Fountain Pen Illusions?

[Feng_Li]

If its taking 5 min to get it writing...it needs adjusting in terms of flow.

What brand of pen is it? New or vintage?

I refer to most ballpoint pens, especially cheap ones. That said, I have a Lamy that takes ballpoint cartridges and it has never been less than perfectly functional.

This sounds like my old Scheaffer cartridge pen. If it isn't used every day, it gets gummed up and takes a lot of random scribbling to get it going again. I keep the thing mostly for sentimental reasons.

I have that pen too! Someday I shall have to upgrade, but for now, it's almost a good thing, as it forces me to write something everyday.

 

[Dagwood]

I believe ball point pens were not readily available until the late 1940's.

According to Wikipedia: "the first ballpoint pens went on sale at Gimbels department store in New York City on 29 October 1945 for US$12.50 each (about US$130 of today's money). This pen was widely known as the rocket in the U.S. into the late 1950s. [¬?] Similar pens went on sale before the end of the year in England, and by the next year in most of Europe."

The Big Sleep was released on August 23, 1946.

 

[panamag8or]

According to Wikipedia: "the first ballpoint pens went on sale at Gimbels department store in New York City on 29 October 1945 for US$12.50 each (about US$130 of today's money). This pen was widely known as the rocket in the U.S. into the late 1950s. [¬?] Similar pens went on sale before the end of the year in England, and by the next year in most of Europe."

The Big Sleep was released on August 23, 1946.

Oh, so it was early product placement.lol

 

[poetman]

According to Wikipedia: "the first ballpoint pens went on sale at Gimbels department store in New York City on 29 October 1945 for US$12.50 each (about US$130 of today's money). This pen was widely known as the rocket in the U.S. into the late 1950s. [¶] Similar pens went on sale before the end of the year in England, and by the next year in most of Europe."

The Big Sleep was released on August 23, 1946.

See, this represents the exact irony of the golden era and modern day followers. The Golden Era was extremely modern for its time, always pushing the latest, most innovative product. As lovers of all things vintage, we are not innovative or modern at all; we are replicating the past (myself, with pride). It's a bit ironic: what was new, exciting, fresh, and innovative for Bogart in 1946 is "not good enough for us today."
What sould Bogie say?

 

[Miss Neecerie]

See, this represents the exact irony of the golden era and modern day followers. The Golden Era was extremely modern for its time, always pushing the latest, most innovative product. As lovers of all things vintage, we are not innovative or modern at all; we are replicating the past (myself, with pride). It's a bit ironic: what was new, exciting, fresh, and innovative for Bogart in 1946 is "not good enough for us today."
What sould Bogie say?

Ok....so the ballpoint pen was the iphone of 1945......it took at least a decade or more for them to completely eliminate the FP as the daily writer.

So I don't think its ironic at all that we all like FP's instead of the 1945 version of the BP.......

I don't have an iphone yet...do you?

 

[Feng_Li]

See, this represents the exact irony of the golden era and modern day followers. The Golden Era was extremely modern for its time, always pushing the latest, most innovative product. As lovers of all things vintage, we are not innovative or modern at all; we are replicating the past (myself, with pride). It's a bit ironic: what was new, exciting, fresh, and innovative for Bogart in 1946 is "not good enough for us today."
What sould Bogie say?

It all depends how you look at it. Part of the experience of searching for the "new and innovative" is the thrill of discovery and learning about things that function in ways that are unfamiliar. We know all about mobile phones, for example. When the newest phone comes out, what is different about it? Features, accessories, interface, aso. are all new, but they are also variations on a known theme.

The trappings of the past, however, are something truly different from our everyday world. The difference between a digital watch from five years ago and a digital watch of today is insignificant compared to the difference between these and an analog watch. Discoveries like this are far closer to what people of the Golden Era experienced when something new came along than something like a new operating system or hybrid automobile.

Old things are new, and often surprisingly innovative, which is why a teenager can say a thing like "Someone needs to invent a phone that's attached to the wall so I don't keep losing it!"

 

[ohairas]

Interesting Natty, as I have the same issues as Nashoba. Thanks!
Nikki

were required in my primary school. We learned cursive with them. Today I use a Namiki "Vanishing Point" with retractable nib. It is really neat.

Nashoba, the nib on a good pen will wear to conform to your writing style. It takes a bit of time. And because the nib is worn by your hand, others will not write well with it.