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post #1 of 174
10/23/04 at 3:31pm
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Yep, I must confess to having yet another passion....hey, I'm a passionate guy! Pens! The other day I picked up this one which has now become my new every day pen, replacing a 15 year old Cross pen which has now retired!

Parker Duofold Black Mosaic Ballpoint



The metal parts are platinum!!..well, plated anyway..

Anyone here else find pens fascinating?
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post #2 of 174
10/23/04 at 3:57pm
I was given a Mont Blanc pen at graduation that was too nice to use as an everyday, so I put it away for safekeeping - and now of course I have no idea where it is lol. But the old rollerball BIC keeps on scrawling all scuffed up in my bag.
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post #3 of 174
10/23/04 at 3:59pm
Nothing will substitute for my PhD Multi.

The regular PhD mechanical pencils are even better. They write like freaking pens, they're that good.
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post #4 of 174
10/23/04 at 4:00pm
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Me, I'm not a collector kind of person. I love nice things but I like to use them. Pens, watches, they're all things that I use daily and can therefore enjoy daily. They brighten up my day, you might say, not that it needed brightening, but the more the merrier, I guess..
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post #5 of 174
10/23/04 at 4:03pm
I was looking by coincidence one of those Parker's all metal made, and I was not able to find them, I ahd one whne i was a kid, gold plated, now they are becoming really extint, any place you know where I could get one, guys? The one i ahd was a fount pen, I'm looking now for a ballpoint
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post #6 of 174
10/23/04 at 4:06pm
I've got a high-price Waterman pen somewhere, with a blue marble finish...

...erm... not sure where lol
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post #7 of 174
10/23/04 at 4:09pm
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Originally Posted by Duncan
I've got a high-price Waterman pen somewhere, with a blue marble finish...

...erm... not sure where lol
LOL! Duncan, I bet you that could well be a whole new thread! I wonder how many people own pens that are currently AWOL..
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post #8 of 174
10/23/04 at 4:12pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sovkiller
I was looking by coincidence one of those Parker's all metal made, and I was not able to find them, I ahd one whne i was a kid, gold plated, now they are becoming really extint, any place you know where I could get one, guys? The one i ahd was a fount pen, I'm looking now for a ballpoint
Sovy, don't know them but I found
these guys whilst searching out a picture of the Parker above. Might help..
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post #9 of 174
10/23/04 at 4:54pm
I like pens, but don't really have the funds to buy a really nice one. Eventually I will. Basically, I want something that writes smoothly, never requires shaking, lays down a nice thick layer of deep black ink, looks cool, and above all, is comfortable. I'm thinking one of those NASA-engineered pens might fit the bill. (you know, the ones that can write in 0g enviroments, hence, they never bog down)
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post #10 of 174
10/23/04 at 4:58pm
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Originally Posted by Stephonovich
I like pens, but don't really have the funds to buy a really nice one. Eventually I will. Basically, I want something that writes smoothly, never requires shaking, lays down a nice thick layer of deep black ink, looks cool, and above all, is comfortable. I'm thinking one of those NASA-engineered pens might fit the bill. (you know, the ones that can write in 0g enviroments, hence, they never bog down)
Steps, I was actually looking at one of those NASA pens whilst paying for this one...they look pretty cool!
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post #11 of 174
10/23/04 at 4:58pm
Right now Im using the Pilot Precise V7, smooth writing and period, funtional, and don't call me cheapo...LOL...

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post #12 of 174
10/23/04 at 5:00pm
My fav. is the Dr. Grip pens. Oh so comfie!
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post #13 of 174
10/23/04 at 5:00pm
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Originally Posted by Sovkiller
Right now Im using the Pilot Precise V7, smooth writing and period, funtional, and don't call me cheapo...LOL...
Hey, whatever floats your boat..
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post #14 of 174
10/23/04 at 5:10pm
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Originally Posted by Stephonovich
I like pens, but don't really have the funds to buy a really nice one. Eventually I will. Basically, I want something that writes smoothly, never requires shaking, lays down a nice thick layer of deep black ink, looks cool, and above all, is comfortable. I'm thinking one of those NASA-engineered pens might fit the bill. (you know, the ones that can write in 0g enviroments, hence, they never bog down)
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When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ball-point pens would not work in 0 gravity. To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 million developing a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to over 300o C.
The Russians used a pencil.
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post #15 of 174
10/23/04 at 5:14pm
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Originally Posted by oneeyedhobbit
LOL! The KISS rule..
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