iPhone Thursday

A Little collection of iPhone snaps for the day including:

My Birthday...

My Birthday present:

                          

A random thought:

and a pen (of course!)

(Visconti, Vino Chianti)

 It arrived today. The Montblanc Heritage 1912 (medium nib) and I couldn't be happier!

I revealed it slowly on my Instagram page; so here it comes again...

Starting slowly, you see the bottom of the pen - black resin gleaming in the tape roll.

   

Now, you can better see the end of the pen, and the rotating knob.

Gently pull out the knob and it becomes a piston filler (cool!) Fills very easily.

Here, attached to my tie, you see the top just capturing the light above (love this shot).

... and here:  the top (oh dear! where did the nib go?)

a few turns of the knob and hey presto:

Out pops the nib!

and isn't this a beautiful pen?

Based on the original MB Safety pen, this simple design clearly stands the tests of tine (oops, time)

The Heritage 1912 is a heavy pen, but the weight works well with the pen all up. It doesn't post, which is a bit annoying, but feels just wonderful in the hand and on the paper.

The nib is a medium, and is butter smooth (and I'm not such an MB nib fan).

Finally, a big thanks to Appelboom pens for their great service (and the bottle of Balzac ink) - great service from so far away!!! http://www.appelboompennen.nl/

Donate to Kids with Cancer

My Daughter has  decided to die her hair pink to raise money for Kids with Cancer!

Please help me to get her hair back to normal by sponsoring her effort through this link :)

http://www.everydayhero.com.au/allegra_gold

Thankyou.

Here is her path to pink:

and many thanks to this salon who donated the colour for the cause!!!!!

Visconti Pininfarina Part 2

The pen is back from Bryant and now writing beautifully. A full review to follow. This is such an amazing looking pen!

Couple of other pens here. From top: Edison Bulb filler with Binder flex nib (review to follow); Montegrappa Symphony, Nakaya Decapod Twist, Tibaldi Modello 50; Radius Superior in Green Arco.