Saleem ali

Welcome Phil ,  sincerely hope that you  easily get back to  your collecting /hunting

A very nice presentation of event by pictures ,  making me enjoy the pen -show at home !  thank you  and Congrats AlectGreen !

First of all ,it is very hard to be very dogmatic to label a pen vintage or modren .( kindly see my earlier posts in discussion of "what is considerd modern" ?)  .A very important consideration for love of  vintage pens is our association with past , to most of us as we grow older and older , past attraction enhances day by day . And  our vintage pens remind us  some very " good old " days  we have had in the past.  I hiighly appreciate  the past craftsmans for their adorable work , without much sophisticated tchnologies they produced pens of lasting intrest and appeal. But , so-called modern pens cannot be outrightly rejected  as our friend Christof z tempts ! Many modern pens are also lovely writers and collectible . One thing which bothers me is over-sizing trend of pen-makers  , which some manufactures are probably exploiting ,so that you have very over-size pens which at times donot suit users personlaity or writing style .Last , but not the least, warranty periods of modern pen-makers is very short , "limited  02 years warranty " , on a very expensive pen should not justify.

welcome Mr. Charles , nice to know about you !

Welcome !