Pen-Fi (FPs, RBs, BPs, etc...) [56k Warning]

[milkpowder]

Thanks... It was so difficult to choose from the pens that this seller had to offer. There were two other of his listings that ended before this one:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Parker-51-F-Pe...QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MakeTrack=true

Honestly, I was fighting to keep my hands from bidding for those two

[Mrvile]

Meh, you guys are too rich for my blood.

I build my own pens...










And a little bit of me in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl6_pwuN82E

It's always nice to juxtapose a cheap hobby next to an expensive one!

[jbloudg20]

My Valentine's present: My girlfriend was dying to get me something, so we picked out another nice pen that I could cherish through the next nuclear fallout:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...4010&rd=1&rd=1

[milkpowder]

Gorgeous. Do you know when it was made?? Terrific price too (1/3 of what I paid for a similar pen just now on eBay.co.uk: Q3 1942 P51 Vac, Blue Diamond, Cordovan Brown, 1/10 16k GF cap, 14k F nib)!

[Hirsch]

I had a good day yesterday. Walked into a pen shop and they had some great pens at fire sale pricing. I walked out with a Visconti Van Gogh Maxi, Conklin Word Gauge LE (sterling trim), and Conway Stewart Trafalgar Bicentennial Commemorative Edition. That and a Conklin Rollerball all for less than the list price of the Trafalgar. Pics later when I get a chance.

[matt fury]

Originally Posted by Hirsch

I had a good day yesterday. Walked into a pen shop and they had some great pens at fire sale pricing. I walked out with a Visconti Van Gogh Maxi, Conklin Word Gauge LE (sterling trim), and Conway Stewart Trafalgar Bicentennial Commemorative Edition. That and a Conklin Rollerball all for less than the list price of the Trafalgar. Pics later when I get a chance.

Wow, sounds like a helluva day. What pen store was it?

[hembergler]

Originally Posted by Mrvile

Meh, you guys are too rich for my blood.

I build my own pens...

*photos*

And a little bit of me in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl6_pwuN82E

It's always nice to juxtapose a cheap hobby next to an expensive one!

Oh do tell how you do that. I can only do the regular twirl around the thumb + jumping the pen from finger to finger.

[jbloudg20]

Originally Posted by milkpowder

Gorgeous. Do you know when it was made?? Terrific price too (1/3 of what I paid for a similar pen just now on eBay.co.uk: Q3 1942 P51 Vac, Blue Diamond, Cordovan Brown, 1/10 16k GF cap, 14k F nib)!

I don't know when it was made, but hopefully I'll have it this week. I liked it because he says it in great condition, and it recently had the diaphragm replaced on it, so hopefully I wont have to worry about for a few years to come.

I have some researching to do on the 51 in general.

any idea on some kind of relatively cheap sleeve I could get to keep it in when not in use?

[Mrvile]

Originally Posted by hembergler

Oh do tell how you do that. I can only do the regular twirl around the thumb + jumping the pen from finger to finger.

That's cool. Their official names are Thumbaround and Sonic

It takes a lot of practice plus a lot of help from various members of a pen spinning forum I am part of. Pen spinning seems like one of those things you do when you're bored and you just kind of pick up...nah, it's a lifestyle. We basically eat and breathe pens - I could easily name all the consumer pens anyone in any class is using at any given time.

Yes, we're nerds

If you seriously want to learn more and be sucked into this little pen spinning world of ours, check out the UCPSB. It has a lot of resources and some very skilled spinners to help you out.

[jbloudg20]

Although I do not gave it yet, it seems that it may be from the 40's-early 50's or so.

I'm quite excited! time to go ink shopping!