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waynepixel

3,972 posts

223 months

Thursday 16th October 2008
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rhinochopig said:
WTF fountain pens!!!! You're supposed to be petrol heads, you should all be using these...

OMG I have not seen these pen in about 15 years, I had a set when I was at Art Collage.

One of the best writing pens I have come across, and a design classic is this pen


Justayellowbadge

37,057 posts

241 months

Thursday 16th October 2008
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ascayman said:
Si 330 said:
Save a little get a Montblanc.
good advice.

i have fountain and a ballpoint havent used anything else for the last 10 years.
And that's the point.

Buy the right thing, it'll last a lifetime.

Motorrad

6,811 posts

186 months

Thursday 16th October 2008
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As I said what do you actually write these days?

Or is it just for signing people's death warrants?

LHDisbest

17,000 posts

186 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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For the love of god don't buy a Montblanc fountain pen. Im on my 3rd one now and have ruined 2 suits with them leaking in my pocket. Plus it doesn't look so hot having your hands covered in ink.

But in Montblanc's defence when i got my 3rd Le Grand Traveller (exchanged) they gave me a Le Grand Traveller rollerball as an apology. Which was nice and thats the pen i use now for everything.

Plotloss

67,280 posts

269 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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Motorrad said:
As I said what do you actually write these days?
Meeting notes, telephone conversations, idle thoughts, groups of people who will be up against the wall come the revolution.

I've got desktops, laptops, PDAs and phones coming out of my ears but its the old Waterman and Moleskin notebook that I couldnt be without for note taking.

744ti

181 posts

188 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/10-Bic-Cristal-Biro-Pens-1-0...

Job done.

Bic also do disposable razors, which are the best I've ever had.yes

n3il123

2,602 posts

212 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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Another vote for Montblanc cracking pens

Asterix

24,438 posts

227 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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If you can, have a look at the new Chopard pens - recently picked up one of their Il Classico pens - has the same rubber (vanilla fragranted, of course!) tread type as the 1950's dunlop F1 tyres as the grip.

I've never been a pen fan but it is lovely, for a petrolhead.

littlegreenfairy

10,133 posts

220 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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n3il123 said:
Another vote for Montblanc cracking pens
Get one that refills from a bottle rather than ink cartridges. Mine is a cartridge one and the bd costs a fortune to refill - but they look just the same as bog standard WHSmith cartridges, yet I can't bring myself to try it out in case they aren't and I wreck it.

I also feel like a pleb for using a cartridge pen.

Even my 4.99 Parker uses a bloody refillable cartridge - and I think I prefer it cry

Red Firecracker

5,276 posts

226 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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You can buy an adapter for the Waterman that turns a cartridge pen into a 'bottle' pen.

It would seem you can get one for Montblanc as well;

Convertery Type Thingy

Edited by Red Firecracker on Friday 17th October 10:38

PhilLL

1,123 posts

199 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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rhinochopig said:
WTF fountain pens!!!! You're supposed to be petrol heads, you should all be using these...

Quality! I had that exact set (infact still have).

I think Rotring do some decent writing pens as well

Kaelic

2,684 posts

200 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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Being the true geek I am I have the pinhole video camera pen biggrin


cost me 12 quid and is very useful in meetings......
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.15823


great fun if a wee bit geeky



Edited by Kaelic on Friday 17th October 10:54

Stuismyname

1,706 posts

236 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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Another vote for Cross. Superb pens.

Kaelic

2,684 posts

200 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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Anyone know the best place to get Mont Blanc pens? I quite fancy one but havent found a good reliable seller yet !

ascayman

12,732 posts

215 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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Kaelic said:
Anyone know the best place to get Mont Blanc pens? I quite fancy one but havent found a good reliable seller yet !
mont blanc. pen shop.

markmakak

362 posts

242 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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The wife got me a Cross pen - it's really nice to write with. The one I've got looks like it has carbon fibre on it:



Edited by markmakak on Friday 17th October 11:07

Busamav

2,954 posts

207 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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PhilLL said:
rhinochopig said:
WTF fountain pens!!!! You're supposed to be petrol heads, you should all be using these...

Quality! I had that exact set (infact still have).

I think Rotring do some decent writing pens as well
I use those pens every day still , a lot cheaper to buy nowadays too .

barney123

494 posts

210 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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J-Skid said:
Depends how much you actually write. Waterman are fine for light use but the nibs go after about a year.

I tend to write about 15-25 pages of A4 per day (more if on a deal) so I use a Montblanc Meisterstuck. It refills from an ink bottle not silly cartridges which cost a fortune. I've had mine for 8 years and it's still going strong.

www.wheelersluxurygifts.com/shop/item/0/2793
I dont think I have written that much in the last 20 years !

Dont even sign my name now due to chip and pin. Sad really I suppose.

lightningghost

4,943 posts

248 months

Friday 2nd October 2009
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Dragging up an old classic here in case anyone was thinking about buying a new fountain pen. I've just bought a matt black and chrome Waterman Expert II and I can't wait to start using it. It looks beautiful, feels comfortable and writes very smoothly.


It's quite big and thick, but I like that. "The pen is mightier than the sword" they say. They're wrong, but if I'm going to fight with a pen I at least want a bigg'un.



Stuart

11,635 posts

250 months

Friday 2nd October 2009
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Hadn't seen this thread before now. My wife bought me a Mont Blanc Meisterstuck platinum fountain pen as a wedding present. I use it every day, and I only ever use brown Mont Blanc ink. It is the greatest writing instrument I've ever owned, more comfortable than anything I've ever used and, after 10 years of continuous use, writes beautifully in my hand only - it has adapted to the way I write with it over time.

As JAYB said elsewhere in this thread - buy the right thing and it'll last forever.