Vacation, All I Ever Wanted

[Wheatflower]

Do you have specific pens that you choose to take with you on vacation?

 

At home I tend towards c/c pens, because I like to change ink colors. However, I'm packing for vacation this week and I have my two TWSBI Diamond 540s and my VAC 700 topped up and ready to go. With these three at my side I have no fear of running out of ink on vacation. (Or possibly the rest of the month. The ink capacity of these pens is terrifying.)

 

How about you?

[iliadodyssey]

The TWSBI pens tend to be near the top of my list as well for the exact same reasons.

[warblerick]

Ditto. We're heading to Maine for several days, and I plan to take my TWSBI mini classic, filled. WIll also take one of my favorite Conways too, but for "field" use, the TWSBI will be it.

[Namo]

No travelling this year - but a six monthes "holiday" next year, with a writing project. Will try to keep pens down to five or six...

Edited August 11, 2013 by Namo

[RMN]

I take a reasonably sturdy, not too expensive pen with me, C/C with some carts.

 

Something like the Waterman Expert, or a Carène.

 

Plus a mech pencil for puzzles, and a BP for these occasions....

 

D.ick

[ravantra]

Just got back from a weeks vacation. I took a TWSBI Vac 700 and a TWSBI Micarta. No worries.

[Pentulant]

Lamy Safari and a dip pen.

 

 

I like to take a dip pen with me because I can then also take a zillion (maybe not quite that many) ink samples with me and still have a variety of color without having to take many different pens with me.

[fourseamer]

A Pilot 823 and/or another piston filler. I also have a Visconti Traveling Ink Pot if I'm away long enough to need more.

[Edwaroth]

Always take two cart pens and plenty of carts. Maybe one piston filler.

[Namru]

Twsbi Vac 700 and Vac 20 bottle. Awesome little system.

[penrivers]

I want the vacation first. In the north or south pole. Two varsitys and a Dixon Ticonderoga # 2.

[pavoni]

Always a tough decision between my Fountainbel bulkfiller and my MB 147 (2 cartridges) with its 6-cartridge carry case , when packing for a two-week holiday. Both utterly convenient, both excellent writers. My previous MB 145 (2 cartridges) no longer gets a look in

 

Pavoni.

[The Good Captain]

A dilemma that I hate every year. As we normally go by car though, I can take more accoutrements with me that I could should we ever go by plane. Still doesn't make it any easier though but this year I think I've narrowed it down a bit. A couple of Pelikans perhaps.

Maybe.

[MBFan]

This year I brought along a TWSBI 580 (seems to be a recurring theme), a MB 149, and a Lamy Dialog 3. Ink wise I've got 4 bottles; 2 blue, 2 black, which was foolish, as now I can't wait to use something else!

[requiescat]

None of my favorite workhorses is very high-capacity (last time: Webster Four-Star lever filler, Sailor HighAce Neo, and a Nakaya Naka-ai) but I have twice successfully traveled with a bottle of Noodler's Black, so that took care of that.

[jameswatts]

I tend to take a set of Lamy Al-Star -- extra fine nibbed fountain pen with either its matching ballpoint or rollerball -- when traveling, along with a couple of cartridges. They are reliable, sturdy and should something terrible happen to them, replaceable without too much fuss or expense.

[de_pen_dent]

I take 4-5 pens:

- A couple of nice writers for use in the hotel room or to carry in my daybag along with my iPad, Kindle and camera

- A carry-around - usually a beater or one I dont mind losing

- A "flight" pen - something with F nib, for filling forms, etc.

[inkstainedruth]

Interesting topic. I just got back from vacation and had the following pens with me (not counting what I brought to DCSS at the end of the trip):

1) Parker 51, with Diamine Denim

2) Noodler's Konrad, with Noodler's Kung te Cheng

3) Noodler's Flex Piston Creaper, with Noodler's 54th Massachusetts

4) Rotring Art Pen (for sketching), with Pen & Ink non-shellac India ink

5) Kuretake brush pen, with Noodler's Georgia Peach highlighter ink

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth