Pen Geekery and gifts on my birthday.....
Apr. 1st, 2011 04:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osodecanelaI'm very fortunate to want for very little, not that I'm financially wealthy, but my desires are simple and LJ and I have been able to meet them.
I've been watching for pens that I can personally repair and make functional again. There's something I find particularly satisfying about resurrecting things from a bygone past, things that were both well designed and not intended to be disposable. Moreover, the act of writing is a sensual experience for me, and using a ball point just doesn't cut it.
My staff took me to lunch today; Japanese at Osake, one of my favorite places in the area. A bowl of miso soup, and one Utah roll later (a shrimp tempura maki, topped with crab and ahi) we headed back for the office and I ran next door for Sarah's sonogram. When I came back over this had arrived:
I believe this was called the Sheaffer Imperial. This one dates from the early to mid 70's, is gold filled and a cartridge filler, with an converter for bottled ink use. It's in absolutely pristine condition. In the background is an orchid that come from Sarah for my birthday, a hearty phalaenopsis 2 flower stalks, 5 open blooms and a ton of buds.
I've been watching for pens that I can personally repair and make functional again. There's something I find particularly satisfying about resurrecting things from a bygone past, things that were both well designed and not intended to be disposable. Moreover, the act of writing is a sensual experience for me, and using a ball point just doesn't cut it.
My staff took me to lunch today; Japanese at Osake, one of my favorite places in the area. A bowl of miso soup, and one Utah roll later (a shrimp tempura maki, topped with crab and ahi) we headed back for the office and I ran next door for Sarah's sonogram. When I came back over this had arrived:
I believe this was called the Sheaffer Imperial. This one dates from the early to mid 70's, is gold filled and a cartridge filler, with an converter for bottled ink use. It's in absolutely pristine condition. In the background is an orchid that come from Sarah for my birthday, a hearty phalaenopsis 2 flower stalks, 5 open blooms and a ton of buds.
