My hobby is model railroading, now in HO scale instead of N scale - although I haven't done much with that in quite a while.
A second hobby turned into a business - woodworking. As such, I have two lathes that I turn bowls and pens on. It's rather annoying when you turn a pen - the kit with the mechanical parts costs about $2.00, you may have $2.00 (or more, especially if turning pink ivory or some nice wood) in the blank - and then with the time involved, normally takes a good half an hour from start to finish to turn a really nice pen.
So when I have it listed for sale for $15.00 - $20.00 - don't insult me by asking if I'd take $5 for it.
(11-21-2013, 12:53 PM)Jihadjoe Wrote: Oh god... The end of days... Agmen agreed with me.
' Wrote:My current daily work pen is a "Parker 45". I am also quite fond of older stuff as well.
Would be interesting to know what older pens you have with you.
A vaccumatic? Maybe a Duofold? Or even the very old Lucky Curve?
I'll have a look as soon as I'm back home. I've got a few Mont Blancs and Pelicans, but I am not sure entirely how old they are. None of them has a cartridge system at least.
Got to correct myself there. I only thought it to be a 51.
There is nothing imprinted on the pen except that it's a Parker made in England.
Looks like mine is a 45 as well. It looks like a cheaper version of this one. Mine is stainless steel and black nylon.
Seems to have a converter as well, so it could use a cartridge. I actually never looked that close at it before.
' Wrote:for those who missed it: the moral of it all is ----> traders with teeth are fun for pirates. - within reason.
The things I am into, currently, are photography (though I don't have the camera I want), drawing and messing around with GIMP (can't afford a better program).
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