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How old does a #FountainPen have to be before it's considered #vintage? The very first one I ever bought back in 2012 (a Parker GT Urban) doesn't seem to be available any more, though it is still available in ballpoint. Still, maybe I'm just getting old but 2012 doesn't feel very "vintage" to me.

I mean, it's kinda scuffed up because I was a newbie who had no idea how to take care of it, but I'm not looking to sell it or anything. It's more of a curiosity, really.

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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

general rule for vintage as far as I know is "older than 20 years"
in reply to Anke

@Anke Someone else said 50. I suppose it's not a hard and fast rule though. 🤷‍♂️
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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

generally the guideline is 25 for semi-vintage and 50 for vintage. Except, if the exact model is still in production, it might not be considered vintage (e.g. Lamy 2000 or Pilot Capless). Similarly if a pen is out of production, it might be considered vintage earlier than normal. But anything produced after 2000 is well within modern by any standard
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friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
Jonathan Lamothe

@FPLover The whole WEARINGEUL brand is pretty nice* but yeah this is it here.

* perhaps a little dry, but I've only actually tried one so far

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friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
Jonathan Lamothe

@FPLover

*looks at my collection of inks*

*whistles innocently*

To be fair, they're mostly samples, relatively few actual bottles.


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oooh, an Emacs blog post! Is it okay if I add jlamothe.net/blog/feed.atom to planet.emacslife.com so that it's easy for people to discover your future blog posts? I can add an Emacs-specific feed instead if you happen to have one (or want to make one).
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Sacha Chua
ah, it's infrequent enough that I don't mind if other topics get in there. 😀 Thanks for sharing what you're learning!


Every time papa cleans and re-inks his pens I must supervise. I don't know why he keeps trying to stop me.

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