Always Make Sure to Package Your Pens Well

[andrew98]

Check out this box that arrived yesterday! There was a fountain pen inside. It's fine only because the seller put the pen in a rigid, telescoping pen repair box that is only a little bigger than a fountain pen. I feel lucky that it arrived safely. The cap is just there to show scale.

-Andy

 

[damhans]

I bought some blades and cream from a gentleman in Lithuania, and when the box arrived, it looked similar to yours. When I pulled the box out of the mailbox, a tuck of blades fell out on the ground. Fortunately, all the blades were present, and the tube of cream was undamaged. I blame my local post office. I just don't see how a package could travel very far without losing its contents otherwise.
Glad your pen survived!

 

[nemo]

Close call, lucky the tube didn't "fall" out. I think we can blame the customs guys sometimes, they don't re-wrap well. At least that was the case with a shipment from Vintage Scent once to me.

 

[RichieRich3902]

Is that one of the vintage M250's in Burgundy?

 

[andrew98]

Is that one of the vintage M250's in Burgundy?

Yep.

-Andy

 

[RichieRich3902]

I've been drooling over them for a few weeks now, but all I can seem to find are OM, OB, and OBB nibs. I'm left-handed and oblique nibs just don't work well for me at all.

 

[syngent]

Glad it survived Andy, hope the rest of the pen looks as nice as the cap

 

[andrew98]

Glad it survived Andy, hope the rest of the pen looks as nice as the cap

Thanks, James. If it didn't have a little dried ink in the barrel, I would have called it new old stock. The ink came right out with a short soak in some water. It must have been Pelikan or some other low-maintenance ink.

-Andy

 

[oc_in_fw]

No fair posting a pic of only half the pen- we need full frontal

 

[Dave258]

I'd sure like to see the rest of that pen, Andy! Glad the pen was OK!

 

[the_edski]

+1. 18+ pics only!

No fair posting a pic of only half the pen- we need full frontal

 

[celestino]

Holy cow! Did the delivery person sit on it? Sheesh.

 

[Gone Gray]

It comes down to the lousy type of cardboard that was used. I've seen this a lot in non-U.S. markets.

 

[andrew98]

I've been drooling over them for a few weeks now, but all I can seem to find are OM, OB, and OBB nibs. I'm left-handed and oblique nibs just don't work well for me at all.

That's too bad. I'm starting to prefer them, but I can see how they wouldn't work well for a lefty.

-Andy

 

[RichieRich3902]

I can get an oblique to work if I rotate the pen with the nib at 9 o'clock, but it makes them scratchy. I'll probably just but one with the oblique and trade or buy a different nib for it. I'd hate to have a somewhat vintage nib reground.

 

[Doc4]

The best pen-shipment method I've come across so far is a length of PVC pipe, just a bit longer than the pen shipped within. Wrap the pen loosely in paper, insert into PVC, tape both ends ... ship to the ends of the earth!!

 

[the_edski]

That is so simple it's brilliant!

The best pen-shipment method I've come across so far is a length of PVC pipe, just a bit longer than the pen shipped within. Wrap the pen loosely in paper, insert into PVC, tape both ends ... ship to the ends of the earth!!

 

[andrew98]

The best pen-shipment method I've come across so far is a length of PVC pipe, just a bit longer than the pen shipped within. Wrap the pen loosely in paper, insert into PVC, tape both ends ... ship to the ends of the earth!!

This works great. I just make sure to reinforce the padded envelope with lots of packing tape so the tube can't puncture the envelope.

-Andy

 

[andrew98]

I'd sure like to see the rest of that pen, Andy! Glad the pen was OK!

Here you go, Dave:

 

[oc_in_fw]

Very nice, Andrew.