Nib Acquisitions, February 2015

Two pens back from my local restorer: the black Vac and the grey demi Vac 51.

The Pelikan 400nn was handed over so he can take a look at the nib. Hopefully I'll see it by my birthday (two months and change).

Sailor Professional Gear broad nib

Visconti Rembrandt broad nib

Pilot Kawarinuri Ishime urushi broad nib

Received in trade: imperial blue Lamy Studio, M nib.

May need to work a trade for narrower nib but will try this out first.

perfaddict said:

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Sailor Professional Gear broad nib

Visconti Rembrandt broad nib

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perfaddict said:

Pilot Kawarinuri Ishime urushi broad nib

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my kind of pens, nice pick ups

syngent said:

my kind of pens, nice pick ups

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Thanks!

Got an amazing deal on eBay for this Pilot Fermo Vanishing Point. It came with a cartridge and a CON-50 converter. This may be my new favorite pen.

Delta Horsepower

A Franklin-Christoph 3-pen case and a blue-black Pelikan M405 with EF nib arrived this past week. Both seem really nice, so far.

-Andy

Noodler's Ahab with flex nib in Copernican Pearl ... decent little pen. Feels a little cheap but that's to be expected. Still getting a feel for the flex nib.

Also bought one for the future Mrs. for Valentine's Day. Her's was the pink tiger color

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I will try a Mont Blanc someday. That looks like a classic. The Ink should be great!. Nice score.

Just in yesterday: Sheaffer/Levenger Connaisseur, Mediterranean Sea Blue, Fine 14K Nib. Sheaffer originally came out with the Connaisseur in the 1980s. In 1998, in conjunction with Levenger (a luxury office accessory company), they produced the Connaisseur in several transparent "Sea" colors. I picked up one of the original Sheaffer basic-black models last month at the Philly Show and liked it so much, I had to hunt down one in blue. It's an awesome pen and writes as nice as it looks!





(My apologies for the color accuracy of the photos...all hardware is gold-plated and the nib is gold, not chrome/silver as it appears in the photos.)

Larry, beautiful pen! How does the 14k Levenger/Sheaffer nib compare to the 18k Sheaffer nib?

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Larry, beautiful pen! How does the 14k Levenger/Sheaffer nib compare to the 18k Sheaffer nib?

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I haven't done a side-by-side comparison, but my first impression is that they aren't much different. Both are smooth with a little feedback, springy but not flexible, and overall nice-writing nibs.

andrew98 said:

A Franklin-Christoph 3-pen case and a blue-black Pelikan M405 with EF nib arrived this past week. Both seem really nice, so far.

-Andy

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Very nice, Andrew.

This M400 arrived the other day. I'm trying to stop. I really am.

BubblesTGB said:

This M400 arrived the other day. I'm trying to stop. I really am.

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Very nice Chris!

A good week for Pelikans!

Andy said:

Very nice Chris!

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Snargle said:

A good week for Pelikans!

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It's my first ever Pelikan. Impressions so far