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IMO, we should be ashamed of ourselves. The money we spend on a "pen" can feed a number of different families for months. What makes it worse is that cheaper alternatives (under $10) rival some of these arty writing utensils costing $6K+.
Having said that, here is the last pen I purchased.
Porsche Pen
I should have put this money towards a compounding-interest account, but like the majority of posters in this thread, I fell victim to frivolity. In other words, all of us should get a grip on reality by settling for a Dr. Grip.
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SAIGO Takamori (Tinsel Town’s Katsumoto) searched his whole life for the perfect Grado. When death was upon him, like the waxing gibbous before a full moon, he was struck with an epiphany for which he proclaimed,
I picked up my first fountain pen, a Pilot MYU last week and really love it:
(Actually, it's not quite my first. Someone gave me one of the middle-priced Watermans as a gift years ago but I never warmed to the medium nib and the pen itself was a little too fancy to use everywhere, so I got rid of it on eBay.)
Beautiful. Have been eyeing on the Myu but just got these pens (Sheaffer Valor, Sheaffer Legacy II NOS, Parker 100) and inks (Noodler's Black, Legal Lapis, Violet Vote, Majestic Orange, Private Reserve Spearmint) within a week so have to wait a while.
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Grado PS-1, HD600, HD650/Equinox, RS-1, MS-Pro, Edition 9, ATH-W5000, Westone ES2
C.E.C. TL51XR, Bel Canto DAC3, Zana Deux
Oritek X1, Kimber KS1020, VD David 2.0, Barradio's secret recipe
In the box: DT990' 05, K501, DT150, E5C, ER4S, E888, KSC-75, DT231, MX500, MylarOne, Porta Corda MKIII, PA2V2, Panasonic CT-720, Sony PSP, Nintendo DS Lite
Gone but not forgotten: Rudistor RPX-33 MKII, PS Audio GCHA, Yamamoto HA-02, Squeezebox 3 (spoilt)
Would you guys recommend a fine nib or a medium nib for my first one? My hand writing isn't very neat and I do tend to press down pretty hard on the paper. So, I would think medium. I like the idea of a black Lamy Safari, but is there any fountain pens that are not too expensive (let's say under $50) that have a more "solid" and "heavier" look? I really like heavy pens (metal).
Also, I wanted to get my dad a fountain pen for his desk at work. But, I wanted one with a holder for the pen and ink so it would be really old school and a classy feel to his desk. But I want it to be functional too. He has the largely the same taste in pens as I do (heavy and metal). Probably because I've grown up borrowing pens from him He's never had a fountain pen, and I'd like to give him one for Father's Day.
The pilot knight is very solid feeling with a good amount of heft. It has a medium nib but, the Japanese nibs tend to run narrower to their european counterparts.
Would you guys recommend a fine nib or a medium nib for my first one? My hand writing isn't very neat and I do tend to press down pretty hard on the paper. So, I would think medium. I like the idea of a black Lamy Safari, but is there any fountain pens that are not too expensive (let's say under $50) that have a more "solid" and "heavier" look? I really like heavy pens (metal).
I can't really recommend a desk pen for your father because I have no idea what's available today.
For you, I would recommend the Lamy Studio. isell pens has the stainless model on sale now for $49. The Studio has the same nib as the Safari but has a heavier metal body. The stainless version has a rubberized grip as well. The nibs are interchangeable, too. So if you buy an F or M and don't like it, you can swap for the other.
I've inked a couple pens. The Safari with the Aurora Black and the Newton with the Upper Ganges Blue are my two work pens. The Visconti pen is new; I got it yesterday. Ultimately, it will be inked with Private Reserve Ebony Green but it hasn't arrived yet so it gets inked with one of my favorites in the mean time.
The Visconti Blue is nice. The Havana Brown turns up just a whisker's width darker on your scan than it does for me. That could have everything to do with nib and feed variation.
I think that the Havana is darker above is due to the scan more than anything else. The two pens in which we have them have pretty similar feeds but I don't know which nib size your M600 is.
Thanks re: the Van Gogh. It's an adjustment though. The pen is the Maxi size and the nib is huge! I have to hold it much farther from the tip of the nib that I am accustomed. Very smooth, though. I'm pleased with the purchase.
He's never had a fountain pen, and I'd like to give him one for Father's Day.
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