So much for world domination.

My plan to conquer the fountain pen world didn't quite go according to plan. Ordered my marbley blue M200, and a "star trek" nibbed Hero just fine, as well as a glass dip pen hopefully acceptable for testing ink colors. Went to Richard Binder's page, ordered my customized 0.5 mm cursive italic nib just fine, went to get my Royal Purple Taccia Continental... Dammit. Between last night and this afternoon, they sold out of Royal purple. Do I want Royal Purple $20 more than another color? No. Well, do I want one at all if I can't get the one I want at the price I want...? Yes. -_- I talked myself into it. It'd be nice to have another nice converter pen to test ink colors in. (Believe it or not, I've managed to end up with a dearth of cartridge/converter pens. My pen box is invaded by lever fillers and touch-down variants.) And I really want to try a Taccia nib. I ended up ordering a garnet red Continental instead. I won't be completely surprised if I get an e-mail telling me they no longer have it in fine, though. In which case, cracked ice in fine or nothing. I'm not willing to go up a nib size; I write small. I'll confess I was tempted to go ahead and order my Falcon. But, I don't really want to get two REALLY nice pens at once. This way I'll be able to enjoy the customized one for a while, and then I get to get another new toy.