Model Fs holding pens

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Scarpia

22 Feb 2021, 10:46

A photo thread for those who enjoy the finer things in life: capacitive buckling springs and great writing instruments.

Other fine keyboards are welcome here too, like Model Ms, beamers, and the like.

No headphones allowed though, this isn’t r/mechanicalheadpens.

I will go first, with a selection of my daily drivers (too many to all fit on the pen rest I’m afraid):

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Keyboard: New Model F77

Pens, left to right:
  1. Montblanc Meisterstück FP
  2. Helix Oxford Premium rollerball (bought it as a body for Signo 207 refills but its own refill is very nice)
  3. Signo 207 gel refill in Sheaffer VFM rollerball body
  4. Sarasa Clip refill in Hi-Tec-C Cavalier body
  5. Pentel EnerGel alloy body
  6. Pentel Tradio EnerGel
  7. Lamy Safari FP
  8. Pilot V-Pen erasable FP
  9. Vision Elite rollerball

Findecanor

22 Feb 2021, 13:59

When I clicked on the thread, I had expected you to exhibit the use of pencil trays. ;)

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ddrfraser1

22 Feb 2021, 14:49

Same. Seems like a glaring oversight

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ddrfraser1

22 Feb 2021, 15:43

That's more like it
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feltel

22 Feb 2021, 18:11

Where else to put the pencil if not on top of your keyboard. Atm an Unicomp Ultra Classic at my office desk. 8-)
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Gunsight1

22 Feb 2021, 19:44

Oh I'm definitely getting in on this!
Scarpia, is that an MB149 or 146? Either one, awesome!

Here's my quick pic with pens on hand!

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top row: Pelikan 805 Blue Dunes, Sailor King of Pen, Aurora Optima
middle row: Omas Paragon, Pilot Vanishing Point
lower row: Visconti Homosapiens, Lamy 2000

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Scarpia

22 Feb 2021, 20:55

Wow @Gunsight1 - that’s a classyglorious set of instruments!! The Pelikan, the Sailor 1911, a Visconti, and the Vanishing Point?! Holy crap dude.

My MB is a 146, bought it used many years ago but I hate to admit that I never used it much since the nib it came with is far too stiff for me, and I’m not brave enough to try to replace it. TBH I should just sell it and buy another with the right nib.

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Inxie

24 Feb 2021, 19:59

Here's mine.

Apple pen is from when I worked at Apple some time ago. they gave them to us as gifts and I just held on to it..
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Darkshado

11 Mar 2021, 18:11

Another submission, that pen was given in a little promo kit many years ago:
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beepbloop

12 Mar 2021, 08:37

Two of my favorite things :cool:
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Scarpia

12 Mar 2021, 16:35

@beepbloop amazing, I want a Rotring...

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beepbloop

14 Mar 2021, 03:07

Scarpia wrote:
12 Mar 2021, 16:35
@beepbloop amazing, I want a Rotring...
The one on my F77 is the new green color 600 released last year. Here are some of my other ones, subjected to various levels of abuse hah..
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HKG

28 Apr 2021, 10:28

Spoiler:
Scarpia wrote:
22 Feb 2021, 10:46
A photo thread for those who enjoy the finer things in life: capacitive buckling springs and great writing instruments.

Other fine keyboards are welcome here too, like Model Ms, beamers, and the like.

No headphones allowed though, this isn’t r/mechanicalheadpens.

I will go first, with a selection of my daily drivers (too many to all fit on the pen rest I’m afraid):

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Keyboard: New Model F77

Pens, left to right:
  1. Montblanc Meisterstück FP
  2. Helix Oxford Premium rollerball (bought it as a body for Signo 207 refills but its own refill is very nice)
  3. Signo 207 gel refill in Sheaffer VFM rollerball body
  4. Sarasa Clip refill in Hi-Tec-C Cavalier body
  5. Pentel EnerGel alloy body
  6. Pentel Tradio EnerGel
  7. Lamy Safari FP
  8. Pilot V-Pen erasable FP
  9. Vision Elite rollerball
What is that custom IBM badge with raised lettering you got there? And more importantly, where can I get one?

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Scarpia

28 Apr 2021, 11:24

HKG wrote:
28 Apr 2021, 10:28
What is that custom IBM badge with raised lettering you got there? And more importantly, where can I get one?
It is a laser cut acrylic badge/decal with a metal/mirror coating. It really looks the part, though it’s probably not authentic/licensed.

I bought it on eBay from a seller in Poland; unfortunately the listing is gone so I don’t know how to get any more.

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Tritian

28 Apr 2021, 19:28

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Before I fixed my F9 broken barrel :)

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dcopellino

28 Apr 2021, 21:35

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There's pen and pen. This comes from the British museum. The black one is just a souvenir....I let you decide which is which :roll:

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Muirium
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28 Apr 2021, 21:37

The museum is loaning out polished Looooongkishavers now? GIMME THAT TOUR!

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Yasu0

30 Apr 2021, 18:25

I guess I'm ordering a rotring to see what its about. My 4 seems to be drooping.
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raoulduke-esq

30 Apr 2021, 20:19

I just wish Pilot would bring back the P700. Best Target-stocked pen ever.

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ironicmoustache

07 May 2021, 05:24

Neither are particularly special pens, but I only really use them when I need to roughly outline articles or solve videogame puzzles, so yeah.

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Scarpia

09 May 2021, 09:00

ironicmoustache wrote:
07 May 2021, 05:24
Neither are particularly special pens, but I only really use them when I need to roughly outline articles or solve videogame puzzles, so yeah.

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Don’t short sell yourself, that’s a Jetstream and a Signo 307, two of the nicest feeling writers ever made. Two of my favorite pens are just fancier pen bodies for the Signo refills, and I bought a 10-pack of the Jetstreams the year I discovered them. You have fine taste, my friend.

Oh and the keyboard is nice too ;)

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Tritian

09 May 2021, 10:04

Got a monitor swing arm today to free up some space for my F122
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Muirium
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09 May 2021, 10:09

The original Space Spending Keyboard.

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ironicmoustache

09 May 2021, 14:28

Scarpia wrote:
09 May 2021, 09:00
Don’t short sell yourself, that’s a Jetstream and a Signo 307, two of the nicest feeling writers ever made. Two of my favorite pens are just fancier pen bodies for the Signo refills, and I bought a 10-pack of the Jetstreams the year I discovered them. You have fine taste, my friend.

Oh and the keyboard is nice too ;)
Thanks! The Jetstream is genuinely amazing; I have the Signo on hand for those moments I don't feel like taking a cap off but I almost always just reach for the Jetstream anyway since it's so good.

The F is a brilliant keyboard and pen holder. What's not to love? Hahaha.

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wobbled

10 May 2021, 00:45

No Parkers?

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an_achronism

10 May 2021, 01:03

Tritian wrote:
09 May 2021, 10:04
Got a monitor swing arm today to free up some space for my F122
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Is that a pen or a bovine impregnation device?


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wobbled wrote:
10 May 2021, 00:45
No Parkers?
Don't have any of my ordered model Fs yet (that F122 looks v nice) but I do at least have a couple of Parkers, one of which is indeed sitting on my 2021 Model M:

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Polecat

10 May 2021, 01:36

wobbled wrote:
10 May 2021, 00:45
No Parkers?
Oh what the hell.
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an_achronism

10 May 2021, 01:48

Polecat wrote:
10 May 2021, 01:36
Oh what the hell.
Oh, huh! I've never seen those stepped key flattener things, I take it they attach over the top of the stock keycaps?

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Polecat

10 May 2021, 02:08

an_achronism wrote:
10 May 2021, 01:48
Polecat wrote:
10 May 2021, 01:36
Oh what the hell.
Oh, huh! I've never seen those stepped key flattener things, I take it they attach over the top of the stock keycaps?
Yes, the stock caps (I think...) are underneath. These were an aftermarket add-on, or at least some of them were:

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Mine look more IBM-ish than some of the others, but that doesn't prove anything. I saved this keyboard back in the day because it was an oddball. Far as I know it's a standard PC/XT Model F, but the plain badge and the odd caps threw me. Unfortunately if it had a label originally it's gone now.

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an_achronism

10 May 2021, 03:44

Polecat wrote:
10 May 2021, 02:08
Yes, the stock caps (I think...) are underneath. These were an aftermarket add-on, or at least some of them were
I'm guessing that hitting one of those keys off-axis might make them a tad bindey? I always assumed that was why they stepped them, to force you to hit them dead centre!

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