As promised from my last post, I was putting some new pens in rotation and stumbled upon
one of my favorites that was sitting in the vault completely un-inked.
It's sort of a sin for this monster.
And yes, that pen is resting on my new sweet skim board. I am pretty sure this is the first time in blogging history that a pen was ever photographed on a skim board. Actually I doubt it, there's probably a site somewhere dedicated to pens and surf paraphernalia. I had an awesome idea once to dedicate a website to my fish taco addiction. Yep, been done...multiple times. So sad.
I didn't take the time to research this one tonight, but my gut tells me this is from the late 30's based on the filling mechanism. You know I am not a huge fan of gold in pens... but with the dark red it just looks so good. Piston filler and perfect nib. Speaking of the nib. Here's my favorite part:
Do you see it? Click the pic for a larger image. There it is. It's the little details that make you smile. Some say the white dot is what reminds them of Sheaffer pens- but its the heart for me. I hope there's some awesome story about an engineer that was professing his love and created this nib, but I can't verify.
The paper is cheap, the ink is Lie De The and the pen is just about perfect. It needs a shine, but that's it. Buddha was right.
Late night multitasking writing a post at 12:43 a.m. finishing up the Open on DVR and staring at Facebook. And the good thing is...a really solid pen has been put back into rotation.
Have a good night.
A collection and some insight into the pens I use and love and a few of the dead ones as they pass their last drops of ink to paper from a pen junky.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
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