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PennyTheDog Rare

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4 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

I'd been eyeing Lamy Studios (particularly in that color) for a while -- but when I tried one last winter at the Lamy SoHo store in NYC, discovered it was a bit too heavy for me to be comfortable to use. :(

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

I would definitely say its weight is one of its distinctive characteristics. I’ll bet the Lamy 2000 is lighter; I have a Lamy 2000 pencil and it’s very light.

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Well I tried someone's 2000 a few years ago at a pen club meeting, and it was definitely too heavy (and also, as I recall, too unwieldy, especially since I'm a person who tends to post pens in general.  So I had hopes about the the Studio, being a shorter pen.  

I had hoped, after getting a few TWSBIs, that I could get more used to heavier pens, but the Studio just wasn't comfortable in my hand.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"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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17 hours ago, PennyTheDog said:

I would definitely say its weight is one of its distinctive characteristics. I’ll bet the Lamy 2000 is lighter; I have a Lamy 2000 pencil and it’s very light.

 

Depends on which version. The macrolon version is pretty lightweight, the stainless steel very much on the heavy side.

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Penguincollector Donor Pen

Penguincollector

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  The mailbox was full today! I received a stainless/green Parker 25 F and a Hongdian M2 SF in midnight blue.


Look how cute!

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Also super cute and EDC

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Top 5 (in no particular order) of 30 currently inked pens:

Parker Duofold Centennial IM, RO Rose Gold Antiqua

Parker Duofold Lady needlepoint, MB Cool Grey

Pelikan M800 needlepoint, Kuretake Shikon

Platinum PKB 2000, Platinum Cyclamen Pink

Waterman 52 EF, Herbin Bleu Pervenche

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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boilermaker1975 Vintage

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Ordered this on July 4, National Archives special edition.

 

 

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My top pens

1. Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age

2. Onoto Faraday

3. Onoto Magna Ebonite

4-9. My Pelikans ( three 800s, two 805s, one 809)

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Misfit Museum Piece

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@boilermaker1975 that’s a beauty, and cool souvenir for the upcoming 250th celebration.

 

I have what Retro 51 called the Signatures fountain pen of the signers of The Declaration of Independence. 

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InkyProf Collectors Item

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Received a Platinum 3776 Century "Mountain Mist." I had watched this limited special edition come and go this spring and liked it, but not quite enough to pay even the sale prices that were available. But when I stumbled across a deeply discounted open box in broad, I couldn't resist, as that's the Platinum nib I really wanted to get next. Luckily, the pen looks to be in good shape, and the thing I was most uncertain about, aesthetically -- the laser engraving (or whatever it is) on the nib, which I think can sometimes look tacky compared to old-fashioned engraving -- actually looks fine.  

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boilermaker1975 Vintage

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@Misfit I figured you might. I already had the roller ball version.

My top pens

1. Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age

2. Onoto Faraday

3. Onoto Magna Ebonite

4-9. My Pelikans ( three 800s, two 805s, one 809)

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I picked up my latest Italian beauty yesterday evening from DHL, a Leonardo Ibrida Glass and Emerald with 14k #8 BB nib for Stilograph Corsani, no 17 of 25. The celluloid and transparent acrylic is a great looking combo in person, and really shows off how well made Leonardo’s piston mechanism is. 

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Tashi_Tsering Extremely Rare

Tashi_Tsering

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Arrived a couple of hours ago.

One of my favorite models of pens is S.T. Dupont Olympio/Orpheo (medium size). This time I bought Olympio in midnight Chinese lacquer, I really like the combination of dark blue and silver.

 

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I am very pleased.

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Misfit Museum Piece

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If anyone who wanted a Winnie-The-Pooh pen lost out, Retro 51 now has a version called The House at Pooh Corner. I saw an email today announcing it. Another email from a pen seller called it House of Tigger. 

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Penguincollector Donor Pen

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  Today Nik Pang’s table stole all of my attention. Look at these beauties!

 

a small slender Parker True Blue with a flexible fine nib

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This Waterman (I forgot what number) with a lovely flex stub nib

 

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and last but not least, this lovely Pilot Myu

 

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Top 5 (in no particular order) of 30 currently inked pens:

Parker Duofold Centennial IM, RO Rose Gold Antiqua

Parker Duofold Lady needlepoint, MB Cool Grey

Pelikan M800 needlepoint, Kuretake Shikon

Platinum PKB 2000, Platinum Cyclamen Pink

Waterman 52 EF, Herbin Bleu Pervenche

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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boilermaker1975 Vintage

boilermaker1975

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4 hours ago, Misfit said:

If anyone who wanted a Winnie-The-Pooh pen lost out, Retro 51 now has a version called The House at Pooh Corner. I saw an email today announcing it. Another email from a pen seller called it House of Tigger. 

 

@Misfit It is a nice looking pen. I am going to try to resist, but in the end resistance is futile.

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My top pens

1. Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age

2. Onoto Faraday

3. Onoto Magna Ebonite

4-9. My Pelikans ( three 800s, two 805s, one 809)

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🎶 Deep in the hundred acre woods, where Christopher Robin plays,

      You’ll find the enchanted neighborhood 

       of Christopher’s childhood days 🎶

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 30 currently inked pens:

Parker Duofold Centennial IM, RO Rose Gold Antiqua

Parker Duofold Lady needlepoint, MB Cool Grey

Pelikan M800 needlepoint, Kuretake Shikon

Platinum PKB 2000, Platinum Cyclamen Pink

Waterman 52 EF, Herbin Bleu Pervenche

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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A Smug Dill Museum Piece

A Smug Dill

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I endeavour to be frank and truthful in what I write, show or otherwise present, when I relate my first-hand experiences that are not independently verifiable; and link to third-party content where I can, when I make a claim or refute a statement of fact in a thread. If there is something you can verify for yourself, I entreat you to do so, and judge for yourself what is right, correct, and valid. I may be wrong, and my position or say-so is no more authoritative and carries no more weight than anyone else's here.

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Tashi_Tsering Extremely Rare

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1 hour ago, Penguincollector said:

  Today Nik Pang’s table stole all of my attention. Look at these beauties!

 

a small slender Parker True Blue with a flexible fine nib

large.IMG_2011.jpeg.41a282a5c96d97a5833ff8701f001738.jpeg
 

This Waterman (I forgot what number) with a lovely flex stub nib

 

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and last but not least, this lovely Pilot Myu

 

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Oh! Wow! I envy you!

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Penguincollector

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44 minutes ago, Tashi_Tsering said:

Oh! Wow! I envy you!


 I am equally envious of you, Tashi. Your collection is unparalleled.

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 30 currently inked pens:

Parker Duofold Centennial IM, RO Rose Gold Antiqua

Parker Duofold Lady needlepoint, MB Cool Grey

Pelikan M800 needlepoint, Kuretake Shikon

Platinum PKB 2000, Platinum Cyclamen Pink

Waterman 52 EF, Herbin Bleu Pervenche

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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