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

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

OK Mark,


I have several Cross pens, but all ball point, their fountain pens have 
always leaked on me and been very scratchy. ?They have a great service 
ethic, send it in and they will either fix or replace for free. ?I have the 
gold filled and sterling silver Cross pens. ?I have had the chrome also but 
they slip in my hand, so I dumped them. ?The gold filled and sterling silver 
are great.


Gene -------------- Original message from Mark Rabiner 
<mark@rabinergroup.com>: --------------


> 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 
> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group 
> > Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 10:06:01 +0000
> > To: Leica Users Group 
> > 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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