[LRflex] Re: Leica of Pens; Parker Pelican MontBlanc etc. etc.
- From: Javier Perez <summarex@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 00:34:51 -0700 (PDT)
Actually
People are beginning to pay more for minty IBM clicky
keyboards with the snap-in letter overlays.
They just don't build them likethat anymore!
The Leica of Keyboards at least in the PC world!
Of course some of the high buck work stations had even
better sleeker and more solid keyboards. My old Apollo
dn300 keyboard still looks more space age than
anything out there today. The entire bottom cover was
aluminum plate and it tapered in on all sides. It was
truly something out of Starwars! Then ther was the
DN590 keyboard!
Javier
--- Kohyanga LeBarbu <kohyanga@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
> :)
>
> --==================--
> -- Koyhanga LeBarbu
> - France
> --==================--
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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"
>
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