PenInHand - Musings on the Hobby

Pretty Pens

by Jim Mamoulides, September 30, 2003

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Elysee Edition No. 1

It's always fun to see what your children will pick given the run of your pen collection. My daughter finds my hobby amusing, but likes it for all the right reasons.

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Conklin Symetrik Snakeskin

She likes to go to the Triangle pen club because the people are really nice, she gets to write with a lot of cool pens, but mostly, it's the cookies at the Mad Hatter Bakery. The last club meeting she couldn't go - too much homework - so she (and her mom) sent me with orders for specific cookies to bring home.

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Cross Townsend Lapis Lazuli

It's also interesting to see the strong difference in appeal certain pens have to a 43 year old man and a 13 year old girl.

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Sheaffer Balance II Aspen

For just a straight-up fun photo session, I asked her to pick out eight "pretty pens." She was eager, and started naming specific pens she liked, right away.

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Parker Vacumatic Azure Blue

I bought an Elysee Edition No. 1 fountain pen some time ago because I thought it would appeal to her. That one was picked right away for this shoot.

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Parker 75 Perle

She had a few others in mind, like the Sheaffer Intrigue Whale Shark pattern pen, which is her current "favorite." Guess that one stays around for a while...

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Sheaffer Intrigue Whale Shark

She loves Parker True Blues, so one of those had to make the shoot. "Only one??"

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Sheaffer Balance 3-25 Blue Black Marble

We dug through several boxes of pens and she pulled out several school pens or cheapies. Some were a surprise. "But I like the color!" So I made one rule. "No school pens or cheapies." Pulling out a Sheaffer Balance 3-25 Blue Black Marble, on the heels of the Parker True Blue, I said, "Well, no modern cheapies."

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Parker True Blue Juniorette

We went through boxes and pens cases, and the row of pens started to get a bit long, so I did a quick count. "There's more than eight pens here!" Ten, actually. So she picked up the blue Eversharp Skyline Modern Stripe and started to put it back...

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Eversharp Skyline Modern Stripe Blue

"Hey, I like that one!" I said.

"But I don't!" She said.

Ok, I guess I got to pick one pretty one for myself.


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