Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]the fountain pen that goes with me everyday is the 90s reissue (discontinued now, i'm afraid) of the Sheaffer Crest. mine is all black, with great "heft" (though a nice, slim barrel) and that wonderful wrap-around nib. i own several fountain pins, but this one is by far my favorite, and the only one i use consistently. kim At 11:05 AM 4/21/01 -0400, you wrote: >Reading about the old clear plastic barrel Shaeffer pens reminds me that I >used to use them too, and loved them- we used to 'gross-out' the girls by >putting a live fly in the empty space at the end, and when they asked to >porrow a pen, watch the horrified look on their faces!! This was all before >political correctness, of course!! Back in the good ole "Tuck, Duck and >Cover" days of yore! >You can still find them at some stores, but the $1 days are gone, however! >I still have a beat up old black paint Sheaffer Targa with a fine point that >goes everywhere with me, to this day- almost the Leica M4 of fountain pens, >to me, at least! >Dan ( Older than dirt) Post >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Guy Bennett" <gbennett@lainet.com> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 11:10 PM >Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Re: The death of just about everything... > > > > >2001-04-20-13:13:40 Mark Rabiner: > > >> I have tremendous nostalgia for Shafer fountain pens like we used and > > >>sold in > > >> the school store when i was IN 7th and 8th grade in the mid 60's. > > > > > >Oh yeah, me too -- although my memories are from the mid 70s. > > >Steel-nibbed, sold in a plastic bubble on cardboard, different plastic > > >barrel/shaft/whatever-you-call-it colors. Some were kind of scratchy > > >to write with, but once you found a good one, it wrote smooothly and > > >stayed that way. All for a dollar-something. > > > > > >I retained such a good feeling from those that when it came time for > > >me to buy a fancy-pants gold-nibbed fountain pen, I got a Sheaffer. > > >Well, old goodwill and that Sheaffer made an elegantly slim pen, while > > >things like Mont Blancs felt like holding a banana. Still have it, > > >still use it, still like it. > > > >