{"id":7504,"date":"2022-05-13T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/?p=7504"},"modified":"2024-02-24T15:45:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T20:45:34","slug":"buy-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/buy-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Would I Buy Them Again Today?"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n

This post is inspired by Angelica Nyqvist<\/a>‘s video But, Would I Buy Them If They Were Released Today?!<\/a> In that video, they credit Dolly Mama Beauty<\/a> with coming up with the idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea behind this post is pretty straightforward: if the below pens were first announced\/released today, would I buy them? So, this is different than the more typical, “if my collection disappeared” or, “if this pen got lost” that usually prefaces the “would I buy it again” question. Suspend disbelief for the duration of this post. Imagine that none of the below pens have ever existed in this world before today. And I’ll tell you if I would buy them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Jim was kind enough to help me in this \u2014 like Angelica’s husband helped her \u2014 by choosing the 10 pens for me to discuss. He stayed away from pens that he felt had an obvious answer \u2014 like my ARTUS, Mr. Cypress, and Iron Feather Creative pens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Franklin-Christoph x Goulet Pen Co. Model 31 Lyra<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Franklin-Christoph<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This one is a bit difficult. I love the material; it’s my Slytherin pen. But, I’m not in love with the pen model. I’ve mentioned that the chunky threads cause the nib to dry out and hard start. Even my best inks, like J. Herbin, have difficulty staving off hard starts. So, would I buy it again? I’m honestly not sure. Probably, but it’s not a 100% yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. The Chicago Pen Company Aristophanes Ruby-Throated Hummingbird<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Chicago<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This is a pen themed after a hummingbird. OF COURSE I would buy it again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Kaweco AL Sport Stonewashed Blue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Kaweco<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I really like this pen. It’s a nice color and fun finish. It would not be an immediate re-buy. I would buy it again if I got the chance to buy a “floor model” like I did for this one. It means that the finish is more “worn” so it looks cooler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Lamy 2000 Makrolon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Lamy<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The 2000 is another difficult decision. Every time I’ve considered selling it, I’ve been unable to let it go. I really enjoy the way it writes, and it’s very comfortable to hold. I wouldn’t buy this pen at full price, so I suppose my answer is no. But, once it was available secondhand at nearly half-off like mine? Absolutely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Herbert Pen Co x Papier Plume Poe NOLA Tricentennial<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Herbert<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As my first indie pen, this one means a lot to me, especially since it’s my favorite number \u2014 19. I love using it every year for Mardi Gras week. I would definitely repurchase it. And I would definitely purchase number 19 again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Visconti Mazzi Red Symphony<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Visconti<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I wouldn’t repurchase this one. It was an impulse purchase because I was buying the Blue Symphony. I thought it would be cool to own both. But I shouldn’t have gotten it at the discounted secondhand price. I definitely<\/em> wouldn’t get it at full price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Retro 51 Tornado Apollo 11 Rollerball<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Retro<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Yeah, I would repurchase this one. When I decided to sell the fountain pen version, I was very happy I had the rollerball version. Given the chance to do it again, I would only buy the rollerball version. I love the footprint on the finial, and it’s nice having a commemorative edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Den’s Pens Baetylus Amethyst Matte<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Baetylus<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This one is a bit of a cheat, as it wasn’t “released,” it was a custom order. But, I put it on my wishlist right when the model was debuted, so that counts, right? Anyway, Dennis was a delight to work with. This pen is fabulous and is comfortable to use, even for longer writing sessions. There’s no question I would buy this again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Pilot Custom 745 Pinstripe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Pilot<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I can’t truly say if I would repurchase this one. I bought it secondhand, and I don’t know what full price was. That said, under the assumption that the purchase price was what I paid, I would definitely buy it. The nib is fantastic. The only change I would make is buying a thinner nib \u2014 this one is a B. If you come across one in the wild, I advise picking it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. Visconti Il Magnifico Lapislazzuli<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Visconti<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This one is also a bit of a cheat. I didn’t technically buy this one, I traded work for it. But, just look<\/em> at this beauty. If I had the opportunity to trade work for it again, I absolutely would. However, I wouldn’t purchase it. It’s too expensive for me to comfortably buy it. I’d feel guilty about spending that much money. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

Thanks for reading to the end! What do you think of my reasoning? Do you own any of these pens? If so, would you buy them again? Let me know in the comments! I’d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make sure to subscribe to my blog<\/a> or follow me on Instagram<\/a> so you don’t miss any posts. I generally post at least once a week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The idea behind this post is pretty straightforward: if the selected pens were first announced\/released today, would I buy them?<\/p>\n

Keep ReadingWould I Buy Them Again Today?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,420],"tags":[307,273,206,213,262,217,209,250,201,215],"class_list":["post-7504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fountain-pens","category-non-fp","tag-chicago-pen-co","tag-dens-pens","tag-franklin-christoph","tag-herbert-pen-co","tag-kaweco","tag-lamy","tag-pilot","tag-retro-51","tag-tags-and-challenges","tag-visconti","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/buyAgain_IGSm.jpg?fit=289%2C289&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Z77k-1X2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6732,"url":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/almost-got-away\/","url_meta":{"origin":7504,"position":0},"title":"Pens That Almost Got Away","author":"Rachel","date":"February 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Today I'm discussing the pens that I almost missed out on, and a few that actually got away! Consider this a follow-up to pens I almost bought.","rel":"","context":"In "Fountain Pens"","block_context":{"text":"Fountain Pens","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/category\/stationery\/fountain-pens\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/almostGotAway-IGSm.jpg?fit=289%2C289&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5931,"url":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/21-questions\/","url_meta":{"origin":7504,"position":1},"title":"21 Questions: Fountain Pen Edition","author":"Rachel","date":"December 20, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Another adaptation from the YouTube makeup world. This time, there's no evaluating yourself, just having fun answering 21 questions.","rel":"","context":"In "Fountain Pens"","block_context":{"text":"Fountain Pens","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/category\/stationery\/fountain-pens\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/21Questions-IGSm.jpg?fit=288%2C288&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1565,"url":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/fp101-7\/","url_meta":{"origin":7504,"position":2},"title":"Fountain Pen 101: Cleaning & Filling","author":"Rachel","date":"June 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome back to Fountain Pen 101. This week I tell you all about the joy of cleaning!! \u2190 Sarcasm.","rel":"","context":"In "Fountain Pens"","block_context":{"text":"Fountain Pens","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/category\/stationery\/fountain-pens\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"dirty vs clean nib.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/dirtyvsclean-300x164.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5492,"url":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/fountain-pens-tag\/","url_meta":{"origin":7504,"position":3},"title":"The Fountain Pens Tag","author":"Rachel","date":"September 14, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"When I watched an old Youtube video on The Eyeshadow Palette Tag, it occurred to me that I could have fun with it for fountain pens.","rel":"","context":"In "Fountain Pens"","block_context":{"text":"Fountain Pens","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/category\/stationery\/fountain-pens\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Lamy Safari Dark Lilac","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/lamyDarkLilac.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/lamyDarkLilac.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/lamyDarkLilac.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/lamyDarkLilac.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/lamyDarkLilac.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/lamyDarkLilac.png?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10071,"url":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/8-pen-questions\/","url_meta":{"origin":7504,"position":4},"title":"8 Pen Questions","author":"Rachel","date":"April 10, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I decided to answer Liane Likes' and seemownay's 8 Pen Questions. Find out my answers and make sure to click through to their videos.","rel":"","context":"In "Fountain Pens"","block_context":{"text":"Fountain Pens","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/category\/stationery\/fountain-pens\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/8penquestions-featured.jpg?fit=288%2C288&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16038,"url":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/indie-makers-6\/","url_meta":{"origin":7504,"position":5},"title":"Even More Indie Makers","author":"Rachel","date":"November 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I've come across even more indie makers since my post last year. Here are the new makers I've found and a link to the reference page with my full list.","rel":"","context":"In "Fountain Pens"","block_context":{"text":"Fountain Pens","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/category\/stationery\/fountain-pens\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/indieMakers3-featured.jpg?fit=288%2C288&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7504"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7523,"href":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7504\/revisions\/7523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}