Anyone into writing instruments ?

ewen · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 2:00 pm

I used to collect pens / pencils / drawing instruments. I havent bothered for years, but recently caught the bug again. I started looking for a decent self propelling pencil, and found these....
http://www.faber-castell.de/docs/gvfc_i ... _suma~.htm
I ended up with the pencil and matching rollerball in platinum with ebony shaft. They are actually rather gorgeous...beautifully made, and rather different to the usual rounded blobby styles of today. Almost antique in look, very heavy and substantial.

Driver8 · **Posted:** Thu May 08, 2008 1:31 am

I have a Mont Blanc Starwalker but that's it. I like to have a nice pen, but it's not a real passion for me.... unlike watches!

I bet there are a few guys on here who are into them though as often watches and pens seem to go hand in hand.

doctor diesel · **Posted:** Thu May 08, 2008 2:30 am

I use a fountain pen evry day in my job

its one of a matching pair that Mrs Diesel and I got one anniversary

Its a 75 years of passion and soul limited edition Mont Blanc Meisterstuck No 149 if that means anything to anybody

I don't know much about it but it has 75 yrs of passion & Soul engraved around the gold gap band and a diamond set into the 'o' of passion

It came with a CD of classical music

does any 'pen' fan know much about it??

my wifes is the matching ladies model (though hers being smaller takes ink cartridges rather than fills from a bottle like mine)

Naviman · **Posted:** Thu May 08, 2008 5:42 am

Ewen,

Lingman is a pen freak. He has a bunch of Dupont pens and a pen box with them all laid out on his desk. Chat with him about pens.

Flynbyu · **Posted:** Tue May 13, 2008 10:32 am

I own a Starwalker, and an older MontBlanc. I love the way it writes....Very comfortable in the hand. I always wanted to own a Jorg Hysek pen though....Carbon Fiber! It seems Hysek is now more into timepieces though.

Posing with my Navi-World

~Brian

ewen · **Posted:** Tue May 13, 2008 1:15 pm

Flynbyu wrote:

I always wanted to own a Jorg Hysek pen though....Carbon Fiber! It seems Hysek is now more into timepieces though

Very nice indeed.
http://www.pensinasia.com/jorg_hysek.htm

Altair · **Posted:** Tue May 13, 2008 7:52 pm

I love pens, heres an old pic of the collection

http://www.breitlingsource.com/phpBB2/v ... light=pens

Need to get a new pic, has grown alongside my watch collection :oops:

Those carbon fibre Jorge pens look cool. Where can one buy them online?

alien13 · **Posted:** Mon May 19, 2008 1:04 am

writing instruments are an adiction as well

- Mont Blanc Starwalker (refill) (black resin on SS)
- Mont Blanc Homage's Edition, AJ Pierpont Morgan (refill) (resin on SS)
- Caran D'Ache Fountain (black resin on gold)
- Cross fountain (All SS)

we must be having common genes that make us fall for the same set of things

enjoy

doctor diesel · **Posted:** Mon May 19, 2008 1:19 am

Quick Cameraphone of my 75 yr anniv. meisterstuk No.149

alien13 · **Posted:** Mon May 19, 2008 1:22 am

[quote="doctor diesel"]Quick Cameraphone of my 75 yr anniv. meisterstuk No.149
quote]

Hey Doc (or anybody else for that matter), do you have problem with your fountain pens? does it feel that writing is sometimes not smooth? or dependent on writing surface? is it a pen holding problem? or ink problem? or maybe i am the problem

?

doctor diesel · **Posted:** Mon May 19, 2008 1:44 am

My pens are very ink-sensitive, even colour....Mont Blanc ink in Black is by far the smoothest , even in my shaeffer and parker pens,

Parker quink is crap and the wacky coloured mont-blancs are nothing like as good as black

make sure it is proper MB ink as believe it or not, there is a lot of counterfeiting going on in the pen industry as well, a bottle of black original is only around £5 and comes in a nice shoe-shaped bottle!

alien13 · **Posted:** Mon May 19, 2008 2:47 am

doctor diesel wrote:

My pens are very ink-sensitive, even colour....Mont Blanc ink in Black is by far the smoothest , even in my shaeffer and parker pens,

Parker quink is crap and the wacky coloured mont-blancs are nothing like as good as black

make sure it is proper MB ink as believe it or not, there is a lot of counterfeiting going on in the pen industry as well, a bottle of black original is only around £5 and comes in a nice shoe-shaped bottle!

thanx for the tip. I have been falling into the trap (crap

) of parker quick over and over again and it drove me nutssss!!!!

I will try your recommendations and let you know how did it go :idea:

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