[Leica] And so it begins... now pens!

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

No one has mentioned Cross pens.
That's the one pen name I don't see mentioned.
I have one right here. Kinda heavy and metal.
But it always works.
Even after coming back from a vacation.
Works first time every time.

The other one I have right here is a ....
Sheaffer. I got a bunch of those I think. Some cost 50 bucks..
I take the cartridge out and use the thingie which uses ink instead.
That's what I like about fountain pens. Cherry vanilla ink!
Nope I like black ink. Or blue. Or blue black.
Gertrude Stein said you should always use green ink.
Not me any more.
But I think its good to have some pens around which use red ink.
To grade papers.
And if they want you to write in blood.

Like wearing a black suit instead of a tux.


When I think of "fountain" I think of these:

http://www.masterstech-home.com/The_Kitchen/Recipes/Reminiscent_Recipes/Soda
FountainRecipes.html


Mark William Rabiner



> From: Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 10:06:01 +0000
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] And so it begins... now pens!
> 
> I rather like pens. In 1964 I inherited a Mont Blanc propelling pencil
> on my grandfather's death. Nobody had heard of the brand in the UK and
> I could not get lead for it. When on a trip to Germany in 1978
> glancing down an alleyway I saw a shop with a Mont Blanc sign, so I
> went down to see if I could get some leads for my pencil.
> Unfortunately MB no longer made anything like that pencil. All their
> products were slim modern designs, except one, a cigar shaped old
> fashioned looking pen, for the princely sum of ?58.00, which had an
> interesting filler. It was the 149. I bought one and used it for many
> years. It was some time later that they started selling all sorts of
> other items based on that style.
> It always had the extremely annoying habit of changing flow rate as
> the reservoir ran down (perhaps I write too fast..).
> My favourite fountain pens to use are Omas and Pelikan, with my Omas
> celluloid being my preferred to "handle".
> I used to only use fountain pens. Now I run almost completely paper
> free I only use a keyboard:-(
> Frank
> 
> On 3 Jan, 2009, at 03:09, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> 
>> Gene,
>> You are extremely lucky, see the pen lists and boards for any amount
>> of
>> horror stories. Compare the price of a 149 with its cheap plastic
>> ('precious
>> resin' in their marketing terminology), to a Platinum Celluloid Koi
>> with a
>> music nib, or a Sailor Ribbed Naginata Togi, or a Pelikan Souveran
>> M800 (my
>> three pens on rotation at the current time) and it is no contest,
>> the 149 is
>> more than double the price for half the quality. Try them out when
>> you buy a
>> pen next time. In a recent survey of pen lovers/collectors at
>> Fountain Pen
>> Network, only 5% said that they would use a Montblanc as their
>> primary pen,
>> compared to 20% each for Pelikan, Sailor and Pilot/Namiki. Other
>> famous
>> names fare as badly as Montblanc, namely Parker & Sheaffer, also
>> reflecting
>> the fall in quality.
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
> 
> 
> 
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