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26 minutes ago, jandrew said:

It's a "burnt orange" batch I did when I got the uniflow last year --- according to my notes it is roughly 4-parts diamine ancient copper and 1-part kon-peki.

Nice mixology!

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2 hours ago, jandrew said:

It's a "burnt orange" batch I did when I got the uniflow last year --- according to my notes it is roughly 4-parts diamine ancient copper and 1-part kon-peki.

That sounds off, mixing blue with ancient copper. Do you think that's what you did? You ended up with a nice color!

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59 minutes ago, OCArt said:

That sounds off, mixing blue with ancient copper. Do you think that's what you did? You ended up with a nice color!

My Ancient Copper seems (to me) to lean orange, so I recall thinking a little blue would push it browner --- whether it is now 'burnt orange', 'bronzish', or just brownish, I don't know, but with a little water-brushing, its shades hit many of the hues on the pen.

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More festive fun...

 

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Vintage Conway Stewart 286's, from the later 1930s maybe. These 286's are a tad brighter in colour than the average runs of red and green.

 

The red version is sometimes referred to as raspberry.

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3 hours ago, mallymal1 said:

More festive fun...

 

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Vintage Conway Stewart 286's, from the later 1930s maybe. These 286's are a tad brighter in colour than the average runs of red and green.

 

The red version is sometimes referred to as raspberry.

Beautiful pens!

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17 hours ago, jandrew said:

It's a "burnt orange" batch I did when I got the uniflow last year --- according to my notes it is roughly 4-parts diamine ancient copper and 1-part kon-peki.

That's an interesting mix.  I would not thought to have put a cerulean blue ink with an orange/copper colored one and NOT have it turn into a complete muddy mess....

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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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Black Vacumatic (not sure of the specific model), EF nib -- with Waterman Mysterious Blue.

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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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3 hours ago, shamwari said:

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So tell me Shamwari, do you like Parker pens or is this just a relationship of convenience?

 

Seriously, that's a nice array of nibs sizes and pens.

Enjoy... and Happy Holiday

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Thanks!

 

😂 You spotted it!  Apart from a Cross Apogee which my wife gave me, my favourite pen is the Parker 51 and I'm lucky enough to have a few.  I've also got a couple of 61s as the capillary filling system intrigued me and I like the heritage rainbow gold caps that were available for them.  

 

At school most of us had Parker 45s and I had forgotten how nicely they wrote until a few years ago when I wanted to try some different nibs - getting an oblique nib unit for a 45 was a lot cheaper than getting a 51 or 61 with an oblique nib or getting an oblique nib for a 51 or 61 and having it fitted so the 45s are multiplying on my desk.  I also like trying different ink colours and 45s are a lot easier to flush than 51s or 61s.  I did manage to get one 51 with an oblique nib though, being the 51 in the photo.

 

So, yeah, I'm very keen on Parkers (and Diamine ink!)

 

Happy Holiday to you too! 

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On 12/20/2022 at 10:39 PM, inkstainedruth said:

Yeah, all my Vacs post.  Pens where you can't post the cap drive me nuts.

I don't know what you consider to be "outrageously priced".  I didn't pay a huge amount for the pen when I first got it, but had to have repairs done a couple of times, which has pushed the total price up.

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Well, I was going to buy a PenBBS Vac, but was told they didn't post.

 

I bought four(!) Wing Sung vacs in various nib sizes, and- wait for it- they don't post!

 

The Asvine isn't my taste, and all of the pictures show it unposted.

 

Viscontis are outrageously priced for my budget, though that doesn't mean they are a poor value.

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4 hours ago, shamwari said:

Thanks!

 

😂 You spotted it!  Apart from a Cross Apogee which my wife gave me, my favourite pen is the Parker 51 and I'm lucky enough to have a few.  I've also got a couple of 61s as the capillary filling system intrigued me and I like the heritage rainbow gold caps that were available for them.  

 

At school most of us had Parker 45s and I had forgotten how nicely they wrote until a few years ago when I wanted to try some different nibs - getting an oblique nib unit for a 45 was a lot cheaper than getting a 51 or 61 with an oblique nib or getting an oblique nib for a 51 or 61 and having it fitted so the 45s are multiplying on my desk.  I also like trying different ink colours and 45s are a lot easier to flush than 51s or 61s.  I did manage to get one 51 with an oblique nib though, being the 51 in the photo.

 

So, yeah, I'm very keen on Parkers (and Diamine ink!)

 

Happy Holiday to you too! 

 Great pens... the Parker 45 was my school pen too 👍 It was burgundy with a steel nib [M] and cap.  Now I can't find it.  Maybe you've seen it around... 🤪

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I FOUND IT, I FOUND IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Syringed some water into the dried Mocha cartridge, put a drop on the nib and it writes !!!!!

The Parker 45 is back !

 

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9 hours ago, USG said:

I FOUND IT, I FOUND IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Syringed some water into the dried Mocha cartridge, put a drop on the nib and it writes !!!!!

The Parker 45 is back !

 

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Excellent. That's so cool.  👍

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9 hours ago, USG said:

I FOUND IT, I FOUND IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Syringed some water into the dried Mocha cartridge, put a drop on the nib and it writes !!!!!

The Parker 45 is back !

 

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Congratulations!  
 

Very nice, and a gold trim Classic with the Lustraloy cap.  Definitely one up on my school pens which had plastic caps!   It was only towards the end of my school years that I got one a silver trim one with the Lustraloy cap and felt very grown up!  From memory I think we had to use fountain pens from Standard 3 in Primary school all the way through Secondary school - biros not allowed.

 

It's only in the last few years that I've really appreciated what a great pen the 45 is as previously I had underrated it due to it being my 'school pen'.

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Wingsung 699 14k F piston Cobalt blue- Pilot Ama Iro

Jinhao 51a EF Royal Blue- Edelstein Tanzanite 

Pelikan Jazz Elegance  M White (pearl)- Waterman Serenity Blue 

Pelikan W. Germany M800 M - 4001 Dunkelgrün

five below calligraphy 2.5mm italic- J. Herbin Ambre de Birmanie

Ooly  Color Write Red- Ooly Red

Chren P2 Penguin/Lamy Z57 EF- Edelstein Golden Beryl

It has been super fun to fill out gift tags with red and green and outline with the golden Beryl. 

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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