Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I personally like hotel ballpoint pens. They work and are free. And it doesn't matter if I lose one. Barney Quinn wrote: > > Jim, > > Pens, Watches, Leicas. My three guilty pleasures in life. Having just sent > out > a post about how good Sailor nibs are - and I probably should have > qualified > that by saying among modern production pens - I also love the 51 in all > three > on its incarnations and also the 61. Just happens that I have both a 51 > and an > English 61 in my shirt pocked at the moment. The 51 is a great pen. Have > you > ever encountered the third, and final version of the 51, the so called > Transitional 51 or the 51 model III. It looks like a cross between a 51 > and a > 61. Great pen. > > Barney > > > Jim Shulman wrote: > > >>I had a sailor once, and can vouch for the smooth nibs. >> >>Back to pens: anyone out there use a Parker 51? Still my all-time >>favorite. >> >>Jim Shulman >>Bryn Mawr, PA >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org >>[mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jeffery >>Smith >>Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 11:11 PM >>To: 'Leica Users Group' >>Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: if my leica was a fountian pen which >>fountianpenwould it be? >> >>Amen! I like the heft of Watermans, the smooth nib of Shaeffers, and the >>flexible points of Pelikans. I would like to get a Sailor soon, as I hear >>they have very smooth nibs. >> >>Jeffery Smith >>New Orleans, LA >>http://www.400tx.com >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org >>[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Rei >>Shinozuka >>Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 10:01 PM >>To: Leica Users Group >>Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: if my leica was a fountian pen which fountian >>penwould it be? >> >>Elegant images of elegant objects. >> >>I've been noticing people around me using fountain pens, including two >>physicians who scribble prescriptions with their fountain pens. I like an >>amber Pelikan Demonstrator. It's nothing fancy, but smooth and >>you can see the near-quart of ink inside the clear piston. >> >>Fountain Pens. Just another anachronism, refusing to go away in the face >>of technologically and economically superior disposable bics and biros. >> >>-rei >> >>On Jan24 10:25, firkin wrote: >> >>>I had not envisaged Kyle as a pen pusher ;-) Lovely collection, lets >>>hope >>>it doesn't lead me to another expensive LUG induced splurge ;-) >>> >>>Ric Carter writes: >>> >>> >>>>Very nice selection of contrasts and complements. >>>> >>>>Ric Carter >>>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies >>>> >>>> >>>>On Jan 23, 2006, at 11:30 AM, kyle cassidy wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>okay okay, just kidding, but i wanted to share some photos of >>>>>recent >>>>>acquisitions at the philadelphia fountian pen show: >>>>> >>>>>http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/lj/2006/pen3.jpg >>>>> >>>>>http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/lj/2006/pen7.jpg >>>>> >>>>>http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/lj/2006/pen1.jpg >>>>> >>>>>http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/lj/2006/pen9.jpg >>>>> >>>>>http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/lj/2006/pen2.jpg >>>>> >>>>>http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/lj/2006/pen14.jpg >>>>> >>>>>now back to your regularly scheduled discussions of rain and >>>>>negatives. >>>>>that is all. >>>>> >>>>>keep pushing that shutter button, it'll come unstuck, >>>>> >>>>>kc >>>>> >>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>Leica Users Group. >>>>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>Leica Users Group. >>>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>>Alastair Firkin >>>www.afirkin.com >>>www.familyofman2.com >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Leica Users Group. >>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >>-- >>Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com >>Ridgewood, New Jersey >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- > Barney Quinn, Jr. > (301) 688-1982 (O) > (240) 535-3036 (C) > (877) 220-0981 (P) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog