Don't Just Tell Us About The Pen You're Using, *show* Us!

[Pterodactylus]

Hi JazzDoc,

this looks really good.

 

Hi Irrigger,

this is a great looking Parker, reminds me somehow to a Pelikan Tortoise.

 

Hi Dcpritch,

how old is this Ambassador?

It looks really nice.

[attika89]

http://www.kephost.com/images4/2013/6/25/a1_2013_6_25_o7fvrx2rzg.jpg

[dcpritch]

 

Hey Zoni, I think your daughter would like this ink!

[Nashten]

irrigger and Uncle Red:

 

The pen is a Franklin-Christoph Model 27 (Collegia) in Tennesee Orange. (With a broad italic nib) I write with it posted. While they were right about it being heavy while posted, I discovered that the clip changes balance for me. I tilt my pens so the face of the nib faces away from me usually. To counter this effect with the italic nib, I move the cap so the clip faces towards me. It balances out rather nicely as a result!

 

Apple Glory is actually a rather interesting green. Cameras make it seem dark, and the scanner makes it seem fluorescent green. After a while, it turns into a fairly bright green. It is also a surprisingly watery ink and on a lot of papers, it will bleed through--but not too much. Cotton paper literally sucked the ink out of my Duofold (M nib) and comparing it to Ancient Copper on the same sheet with the same pen; Ancient Copper feels better and its flow characteristics are better.

 

Under the very crisp italic nib... It is the best out of my current Diamine inks: Imperial Purple and Ancient Copper.

[zoniguana]

Oh my... Still playing with the Neponset (you'll prolly get tired of it before I do... (: )...

 

Trying out Alfred Hitchcock in there, and really digging it in this pen...

 

 

"Luscious" comes to mind...

[Liamtyr]

 

I started running out of ink half way through and decided to gas up

Sorry about that.

 

-=Liam

[JazzDoc]

Thanks, people! Appreciate the feedback. All suggestions welcome!

[Prvt. Toter]

PTERO - awesome drawings ... love your work....

[DET]

[Uncle Red]

Hi all, today my phone doesn't seem to want to email.

 

Pterodactylus, I like the pub!

 

Attila, I'll cross my fingers that your pen shows up. I've got a package coming from the UK and another from Australia and the wait is killing me.

 

DC, those are good boys. Are the younger kids still at home? I wasn't good about writing my family until I started using fountain pens. I love that PFM, the M nib is pretty good but I'm still looking for a B or stub. BTW, how's your hand?

 

Nashten, It looks like a great pen.

 

Irrigger, I'm not tired of it yet. Looking good.

 

Liamtyr, those new nibs are great.

 

DET, Good Afternoon. Is that a 52 1/2 V?

[Uncle Red]

 

I'm getting some nice shading with Scribal Workshop's Damselfish out of that nib.

[DET]

DET, Good Afternoon. Is that a 52 1/2 V?

 

You have a really good eye, Uncle Red. That's exactly right.

[skysora]

[DET]

Hi Skysora! It's actually Diamine Ruby -- an ink I am not real familiar with, but had a small sample of. Not a bad color, but it feathers quite a bit on cheap paper. (On better paper, it does fine.)

[dcpritch]

 

Here is everything I have inked today:

 

 

Uncle Red, my oldest son is starting medical school in August, the second son is doing an internship in LA this summer with an ad agency (DET once mailed him a pen at my request) and finishes college in December, and the youngest son - the one who doesn't use a fountain pen - will be a Junior in high school. Three sons, tons of fun, unreal amounts of property damage!

 

DET, great writing with a cool pen.

 

Skysora, its been years since I used Waterman Purple and I don't know why - I really like the color. And yes, I have great sons.

 

Prvt. Toter, I love the PFM, its such a great size and balance and is just plain cool looking. A 20-something waitress at the restaurant where I ate lunch today commented on it - favorably - when I used it to sign for the bill. If that's not street cred, well, ...

[skysora]

DET - Thanks for letting me know! I'll have to get a sample of that ink. The shading is intriguing... From some reviews it kinda reminds me of Visconti Bordeaux, but in your example it looks like something else altogether. I'm a big fan of Diamine reds (especially Poppy and Maroon), so I'm excited to try Ruby next. Thanks again!

 

DC - "Unreal amounts of property damage" made me laugh out loud -- sounds like so much FUN. (By the way, I've been looking for some sepia inks and stumbled across your amazing comparison! What a great resource!)

 

[Edit: Visconti Burgundy > Bordeaux]

Edited June 26, 2013 by skysora

[Liamtyr]

[attika89]

http://www.kephost.com/images4/2013/6/26/a1_2013_6_26_y9e9xfggb7.jpg

 

http://www.kephost.com/images4/2013/6/26/a1_2013_6_26_9p1nvy1r5z.jpg

[skysora]

 

 

Woooooow, irrigger, this is gorgeous. Now you've got me searching for a striped duofold!

 

Confession: yes, I go back and read old posts on this thread...

[irrigger]

 

Woooooow, irrigger, this is gorgeous. Now you've got me searching for a striped duofold!

 

Confession: yes, I go back and read old posts on this thread...

 

Thank you for the compliments. This particular pen has a few "quirks" that made this resac interesting. It is hard to notice in this pick, but the barrel has the clear stripes like a vacumatic version instead of the black opaque stipes like the button fill should have. So I put a silicone sac into this so I can tell the ink level. The donor nib is from a bag of part pens I picked up. This pen had a cheap, rolled steel nib that was broken. The big bonus for me was that when I found this, it came with the matching pencil and leather case for only $20 . Now all I need to do is get the pencil working to complete the set.

Edited June 27, 2013 by irrigger