibly also converters. Includes one cartridge. Writes.

 

11. RESERVED. “Online” brand, unusual design, chrome-plated barrel and section pulls out of long, black rubbery-coated cap, you turn it around and slide it back into cap, which then becomes body of pen. Medium steel nib, also branded “Online.” Takes standard int'l cartridges and possibly converter. Includes one cartridge. Writes.

 

12. RESERVED. “Online” brand, same design as #12 except that long cap is red metal instead of black rubbery material. Everything else is the same. Includes one cartridge. Writes.

 

13. RESERVED. Mentmore Diploma, dark blue plastic, lever filler, writes well. Perspex jewel on barrel has crystallized.

 

There you have it. I hope these pens will soon find good new homes. 

[Sailor Kenshin]

If the brush pens are still available, I would like to try them, as they are a special interest of mine.

 

Thanks for this very generous offer! 

[Paul-in-SF]

1 hour ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

If the brush pens are still available, I would like to try them, as they are a special interest of mine.

 

Thanks for this very generous offer! 

Please check your messages for my reply. 

[Sailor Kenshin]

 

1 hour ago, Paul-in-SF said:

Please check your messages for my reply. 

 

Done, and many thanks!  

[Paul-in-SF]

10 items left, so far I have been able to edit the original post, so see that for the current list. 

 

I have decided to change the rules to allow up to 2 pens per person. I have updated the original post accordingly. Thanks. 

[JayHomeBody]

Is 4, 10, and 13 still available? I'm not working due to knee surgery so I have no way to save up for a pen or ink, and I lost my pen collection due to a break in last year.

[Paul-in-SF]

2 hours ago, JayHomeBody said:

Is 4, 10, and 13 still available? I'm not working due to knee surgery so I have no way to save up for a pen or ink, and I lost my pen collection due to a break in last year.

Yes, they are available, but at present I am limiting folks to two, so please pick two of those, and send me a message with your mailing information. 

[InsaneRN]

Happy New Year!

12 and 13, with 7 as an alternate?

[Talisheek]

I have never used a Pilot.  Is 7 avaialble?

 

[Paul-in-SF]

OK, some complications.

 

I haven't heard back from JayHomeBody yet, but technically he kind of has dibs on #13. If I don't hear from him tomorrow, I'm going to say that InsaneRN has 12 and 13, and Talisheek has 7, and JayHomeBody would end up with 4 and 10. 

 

I have marked all 5 of those pens as reserved. We'll work out the details soon. By the way, if we end up with 2 people who really want #7, pen #9 is identical except for the color of the barrel. 

[A Smug Dill]

On 12/29/2020 at 5:32 AM, Paul-in-SF said:

2) Continental US only please, due to postage costs.

 

3 hours ago, Paul-in-SF said:

I'm going to say that InsaneRN has 12 and 13,

 

Keep in mind that, if I'm not mistaken, @InsaneRN is the Philippines and not USA.

[mhguda]

she might have a US remailer address...

[jeanneely]

Hello. What a generous offer. Perhaps I misunderstood, but I sent a message to you directly. I am new to FPN and fountain pens in general,  and would love any working pen really, but especially something other than a fine nib. A flex nib would be amazing, but I’d also like a medium nib. 
 

Thank you!

And thanks to everyone here at FPN for making me feel welcome!

[Timeline]

If #6 is still available I would gladly accept it.

[jeanneely]

Perhaps I need to be more specific. 🙂 I would be very happy to have #11, or #9 if either are still available.

Thanks!

[Paul-in-SF]

2 hours ago, Timeline said:

If #6 is still available I would gladly accept it.

Sorry, that pen was just reserved by someone else. I'll let you know if that falls through. 

[Paul-in-SF]

10 hours ago, Paul-in-SF said:

OK, some complications.

 

I haven't heard back from JayHomeBody yet, but technically he kind of has dibs on #13. If I don't hear from him tomorrow, I'm going to say that InsaneRN has 12 and 13, and Talisheek has 7, and JayHomeBody would end up with 4 and 10. 

 

I have marked all 5 of those pens as reserved. We'll work out the details soon. By the way, if we end up with 2 people who really want #7, pen #9 is identical except for the color of the barrel. 

OK, these pens are now settled for JayHomeBody and Talisheek. I am waiting to hear from InsaneRN if (s)he has a US mail address. 

[Paul-in-SF]

6 hours ago, mhguda said:

she might have a US remailer address...

And he does. So those pens are all settled.

 

3 pens left, folks! One has a TWSBI stub nib in it!

[Paul-in-SF]

I am no longer able to edit the original post.

 

#5 and #8 are now reserved.

 

1 pen left, #9, a nice translucent plastic Pilot pen with a snap cap and a cartridge. Great for beginners! Come and get it!

[Paul-in-SF]

I found 2 MORE PENS I wanted to give away, but I forgot about. They are identical except for the nibs.

 

14. Hongdian Black Forest Titanium Black, slender pen, all black, knurled barrel, smooth (but not slippery) section, cartridge/converter, comes with converter. Fine nib.

 

15. Hongdian Black Forest etc. same as #14 except with Extra Fine nib.