As 2015 begins.

Happy New Year!

Here are the fountain pens I had inked as the new year began.



Top to bottom, Montblanc Noblesse with Iroshizuku Yama-Guri, Waterman's Stalwart with Hero Blue-Black, Esterbrook J, Transitional, 9128 nib and Parker Black Quink.

What's in store for 2015? Well, I'd like to sell off some of my surplus pens and razors. I've been buying on eBay long enough, time to try the other end of the business. When I've sold off a dozen or so, maybe I won't feel bad when something interesting in the vintage pen line shows up. And I haven't bought any shaving things since February 2012. I don't need any, either, but I may still look at some brushes.

Great choices. What nibs do you have the Esterbrooks?

coyotewhisper said:

Great choices. What nibs do you have the Esterbrooks?

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The red Esterbrook J has a 9128 nib, extra fine flex. I mostly use it as an ultrafine nib, and ignore the flex. The blue pen above it does look a bit like an Esterbrook SJ, doesn't it? It's actually a Waterman; someone in another forum identified it as a Stalwart from the 1940s. The nib is a semi-flex 14k.

I have about 15 inked at the moment.....

Esterbrook J Venus Fine - Waterman Serenity Blue
Esterbrook LJ 2464 Broad (manifold) - BlackStone Blue Cashmere
TWSBI 580 B- BlackStone Blue Black Cashmere (5:1 mix Blue Cashmere and Black Cashmere)
Lamy Al Star 1.1 mm Diamine Classic Red
True Writer Silver Anniversary - F Diamine Sherwood Green
Noodler's Konrad - B (Goulet) - Levenger Pomegranate
Pilot Metropolitan - M Noodler's 54th Massachusetts
Waterman Phileas - M Akkerman Voorhout Violet
Parker 45 - F - BlackStone Red Cashmere
Parker 45 Flighter 14k M - Noodler's Apache Sunset
Parker 45 desk pen with base- M - Waterman Serenity Blue
Parker 51 Special FP/MP set - fine - Diamine Blue Black
Pelikan M205 M (Toledo Red) - BlackStone Green Cashmere
Pelikan M205 F (Black) - Pelikan 4001 Blue Black
Pelikan M150 M - Diamine Steel Blue
Pelikan 120 Merz & Krell EF Akkerman Shocking Blue (if I recall correctly)

I only keep 1 inked at a time. The current pen is a Sheaffers Tuckaway in Grey Pearl Striated color scheme. You HAVE to post it to write but it is oh so sweet.

Very nice

just changed a couple-
the 580 now has Apache Sunset and the 45 Flighter now has BlackStone Blue Cashmere

I keep my favourite 10 inked all the time

Pilot Custom 823 M - Montblanc Toffee Brown
Pilot Custom Heritage 91 SFM - Vintage Sheaffer Skrip Blue-Black
Pilot Custom 74 SF - Pilot Blue
Pilot Elite 95S F - Pilot Blue-Black
Pilot 78G F - Rohrer & Klingner Verdigris
Pilot Falcon SEF - Iroshizuku Kon Peki
Franklin Christoph Intrinsic CI - Iroshizuku Kon Peki
Nemosine Singularity .08 Stub - Iroshizuku Yama Guri
Pelikan M600 M - Iroshizuku Tsuki Yo
Lamy 2000 M - Iroshizuku Tsuki Yo
Montblanc 146 M - Montblanc Mystery Black
Jinhao 950 M - Iroshizuku Shin Kai
Custom Bamboo wood Fine nib - Iroshizuku Fuyu Gaki
Custom Ranga Ebonite 1.1 stub - Iroshizuku Shin Kai
Monteverde Prima 1.1 stub - Sailor Jentle Epinard

My year began with my successful removal of a broken pressure bar system from a Sheaffer Crest. I replaced it with a
spare J-bar, and now I have (another) very nice pen for the new year.

I usually have two pens inked at a time. Somehow I've managed to get four pens inked.

Lamy Logo/bold nib- Diamine China Blue
Lamy 2000/PB's BLS nib - Diamine Sherwood Green
Parker 51 Vac/fine nib - Diamine Sherwood Green
Sheaffer Valiant/M5 nib - Diamine China Blue

Taking the two Lamys to school tomorrow. Hall passes alone will take care of the last of the ink in the Logo.

I'm crazy enough to commit to not buying anything pen related this year, except stationery and postage.

I'd like to get down to ten or less fountain pens. I can deal with a couple of rollerballs and the like, but I'm more of a writer than a collector. I keep talking about having fewer but better pens; time to put my money where my mouth is on that promise.