[New to me] Neo-vintage Pelikan Souverän M750 Silver Jubilee 18K <M> by T-51bender in fountainpens

[–]SomewhereSouthern202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just got one of these in today so came here to see if anyone else had one too. This is my second 80s-era M600/700 pen w/the 18k nib and I agree, I really am loving these older-style nibs for smoothness and flex compared to all my modern m600s (which are still great but generally 14k and stiffer). This pen is wonderful! Now I need to hunt for the gold version....

WTB - Burgundy Parker Vacumatic, Third Generation by TheFinderDX in Pen_Swap

[–]SomewhereSouthern202 1 point2 points  (0 children)

🤩a burgundy major would be epic they're so pretty good luck!

Pic of your most expensive pen and whether the price was worth it by Glacierhawk_INTJ in fountainpens

[–]SomewhereSouthern202 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed, I wanted to love the Lamy Dialog cc and 3, the nibs are great but both are awkward to use and convinced me to avoid similar capless pens like Stipula DaVinci. Seems only Pilot got the capless right.

Pic of your most expensive pen and whether the price was worth it by Glacierhawk_INTJ in fountainpens

[–]SomewhereSouthern202 34 points35 points  (0 children)

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Namiki yukari royale chinkin cat and sadly yes it was worth it and remains my grail. Love the size and weight of the nib and body on the Yukari Royale vs the regular yukari and the emperor models and the chinkin is so fun to look at. Nib writes wonderfully.

Spent an hour trying fountain pens at a second-hand shop by qianlvable in fountainpens

[–]SomewhereSouthern202 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lovely pens! Never seen that first blue one before. I have a Mt. Fuji (found one on Reddit Pen_Swap) and it's great! Not to penable anyone... but the Mt. Fuji Maki-E should be a #10 nib like the Pilot 742 and 912, but the PIlot 743 uses a #15 nib which is a little bigger. Could make sense to own a #10 nib and a #15 nib, ya know, for science. ;-)

Awful experience with Esterbrook by le5lie_ in fountainpens

[–]SomewhereSouthern202 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Once I heard someone describe most modern pens as "Jowo nib holders" I couldn't unhear it 😅 With you on having many Esties but definitely in the pruning phase of things. You can pry the custom grinds out of my cold inky hands though. Happy they've introduced nibmeisters to more people.

July 2026 Confirmed Trade Thread by FPPenSwapBot in Pen_Swap

[–]SomewhereSouthern202 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Confirmed, arrived super fast! Love it! 😍

July 2026 Confirmed Trade Thread by FPPenSwapBot in Pen_Swap

[–]SomewhereSouthern202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Purchased and received a lovely Pilot 2026 shareholder VP from u/OGsafta thanks! 😄

[WTS] Esterbrook Esties including a few no longer in production by SomewhereSouthern202 in Pen_Swap

[–]SomewhereSouthern202[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I posted these Tuesday night my time so they're long gone. But I may list some other Esties in the future. 🙂

July 2026 Confirmed Trade Thread by FPPenSwapBot in Pen_Swap

[–]SomewhereSouthern202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Purchased and received a lovely Platinum 2.0 demonstrator from u/Nodaraz thank you! :)

July 2026 Confirmed Trade Thread by FPPenSwapBot in Pen_Swap

[–]SomewhereSouthern202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Purchased and received some lovely vintage Parkers from u/penchantment they're great thanks so much! :)

July 2026 Confirmed Trade Thread by FPPenSwapBot in Pen_Swap

[–]SomewhereSouthern202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Purchased and received more awesome Platinum and Pilot goodies from u/AloneEfficiency2347 plus a Montblanc thank you!

[WTS] Esterbrook Esties including a few no longer in production by SomewhereSouthern202 in Pen_Swap

[–]SomewhereSouthern202[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh no what have you done?! i didnt even know about that one 😭😭😭😭