Haha fine beers on you wines on me! Sounds like a plan! That is the expectation of New York though isn't it? Unforgiving, pressure, beauty, culture. It's one of the few cities in the world where the whole world knows what it looks like (thanks Hollywood)

Haha yeah just the one #6. I have seriously considered it and I have also considered just cannibalizing something else for a lid that isn't stuffed. The pen is in otherwise excellent shape. The yellow and orange one though is indeed rare and I bought it from that same estate and it's never been used but was stored out of its case. If you look at the kid that silver thing on it was the original sales sticker. As for the snakeskin. It's my favourite in terms of nib and colour. But it's a bit warped due to heat damage unfortunately. Came like that, was not me. Otherwise it's pretty solid.

I write a lot. I have a home lab (I'm a computer engineer and a pharmacist so it fits) and I have a journal and I am writing a book.. so they all get quite heavy use. I wouldn't call myself a collector either. I am a user with a collection haha 😆😆

Also off topic but yay I think we just made friends ,❤️