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The Nib Acquisitions for 2024.
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Today I accepted delivery of a Parker 51 in black.
Aurora 88P.
Waiting for delivery of a Twsbi Diamond Mini from JET. Love those piston pens.
My son got me a choice of ink bottle voucher for Christmas. We went shopping for it this past weekend at a local pen boutique.
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Scratched the curiosity itch with the purchase of a felt/fibre tip pen. Yooker 1.2mm tip.
A magnificent 1952 MB 204 Coral Red with M nib. A joy to use
I picked up a Kaweco Sport in the burgundy wine color, with an EF nib. Beautiful! Only issue I have with it is the cartridge can pop off if you drop it (when I took it out of the box the cartridge had comne of and flooded the inside of the pen). I have a hack for that I will install later today - a spring from an old ball point.
I would really like to pick up a TWSBI Swipe - that Prussian Blue is really pretty, and it's a great price point, too.
I would really like to pick up a TWSBI Swipe - that Prussian Blue is really pretty, and it's a great price point, too.
My first vintage pen - Pilot Elite with 18k script nib
My second Lamy 2000, this time in Extra Fine.
A 1941, not ribbed, Watermans Oversize Hundred Year Pen in Maroon with amber ends. M nib
the 100 year looks pretty nice. How does it write?
those old waterman's are generally very nice. Their feeds are unique too; at least that is my experience.
I picked up the new Shaefer Icon in the blue and black, with a medium nib.
I also snagged a bottle of the new Lamy Dark Lilac ink as well as a bottle of Ferris Wheel Press Aurorealis.
I also snagged a bottle of the new Lamy Dark Lilac ink as well as a bottle of Ferris Wheel Press Aurorealis.
Sheaffer Black Fat Touchdown. Not sure if there was a specific model name for this pen. It has a Triumph Nib. I will be inking it with Diamine Pelham Blue. I should note this is my first broad nib, and, I like it a lot.
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I really like the look of the Icon, but have been a bit leery of buying recently produced Sheaffers. How does it perform?
Vintage Sheaffers are wonderful. I've never had one of their broad nibs though. I'm sure it's butter smooth.
It is butter smooth. It is my third Sheaffer. I have a Snorkel Sentinel and an Imperial IV. I really like their vintage nibs.
I like it over all so far. It has a great weight and feel in my hand. Mine writes a bit on the drier side with the medium nib, so inks that dry faster don't do as well in it as something with a longer dry time, which is fine, cause I have several inks that I got tired of smearing that I stopped using due to that, which work great in this pen (Black Swan in Austria Rose, I'm looking at you ...).
