Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jerry, I can appreciate the look and feel of a good fountain pen, have a few of them, but that's about it. So it's not really a true hobby. But even then I appreciate its craftsmanship more than that of guns. Philippe Op 10-aug-07, om 03:58 heeft Jerry Lehrer het volgende geschreven: > > > > > Phil, > > FOUNTAIN PENS?? Really? Are they collectible? Though I did pick > up a used pen at a La Jolla > estate sale a few weeks ago. It is a Conklin, though I never heard > of it. Parker, Shaeffer , Waterman > yes, are the only names I know. I paid $10 for the pen, though > there were other pens there at higher > prices, with names I never heard of. > > Jerry. > > > Philippe Orlent wrote: >>> How many of us Leica owners are also gun owners? >> Nope >> >>> How many own more guns than Leicas? >> Nope >> >>> How many own more Leicas than guns? >> Yes. 1 Leica. And always the possibility of a second one, because >> you never know. >> >>> How many of us shoot more pictures with Leicas than bullets from >>> guns? >> Consequently. >> >>> Is there a natural affinity for lovers of precise machinery >>> between Leicas and fine firearms? >> For some it might seem so. But for me there are many others types >> of precise machinery that I like a lot more than a firearm: >> fountain pens, single malts, wristwatches, meccano, minitiature >> trains, airplanes big, small and very small, havanas, etc. The >> usual stuff :-) >> Can't have it all, and guns are very very low on my priority list. >> Let alone the fact that you can't own guns over here without a >> licence. >> But then again, I don't live in the US. Of which by now I >> understand that for some there are cultural and historical reasons >> to own one. >> I don't think that the deepest driver for gun owning is 'precise >> machinery love' or 'cultural and historical reasons', though. It's >> a bit more archetypical than that: sheer protection. >> Which you can't say of a Leica. Or a fountain pen and the lots, >> for that matter. The appeal from those is far more cultural. Which >> is about societal progression. And not about archetypical standstill. >> Aren't we at the stage yet that it becomes time to start to >> embrace the fact that being human should mean not needing protection? >> Or are we still more of an evolved animal than we think? >> >> IMO ofcourse. >> >> BTW: I think that it is this duality that will make such a succes >> of Kyle's book. There are only two possible opinions about gun >> ownership. By not taking a standpoint in this debate, his book >> appeals to both. The same image, different interpretations. His >> decision to stay unbiassed in this matter was sheer genius. >> >> Philippe >> >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >