My Gems!

Well today is the day that I can officially say I have been able to acquire two desirable very scarce pens at great prices.  

Mini-Review w/ Tropen German Piston Filler

A very clear hard to find Tropen German piston filler filled with some new ink.

 

And the wonderful packaging Diamine offers...

Waterman 0552 1/2 Pansy Overlay with R & K Morinda!

This particular ink was amazing with the flex nib, the red ink was just great! The ink showed somewhat of a variant with the flex nib on the Waterman.

Waterman 42 1/2V Love!

I just love Waterman's, and the small safety pens called baby's and v pens can impress even the most doubtful pen enthusiast. These pen's have flex, and maybe not enough!

J. Harris Flexy!

One of the unknown wonders in my pen box, was this amazing J. Harris which has some amazing flex to it.

Unknown Semi-Flex Swan Metal Fountain Pen

I took a shot in the dark a few month ago and bought a vintage pen lot from Germany. Unknown to me at the time, I had many early Soennecken's and this amazing Swan which I thought may of been silver. I don't think its silver, as it has no hallmarks and doesn't have that certain 'glean' like my other sterling silver pens. No numbers on the bottom or anything, just a name on the name plate. Any help would be appreciated.

 

Im Officially An FPGeek!

I've listened to FPGeek's podcast since the start, and I just cant stop now! I recently started talking to Eric about fountain pens, and what an enthusiastic, knowledgeable man on pens. I even sent him a letter, and I got this :)

Waterman #12 with Jeweler Bands with Rohrer & Klingner Morinda

I've always loved what I read about Rohrer & Klingner inks, especially the ones that have phenomenal shading properties. When I was given the opportunity to try out one of the inks, I jumped on it. I love the shade of red that Morinda offered, so I was more than happy to try it out in a flexible Waterman. Below I was trying to capture some of the shading properties of the ink, and I thought they were a great combination together.

Just look at how much the R&K Morinda loved the Waterman!