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Moderator: Headphoneus Supremus: Insulting his K-1000's would begin the Battle of Karthage
For those of you who suffer from Photon-Fi (Flashaholics Anonymous) as well as Pen-Fi, I just received a new acquisition in the post yesterday. The new Surefire Pen. It's very well made, with a nice balance. Very solidly built out of HA-III Aluminum and stainless.
The Schmidt EasyFlow G2-9000M refill writes like a dream.
__________________ "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." -- Alan Kay
"In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." Eric Hoffer
"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water." --John W. Gardner
[quote=kwkarth;4522809]For those of you who suffer from Photon-Fi (Flashaholics Anonymous) as well as Pen-Fi, I just received a new acquisition in the post yesterday. The new Surefire Pen. It's very well made, with a nice balance. Very solidly built out of HA-III Aluminum and stainless.
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,
Moderator: Headphoneus Supremus: Insulting his K-1000's would begin the Battle of Karthage
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Originally Posted by kwkarth
For those of you who suffer from Photon-Fi (Flashaholics Anonymous) as well as Pen-Fi, I just received a new acquisition in the post yesterday. The new Surefire Pen. It's very well made, with a nice balance. Very solidly built out of HA-III Aluminum and stainless.
The pictures don't do it justice. It really feels nice in the hand. Surefire did a great job for a first effort. The internal adjustability to accommodate almost any refill from 3.8"-4.25" long is a master stroke as is their selection of the Schmidt 9000M for the initial refill.
__________________ "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." -- Alan Kay
"In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." Eric Hoffer
"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water." --John W. Gardner
Moderator: Headphoneus Supremus: Insulting his K-1000's would begin the Battle of Karthage
Originally Posted by Hirsch
I just sent in a check for a dealer table at the DC pen show in August. Strange how things happen. I've discovered that I'm pretty good at vintage pen restoration, and am going to be able to put up about 200 clean high-end pens for sale. The other 200 in my collection are staying where they are
Anyone else so far gone that they go to pen shows?
I certainly would if I still lived in DC, but now I'm all the way on the other side of the island against the other pond.. Hi Hirsch!
__________________ "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." -- Alan Kay
"In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." Eric Hoffer
"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water." --John W. Gardner
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.)
I find the fine nib on the MYU works well on all kinds of paper and the single-piece design is distinctive without looking like fancy jewellery. Thumbs up. I guess I now have to investigate various inks.
That's a nice looking pen . . . are there any more recent FPs that has a clean one piece design like that?
Moderator: Headphoneus Supremus: Insulting his K-1000's would begin the Battle of Karthage
Originally Posted by AlanY
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.)
I find the fine nib on the MYU works well on all kinds of paper and the single-piece design is distinctive without looking like fancy jewellery. Thumbs up. I guess I now have to investigate various inks.
That is a nice looking pen!
__________________ "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." -- Alan Kay
"In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." Eric Hoffer
"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water." --John W. Gardner
what experiences do you guys have with Bexley nibs? i'm on the verge of purchasing a limited edition Poseidon variant, and i can't decide between 1.00mm stub nib, or the .45mm fine nib. the fine seems like it might be more suitable for general writing and also things like math, but the stub seems like it would be more fun for normal writing. my dilemma is get the stub and then supplement it with other pens for drawing/fine figures, or get the fine and try to go "all in one", as it were. i am leaning towards the stub but i am still afraid it may be too broad for my writing style -- but the breadth is what makes fountain pens and also italics fun.
That's a nice looking pen . . . are there any more recent FPs that has a clean one piece design like that?
It's not recent, but Parker did this first with the T1:
It's all titanium, as well. The T1 was a huge failure on release... of course, everyone wants one today!
The Anomaly - if you've never had a stub, try one. They're great fun - I only picked up my first about two years ago. I thought I wouldn't be able to handle one left-handed, but that proved not to be the case. Mine is a Stipula; for daily use I trade off between it and a fine-pointed Parker 51.
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Moderator: Headphoneus Supremus: Insulting his K-1000's would begin the Battle of Karthage
Originally Posted by Uncle Erik
It's not recent, but Parker did this first with the T1:
It's all titanium, as well. The T1 was a huge failure on release... of course, everyone wants one today!
The Anomaly - if you've never had a stub, try one. They're great fun - I only picked up my first about two years ago. I thought I wouldn't be able to handle one left-handed, but that proved not to be the case. Mine is a Stipula; for daily use I trade off between it and a fine-pointed Parker 51.
That's very nice!
__________________ "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." -- Alan Kay
"In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." Eric Hoffer
"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water." --John W. Gardner
It's not recent, but Parker did this first with the T1:
It's all titanium, as well. The T1 was a huge failure on release... of course, everyone wants one today!
The Anomaly - if you've never had a stub, try one. They're great fun - I only picked up my first about two years ago. I thought I wouldn't be able to handle one left-handed, but that proved not to be the case. Mine is a Stipula; for daily use I trade off between it and a fine-pointed Parker 51.
oh wow, how interesting! i too am left handed, and i actually have owned a stub in the past, and it was a Stipula, nonetheless. i only owned for a day though; the titanium nib was bone dry. it absolutely would not start. i returned it to the seller, more disappointed than angry, because it was such a good looking and well made pen. if not for the flow issue.
i am leaning towards the stub though, they're just more fun. if i wanted an uber fine point i could go down to the art supply store and get a .2mm Micron disposable drawing pen that would cost around $4. that's my current reasoning basically. the only downside with this is that i would have to carry a fine pen to class with me for math and such like business, while the stub would be fine for words.
