W/NW Show me your nice fountain pens

Srono said:
Hei Benj,

Have you visited the local stores (FookHing@Bras Basah, or Aesthetic Bay)? Try the all these pens to see if like the handling. They have all Nakaya, Pelikan, etc. on display.

Yes, M200 cafe creme is delicious when you pair with cafe color ink! 😀
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Nope I dont want to fall into the trap of testing them just yet....the moment you test them...your hands get much more itchy and out comes your wallet.

Cafe Creme really reminds me of the coffee in Vietnam....

hendriphile said:
I've had my flock for a number of years without seeing this happen. Assuming you start out with a properly set-up sample, if you treat them reasonably, keep them reasonably clean (by which I mean-- don't baby or overclean them) they will last for years without having to send it to anybody. Sounds sort of like treating a Leica camera, doesn't it?
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Thank you, this is nice to know....
 
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My Nakaya. Ao-Tamenuri Piccolo Cigar.
 
I seem to prefer a slender pen. I usually write with a Cross ball point or a Montblanc rollerball. I'd like to see some comments about the Cross fountain pen. Also, what other slender fountain pens can be recommended?
 
telenous said:
I don't mind the styling but this, er, I don't know. A fountain pen to use along with your new Nocti? How very chi-chi. Better use the pen in near darkness too, otherwise why get the 0.95 version? The 2.8 would be good enough.

And no pricing, of course. If you have to ask etc.etc.

I'll buy two.


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$840 at Leica Store Miami. Boom.
 
Rob-F said:
I seem to prefer a slender pen. I usually write with a Cross ball point or a Montblanc rollerball. I'd like to see some comments about the Cross fountain pen. Also, what other slender fountain pens can be recommended?
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I have 2 Cross fountain pens. They are very comfortable to hold and use. Their tips are very rigid (yet smooth to write).
I stopped using them once I discovered the more flexible tips I bought with my two Pelikans.
I even had one tip made extra flexible, and found this opened a whole new feeling about handwriting.
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Rob-F said:
I seem to prefer a slender pen. I usually write with a Cross ball point or a Montblanc rollerball. I'd like to see some comments about the Cross fountain pen. Also, what other slender fountain pens can be recommended?
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My most slender pen is a Pilot Elite, a pocket sized pen:

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Le Man 100 Opera, which was the top-of-the-line Waterman when I bought it in the late '80s. Fine nib and piston cartridge is installed.

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Am eying a Pelikan. 🙂
 
kram said:
Lost my favourite pen a couple of months ago ( hole in pocket) -Parker 61 capillary fill. Not sure what will be my main pen now. Might fill up the Parker 51!
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About a year and a half ago I lost two fountain pens, an English Parker 61 (aerometric fill) with which I had written a PhD dissertation 30 years ago, and an inexpensive Reform 1745 (?) school pen. I looked everywhere for the Parker, in particular, because of its sentimental value, but to no avail. About a month ago I watched a Parker 21 that had belonged to my grandfather disappear into the innards of my favorite reading chair and I staged a major search of the chair. I had almost given up on that pen when a flashlight revealed the glint of a chrome cap in a very difficult to access pocket in the bottom of the chair. After much fishing about with a magnet, I I pulled the 21, the 61, the Reform, and two non-descript ballpoints out of that odd little structural cul de sac in the chair's base.

I think the cause of these losses were khaki shorts with shallow pockets that I wear in the summer. I'll never carry any but disposable pens that way in the future. I hope your Parker 61 reappears, you never know.
 
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Fountain pens can be addictive, and good writing pens share a quality with good shooting cameras: you don't have to spend a fortune to get good ones that produce nice results.

But like cameras and lenses, there are some that do cost a small fortune. For example, there are Montblanc limited edition writer's series pens ("Hemingway, "Twain", "Shaw", Dumas, Poe.....the list goes on and on) that average $1000, and the more expensive versions that go from $4000 to $10,000. Montblanc will custom design diamond and gold containing pens that run over $100,000 each. But unlike expensive lenses and cameras, its all on the outside, the luxury platings and gems that are added. Function does not improve!
And most collectors never ink them! A Leica Noctilux may be expensive, but it's fast and delivers a special OOF look that is desirable for many users.

I foolishly bought a "Tolstoy" pen from Montblanc and I'm having a hard time selling it because most of world knows that its not worth the high expense for an instrument that writes no better than most reasonably priced fountain pens. Sure, some have better nibs and are smoother writers, but they don't cost thousands. To make matters worse, I used (inked) it! Tsk, Tsk, Tsk...that dramatically lowers the price on the used market. So, luxury pens are more for fondling at and collecting.

Anyway, FWIW, be careful at the pen shows and don't be seduced!
 
shadowfox said:
You should go, Dave.
It's an eye-opener. You'll see way more people than you'd expect who has interest in fountain pens. And it's the best way to get yourself a vintage pens or two, because you can touch and in a lot of cases write with it before you buy it.
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You are so right... Sounds amazing!😀

It is a good thing they don't have Leica shows here!😱
 
Well, the pen show came and went. I was unable to go as usual.

I wonder what I missed!

I was hoping to see a Nakaya pen and actually try it! So for now I will continue with matching my cameras with fountain pens in my mind. So far, I have the black and chrome M205 pen with the chrome M6, but that is the only fountain pen I have at the moment.

Black and red for my Nikons but no funding available anytime soon.
 
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