Re: [Rollei] OT Sailor Fountain Pen

[Jeffery Smith <jls >]

Automatic Colt Pistol. Since Beretta and Glock are the favorites of the 
military and police these past few decades, the Colt company has been in 
dire financial trouble of late. But the old geezers on the Rollei forum 
would naturally prefer the Colt. :-)

Jeffery

At 06:21 PM 5/22/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>A 1911 is a .45 ACP
>Gary
>
>On Thursday 22 May 2003 15:46, Jeffery Smith wrote:
> > I'll bet I'm one of about 10 people on the forum who understands that,
> > Jerry. Actually, it came to my mind as well. :-)
> >
> > Jeffery
> >
> > At 03:03 PM 5/22/2003 -0700, you wrote:
> > >Barney
> > >
> > >Oooh! The model 1911 (pen).  Does it come in .45 ACP?
> > >
> > >Jerry
> > >
> > >Barney Quinn wrote:
> > > > Yes, I have some Sailor Pens, and I think that they are wonderful. The
> > >
> > > one in
> > >
> > > > this URL is one of their fancier ones. They have plain black series
> > >
> > > called 1911.
> > >
> > > > They are made with 21K Gold nibs. I bought one last August at the
> > >
> > > Washington DC
> > >
> > > > pen show for $145.00. It's a great pen. The Sailor ink cartridges are
> > >
> > > great,
> > >
> > > > too. I love their red.
> > > >
> > > > Barney
> > > >
> > > > Jeffery Smith wrote:
> > > > > Now that we are fountain-penning, has anyone tried a Sailor fountain
> > > > > pen? They are Japanese and are supposedly made especially for rough
> > > > > surfaced Japanese paper. The nib looks interesting:
> > >
> > > http://www.levenger.com/PAGETEMPLATES/PRODUCT/addtionalImage.asp?pageID=1
> > >189
> > >
> > > > > At $300, it is relatively inexpensive.
>
>--
>Gary W. Marklund
>Peoria, AZ

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