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THAT is a GREAT collection! One item to make it complete.
And you did a great pitch for fountain pens. I agree with you entirely.

As a kid and teenager I used to write with fountain pens, I had two I believe. Must have them somewhere still. I kinda promised MiPiano to create my entry with my pen collection, therefore this is another push to do so, plus the extra push to find my fountain pen(s).

The other day - last week actually - my dad showed me his fountain pen, a Mount Blanc, a silver one, and said: "That will be yours when I pass away." Sad to hear him think of 'passing away', but happy he likes me to inherit the pen. A beautiful one. When reading your post, I remembered my dad used to have another fountain pen, one that I loved as a kid when I discovered the tip of the pen was quite a big 'ball'. The lines it created were quite thick, but that pen was sooooo smooth on paper when writing, even on rough paper. The fountain pen(s) I used didn't do well on rough paper, I remember that quite vivdly. Also, it may sometimes result in some of those ink blobs, meaning: my fountain pens weren't of good quality.

I wish you all the pleasure you can get out of using your fountain pen. A beauty and from the looks and your own testimony, a super pen to write with. NJOY to the Max.

Quality beats quantity any time and day. A pen one can pass to the child(ren) justifies any price it's sold, compared to how much one may have spent on less quality ones.

That's such a lot of philosophy about life from a single fountain pen.

I remember when I was a kid, probably when I was 12 or 13, we were told to write with fountain pens in English classes at school. It was messy, we were kids, and it was a crappy pen, and I remember getting ink on my hand all the time. That was my only experience with fountain pen.

Although it seems a little cumbersome to use with pot of ink and all that, it's so elegant and stylish when I see people writing with a fountain pen, which will always be on screen for me.

Ps, Glad to read this post from you

I used to have a fountain pen, but it was a cheap piece of crap that just didn't work very well. I would be interested to see how different the experience would be with a proper one. When I have to use a pen at all these days, my favorite is the Sharpie S-Gel.

I only used fountain pens a couple of times, the cheapest ones because I used them for school, until I realized that I was spending a lot of money on refills and that a regular pen was better for me, because at school you can't write comfortably and at your own pace, sometimes you have to write quickly and they're not the best for that haha

But they certainly have class 👌

I don’t own a fountain pen, but I do have two Monte Blanc pens that I love writing with. I’ve had them for decades now. Maybe someday I’ll buy a fountain style pen.

I have set of fountain pens that I prefer using over regular writing pens, @dbooster. I love them, and I’ve been using them for years (and years), !LOL

I think I remember that you introduced your pen a few years ago, but this time you shared more details about it. It’s so classic and beautiful. I agree with you that it’s better to use antique or vintage items rather than just putting them on a shelf to show their value to unknown people in stores. I think pens want people to use them. Your pen looks so proud because you use it almost every day! I also like the ink name, “konpeki 紺碧.”

Hmm…maybe I should have wiped off the nib before taking photos 😂

No! Exactly this way we see that you indeed use this beautiful pen, which gives it a real value! It is your companion in everything you write, and with your description, I could almost perfectly imagine that it writes by itself, no pressure needed, just the pleasure to write 😇

Thank you very much for your contribution. I really loved to meet Mr Golden Pilot Custom 823 through your post! 😉

This is not the kind of thing one would accidentally leave behind after signing an important document. That reminds me of the time I entered a purchase agreement for my home some twenty-five years ago. I was coming to my wit's end after what seemed like endless negotiations, give and take, document exchanges, not to mention the reams of legal documents that needed signatures. If I had a favorite pen, this would be the scenario that would have me wondering, "Now where did I put my pen down?"

!PIMP