Learning my lesson about modern pens
#1
Posted 06 November 2011 - 05:26 PM
Lately my favorite everyday pens have been a Sheaffer Touchdown Statesman and a Snorkel Admiral. So much for the newfangled jobs...
#3
Posted 07 November 2011 - 09:33 AM
#4
Posted 07 November 2011 - 06:45 PM
And today I'm writing with an Eversharp Skyline and I'm enjoying it very much.
#5
Posted 08 November 2011 - 10:43 PM
I fully understand your sentiments. Most pen designers can make a pretty pen, but if the pen is top-heavy it will cause your hands to cramp. Seems to me that the designer never actually held the pen in hand and actually wrote a full page for testing. They can keep the heavy, bling, and the garish pens to themselves.
A lot of the Japanese modern pens have a simple aesthetic, are lightweight and well-balanced, you just have to try them.
Looking for a Sheaffer OS Balance with a Stub nib and other OS Oddities.
#6
Posted 09 November 2011 - 02:05 AM
Lesson learned.
#10
Posted 10 November 2011 - 01:45 PM
Looking for a Sheaffer OS Balance with a Stub nib and other OS Oddities.
#11
Posted 12 March 2012 - 10:48 AM
Anyway, the warranties offered with new pens are not worth worrying about either. A properly restored, simple vintage pen won't need one !
I've only ever suffered problems with new pens......
Edited by vintage penman, 12 March 2012 - 10:49 AM.
#12
Posted 12 March 2012 - 03:42 PM
i keep a vac senior maxima in the daily rotation, but my other "beaters" are almost all moderns--a new duofold international, a 146, a 149, and an M800, all of which have given me good service. and as valuable as these pens are in themselves, i won't cry as much if i lost one than if it were, say, a 1936 vacumatic oversize. except for the vac, these nibs are broad and wet, the way i like them, although nothing flexes like a vintage.
so i keep the best of both old and new around, proud of their virtues and generally forgiving of their faults
#13
Posted 12 March 2012 - 05:24 PM
So now I'm finally able to enjoy having a mix of new and old--and penmanila, I like the way you phrase it: "proud of their virtues and generally forgiving of their faults."
Edited by pickles, 12 March 2012 - 05:25 PM.
#14
Posted 21 March 2012 - 04:36 PM
Preston
#15
Posted 31 March 2012 - 04:04 AM
Thankfully I discovered Pelikan, and that saved my love affair with fountain pens. Pelikans are some of the best "classical modern" pens in the marketplace. You get a modern pen with most of the qualities that make a vintage pen great. Discovering vintage pens has also helped tremendously.
PS: At least the Monteverde Regatta has one redeeming feature. If you are ever playing baseball with a group of friends, and your bat snaps in half, the Monteverde Regatta makes a nice substitute.
Edited by Miami_Marlins_fan, 31 March 2012 - 04:09 AM.
#16
Posted 31 March 2012 - 06:00 PM
#17
Posted 09 October 2012 - 03:42 AM
#18
Posted 12 October 2012 - 08:51 AM
#19
Posted 15 October 2012 - 03:11 AM
#20
Posted 20 November 2012 - 05:14 AM
I'd rather save my money for vintage pens.
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