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OK, today I'm using my Parker Sonnet (there, you happy?), Parker 180, Parker 75, all with Paradise Pen black ink.


Then, guess what arrived today... my Pilot Metropolitan. Yay. I'm using the cartridge that came with the pen.


-William S. Park


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“My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.” - Graham Greene

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Tringle - Sweet!

Matlock -I was on the lookout for an XF nib for my 75, but needlepoint sounds even better!

William - Pilot, whatsit now? Huh? Gonna have to change your avatar...

 

Today I am using a 45 Flighter GT. Have a 51 in my shirt pocket just for looks (its too wet for the cheap paper I use at work...).

 

Brian

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Tringle - Sweet!

Matlock -I was on the lookout for an XF nib for my 75, but needlepoint sounds even better!

William - Pilot, whatsit now? Huh? Gonna have to change your avatar...

 

Today I am using a 45 Flighter GT. Have a 51 in my shirt pocket just for looks (its too wet for the cheap paper I use at work...).

 

Brian

 

I think I had the last needlepoint nib from The Writing Desk but you could give them a try, they usualy carry a good stock of 75 nibs.

The needlepoint makes some Japanese nibs look broad.

Peter

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I'm using my Parker Sonnet (wow, you couldn't have guessed that), and my new Pilot Metropolitan (really not a Parker).

Inks? Well Paradise black and maybe Noodler's blue.

-William S. Park

“My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.” - Graham Greene

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William - Great new Avatar! Do you have to get a Montblanc and Waterman now?

 

Brian

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Parker 51 first year (41) in cordovan, wedding band cap and metal jewels on both ends. It has a super fine nib and is using Diamine Quartz black.

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William - Great new Avatar! Do you have to get a Montblanc and Waterman now?

 

Brian

Thank you!

I already have a Montblanc Meisterstuck.

I just have to get a Montblanc pen. :D

-William S. Park

 

EDIT: P.S. I'm using my Parker Sonnet and my Pilot inked up with the same inks.

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“My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.” - Graham Greene

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Found an old Parker VP. Extra fine nib. Cleaned and fiddled around with the nib and am so happy it is writing beautifully now!

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Sonnet Lacque Ambre ballpoint.

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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1951 Parker French made Vacumatic Maxima with three bands cap and fine flexible nib

Pens are like watches , once you start a collection, you can hardly go back. And pens like all fine luxury items do improve with time

 

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First time poster

 

Duofold International Black CT (F) - GvFC Covalt Blue

Sonnet Dark Grey CT (M) - Quink Black

Frontier Stainless Steel GT (M) - Quink Green

Vector Stainless Steel (M) - Quink Red

 

That's my rotation as those plus my Faber Castell Pure Black E-Motion and Lamy 2000 are the only pens I have. 😬

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First time poster

 

Duofold International Black CT (F) - GvFC Covalt Blue

Sonnet Dark Grey CT (M) - Quink Black

Frontier Stainless Steel GT (M) - Quink Green

Vector Stainless Steel (M) - Quink Red

 

That's my rotation as those plus my Faber Castell Pure Black E-Motion are the only pens I have. 😬

Welcome! Nice pens. Someday I will get a modern Duofold...

 

Today I inked a 1945 black 51. I bought it a while back and put in a new diaphragm. Writes great, fine nib. Oddly enough, first time using bottled Quink (I'm normally a Private Reserve fellow). The blue/black ink seems okay so far.

 

Oh, also using 50 flighter today in honor of the T1s I didn't get at an auction over the weekend...

 

Brian

One test is worth a thousand expert opinions.

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Parker Sonnet Flighter CT Mk I

Parker Classic Flighter GT

Parker Latitude Flighter CT

Look at my horse, my horse is amazing!!!

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Parker Sonnet Sterling Ciselé, fine nib, Diamine evergreen ink

Pelikan 400nn, medium nib Diamine Oxblood ink

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http://www.maryhatay.com/Mark/Fountain-Pens/Mixed-Pens/i-qv5h3mN/0/O/atramentum%20Digitis%20small.jpg

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Apparently, there is such a thing as a Parker 95. I only knew that for about five minutes before I in fact owned one. :)

 

http://ms.mcmaster.ca/~moylek/pub/fpn/p95-2-bb.jpg

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Kenneth Moyle

Hamilton, Ontario

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Now that I am being allowed to run amok alone at my new job, the pace has slowed enough for me to be able to use a FP some of the time.

 

So I have my 180 Flighter BP/Itoya gel refill paired up with my Turquoise P-45 with a 14k Fine nib. This fine nib seems a bit more elongated that my other P-45 nibs which is pretty cool. At $18 shipped for it, I can live if something happens to it at work but it also still a nice enough pen to proudly carry. The Fine is working nicely in the iddybiddy writing spaces in some ledgers I have to fill out.

 

A lot of the company pens are clompshed by guests so they use the most horrid stick pens I think I've ever used. (Ha! They even take the caps off and toss them thinking an uncapped pen is less likely to be clompshed.)

 

As is usually the case where I work, even at a glance, you can tell which item has my handwriting on it, ;) either from my writing or ink or both.

 

I'm using American Blue in the 45 but it's still running darker from the metric tankerloads of PR DCSSB that's already been in the pen.

 

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Using my own Real, nice pens at work certainly is a bright spot in the day.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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