It's Amazing!

[Zookie]

After living in a very dark place, I awakened and realized that I'd lost a whole year.

I've been trying to piece myself back together again.

I found some small boxes that I had put out in my garage . Inside one, I found a few dozen vintage nib holders, ink wells, bullet pencils, cans of nibs, just all kinds of things! In sorting it all out, I'm sorting myself out as well 😀 

It really is amazing!!

[OCArt]

Fantastic, it looks like you're going to have fun!

[langere]

Organizing things is one of the best ways to organize yourself.  We look forward to telling us how things are progressing!

 

Take care -

 

Erick

[Sailor Kenshin]

Sounds like fun.  Best of luck to you!

[AmandaW]

Buried treasure!

 

 

[inkstainedruth]

@Zookie Sending hugs.  And (of course) a request for pix of your finds....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Zookie]

I will post some pics when I get time.

[finzi]

I’m so happy to hear that you feel like you’ve woken up and found the darkness has dissipated. ❤️ Looking forward to hearing about your rediscovered treasures!

[Zookie]

Thank you for the kind words, it means a lot to me.

[Zookie]

Here's the first group

 

[Zookie]

There's a butterscotch bakelite dip pen, a combo dip pen/pencil souvenir from cliff house in San Francisco, and a skinny little travel pen marked Faber NY.

If there's any interest, I'll list more.

[AmandaW]

I'm interested! And following your adventures into the box of little treasures. Do you have any memories from them yet?

[Zookie]

Contemplating where they've been over the years and the people that used them I find very soothing.

I suffer from severe anxiety disorders and my collection of writing instruments calms me like no medication can.

Finding them was like finding long lost friends.

So yes, I remember them all.

[Anne-Sophie]

Please share more of your treasures!

 

They are very cute!

 

 

[inkstainedruth]

@Zookie Thanks for posting the first batch of photos.  I don't think I've ever seen a writing instrument that's a dip pen at the other end of a pencil.  (And just Friday I got to see some really pretty antique dip pens that are going to be movie props for the film I'm "renting" a couple of vintage ringtop Fps to...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Zookie]

I just found a dozen fountain pens and lots of cartridges in a bag out in the garage!

I will list them in the fp sub forum along with the dip pens.

Pencils and other things will be listed in the appropriate places😀

This is getting better and better the more I dig!

[Sailor Kenshin]

Yay!  Can't wait to see these, too.

[AmandaW]

7 hours ago, Zookie said:

I just found a dozen fountain pens and lots of cartridges

Woo hoo! <- that would be me if I found that. These were yours a long time ago and forgotten?

 

I did find 3 strange fountain pens in a drawer once and still have no idea when I got them. They were advertising pens with folded nibs, very cheaply made things, but fascinating. How could I forget being given something like that... it was lovely to find them after I had more idea of what I was looking at. I now keep them on a pen stand in a display cabinet.

[Zookie]

I didn't know that I still had them and was very surprised when they showed up. I thought I'd sent them to the Goodwill. Luckily I hadn't.

As soon as I can, I'll take some pics.

It hardly seems possible but I haven't used a fountain pen for quite some time. 

It's time to start writing again.

[fullfederhalter]

23 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

 (And just Friday I got to see some really pretty antique dip pens that are going to be movie props for the film I'm "renting" a couple of vintage ringtop Fps to...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Hi, Ruth.  Some of your pens in a movie?  That's pretty cool. How did the movie company find you?