Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well I guess you guys have made my point perfectly. I have a modest collection of fountain pens including several flavors of the 51, a 1925 Waterman 552 Sheraton, an newer opera and a bunch of Schaeffers about 50 significant pieces. They're wonderful pens and write beautifully. But compared to the pen I keep in my pocket, I'de call them limited and nearly useless! Am I beginning to get through to you. See Ya Javier - --- SthRosner@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 4/5/02 2:34:39 AM Eastern > Standard Time, > nbeddoe@lehman.com writes: > > > I've got a Sheaffer pen with a solid gold nib and > I love writing with that > > Neil, at the risk of life and limb, may I observe > that if you love your solid > gold nib Sheaffer fountain pen (I still have the > Sheaffer snorkel pen I gave > myself as a gift in law school 40+ years ago), try > an Omas Paragon fountain > pen. The U.S. importer advised me not too long ago > that Omas makes its own > vegetal resin - for the barrels - from cotton it > buys directly from only one > farm source in South America. Tell me that Mont > Blanc or any of the other > "high-end" pen manufacturers care that much about > their products. Omas' > founder was the inventor of the process by which > celluloid was made > non-flammable and therefore created the first > celluloid fountain pens. > > Back to Leicas. > > Seth LaK 9 > > Seth > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html