Matthew's September 2017 Pen Haul

A nice and generous viewer sent Matthew some new pens and notebooks this week. Matthew wanted to go over them together and share them with you.

Waterman Commando Vintage Fountain Pen size comparisons

I was asked to do a size comparison between the Waterman Commando and other fountain pens, since it is a vintage pen and no longer in production.

Waterman Commando vintage fountain pen review

Today I review the vintage Waterman Commando, manufactured in 1940. I am a fan of Waterman pens, and this particular model was on my wish list ever since I first saw them.

The Centropen 242 fountain pen review

Today I review my Centropen 242 Czechoslovakian manufactured pen. It was made in 1989 for the Bulgarian Communist Party 14th Congress that took place at the beginning of 1990.

Wing Sung 3203 fountain pen review

Today I review the Wing Sung 3203 Chinese made fountain pen.

Happiness is the resurrection of an old friend

On a whim, I dug out my very first fountain pen today and got it writing again. Joy!

Today's pen mail and a cute little arrival

I ordered an old lever filler pen hoping to be able to cannibalize parts to fix some of my other pens, but what I got was surprisingly small.

Currently inked fountain pens

Sometimes people ask about what pens I have inked.  I used to keep a lot more pens inked up than I do now.  Actually, I have some inked up that are not even on this list, but these are the ones in my rotation at the moment.  I always keep an old reliable Esterbrook desk set inked and on my work desk.  I have a few pens that are inked and need a little work, but I have not put them into my rotation list, so I did not filter for them on my spreadsheet.  As some of these run out of ink, I will probably just flush them out and put them away.  Some of these I will most likely keep inked at all times, since I am partial to them.  I will probably go to a system of having just a half dozen or so inked at any given time and have a weekly rather than a daily rotation system. 

Delta	Dolcevita Federico	broad	orange/black	Birmingham Pens Allegheny Arsenal Gunpowder Black black
Sheaffer	Snorkel	fine	pastel blue	Waterman Serenity Blue blue
Aihao	2025	fine	white	De Atrementis Blackberry purple
JinHao	X450	med	red	Birmingham Pens Fred Rogers Cardigan Red red
TWSBI	580al	med	clear	Birmingham Pens Point Park Fountain Turquoise turquoise
Waterman	Carene	med	blue	Waterman Serenity Blue blue
Esterbrook	Transitional	1551	red	Pilot Iroshizuku chiku-rin geen
Visconti	Van Gogh Irises	med	green	Akkerman Nassau Blauw blue
WingSung	698	fine	clear	Diamine Imperial Blue blue
Pilot	Vanishing Point	med	blue	Papier Plume Peacock Blue blue
Lamy	Studio	med	black	Robert Oster Blue Water Ice blue
Lingmo	Lorelei	med	clear	J. Herbin Poussiere de Lune purple
Pelikan	M150	fine	green	Rohrer & Klinger Verdura green
TWSBI	Eco	med	clear/black	Pilot/Namiki Blue blue
Faber-Castell	Loom	med	blue/silver	Noodler's 54th Massachusetts blue/black
Kaweco	Sport	med	black	cartridge
Conklin	All American Old Glory	med	red/white/blue	Pilot Iroshizuku asa-gao blue
Waterman	CF	med	red	Noodler's Dragon's Napalm red
Lamy	Vista	med	clear	Noodler's Bay State Blue blue
Monteverde	Prima	med	turquoise	Sheaffer Turqoise turquoise
MontBlanc	149	med	black	Montblanc Mystery Black black
Parker	Vacumatic	med	gold/brown	Diamine Imperial Blue blue
Parker	Vector	med	silver	Noodler's Bay State Concord Grape purple
Pilot	Plumix	med	blue	cartridge
Danitrio		med	blue	Pelikan Royal Blue blue
Levenger	True Writer	med	foliage	J. Herbin Ambre de Birmanie gold
Wortman	Elite	med flex	burgundy/gold	Robert Oster Fire and Ice blue

Wearever Vintage Fountain Pen Review

After having another bad ebay experience with vintage pens recently, it is good to have a good one. Today I talk about the Wearever lever filler pen that I got on ebay and restored to its former glory.

Kritzler Vintage Fountain Pen & the ebay blues

Today I talk about the vintage Kritzler fountain pen I got along with an unbranded pocket fountain pen I recently got. I also cover some of the caveats of collecting vintage pens and purchasing on ebay.

Wortman Elite Vintage Fountain Pen

Today I do show and tell with my Wortman Elite German manufactured fountain pen.

UPDATE Sept. 14, 2017

New fountain pen acquisitions Sept. 7, 2017

In our pen mail today, we added five pens in the family. We got an unknown model older Danitrio, a Levenger True Writer, a Pilot Plumix, a Dikawen 898, and a Jinhao 886.

Answering the question, "What's your favorite fountain pen?"

I was asked yet again which of my fountain pens is my favorite. This is my answer.