[LRflex] Re: Leica of Pens; Parker Pelican MontBlanc etc. etc.
- From: "Kohyanga LeBarbu" <kohyanga@xxxxxxx>
- To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 09:29:50 +0200
I wonder if there will be one day some nostalgia about the click feeling of
an ol' QWERTY keyboard modified to be used in the THAI environment.
At least with a keyboard, the lefties are not smearing away the calligraphy
:)
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From: "Javier Perez" <summarex@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 7:17 AM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Leica of Pens; Parker Pelican MontBlanc etc. etc.
> No way man
> The AE-1 was not a better camera than anything else
> out there. It was just cheap and had a lot of features
> for the money. At the time it was considered flimsey
> along with the rest of the A series including the A-1
> when compared to the F1N and it was garbage by Leitz
> standards.
>
> The 51 is simply the greatest and best fountain pen in
> history. Of course you could argue that there have
> been advances in flow technology but I would guess
> that most of those advances have been geared to
> dealing with unhooded nibs where flow V evaporation is
> an issue.
>
> The pens you like all seem to have big unhooded nibs.
> These are quasi-caligraphy pens designed to be extra
> flexible. You don't need that extra flexibility for
> normal every day writing. It can even be detrimental.
> The 51 is a pen designed from the start for normal
> writing in everyday use over many years. It is a
> general purpose pen and doesn't pretend to be anything
> else. It was made at a time when anyone wanting to
> write with ink had to have a fountain pen and it was
> the best one money could buy. It still is! I think
> it's the no BS approach that I like most about it. I
> have a few dozen pens in my non-collection, but I
> never use any of them except the 51 and occasionally a
> black Sheaffer nononsense flat top. I use the
> nononsense for doodling and the 51 for everything else
> including the signing of important documents, like
> money orders for those retro-lunatics who don't have
> paypal.
> Javier
>
> PS: That ebay guy hasn't gotten back to me.
>
> --- a aa <classwp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Just like the AE-1!
> > On 07/07/06, Javier Perez <summarex@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > It was made by the millions because it was many
> > times
> > > a better pen than anything else available then or
> > now!
> > > Javier
> > >
> > > --- a aa <classwp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > No - S.T. Dupont. Luxury, quality and
> > exclusivity.
> > > > The P51, made by the millions, is the pen
> > world's
> > > > equivalent of an AE-1.
> > > >
> > > > :-).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > >Subject: [LRflex] Re: Pen Friends
> > > > > >Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 16:42:50 -0700 (PDT)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Pardon me but the 51 is the Leica of fountain
> > > > pens!
> > > > > >
> > > > > >--- "Robert O. SHAW" <rj5s@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Douglas:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Lovely shots.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I STILL have my Pelican 800 fountain pen.
> > The
> > > > Leica
> > > > > > > of fountain pens?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Bob
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >From: David Young <telyt@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > >Reply-To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > > >To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > > >Subject: [LRflex] Re: For Pen Friends -
> > > > Biscuit
> > > > > > > Lovers - and people who
> > > > > > > >ride in trams
> > > > > > > >Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 15:09:08 -0700
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >Douglas Sharp showed:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_4154_edited_2
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_4142_edited_1
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_4139_edited_2
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_4141_edited_2
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >Hope you like them - if not please
> > don't
> > > > hesitate
> > > > > > > to say so too.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >I like 'em, Douglas! However, Pelikan
> > House
> > > > seems
> > > > > > > to have a terrific
> > > > > > > >lean to it. How wide a lens were you
> > using?
> > > > Was
> > > > > > > a wider lens, held
> > > > > > > >horizontal, with the excess copped out,
> > an
> > > > option?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >I like the shot a lot, with nice framing
> > and
> > > > > > > composition. But the
> > > > > > > >lean looks distinctly out of place. :-(
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >The tram vehicles are certainly the "new"
> > > > part of
> > > > > > > your
> > > > > > > >New-Old-Pictures! ;-) They look quite
> > nice
> > > > to
> > > > > > > travel on.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >Cheers!
> > > > > > > >---
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >David Young,
> > > > > > > >Logan Lake, CANADA
> > > > > > > >
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