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I really don't have a question, but I gotta brag a little about my latest find. I'm a "casual" fountain pen enthusiast. So when I see some in a junk shop, I always look them over. Last weekend I bought a 1940's style Parker "51" for five bucks in an antique store. Yeah, $5.00. It has a 1/10 12k gold filled cap and a fine/medium fine nib that was crusty with (yuck) blue ink. I figured it was a basket case for the price but I my plan was to sell the cap. To my surprise, the bulb is in fine shape and with a little distilled water I cleared out most of the blue ink. I have some "QWINK" so I pumped just a little ink into the bulb to see if it would fill, hold and write. It works flawlessly! I love this pen. I could sell it and I need the money, but poo poo I can't do it now. Here is "GLADYS"  FAKE EDIT: I lied, here are some questions: This pen was crusty when I got it, but the vacuum bulb seems in good shape, should I be weary of it cracking when having it completely filled? The bottle of "QWINK" I have is roughly 6 years old and it appears to be fine, will it deteriorate over time? Is it still a good ink to use? When should I replace the ink?
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Wow, thanks for the quick response. Let's hope this does not start a new bank account draining hobby for me.
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Feb 5, 2013 04:23
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Fountain pen fan art. Drawn with a Pentel Kanji Fude Pocket Brush and and a Pentel Aqua brush. Lettering with the new Parker 51.
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Feb 5, 2013 22:41
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Feb 6, 2013 05:16
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Feb 6, 2013 06:12
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The white glove has some merit. When you draw a lot, you know that the oils from your hand can ruin a picture. Not just what you have penciled or inked, but the paper itself can be tainted before you put any medium on the surface. I used to have a white glove with the tips cut off of the thumb, index and middle finger. (You often see Bob Cratchit from A Christmas Carol wearing these.) But now I just lay a piece of printer paper down to keep my hand off my work surface. 
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Feb 6, 2013 18:31
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Feb 7, 2013 02:32
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Here is a breakdown.
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Feb 7, 2013 03:59
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Also, it is question of personal tastes. I love everything about the old Parker pens, so the Hero pens are right up my alley and dirt cheap.
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Feb 17, 2013 01:00
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Just got back from a weekend in Iowa. Apparently, that is where the Shaeffer Pen factory was back in the day, because every second hand store and antique store is FULL of old fountain pens. I stopped into a place called Artifacts in Iowa City that had an impressive selection. If I would have had a larger budget, I would have bought an unused Waterman that was pretty fancy and a really neat old Mont Blanc desk set. They had a bunch of old cartridges and cases too. I had to stick with what I know and bought a Parker "21" pen and pencil set. $30, New old stock.  And here is a Lamy leather case that I picked up too.  So if any of you pen-heads find yourself in Iowa, check out the antique stores for Shaeffers galorem and dirt cheap prices on anything that isn't Shaeffer.
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Mar 20, 2013 01:31
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Two things: Here is my Parker collection.  From left to right, Sonnet (roller ball), Latitude, Latitude, 41, 51, 51 demi, 21 and Vector. I bought the two Latitudes (one is my father's) when Staples was selling out of their top end Parkers. They were marked down from $80 to $12, I think. The 41 has a cracked barrel unfortunately and is not yet usable. The two 51s are the nicest writing pens I have ever owned. The 21 is, as of yet, unused and has a matching pencil and the Vector is from a calligraphy set and is a great every-day-carry. I love me some Parker pens! Also, on the note of cleaning, I came across a Koh-i-noor cleaning kit that I bought and forgot a long time ago. like this one:  You can remove the plastic bits at the end of the bulb. It is nice for cleaning cartridge style pens. The solution is pretty mild and loosens ink pretty well. You can still get this kit for ~$30 at DickBlick or Amazon.
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May 6, 2013 17:35
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Solkanar512 posted:Man, I keep checking every antique store I drive by - and yes, if I'm on a road trip I'll stop and ask - and no one has ever had any fountain pens. The owners always give me a funny look and say "nope". I've bought pens on ebay, antiques stores and even Goodwill. (I shouldn't let this cat out of the bag but shopgoodwill.com has had some impressive old pens come up before.) I live in Illinois and the Sheaffer mfg. plant used to be in Iowa, so every time I go to Iowa I find TONS of pens in the antique and second hand stores. Parkers come cheap in the land of Sheaffer. Platypus Farm posted:Ebay is one place, but every antique shop or estate sale around here invariably has a pile of busted rear end old fountain pens that are completely destroyed. Usually there are one or two working ones out of a hundred or more. If you can find those, you're in for some great deals - or if you can find ones that you can easily fix something like a busted gasket on, or a leaking nib you can score that way too. By and large though, you're gonna have to sift through TONS of poo poo to find anything worth getting. Then again, that's pretty much like every second hand store experience ever though. That's part of the fun. 
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May 6, 2013 21:11
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Obligatory Toast posted:You could also get a bulb-style nasal aspirator from Amazon or CVS and literally spend far less than half of that. True. I had one laying around that I had bought on the cheap. The little plastic tips are good for cleaning koh-i-noor technical pens, and the solution is a good mild solvent for neglected ink, but $30 is a bit ridiculous. Oh, and Koh-i-noor Technical pens are a pain to keep clean and functioning. Imagine using a mechanical pencil, taking out the leads and filling it with ink. That's my impression of them.
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May 9, 2013 08:01
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Oh wow. Been a while since I've visited this thread. Funny how people take such offence to other's hobbies. I don't personally think there is anything particularly "spergy" or "fedora worthy" in this thread, but then again I've never spent more than $50 on a graphics card for a computer or purchased a brand new game console as an adult. To each their own. Carry on.
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Jun 29, 2014 20:16
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systran posted:I actually think calligraphy is really cool, but I've tried to do Chinese calligraphy a few times (like with the dip pens etc.) and if I do the right stroke order it feels awful. Western calligraphy seems pretty cool too, but I don't know if being left-handed is a significant disadvantage for it or not. Tulip posted:I got a neon coral Safari and it is fabulous. It's my designated editing pen now (using Noodler's Cactus Fruit). I mentioned brush pens earlier in the thread. I use a Pentel Kanji Fude to draw with. Nice, cheap ink brush that you can cap and leave for months without drying out.
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Jul 4, 2014 18:06
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Yoshi Jjang posted:Can anybody identify what pen this is? I know it's a tiny picture, so it might be really difficult. Second one is Sheaffer Imperial Touchdown.
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Aug 25, 2014 04:30
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laertes22 posted:(Of course, I got mine through Engeika, before it was cool Most subjective sentence I've read today.
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Speaking of ink wells, I haven't used a dip pen or quill in some time. I generally only do so for drawing (my lettering isn't for the eyes of others.) Is there anyone here that uses them for calligraphy or journal writing? Of course, if I ever saw somebody with a quill and ink well out in a Starbucks, I'd probably throw hot coffee on them.
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Sep 5, 2014 15:17
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Rotrings are like old British motorcycle; unique aesthetic, a pleasure to ride and nearly impossible to keep running.
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Sep 22, 2014 15:24
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Found a cheapy at a tractor show flea market: Real simple design, had some dried blue ink in the cart. Cleaned it out and refilled it with Quink. Writes nice and smooth.  Can't beat that price! This is not a luxury pen. Feels cheap and has less weight than a Bic ballpoint. No frills. It does perform as it should though and the nib is smooth and even. Anybody know the model?
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Sep 30, 2014 17:31
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I have a dozen or more, but only half of that are usable. But I buy vintage.
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Oct 2, 2014 17:02
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I buy and sell all kinds of junk all the time. So the dozen I have now are 80% different than what I had three months ago. I bought a bag of old advertising pens for $20 and sold two of them for $45 each. Some of the vintage pens sell for ridiculous prices in non-functioning condition.
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Oct 2, 2014 18:16
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I love a Parker jotter with a gel rollerball refill.
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Oct 5, 2014 01:28
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Hellbeard posted:Just got me a veritable heap of old stylographs which are technically fountain pens. I both love and hate these finicky bastards.
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Got another odd-ball to share, not sure that it is too common: The Diagraph Control Flo Fountain Marking Pencil    What's that? It's a refillable aluminum magic marker:  A large capacity, refillable marker made for (I suppose) warehouse and shipping needs. The white felt nib is pretty large and rounded. It wouldn't be too difficult to shave it into a chisel for use in calligraphic writing.
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