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13 hours ago, Helen350 said:

Moonman S1 - F. nib.  Ink:  Diamine Sherwood Green

 

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Yes, it is quite attractive. Beautiful pen.

 

There seem to be several modern manufacturers who offer pens in this tapered shape. Does this basic body style originate with the Shaeffer Balance, or are there earlier precedents?

 

The Moonman and the Edison Premier are my favorite  modern examples. I prefer the Moonman section just a little bit more. 

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10 hours ago, N1003U said:

Yes, it is quite attractive. Beautiful pen.

 

There seem to be several modern manufacturers who offer pens in this tapered shape. Does this basic body style originate with the Shaeffer Balance, or are there earlier precedents?

 

The Moonman and the Edison Premier are my favorite  modern examples. I prefer the Moonman section just a little bit more. 

 

Do like the looks of the  tapered 1940s Sheaffer Balance.  I am not aware of an earlier

pen model, for I am not knowledgeable about vintage pens.  I am not partial to slim 

pens, so this Moonman is about as slim as I am comfortable using for extensive

writing sessions.  In my collection I own approximately 5-6 slimmer fountain pens, with

the HongDian dark blue Forest series pen being my latest (won in a drawing).

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Today it's been the Noodler's ebonite Konrad (Methuselah's Pine Cone Ripple, flex nib) with diluted Noodler's 54th Massachusetts; and the grey/Herringbone Pilot Metropolitan Retro Pop (stub nib) with Akkerman Delfts Blauw (which I think, sadly is an LE ink and doesn't seem to be available anyplace in the US at the moment).

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Visconti Rembrandt F, Lamy Vista 14K EF. Both inked with Mont Blanc Toffee Brown

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Bexley Prometheus with fine nib received yesterday afternoon; inked it with Noodler’s Apache Sunset ink.

 

 

 

 

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Pilot Decimo (dark blue, stub nib) -- Iroshizuku Yama-budo.

Noodler's ebonite Konrad (Methuselah's Pine Cone Ripple, flex nib) -- diluted Noodler's 54th Massachusetts.

Sailor 1911S (Loch Ness Monster, MF nib) -- Sailor Studio #650

Sailor 1911S (Wicked Witch of the West, music nib) -- Sailor Studio #943.

 

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"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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My Lamy Al Star and Vista are stored in the bike messenger bag and thus are always used. A Parker Flighter BP and Wing Sung Fligther 601 are in the shirt pocket. Nothing changes much until the weekend when I cam back with the stash of vintage pens. 

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ystudio resin with nemosine ef nib

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Today I'm using Mont Blanc nr. 32 with MB Toffee Brown

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