Pens!

[hamletta]

So… I've been spending money. My pen budget for the year is gone. But I got the pen I wanted for a while…

But first, a purchase I made last year, though it took forever to arrive: my own wonderful Patterner, excuse me, Waterman 52.

       

 It’s wonderfully wet and flexible, a real pleasure to write with, even if it exposes all the flaws in my terrible handwriting. It’s not the prettiest pen, especially after I soaked it to clean it and ended up discolouring the barrel… (It’s BCHR — hard rubber hates water, who knew?) I’m going to have it serviced to get the colour back, but even as is, I love the way it writes.

The next purchase was a sweet stubby & flexible early Swan Marble Todd eyerdopper:

      
Sleek and black and it makes my writing look almost pretty! The magic of stub nibs!

And then I went crazy and bought this beauty (or rather, it will be beautiful after it gets polished but still):

     

Waterman 452 ½ (4 stands for silver filigree and ½ means it’s slimline). I’ve always wanted one, and now I got it…  And it’s stubby, too, which is just how I love them. Yay!
(The pictures don't do it justice... I'll repost when I get it polished!)

And I finally gave in and got a display box, too: 

 

No more pens for me for a while, but pen-wise, I’m a happy bunny. :)

Comments

[yhlee]

Yay Patterner! ;) And wow, that 452 1/2 is going to be a stunner once you get it cleaned up. =D Thank you so much for sharing pics!

[hamletta]

Thank you! Though I'm having a case of pen envy at your Yoshi Nakama pen... One day! :)

[yhlee]

Haha, it will be 3-4 mos. is what he said, so I have a wait ahead of me. But he's really affordable for what he does; trying to get a similar idea done with traditional maki-e techniques by someone like Nakaya would be sky-high out of my price range! I just hope it turns out well. XD

[hamletta]

I'll be waiting for pictures! :D