tritto
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Post by tritto on May 24, 2015 22:59:55 GMT -8
Those pens you have a beautiful guys. I'd love to branch out into a nice vintage pen but as a lefty a fountain pen has always proved too difficult to master (try pushing a nib instead of drawing it across the page). That and many years using a keyboard instead of handwriting and I'm hopeless. :-( fellow lefty here. 0.7mm Uniball Jetstream from japan simply the best pen ever for us. the ink is perfect. so smooth. no blotches. dries immediately so no smearing. cheap as chips too. buy a whole bunch because people will steal them. unfortunately the insert is proprietary so you're stuck with the cheap plastic barrel. www.jetpens.com/Uni-Jetstream-Sport-Ballpoint-Pen-0.7-mm-Black-Ink/pd/1530www.jetpens.com/search?q=jetstream&v=2if you have a parker insert, the schmidt easy flow 9000 is a close second. very smooth but smears a little. www.amazon.com/Schmidt-Easy-Flow-9000-Black/dp/B0025ZX11SThanks Spindoctor. I use a couple of Parker Jotters at work so I'll give the Schmidt Easyflow a go in it. Now all I have to do is find a seller that will ship to Australia for a reasonable cost (the three on Amazon don't seem to ship to Australia/Asia).
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Post by SpinDoctor on May 25, 2015 13:38:24 GMT -8
Thanks Spindoctor. I use a couple of Parker Jotters at work so I'll give the Schmidt Easyflow a go in it. Now all I have to do is find a seller that will ship to Australia for a reasonable cost (the three on Amazon don't seem to ship to Australia/Asia). check out the bay. you should also be able to find these in a quality stationary store locally. If you can't find drop me a PM.
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Post by HiBeat on May 25, 2015 16:02:12 GMT -8
Swinging back to the OP's question, I positively keep my "collection" churning as I will get bored without new ones, cannot have more than say 12-18 in rotation, and like Mike & Polly I can easily offload without qualms.
I have resisted the Diver Thing for 5 years now and all of a sudden - you guessed it - I'm getting my toes wet with the divers.
It's a journey and an evolution.
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Post by C4L18R3 on May 25, 2015 23:39:42 GMT -8
It's a journey and an evolution. I agree it is an evolution.
My personal journey has been from diver's to military style and always a hint of history/vintage in it. I've not crossed over to dress watches though and think I never will but hey you never know. In recent times, my mind has gone from Omega to Vostok. When I stop to think about it I'm actually pleasantly surprised at how this is coming along.
One thing I learned from my early aggressive collecting binges is not to acquire for the sake of collecting. I'm more careful now with the purchases I make and ask myself multiple times - "If I buy this piece, will it be sitting in the box for long or will it be shouting to me every single day, competing with the rest?"
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