What Parker Are You Using This Day?

[usk15]

Today I'm gonna use this Duofold FP and one of the IM BP:

 

 

[majolo]

My first Parker fp (and first vintage pen), a Vacumatic. Very excited to get it!

[inkstainedruth]

Well, it's very early (I had a bad night, and it's about 6 AM). So not much so far, except for (briefly) the Vac Junior Red Shadow Wave. Which I thought Wednesday evening I had lost.... (Whew!)

Thinking that my journal entry today might be with the Blue Laidtone Duofold, currently sporting vintage Quink Permanent Violet.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[dojocho]

A 1994 Blue Marble Centennial (that came in yesterday ...at last), a 2007 Citrine Check Centennial and a 2007 Blue Check Demi.

Yesterday afternoon I realized that the Demi was no longer in my pocket...I remembered using the panel saw with a student, and yes it lay on the floor in some sawdust. After a quick wipe it returned to its place

 

regards,

Hugo

[asnailmailer]

I used one of my Parker Reflex pens today.

[mitto]

A 75 with M nib and a 51 aero with what looks to be an EF nib.

[inkstainedruth]

The Parker 51 Aero Demi Plummer. Still sporting Iroshihzuku Ama-Iro. Really like the color but I'm thinking that Akkerman Passage Blauw seems similar (and a bit less expensive *and* comes in those nifty bottles...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Mike 59]

Using this Sonnet with a mixture of Cross black and PaperMate blue ink, (from a box of international short cartridges, 'Made in Austria'.)

A very smooth reliable writer, this nib writes just finer than I think is a standard medium. So 'F'/'M' I would call it.

Edited May 28, 2016 by Mike 59

[the_gasman]

Using this Sonnet with a mixture of Cross black and PaperMate blue ink, (from a box of international short cartridges, 'Made in Austria'.)

A very smooth reliable writer, this nib writes just finer than I think is a standard medium. So 'F'/'M' I would call it.

Mike,

 

I always enjoy your posts -- feasts for the eyes. Your handwriting is exquisite; there is such consistency that I can imagine overlaying similar letters without there being much variability in their outlines. I suspect that it is the chunk of OCD that lies at my core that craves such repeatability! I love the pen, too, especially the coppery orange furnishings, which compliment that glossy black perfectly.

 

Is that handwriting your everyday hand or have you slowed down to achieve such an artistic script?

 

Cheers,

David.

[pajaro]

Using this Sonnet with a mixture of Cross black and PaperMate blue ink, (from a box of international short cartridges, 'Made in Austria'.)

A very smooth reliable writer, this nib writes just finer than I think is a standard medium. So 'F'/'M' I would call it.

 

That's a really beautiful Sonnet.

[lisadan]

Urban with M nib.

[northstar]

http://s5.postimg.org/vjv9ntmav/P51_GM.jpg

 

Parker 51 Aerometric 1.1 mm Greg Minuskin stub nib

Parker Quink Blue-Black

[Mike 59]

Hi David 'the_gasman', Thanks for your comments, but I can see plenty of mistakes in my writing, but if I want to post a picture in this thread, I will write the text out several times, and pick the one with least errors, and put the pen next to that one, for the photo.

It's strange but the first version is usually the better one, seems the more I try, the more mistakes creep in!

I wouldn't say everyday writing, a slightly slower and careful version of it, I aim for readablity over everything else.

My problem is that I didn't learn a cursive style at school, I can't get it neat enough to show anyone.

 

There are a few people I look out for on FPN, and I aim to write in their style, not there yet, sadly.

This Sonnet is likely to be the only one I will own, I got very lucky with it, as the nib was badly 'sprung'. and a replacement is expensive, the previous owner obviously thought not worth the money to repair it.

It took me around 4 hours to get it straight-ish again, this one being 18k, it's so easy to bend, but it's not far off what it should be.

The Sonnet gets a 'hard time' on this site, maybe the earlier versions had issues, but this one is good, nice weight, feels like a quality product to me. It's a 2015, 'Subtle Big Red' finish.

Edited May 29, 2016 by Mike 59

[gweimer1]

I just picked up a few Parker pens, including this one, that I'm using for the next couple days.

 

Parker VS with a gold-filled cap, and the remnants of the original sticker. Interesting pen.

[parkerwasmyfirstlove]

Sonnet as well. New addition to the collection.

Made a mistake, it's a F nib that behaves like a M.

[Eduardo]

Parker 75 Insignia and Parker 75 Ciselle

 

http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc383/edulpj/IMG_20151120_080636_zps80chtxdn.jpg

[parkerwasmyfirstlove]

Today it's the 75 that's on the go.

[tmenyc]

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[parkerwasmyfirstlove]

Parker Frontier GT Iroshizuko Chiku-Rin

Filofax

[northstar]

 

Parker Sonnet Athens

Parker Penman Sapphire.