My latest two - Kakimori steel nib in a Pilot Iro-Utushi handle and a 3.8 mm Pilot Parallel
The Nib Acquisitions for 2023.
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My new Pilot Kakuno had a nib swap with my Metro, now I have an EF Metro and a CM stub on the Kakuno. The Kakuno is much more comfortable to hold than the Metro. And that EF steel Pilot nib is great, I put my DeAtramentis Document ink in it. I just wish it didn't have a winky face.
Awesome! Actually I think Kakuno, Metro, Plumix, Prera uses the same nibs. Did I forget any?
I think the Penmanship can swap with them, too
Parker Jack Knife Safety Lucky Curve Baby in bakelite red
Thi is very small, lenght capped is only 8 cm
Soooooo cute and nice
Thi is very small, lenght capped is only 8 cm
Soooooo cute and nice
is it an eyedropper?
Yes it is. 100% eye dropper
Todays thrift store score. A set of Rotring Isograph and a set of Rapidograph technical pens. $4 Dollarydos for the lot.
Very nice. In High School I took many art classes...in fact, I started out college as an art major. I had a set rotrings similar to what you have pictured. It seems to me that my set had 5 pens.
Many a pen and ink drawing I made with those pens. At the time (30 years ago), the price of the pen set seemed crazy to me...probably something between 50 and 100 dollars. Looks like you got a steal in comparison.
I hope whoever had those pens before you cleaned them well. IIRC, the set came with India ink.
Those darn things are always clogged. Good luck.
Yeah. I'll search out some tutorials on flushing them out. Hopefully I'll get them sorted. Not a major drama if I can't, but for $2 a set I have to try.Those darn things are always clogged. Good luck.
I think those pens are why someone at Koh-I-Noor invented RAPIDO-EZE
Hmmm. After a bit of research, apparently normal fountain pen ink is too thin to use in these pens, so maybe the drawing ink is India, or something similar. That's kind of annoying. I might give cleaning one a try, and if I have no luck i'll put them away until I get the ultrasonic cleaner I've been wanting to buy.
ultrasonic cleaning would be best for those Rotring tech pens and if you can afford and obtain it, just buy the Rotring Drawing Ink and don't second guess ink options.
3 Sheaffer Pop (plastic) fountain pens. I wanted to relive my late 1950's to early 1960's elementary school experience...learning to write with a pencil and Scheaffer School fountain pen. The Pop was the closest thing I could find, since they no longer make school fountain pens. The older I get, the more I need to go back in time...as an escape from today's world. I forgot how great those pens were. It truly is an exceptional writing experience. I also purchased a mint Parker 45 Flighter Pen and Pencil set, like the one I was gifted for my 13th birthday (Stainless and Gold, made in USA)!
I have nothing planned but submitted a beginner assortment for the auction so you enablers have something to share.
My wife got me this Parker 51 for my birthday. Ok, I picked it out.
The case looks like it's from 1950-53. The pen has no date code that I could find and takes Superchrome ink. I'm guessing it's a 1953 which makes it my birth year pen. It writes well though the nib is a little scratchy.
The case looks like it's from 1950-53. The pen has no date code that I could find and takes Superchrome ink. I'm guessing it's a 1953 which makes it my birth year pen. It writes well though the nib is a little scratchy.
Love that yellow Pilot VP.
Black Pilot E95s. It writes smoother than the cap goes on and off and that is so awesome it makes one want to keep doing it. It writes so smooth the letters just slide off of the pen.
