Anyone write with Cross Anniversary 150 years or the Tennis pen?

[adamselene]

I write or wrote with almost all my FP acquisitions of the last 14 years.  Two exceptions are my 150th Anniversary edition, and the Tennis.  They both appear to be seriously well made for writing.  i love my Townsend#, Pinnacles, Verves, and a Peerless.

 

 

Anyone have experience writing with these two?

 

[Ueno808]

One of my favorite ballpens is the 150th anniversary model. The heft and grippiness of the sterling silver make it a joy to use on a near daily basis. Loaded with a broad tip refill (old stock USA).  

[Waltz For Zizi]

On 11/1/2022 at 12:35 AM, adamselene said:

I write or wrote with almost all my FP acquisitions of the last 14 years.  Two exceptions are my 150th Anniversary edition, and the Tennis.  They both appear to be seriously well made for writing.  i love my Townsend#, Pinnacles, Verves, and a Peerless.

 

 

Anyone have experience writing with these two?

 

I don't have either, but I'd gladly write with them and tell you what I think about them. Should I DM you with my adress? 

[adamselene]

Thanks for the offer. It’s been almost a year since I’ve posted. I guess there aren’t that many Cross users on FPN these days.

 

 

Or maybe I’m not the only person who keeps these as safe queens.

[RobNYC]

I have the 150th Anniversary FP and I use it in regular rotation. It is quite a lovely pen to write with. The packaging is hard to beat as well.

[CSSD]

Last April I bought a 175th Anniversary model.  I have several Cross FP's and they are in regular rotation.  All are excellent writers.

  

 

 

 

[inkstainedruth]

On 11/5/2023 at 12:38 AM, adamselene said:

Thanks for the offer. It’s been almost a year since I’ve posted. I guess there aren’t that many Cross users on FPN these days.

Sorry, haven't seen this thread before now.  

I have a Verve (glad I only paid a buck for it -- I keep meaning to try it again to see if I can teach myself to hold it high enough on the section to NOT get ink on my fingers).  And a couple of Cross Solos (which I like a LOT -- I really want to get a couple more of the colors).  And just recently acquired an Adventura, which I'm still getting a bit used to (it's very fussy about writing if it accidentally gets rotated in my hand the slightest amount).  The pen was basically in trade for a pen that turned out to be a "parts" pen, but then I had to pay $20 for a converter that would fit it.  It's an attractive pen, though.  I've currently got a fill of Robert Oster Frankly Walnut (exclusive to Federalist Pens) in it.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Penguincollector]

  I had a Cross Century 150th that was a 20th birthday gift. It was one of my college pens, and I had it until it got misplaced in a move in 2009. I miss it still. I recently bought a 10k Century with a 14k F nib, several Century II, and a Wanderlust. They are all very good pens, but not quite what my original one was like. One day….

[Beechwood]

On 11/18/2023 at 4:01 AM, inkstainedruth said:

Sorry, haven't seen this thread before now.  

I have a Verve (glad I only paid a buck for it -- I keep meaning to try it again to see if I can teach myself to hold it high enough on the section to NOT get ink on my fingers).  And a couple of Cross Solos (which I like a LOT -- I really want to get a couple more of the colors).  And just recently acquired an Adventura, which I'm still getting a bit used to (it's very fussy about writing if it accidentally gets rotated in my hand the slightest amount).  The pen was basically in trade for a pen that turned out to be a "parts" pen, but then I had to pay $20 for a converter that would fit it.  It's an attractive pen, though.  I've currently got a fill of Robert Oster Frankly Walnut (exclusive to Federalist Pens) in it.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

 

The Verve is of the very few modern pens that I wish I hadn't sold.

 

The Cross Verve that I owned had a broad Namiki nib, fabulous nib, put out more ink than a squid near a Japanese restaurant but it was a wonderful pen to use.

 

Big design problems with a dodgy clip and a cap that worked loose but some things you just live with.

 

Bought in 2006 for $60, sold for $90, the are now 3X that price.