The Fountain Pen Thread
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Or try to find good examples of vintage fountain pens. All my best pens used to be old Pelikans, Parkers and i had an amazing old montblanc 149
Hi,
yes parkers were all the rage when i was i school,
i mean, even in primary school we used to collect parker pens not just comprehensive school. There was something about them made me feel posh
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Go back further in time to the early 1940`s and one of the best fountain pens was created, the Parker 51.
I used to buy loads of them that were sold as dried up spare or repair. You could strip them down, refit a new ink sac and get them working like new.
The plasic used was superior to modern plastic and i could polish them to look fantastic. They often had no signs of warping, shrinking, bulging, cracking or discoloring. They used really good materials that have stood the test of time.
As long as the nib was good i could do a full restoration job on them and they would write so nicely.
It was so satisfying to bring them back to life
I'd love an old one like you've described (properly refurbed, not dried up
)
That is quite reasonably priced.
It hard started, they replaced it. The replacement hard started, they replaced it. The replacement hard started.And this..
I asked for a refund, I've just got my refund.
*sigh*
Ouch. That sucks. Do you have something else in mind or just going to wait for a bit?
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Yes, I had a Parker 25 cartridge pen and ballpoint. Brushed stainless steel - really nice looking pens and chunky to hold too.
Why do you pretend to be in Brazil all the time? Or are you in Brazil and you just pretend to be in the UK, as well as pretending to be a girl.
Nope, nothing else at the moment. It's a shame, I really liked the M1000, the size is good, the nib (when it wasn't hard starting) is fantastic, and I think it looks great.
Anyone know what happen to Namisu? I absolutely LOVE their Pocket titanium pen, in fact nabbed 2 just in case. But their used to be a whole variety of them, and now they seems to be selling out the remaining pens...
www.namisu.com
Titanium
Namisu creates designer fountains pens in high-end materials such as titanium.
www.namisu.com
I'm looking for a fountain pen currently and its all a bit overwhelming so I was hoping someone here could help.
Budget £50-75
weighty (bad handwriting and I find this helps)
Preferably metal body
not refills
Fine or Medium
I used to use a parker 25 many moons ago but there doesn't seem to be anything close to it currently but thats the sort of thing I'd love.
Budget £50-75
weighty (bad handwriting and I find this helps)
Preferably metal body
not refills
Fine or Medium
I used to use a parker 25 many moons ago but there doesn't seem to be anything close to it currently but thats the sort of thing I'd love.
This is one of my pens.
I really like it but you said no refills so not sure if it fits pre-filled cartridges (unless I am misunderstanding you?).
I really like it but you said no refills so not sure if it fits pre-filled cartridges (unless I am misunderstanding you?).
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My mum wants a Mont Blanc fountain pen, i know nothing about fountain pens ... are we talking daft money?
£500 is a cheap one.
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OMG
Yes.
The one I posted above in post #114 has already gone up by £40 since I bought mine. It's stupidly expensive for what is 'just' a pen. But... And I know this is going to sound utterly bonkers: I sort of feel that it's worth it. Whenever I hold it and use it, it puts a smile on my face. It's a big pen, it feels comfortable and smooth in my hand and it writes phenomenally. There's no hesitation, no problems starting. To use Apple parlance, "it just works".
I'd been pondering one for a couple of years and finally bought it with some money I got from an insurance claim. I expected to feel buyers remorse after getting it but it's the opposite, I'm really glad I did.