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Misfit Museum Piece

Misfit

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Today’s pen is the Esterbrook Estie Jurassic with 1.1mm stub nib filled with Levenger Forest green ink. 

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On 4/20/2026 at 6:44 PM, flodoc said:

Today's pen is a Bexley Orange Cable Twist (310/1000) with 14k M nib and Birmingham Pen Lampshade ink.

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Nice Bexley Flodoc 😀👍

 

3 hours ago, RedPie said:

...with a M nib! 🟠

 

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That's an eye catcher RP 👍😀

 

LINK <-- my Ink and Paper tests

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USG Donor Pen

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Pilot 743<WA>

Sailor States Mississippi

Midori Cotton paper

 

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Misfit Museum Piece

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6 hours ago, RedPie said:

...with a M nib! 🟠

 

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I really like the looks of this pen. Congratulations on having one. 

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I am currently using an Aurora 2_cart. It is a promotional pen for S.A.N.E., an Italian tractor manufacturer, apparently, anyway the budget couldn't have been that great as it has a SS nib instead of the usual gold. Writes perfectly well however. The nib is plated so it's not donated from an Auretta.

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boilermaker1975 Vintage

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I have class today, so I'll be using these to write on the document camera.

 

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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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Been so busy using pens haven’t had time to visit! Have been using my black Sailor Pro Gear loaded with souboku since Friday. Switching to Sailor KOP Tamenuri Raden with Sailor Manyo Fuji today.

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Last morning of use for the gray marbled postwar Pelikan 100N with the CN nib, almost out of J. Herbin Gris Galet, an ink I really loved using. I'll be out and about for much of the day but if I write more in the afternoon it'll probably be with the Summit S.125 with Waterman Brown.

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new combination for me kaweco pilot sport al in navy with one of their 14k fine nibs, perfect for work - the kaweco royal blue dries rapidly

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Misfit Museum Piece

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Today’s pen is the Retro 51 Stealth black pen with 1.1mm stub nib filled with Diamine x Cult Pens 7 Wonders Machu Picchu ink. 

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Scribs Vintage

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10 hours ago, Cjtamu said:

Been so busy using pens haven’t had time to visit! Have been using my black Sailor Pro Gear loaded with souboku since Friday. Switching to Sailor KOP Tamenuri Raden with Sailor Manyo Fuji today.

 

Two nice pens there 🙂

 

Yesterday saw me using my black Namiki Emperor, FM, inked with Pilot Black.

 

Today started with my bright yellow Sailor Pro Gear, MF, also inked with Pilot Black, followed by my two latest Scribo Flows (the Dimensione, and Forma, EF and EEF, inked with Fritz Schimpf Winterwind and Dominant Industry Fishermen at Sea).

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The ebony Magna with Diamine Oxford Blue ink. 

 

I've been away for a fortnight (camping trip) without any pens, so today was the first prn use since I left.  The Magna had been inked and out on my desk the entire time and began to write the instant the nib touch paper.

 

I love Onotos for that.

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Penguincollector Donor Pen

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   I am very into this Geha 600 EF school pen, with Diamine Jacaranda. It’s one of the nicest steel nibs I have. 

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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USG Donor Pen

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Jinhao X159<F>

Sailor States Hawaii

Iroful Paper

 

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Misfit Museum Piece

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I was trying to remove the nib, and/or the nib and feed, from the Lorelei 667. I did get the housing unscrewed. In trying to pull out the nib, I broke the feed. The housing is extra long, so I’m not sure what I do from here. 
 

And darn, I came across a #6 Nemosine 1.1mm stub nib I had not put in a pen. I was going to put it in the Lorelei. Instead I’ve made the Lorelei pen unusable. 

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2 hours ago, Misfit said:

I was trying to remove the nib, and/or the nib and feed, from the Lorelei 667. I did get the housing unscrewed. In trying to pull out the nib, I broke the feed. The housing is extra long, so I’m not sure what I do from here. 

 

Oh dear. I'm sorry to hear that. 

 

I think @A Smug Dill has Lorelei 667 and might know if it's possible and where to order another feed.

Will work for pens... :unsure:

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43 minutes ago, AmandaW said:

 

Oh dear. I'm sorry to hear that. 

 

I think @A Smug Dill has Lorelei 667 and might know if it's possible and where to order another feed.

I hope so. My need for stub nibs usually works. Not this time. 

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On 4/21/2026 at 6:33 PM, RedPie said:

...with a M nib! 🟠

 

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That is a beautiful pen!

Looking to buy a Delta Chatterley Stantuffo Fusion Star Cage.

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these two

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Pens are like watches , once you start a collection, you can hardly go back. And pens like all fine luxury items do improve with time

 

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