W/NW Show me your nice fountain pens

Enjoy the 205 it's a great pen. I am really happy with my M200 it's a smooth writer and with the addition of the "M" nib last week makes it even better.
 
In my rotation currently:

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Omas Arte Italiana Celluloid Arco Dama Limited Edition #18 of 45. (gosh that's a long name!)

Visconti Van Gogh for size comparison.
 
Autumn is coming!!!

I want to pick up some Diamine Ancient Copper for the season. Has anyone experienced this ink? Any nib creep or other things I should know?

I have found the MB Irish Green ink to be stellar!! I have found nothing even the least bit negative about this ink after 40 pages of writing.
 
dave lackey said:
Autumn is coming!!!

I want to pick up some Diamine Ancient Copper for the season. Has anyone experienced this ink? Any nib creep or other things I should know?

I have found the MB Irish Green ink to be stellar!! I have found nothing even the least bit negative about this ink after 40 pages of writing.
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I just picked up some of this ink and it's beautiful! No issues used in a Lamy Safari EF, Parker 75, and a Sheafer Imperial.

It works well on crummy paper, too.
 
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I own Montblanc and Lamy.
The Lamy for everyday scribbling and the Montblanc for anything half serious.

For me fountain pens are bit like using film. They slow you down so you use more care.
And you have to care a little bit to use one.

Also... Carrying a good note book is very handy and I don't mind spending a bit more for a nice one.
I prefer them to diaires because all you have to do is write the date on the top right hand corner and you're good to go.

Awful picture but...

 
So this thread got me hooked on fountain pens. I rediscovered the Parker 45 with 18k M nib and gold rolled cap my father gave me some 5 years ago, which he got from a friend in the mid-sixties. A search on the internet instructed me on how to dismantle and clean it thoroughly - it had quite a lot of dried ink - and then I gave it a light polish. It´s beautiful now and writes as a whistle. I find myself looking into other pens, wanting to write letters to old friends - which I haven´t done in ages - and looking for personalized stationary. This is quite a discovery and thank you for it.

As for the analogy with film cameras - fountain pens and film cameras are identity objects. We bond with them, they slow us down and enable us to express something with a personal touch. In the age of mass production and instant communication, this translates to (re)introducing moments of meditational quality in your life - well, at least in mine. Maybe the key word is trigger - these identity objects challenge us to give a bit more attention to our artful, symbolic and communicative expressions and therewith reveal qualities that otherwise, in the speed of things, mights have remained hidden.
 
dave lackey said:
Autumn is coming!!!

I want to pick up some Diamine Ancient Copper for the season. Has anyone experienced this ink? Any nib creep or other things I should know?

I have found the MB Irish Green ink to be stellar!! I have found nothing even the least bit negative about this ink after 40 pages of writing.
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Dear Dave,
With some nibs, there is nib creep/ crusting with Ancient Copper ink. I had this problem with, for example, a Visconti Opera Elements Air. In a Pelikan M200 Cognac (see photo earlier in thread) there was no creep and the ink was very well behaved.
 
I suppose people who like to write like to read as well. I would recommend a novel I´ve just finished: The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert. It´s quite well known I believe. It reads as if it were written with a fountain pen: elaborate, well constructed paragraphs in 19th century style.

The story is situated in the 19th century and is about the life of Alma, a female natural scientist. It´s a joy to read and points our attention to women´s contribution to the development of science, often disregarded or kept in the shadows.

Poetry from Elizabeth Bishop and others .. I could go on ...
 
Monz said:
Dear Dave,
With some nibs, there is nib creep/ crusting with Ancient Copper ink. I had this problem with, for example, a Visconti Opera Elements Air. In a Pelikan M200 Cognac (see photo earlier in thread) there was no creep and the ink was very well behaved.
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Thank you, sir!:angel:

I plan on switching to the Ancient Copper soon as the Autumn season is approaching...Love the ink samples I have seen...:)
 
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Nothing fancy. It's a Chinese Hero that cost me 30 rmb. It writes (or draws) like a dream. Thinking about adding a Sailor 1911 into the mix.
 
ChrisLivsey said:
Your kind remarks on my Nakaya shows your excellent taste ;)
If you want a similar look at a starter price look at possibly the most famous fountain pen ever made, the Parker 51.
Pure style and elegance, outstanding design, if they introduced it today it would still elicit a WOW.
Loads about, they stopped counting apparently after 12 Million. Plenty of colourways, but black is of course the only true colour. Caps by the dozen as well. For the nerds they also have date codes, if not worn or polished off,which gives even more interest.
I have an early, 1944, (first quarter) Vacumatic with a Gold Blue Diamond cap. the Diamond signified the pen was warranted for the purchaser's lifetime.
My second is a 1951 Aeromatic purchased new by my Grandfather with plain cap.
I will take a shot or two later, but for style and elegance with history a collection could do worse than start with a 51.
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Thanks for the info. I didn't see it until now. :eek:
 
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