I got this pen today

[Penguincollector]

51 minutes ago, AmandaW said:

Me too. I definitely paid too much for this black Pilot Lucina fountain pen,  but I had already ordered the yellow ballpoint... It took ages to arrive, then I forgot about it. The ink is Iroshizuku Yama-guri. Thankyou for reminding me to ink it up and discover that it does write very nicely. It's like I just got it.

 

  I cleaned it and put it away for now, I have tooo many inked. I love your two pens together, and the ink choice. 

[Penguincollector]

@Misfit The train has a pocket clip!

[Misfit]

Isn’t it cool how much the pen looks like the train?  It’s so fascinating the same man designed a train and a fountain pen. 

[Misfit]

I saw the Pilot Lucina mentioned in a Pilot Prera thread. Is it a similar size?

[AmandaW]

27 minutes ago, Misfit said:

I saw the Pilot Lucina mentioned in a Pilot Prera thread. Is it a similar size?

The Lucina is a tiny bit longer.

 

 

[A Smug Dill]

12 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

I probably overpaid for it,

 

2 hours ago, AmandaW said:

I definitely paid too much for this black Pilot Lucina fountain pen,

 

Before they were discontinued, the Pilot Lucina fountain pens were ¥5000+tax, on par with the steel-nibbed Sailor Profit Casual which came to the market much later; so, in a sense, the Lucina was positioned as a more expensive pen (at retail prices) than the Profit Casual.

 

It's one of the few steel-nibbed Pilot fountain pen models with (in my experience) good cap seal effectiveness; and its nib is not of the run-of-the-mill type that fits into the Prera, MR, Explorer, 78G/78G+, Kakuno, Penmanship, Plumix, Pluminix, etc.

[Misfit]

Thank you for the photos @AmandaW

[Penguincollector]

1 hour ago, A Smug Dill said:

 

 

Before they were discontinued, the Pilot Lucina fountain pens were ¥5000+tax, on par with the steel-nibbed Sailor Profit Casual which came to the market much later; so, in a sense, the Lucina was positioned as a more expensive pen (at retail prices) than the Profit Casual.

 

It's one of the few steel-nibbed Pilot fountain pen models with (in my experience) good cap seal effectiveness; and its nib is not of the run-of-the-mill type that fits into the Prera, MR, Explorer, 78G/78G+, Kakuno, Penmanship, Plumix, Pluminix, etc.

  
    I was wondering if some other nib would fit, as I would love to put a gold nib in it. It doesn’t have to come from Pilot, I guess. Although I am jumping the gun on that as I have yet to ink it. 
  
  I definitely overpaid, unless they jumped up quite a bit in price since their discontinuation. 
 

[Misfit]

Any pen received on March 14 is your Pi-Day pen. 

[pan101]

8 hours ago, Misfit said:

This photo comes from Reddit of the 20th Century Limited Train that was designed by Henry Dreyfuss who also designed the Eversharp Skyline pen. 
 

I wonder if he had anything to do with the 1936 Flash Gordon series.

[pan101]

New pen set arrived today, Laban Mento FP and Rollerball in Tortoise shell. Great condition apart from a tiny amount corrosion along the nib slit, which is surprising for stainless steel. Makes me wonder what ink previous owners were using. Nice box with magnetic closure, sadly no converter. 

[RedPie]

Nice looking pens @pan101 Congratulations!

[pan101]

2 hours ago, RedPie said:

Nice looking pens @pan101 Congratulations!

Thanks RedPie, was a steal at $42 delivered.

[inkstainedruth]

The Parker Vector Electra, F nib, which I bought on eBay, arrived in the mail today. Really nice looking in person.  Didn't realize that it was NOS (date code appears to be 3rd quarter 1990) and came in what I presume is the original box, along with a somewhat evaporated cartridge of Quink Washable Blue.   

Borrowed a converter from one of the other Vectors for the time being, so I could flush any residue manufacturing gunk/oils out of the pen, and it's now draining in one of the straight sided votive candle holders in paper toweling.

Not sure what ink to "inaugurate" the pen with yet.  I'm back to having slightly more pens in rotation than is really manageable for me, and also haven't decided what to ink up the newly restored black(?) hard rubber Waterman Ideal I got a few weeks ago and had rehabbed at the Baltimore/Washington show a couple of weekends ago.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[SLinkster]

Levenger True Writer, Blue Metalist.A used pen that didn't need to be soaked for days! I pulled the dried-up cartridge; flushed, disassembled, scrubbed it. Inked it up and boy, this is a nice medium nib from Levenger. I say this because two others I have are just the pits. The ink is a sample and I am already resisting the siren call to order a bottle!

 

 

[Penguincollector]

Blue Platignum 14c cartridge pen, on the finer side of medium. 

[PithyProlix]

Very lucky windfall of Caran d'Ache, all from the same seller. The pens were her father's and she sold them with his approval (which I confirmed!). Unpacking and opening the boxes felt like being a kid on Christmas morning.

 

From the left:

• Thai special edition Leman ballpoint, mint with box & accessories EDIT: [I forgot to write the Thai.] เรา❤️ในหลวง ๘๐พรรษา "We ❤️ the King, 80 years old" referring to the Thai king Rama IV, Bhumibol Adulyadej, born Dec. 5, 1927 which puts the pen year at 2007-2008.
• 1999 limited edition Lagoon fountain pen (M). Mother-of-pear inlay. Will ink with Troublemaker Abalone.
• Varius fountain pen (M). Not sure if it is rosewood, walnut, or some other wood. Will figure out a lightish brown ink for it tomorrow. Diamine Colosseum and L'Artisan Pastellier's Havane, Itzamna, Yalumba, and Noisette will duke it out for the privilege.
• Varius Ivanhoe rollerball
• I think Geneve rollerball but it might be a Leman. I'm having trouble IDing this one. The abstract black patterns on the barrel might represent a Swiss flag, perhaps waving? Hmm.
• Not sure about this ballpoint. Maybe Geneve or Leman.
• 849 ballpoint. I haven't found the edition.
• Fixpencil 22

Also 5 very nice CdA boxes.

 

 

 

 

Edited March 18, 2024 by PithyProlix
Added Thai text and translation for the first pen.

[antares1966]

On 3/16/2024 at 2:49 PM, SLinkster said:

Levenger True Writer, Blue Metalist.A used pen that didn't need to be soaked for days! I pulled the dried-up cartridge; flushed, disassembled, scrubbed it. Inked it up and boy, this is a nice medium nib from Levenger. I say this because two others I have are just the pits. The ink is a sample and I am already resisting the siren call to order a bottle!

 

 

Very nice looking Levenger!  I’ve been intrigued by several of their older, no-longer-being-made models.  Sorry to hear about your difficulties with nib quality.

[SLinkster]

I survived a trip into Five Below. The tweenieness was overwhelming, but I found a 6-pack of dual-tipped FP/highlighter and a decent sketchbook. Escaped for just about $8.50.

 

The FP come with a single color h matched cartridge and look like fine or extra-fine nibs (despite my writing test with one.

 

The paper held up well to all my currently-inked pens and to a writing test using one of the cheap FP by dipping. 

[RedPie]

I got a Jinhao 159 in orange. It is a very impressive pen. It is large but not too heavy. It looks and feels very nice. It came with a "M" nib (Nib #3). I think I will get a black one as well.