WTB: Old fountain pens

Now here's an interesting question: How many of us film users also write with fountain pens? I have several Parker 51s that I use in rotation.
Paul

 

I've got the aforementioned Montblanc, a couple Viscontis (including a demonstrator), several Deltas, a Waterman or two, and my pride and joys, My Omas and Montegrappa pens ( I have a 1993 Vespucci, a 360 and a Paragon all with flex nibs, a Hong Kong commemorative in sterling, a Montegrappa Exta in white, a Montegrappa Gothica in sterling, and a Harmony in faux tortiseshell). Oh, and a Parker Duofold in the Pearl & Black. I want one of the yellow 125th anniversary pens...

 

If you're looking at fountain pen design, how about Lamy? I own a couple that I use daily.

 

Tons of fountain pens here, everything from Hero 616s to a Mont Blanc 145. I like 'em a lot.

 

This one. Parker 51, a few Montblancs, a Parker Centennial, a small 1920s leverfill Schaeffer "Lifetime", and a Pelikan that I use almost constantly.

 

I think, Luigi Colani should have a fountain pen design. You can learn lots of things from his designs. What about Gaudi , He designed Casa Calvet Door Handles set with squeezing his hands in to wet clay and than brass casting. There are structural design method , Organic design method or reverse an linear design method like art deco. You can make thin , thick or massive designs from them. Danish design school have lots of papers on deciding on a form for designers. But I liked your laser cut idea , its cheap , fast . All depends on the selling price and market .

 

A thin line....

Perhaps others have noticed....this little contribution will be about # 32 in the list of replies on this thread - compared to an average of 3 to 5 replies to threads in the past 6 months. What does this tell us about APUGers ? Are we Luddites, or simply way ahead of our time, but in a different way.

It worried me, back in the previous century, when friends would raise eyebrows and comment "... John always was a bit different...". Which must be why I have sometimes thought about reloading the square glass inkwells in what was my grandfather's pen and ink desk set that sits at the back of my desk.

There are two; the right-hand one was for black ink - as the 100-year-old ink stains near it tell. It seems he was more careful with debits - the left-hand ink bottle has but a couple of tiny red dots near it.

Yes ! Why not ! I think I've seen ink in my local stationer.

 

Colani did design several models of a ball-pen. One most characteristic.


He also did at least one model of a fountain pen (very middle-of-the-road though):

http://www.ruettinger-web.de/collani-set.jpg

 

For a "Cheap" pen an old stock Parker "45" from the 60's or 70's is hard to beat.

My favorite fountain is a 1945 Parker "51" I found at a tractor show for $10!

 

Jon:

You may want to look at Noodler's web site. He used to have instructions on how to adjust the in flow on his pens.

Also, I believe that the Preppy can be converted to an eye dropper fill with the addition of an O-Ring and a little silicone grease. Noodler's used to supply them this way with some of their larger sizes of ink bottles. The only problem I've had with the Preppy is that the pocket clip tends to break off after a while.

Doug B.

 

Jon,

I believe a clogged pen can be unclogged by putting the nib assembly in an ultrasonic cleaner with non-sudsy ammonia for extended periods of time; several days maybe. Often works.

And this contribution, circa 1972, from an OTR driver from Norcross, GA whose drawl was so thick I could barely understand him. (I'll just cut to the punchline):
2nd woman: 'Better tell your man that drinking all that Coca-Cola will dry the ink in his pen.'
1st woman: 'That's OK, he doesn't do all of my writing anyway.'

Good luck.

 

If they won't let you sling paint, you can sling ink! Or just give them a goose. That would surprise them.

 

That's where the "fountain" part comes from.

 

I found mine at a porch sale about 1997. It cost a quarter, and I don't think it ever had ink in it. One of my favorites!

 

The Lamy 2000 is a design classic, I like mine a lot, great OM nib...
Just discovered last year what wunderful pens Mabie Todd made under the "Swan" label in the 1930s in England, like my SM100/60 or the larger L245/60.

Best
Jens

 

In the late 1960's 19¢ Bic ballpoints were notorious for the same problem.
In elementary school we were required to wear white shirt and tie on Fridays, Assembly day.
Later on playing in the schoolyard after lunch you'd often see some poor kid with a ruined shirt,
requiring his parents to make another trip to Robert Hall for a replacement.

Chris

 

Me too. We weren't allowed to use ballpoint pens in junior high schools (shows my age), so I used fountain pens from senior high school onwards. I agree with the reputation of the Sheaffer hooded pens; I had one with spotty ink delivery. I now use one of the current imported-from-Paris Watermans, can recommend highly.

 

These days if the pen leaks into your top shirt pocket but you are unaware and it is only noticed by the teacher when you walk into the classroom, let's hope the secretly armed teacher at the school who gets alerted, hasn't shot anybody before it is clear that it is red ink and not blood

pentaxuser

 

Hi,

no ballpoints allowed in the first six years of school here in Germany, too (in the 80s), the teachers said ballpoints ruin the handwriting.
I enjoy fountain pens nowadays more than ever, especially those english ones made in the 1920s to 1950s.

Best
Jens