Mohan
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I love my old school pen, a stainless steel parker fountain pen, ive had it since i was 13 or 14 (actualy not that long in the scheme of things).
OT: Favorite writing implement?
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SteveM_NJ
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Foutain Pens !? ---
Hey, you guys just got me into Rangefinders, and now you are going to get me into another "oldie" - Fountain Pens.... going to have to try that next.
Please, PLEASE - nobody ask what is your favorite collector "car" or "Plane" etc, - i'll be broke for Sure.
laugh...
Steve
Hey, you guys just got me into Rangefinders, and now you are going to get me into another "oldie" - Fountain Pens.... going to have to try that next.
Please, PLEASE - nobody ask what is your favorite collector "car" or "Plane" etc, - i'll be broke for Sure.
laugh...
Steve
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Stephan
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My favorite writing implement is a fine BIC disposable ball-point pen. Dirt cheap, easy to come by and write well.
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WDG
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Parker 51 Special, black & Lustraloy (stainless-steel).
I pretty new to fountain pens, but I enjoy the idea of using a pen manufactured nearly a decade before I was born, and it's beautifully sleek. As close as I've been able to pin it down, made about 1953. Writes like new, and I find I rather like the fiddling involved with maintaining it (I didn't think I would.) Plus, I've managed to polish it up and refinish the cap so that it now looks nearly new. I'm sure there will be others in the months to come. Oh, good God... I've discovered yet another "Aquisition Syndrome". 😀
A rollerball would probably be my second (and likely more practical) choice.
I pretty new to fountain pens, but I enjoy the idea of using a pen manufactured nearly a decade before I was born, and it's beautifully sleek. As close as I've been able to pin it down, made about 1953. Writes like new, and I find I rather like the fiddling involved with maintaining it (I didn't think I would.) Plus, I've managed to polish it up and refinish the cap so that it now looks nearly new. I'm sure there will be others in the months to come. Oh, good God... I've discovered yet another "Aquisition Syndrome". 😀
A rollerball would probably be my second (and likely more practical) choice.
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amateriat
We're all light!
Not much into "oldie" FPs: I like my new-ish Lamy Persona and 2000 FPs just fine, thanks. And I really like Pelikan's new Picadilly Circus FP and roller ball pens – actually the first FP since my Lamys that I'm rather tempted to acquire (and at a non-extortionate price at that).SteveM_NJ said:
We're on safe ground there – I posess neither a driver's nor pilot's license. But let's talk about fine, steel-framed road bicycles... 😀
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NoTx
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Waterman Expert II was my standard carry for years... lost in a quick exit from a hotel when they announced there would be a possible 3' of snow dropping... and I bolted from the area. News, stop to visit family at to locations, pack and leave... 45 mins.
Lost my wifes hiking boots to...
Lost my wifes hiking boots to...
Duncan Ross
Say it with flashbulbs
Pop-a-point pencil!
Why are you looking at me like that?
Why are you looking at me like that?
SolaresLarrave
My M5s need red dots!
This poll started in Dec. 29, 2005? I didn't get to vote! 😱
If I had, my vote would have gone to fountain pens.
Rollerballs? To me? Sorry, no way...
I'm a fountain pen man.
Parker's my favorite brand. Waterman comes second (I only have one, alas) and then Sheaffer (two, one surviving from my high school days). My usual tools are one of my three Parker 45 (one black, one blue, one in brushed steel), or my Parker Sonnet, my Parker 75 and then my Sheaffer Prelude in gold (writes gloriously! 😉 ).
My one and only Waterman was so pleasant to use, I simply forgot the other pens. Then I put it back in my wooden fountain pen box for too long. It's back on the saddle again! I use it, just as my other pens, to doodle things, to write outlines that later will become articles or other things, and to grade students' papers and record grades in my gradebook.
These were my pens when a gift came from a fellow RFF member: he sent me a Cross and two Sheaffer Targas he no longer used. The Cross... is a pleasant, sleek pen! About the Targas... no luck finding a converter or at least cartridges (and the Sheaffer stuff I have just won't fit them). But they're clean, in case I find something... some day.
My coolest looking pen was a Parker Falcon. It was stolen, so I bought another... and got stolen again. However, thanks to evil-Bay, I found one and has also come out with me. It's brown, it's gorgeous, and it's also discontinued... 🙁
I use them most of the time (after losing one of my 45s, I made a principle of not taking them out unless my shirt has a pocket... although I can always put one in my bag). I also wash them in cold water every time I change ink colors (my wife gave me a set of ink bottles that looks like a rainbow).
Heck... did I say I'm enjoying life?
If I had, my vote would have gone to fountain pens.
Rollerballs? To me? Sorry, no way...
I'm a fountain pen man.
Parker's my favorite brand. Waterman comes second (I only have one, alas) and then Sheaffer (two, one surviving from my high school days). My usual tools are one of my three Parker 45 (one black, one blue, one in brushed steel), or my Parker Sonnet, my Parker 75 and then my Sheaffer Prelude in gold (writes gloriously! 😉 ).
My one and only Waterman was so pleasant to use, I simply forgot the other pens. Then I put it back in my wooden fountain pen box for too long. It's back on the saddle again! I use it, just as my other pens, to doodle things, to write outlines that later will become articles or other things, and to grade students' papers and record grades in my gradebook.
These were my pens when a gift came from a fellow RFF member: he sent me a Cross and two Sheaffer Targas he no longer used. The Cross... is a pleasant, sleek pen! About the Targas... no luck finding a converter or at least cartridges (and the Sheaffer stuff I have just won't fit them). But they're clean, in case I find something... some day.
My coolest looking pen was a Parker Falcon. It was stolen, so I bought another... and got stolen again. However, thanks to evil-Bay, I found one and has also come out with me. It's brown, it's gorgeous, and it's also discontinued... 🙁
I use them most of the time (after losing one of my 45s, I made a principle of not taking them out unless my shirt has a pocket... although I can always put one in my bag). I also wash them in cold water every time I change ink colors (my wife gave me a set of ink bottles that looks like a rainbow).
Heck... did I say I'm enjoying life?
clarence
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Oh if only I'd seen this thread earlier. I'm looking for a fountain pen! Need a heavier one as I don't like the feel of my really cheap Parker Vector. it's like a point-and-shoot. There's simply no heft to it, and you really do need that heft to make writing so much smoother and easier.
I'll trade film for a heavy pen. Fine nib, please!
Clarence
I'll trade film for a heavy pen. Fine nib, please!
Clarence
smiling gecko
pure dumb luck, my friend
...uurrghh, like stick in loose dirt!! big problem with rain/wind/mastadons/etc- got archival issues...maybe try scratching on cave walls...i grok that might last longer.
(i think a character from gary larson's "far side" just channeled through me...yeah, that's it...)
hasta la vista, adieu, dazvidanya, fino al prossimo tempo, auf wiedersehen, and later y’all
kenneth
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"...patience and shuffle the cards" miguel cervantes
"nothing can be learned" herman hesse
"everybody knows everything" jack kerouac
"some memories are realities and better than anything" willa cather
" doo-wacka doo, wacka doo" roger miller
"we have met the enemy and they is us !" walt kelly (pogo)
“a mans cartilage is his fate” phillip roth
(i think a character from gary larson's "far side" just channeled through me...yeah, that's it...)
hasta la vista, adieu, dazvidanya, fino al prossimo tempo, auf wiedersehen, and later y’all
kenneth
_______________________________________
"...patience and shuffle the cards" miguel cervantes
"nothing can be learned" herman hesse
"everybody knows everything" jack kerouac
"some memories are realities and better than anything" willa cather
" doo-wacka doo, wacka doo" roger miller
"we have met the enemy and they is us !" walt kelly (pogo)
“a mans cartilage is his fate” phillip roth
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Richard Black
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I have a collection and use most of them all the time. I think for writing the Watermans are my favorite; however, I can't discount the Lamy Safari. It is a joy to use. The Japanese fountain pens are less pleasing to use and I can't figure out why. But the ink just flows so smoothly from the Watermans it is unbelieveable. I don't have a MB and haven't use any and am curious to know if they write better or it just the name. I don't mean to impune their name by any means. Just curious.
PeterL
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I recently dropped the Waterman fountain pen that I got from my parents 10 years ago. Immediately bought a new one and one that was much more expensive than I had planned: A Graf von Faber-Castell . It's amazing and it's everything that fountain pens are so much loved for: it writes like a wonder, it's unnoticable in my hand and it's just plain beautiful. Exquisite !
Peter.
Peter.
bobofish
Two-fisted Atom Smasher
Well, at long last I can add to my stable, a very very nice, near mint S.T. Dupont Orpheo Vertigo fountain pen.
I got it for an AWESOME price about a week ago, and quite possibly, it may be the single finest thing I own.
Not my first choice in fountain pens, but very nearly so. Someday I hope to add a couple Montegrappa's and a Pelikan or two to the briefcase.
I got it for an AWESOME price about a week ago, and quite possibly, it may be the single finest thing I own.
Not my first choice in fountain pens, but very nearly so. Someday I hope to add a couple Montegrappa's and a Pelikan or two to the briefcase.
sf
Veteran
odd that this poll is closed. Why?
My favorite writing implement would have to be a nice keyboard. Horrid to say that, I know, but I can really write about as fast as I can talk - or faster at times - and it is 100% legible, which cannot be said for my famous scribblings. I started typing my homework in 1st grade on a huge desktop computer with a monochrome display. It was the first word processor for consumer use, I think, for the IBM platform.
Consequently, I never really learned to write. When computers came into schools, they took us out of writing class and put us at desks to learn about computers and the "Oregon Trail".
My writing is remarkably colorful. Like the crazy scribbles of a madman. All variable shapes and weights and slants to letters. I seem to change personalities many times from the beginning to the end of a sentence.
ha ha. maybe the pen just for kicks.
My favorite writing implement would have to be a nice keyboard. Horrid to say that, I know, but I can really write about as fast as I can talk - or faster at times - and it is 100% legible, which cannot be said for my famous scribblings. I started typing my homework in 1st grade on a huge desktop computer with a monochrome display. It was the first word processor for consumer use, I think, for the IBM platform.
Consequently, I never really learned to write. When computers came into schools, they took us out of writing class and put us at desks to learn about computers and the "Oregon Trail".
My writing is remarkably colorful. Like the crazy scribbles of a madman. All variable shapes and weights and slants to letters. I seem to change personalities many times from the beginning to the end of a sentence.
ha ha. maybe the pen just for kicks.
Ash
Selflessly Self-involved
My parents love their Mont Blanc pens. I have to say they are definitely a joy to write with, but I prefer a nice thin Parker ballpoint. I prefer a smooth metallic pen.
TimBonzi
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Oh, man. I'm really gonna get it for this...
"Ode to my Beloved Pencil"
Oh, my beautiful pencil,
What a perfect work of art.
Fitting my hand so wonderfully,
Writing for hours so comfortably.
With easy motion it glides upon the paper,
The carbon black point a perfect taper.
Listening to my every thought,
Always willing, never a naught.
The sound of scratch upon the wood
Echoing ideas as it should.
The ubiquitous Yellow number two,
Is always ready, ready to woo.
With buff saffron coating it's hex,
To shimmering ocher with glinting flecks.
My favorite though is wood of desire,
The Black Ticonderoga is beauty for hire.
Ebony lightening in wood so sleek,
There is no other you would ever seek.
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"Ode to my Beloved Pencil"
Oh, my beautiful pencil,
What a perfect work of art.
Fitting my hand so wonderfully,
Writing for hours so comfortably.
With easy motion it glides upon the paper,
The carbon black point a perfect taper.
Listening to my every thought,
Always willing, never a naught.
The sound of scratch upon the wood
Echoing ideas as it should.
The ubiquitous Yellow number two,
Is always ready, ready to woo.
With buff saffron coating it's hex,
To shimmering ocher with glinting flecks.
My favorite though is wood of desire,
The Black Ticonderoga is beauty for hire.
Ebony lightening in wood so sleek,
There is no other you would ever seek.
<><><>
PeterL
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Okay, this thread + my new fountain pen really got me going. I'm all addicted to fountain pens now & I'm ordering inks already. Bought myself a brand new and shiny Pelikan Pelikano (€10, hehe) so I can try them all out, including the infamous iron-gall inks that eat your pen, eat the paper, eat the paper next to the paper they were written on and will eventually eat you too, if you're not careful.
Here's a nice forum: http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/
Hurray ! Another expensive hobby 🙂
Peter.
Here's a nice forum: http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/
Hurray ! Another expensive hobby 🙂
Peter.
narsuitus
Well-known
It depends on what I am writing. If I am writing long technical documents, I prefer to use a computer word processor. If I am writing checks to pay bills, I prefer to use my handcrafted pen made by John T. Johnson of Royse City, Texas, USA.
However, since the poll is closed for voting, it makes no difference now.
However, since the poll is closed for voting, it makes no difference now.
jaapv
RFF Sponsoring Member.
The poll was closed, but I purchased a Shaefer fountain pen with my first money earned forty odd years ago. I still have it, but it did aquire a number of brothers and sisters during the years. I simply cannot write legibly with a ballpoint.
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pshinkaw
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Cross Fountain pen.
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