[Leica] Re: if my leica was a fountian pen which fountianpenwould it be?

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

I have been converted to the "51" and very nice it is too. I use a 
Pelikan as well. One is circa 1942 and the latter 2005 ;-)

On 24/01/2006, at 15:15, Jim Shulman wrote:

> I had a sailor once, and can vouch for the smooth nibs.
>
> Back to pens: anyone out there use a Parker 51?  Still my all-time 
> favorite.
>
> Jim Shulman
> Bryn Mawr, PA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
> Jeffery
> Smith
> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 11:11 PM
> To: 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: if my leica was a fountian pen which
> fountianpenwould it be?
>
> Amen! I like the heft of Watermans, the smooth nib of Shaeffers, and 
> the
> flexible points of Pelikans. I would like to get a Sailor soon, as I 
> hear
> they have very smooth nibs.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Rei
> Shinozuka
> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 10:01 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: if my leica was a fountian pen which fountian
> penwould it be?
>
>
> Elegant images of elegant objects.
>
> I've been noticing people around me using fountain pens, including two
> physicians who scribble prescriptions with their fountain pens.  I 
> like an
> amber Pelikan Demonstrator.  It's nothing fancy, but smooth and
> you can see the near-quart of ink inside the clear piston.
>
> Fountain Pens.  Just another anachronism, refusing to go away in the 
> face
> of technologically and economically superior disposable bics and biros.
>
> -rei

Alastair