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Pop Survey
Since we've been on the topic of ink recently, another Pop Survey to
correspond is appropriate. Question: What brand(s) of black, blue-black, blue, red, green, purple, and/or turquoise do you currently have loaded in your pen(s)? Me: Black - Noodler's in a Namiki Falcon & a Core, and Sheaffer in a Safari Blue-Black - Pelikan in a Falcon, Sheaffer in a Core, and the Swisher contract mix in a Pilot Ecrino Blue - Noodler's in a Phileas, Waterman in a Core, and Swisher contract blue in an Ecrino Red - Pilot in an Ecrino, Parker in a Core, Swisher Hellbender Red in a Viewpoint, and Noodler's Widow Maker in a Phileas Green - Sheaffer in a Phileas Purple - Pelikan Violet in a Core Turquoise - Pelikan in a Vanishing Point & a Core, and a Montblanc/Sheaffer mix in a Falcon. -- ~~Bluesea~~ Spam is great in musubi but not in email. Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply. |
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Bluesea wrote:
Since we've been on the topic of ink recently, another Pop Survey to correspond is appropriate. Question: What brand(s) of black, blue-black, blue, red, green, purple, and/or turquoise do you currently have loaded in your pen(s)? 1.) Quink blue-black in an Estie Dip-Less inkwell 2.) Skrip red (old style) in another Estie Dip-Less inkwell 3.) Skrip burgundy in an Aiken-Lambert BCHR LF Mark Z. |
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On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 12:07:04 -0700, Bluesea wrote
(in message ): Question: What brand(s) of black, blue-black, blue, red, green, purple, and/or turquoise do you currently have loaded in your pen(s)? Red(ish): Noodler's Ottoman Rose - Skyline and Parker Sonnet* Green: Noolder's Sequoia - Pelikan 140 Purple: Campo Marzio Violette (Pelikan 400NN) and Noodler's La Colour Royale (Waterman 52) The closest thing to black or blue-black would be Noodler's Nightshade, which is really neither, but a fascinating colour that's almost black... *This particular Sonnet doesn't perform well with anything but Parker's Quink. Wonderful, semi-flexible nib, but the feed is insufficent to prevent starvation with saturated inks. Maybe I'll try a wetting agent in the Ottoman Rose next. -glp -- Gregory Pease G. L. Pease Tobaccos Visit the Blender's Notebook: http://www.glpease.com/BlendersNotebook Read the latest - Aged, or just Old - Vintage Tobaccos and Cigars |
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GLP's post reminded me that I've also got Noodler's black in a Sonnet.
-- ~~Bluesea~~ Spam is great in musubi but not in email. Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply. "Bluesea" wrote in message ... Since we've been on the topic of ink recently, another Pop Survey to correspond is appropriate. Question: What brand(s) of black, blue-black, blue, red, green, purple, and/or turquoise do you currently have loaded in your pen(s)? Me: Black - Noodler's in a Namiki Falcon & a Core, and Sheaffer in a Safari Blue-Black - Pelikan in a Falcon, Sheaffer in a Core, and the Swisher contract mix in a Pilot Ecrino Blue - Noodler's in a Phileas, Waterman in a Core, and Swisher contract blue in an Ecrino Red - Pilot in an Ecrino, Parker in a Core, Swisher Hellbender Red in a Viewpoint, and Noodler's Widow Maker in a Phileas Green - Sheaffer in a Phileas Purple - Pelikan Violet in a Core Turquoise - Pelikan in a Vanishing Point & a Core, and a Montblanc/Sheaffer mix in a Falcon. -- ~~Bluesea~~ Spam is great in musubi but not in email. Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply. |
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"mz" wrote in message ... ... Aiken-Lambert BCHR LF What's that? I don't recall seeing or hearing about it before. -- ~~Bluesea~~ Spam is great in musubi but not in email. Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply. |
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Bluesea wrote:
"mz" wrote in message ... ... Aiken-Lambert BCHR LF What's that? I don't recall seeing or hearing about it before. First off, the correct spelling is Aikin Lambert Co. Sorry about that. Aikin Lambert Co., which also sometimes used "ALCo.," started as a jewelry manufacturer in 1864 and began making FPs in the 1890s. It was absorbed by L.E. Waterman in 1932. Aikin Lambert made mechanical pencils for Waterman until 1920 or 1921. Aikin Lambert was known for the high quality of their silver and gold overlays. (Kudos to Lambrou's "Fountain Pens: United States of America and United Kingdom" for the info., except for the end date of 1920 for the Waterman MPs, which came from Schneider's and Fischler's "The Illustrated Guide to Antique Writing Instruments.") The black, chased, hard rubber (BCHR) LF in my collection dates to the early to mid-1920s. (ALCo. also made safeties and eyedroppers.) It's the spitting image of a Waterman No. 52 of the same vintage, right down to the two rivets on the pocket clip and the heart-shaped vent hole on the 14K gold flexie nib. It differs from the Waterman by using a pin through the barrel to hold the lever in place (an inherently weaker structural design) instead of Waterman's familiar lever box, and the pocket clip has the shape of the "hump" clip used by Sheaffer starting in the late 1920s, although this pen pre-dates the Sheaffer clip. It is stamped "Capitol Cabinet" in addition to the Aikin Lambert marks, indicating it was made for this other company. The Lawrences, in their "The 1992 Official P.F.C. Pen Guide," give the year 1923 for this pen, but I don't know how they could arrive at such a definitive date unless there was evidence this was the only year ALCo. made pens for Capitol Cabinet. Because of the known relationship between ALCo. and L.E. Waterman and the undeniable similarity of this pen and others to the Waterman's of the era, some collectors have speculated ALCo. made FPs for Waterman in addition to the MPs. AFAIK, none has definite proof. HTH, Mark Z. |
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In an article, Bluesea wrote:
Question: What brand(s) of black, blue-black, blue, red, green, purple, and/or turquoise do you currently have loaded in your pen(s)? Visconti Blue in a Sheaffer piston (1940's brown stripe) Waterman Red in a Reflection (from Things Remembered - el cheapo) Waterman Violet in a pen I made myself! Plus a Cross BP/pecil set for those NCR forms I have deal with. Joshua Sasmor ************************************************** *********************** Joshua C. Sasmor - Pipe-smoker, teacher and mathematician Home page: http://www.math.pitt.edu/~jcsst18/ ************************************************** *********************** Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth but supreme beauty. - BERTRAND RUSSELL ************************************************** *********************** |
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I didn't know any of that. Maybe one of these days I'll be able to attend a
pen fair and see a bunch of neat older pens. Thanks for the info. -- ~~Bluesea~~ Spam is great in musubi but not in email. Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply. "mz" wrote in message ... Bluesea wrote: "mz" wrote in message ... ... Aiken-Lambert BCHR LF What's that? I don't recall seeing or hearing about it before. First off, the correct spelling is Aikin Lambert Co. Sorry about that. Aikin Lambert Co., which also sometimes used "ALCo.," started as a jewelry manufacturer in 1864 and began making FPs in the 1890s. It was absorbed by L.E. Waterman in 1932. Aikin Lambert made mechanical pencils for Waterman until 1920 or 1921. Aikin Lambert was known for the high quality of their silver and gold overlays. (Kudos to Lambrou's "Fountain Pens: United States of America and United Kingdom" for the info., except for the end date of 1920 for the Waterman MPs, which came from Schneider's and Fischler's "The Illustrated Guide to Antique Writing Instruments.") The black, chased, hard rubber (BCHR) LF in my collection dates to the early to mid-1920s. (ALCo. also made safeties and eyedroppers.) It's the spitting image of a Waterman No. 52 of the same vintage, right down to the two rivets on the pocket clip and the heart-shaped vent hole on the 14K gold flexie nib. It differs from the Waterman by using a pin through the barrel to hold the lever in place (an inherently weaker structural design) instead of Waterman's familiar lever box, and the pocket clip has the shape of the "hump" clip used by Sheaffer starting in the late 1920s, although this pen pre-dates the Sheaffer clip. It is stamped "Capitol Cabinet" in addition to the Aikin Lambert marks, indicating it was made for this other company. The Lawrences, in their "The 1992 Official P.F.C. Pen Guide," give the year 1923 for this pen, but I don't know how they could arrive at such a definitive date unless there was evidence this was the only year ALCo. made pens for Capitol Cabinet. Because of the known relationship between ALCo. and L.E. Waterman and the undeniable similarity of this pen and others to the Waterman's of the era, some collectors have speculated ALCo. made FPs for Waterman in addition to the MPs. AFAIK, none has definite proof. HTH, Mark Z. |
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"Bluesea" writes:
Since we've been on the topic of ink recently, another Pop Survey to correspond is appropriate. Question: What brand(s) of black, blue-black, blue, red, green, purple, and/or turquoise do you currently have loaded in your pen(s)? Black: Sheaffer's Jet Black (Sheaffer plunger filler, Pelikan M400) Blue-black: none, can't stand the stuff Blue: Quink (two Snorkels); Waterman (Ink-O-Graph) Green: none (although I have some PR Avocado and Wintergreen) Red: none (I do have some Pelikan red and PR Black Cherry) Purple: ecchhh! Turquoise: ditto I don't like to have more than five or so pens loaded at any given time, one of them invariably sits around too long unused. |
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G. L. Pease wrote in message ual.NET...
On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 12:07:04 -0700, Bluesea wrote (in message ): Question: What brand(s) of black, blue-black, blue, red, green, purple, and/or turquoise do you currently have loaded in your pen(s)? Red(ish): Noodler's Ottoman Rose - Skyline and Parker Sonnet* Green: Noolder's Sequoia - Pelikan 140 Purple: Campo Marzio Violette (Pelikan 400NN) and Noodler's La Colour Royale (Waterman 52) The closest thing to black or blue-black would be Noodler's Nightshade, which is really neither, but a fascinating colour that's almost black... *This particular Sonnet doesn't perform well with anything but Parker's Quink. Wonderful, semi-flexible nib, but the feed is insufficent to prevent starvation with saturated inks. Maybe I'll try a wetting agent in the Ottoman Rose next. -glp Greg?? This is a small world or what? Are fountain pens and pipes related? I also found Sonam here. Juan, still amazed |
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