The 'E' Type Forum

If your long suffering wife is agonising over what to buy you this Christmas you could point her in the direction of one of these:


They were produced in the late 60's and 70's featuring a steering wheel spoke for the clip. Originally the body was orange but they made some in silver or black. Originals come up on eBay and range in price between ?70 singly and ?350 if you want a complete set of pen/ballpoint/4 colour ball point/pencil and rollerball. Beautiful period thing to own, keep in the glovebox and will be a joy to use:

Did you drop the hint to your long suffering wife then?

No good for me I'd lose it like all the rest, I've never had a pen run out of ink before I lost it.
Remember at school when you had a ink fight with a fountain pen :D that was a laugh until you got home

Dave

Might have to explain to some of our younger members what a pen is and what it's for....

:D

Simon P wrote:Might have to explain to some of our younger members what a pen is and what it's for....

:D

Oh Simon, you are proving to be even more of a wind up merchant than usual recently ;) For clarification here I only write with fountain pens but thankfully avoid the whole ink fights thing. Worst thing was last year when I dropped one of them on its nib in the laboratory. Oops :( The "young members" aren't THAT young...

EDIT: I did have spare nibs too Mr Crespin...

SEJohnson95 wrote:

Simon P wrote: Worst thing was last year when I dropped one of them on its nib in the laboratory. Oops :( The "young members" aren't THAT young...

Pah! Neophyte!

As any fule knowe, you should keep a spare Fine, Medium and Italic nib (24K plated for smoothness) in the drawer next to your squid ink and back-up quills. Fountains are unnecessary complexity and the trend will lead us to perdition.

If we don't resist, someone will start using platinum switching contacts instead of hot tube ignition. Needle jet carburettors instead of surface wick and the next thing you know they'll be putting air in tyres and brakes on the front wheels of our horseless carriages. Stuff and nonsense!

I won't mind if my long suffering wife was the successful bidder on this:
http://rmsothebys.com/ny15/new-york---d ... to/1078309
A bit classier than a fountain pen

These pens are only useful if you can write and that's why I don't need one.

I'm with Tony. All attempts at teaching me penmanship were futile and I'm afraid such a quality instrument would be wasted on me--not unlike providing a fish with a bicycle. It is a nice pen, though.

These pens are only useful if you can write and that's why I don't need one.

If however, like most people our age, you use one finger to type/write on the keyboard, then this pen would be ideal..