Don't Just Tell Us About The Pen You're Using, *show* Us! - 2016

[richila]

 

 

Yes it does......seems like you ought to have a special license to operate that nib......

 

A License to Write

[AAAndrew]

Wow! All kinds of lovely pens.

 

I've also been swamped with lots o' things. One thing is getting ready to present at my local pen club this coming Sunday. The topic will be Esterbrook. So, being the conscientious presenter that I am, I've just had to bump up my Esterbrook collection. Uncle Red, love the Esterbrook Relief pen! That's one I'm still missing from my collection.

 

This is now a permanent resident of my computer desk at home. I did have it by the phone, but the cat decided that he wanted to play with the chain. Fortunately I caught him at it before it became a disaster. (this is an ink well with a dip pen, for those not up on their Esterbrook Dip-less pens, so the glass base holds about 1.5 ounces of ink at the moment). It's great for jotting down notes, and I know it won't walk away. I'm thinking of moving it to work.

 

 

As I get the whole collection together, I'll take some family pictures. I've been having some real fun with the desk pens. I now have seven different ones. I do need a picture.

 

And for today, I just felt like something different, so dug around in my pen chest and came up with a past every-day carry I hadn't had in the rotation for a while. It is in definite "well-loved" shape, tooth marks and all, but it has tremendous sentimental value, and was originally owned by a great art-historian and archaeologist. It was given to me by his wife, a great medievalist herself, after I helped her out back when I was still in Ann Arbor. I filled it with Lie de The, the first time I've used this ink, and it looks like the walnut ink I use for dip pens. I really like it, especially on this paper.

 

[Uncle Red]

SNAK, Wow, I mean Wow. They're stunning.

 

Skysora, that's a lovely Parkette.

 

AAAndrew, nice Dipless, what nib do you have on it?

[AAAndrew]

Thanks. This one has a 2556. It's a good general writing nib. I'm curious to try a finer nib at some point to see how it works in the dip pen.

 

What's fun about these Dip-less is that the nib doesn't sit in ink. You insert the nib down into a bundle of rods (ebonite?) which suck up the ink with capillary action from the bottom of the ink well and keep the feed on the pen filled with ink. Your nib doesn't have to sit in ink the whole time. (I'm looking at you, 477's) Thank goodness I found a description here on the FPN on how to clean the rod compartment. It made it sooo easy to restore.

[Pensei]

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[pollandakuma]

Just a few days ago I realised I hadn't been on FPN in quite a little while so I came back on and started catching up on reading my usual threads. This thread is hands down my favourite!

 

Nothing much has changed in my life, except that I keep growing older and the kids keep growing bigger. In other words, all's good.

 

Happy writing everyone, and have a great week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pens:

Hirai Mokko Quince Burl pen with a vintage Swan #2 nib, Montblanc Carlo Collodi ink

Hirai Mokko Tigerwood pen with a Jowo steel 1.4mm stub nib, Sailor Sky High ink

Pilot Capless Red Wood pen with a Broad nib, Diamine Chocolate Brown

Paper: Tomoe River (White)

I love wooden pens! That VP is so pretty, and so are those Hirai Mokko pens!

[pollandakuma]

Sorry, double post. I'm going to take this chance to say, I love this thread!

Edited April 25, 2016 by pollandakuma

[SNAK]

Welcome back...

Missed your posts....

good to hear everything is going amazing at your end...

Lovely wooden pens...

Hi Vaibhav, thanks for the welcome.

 

 

Really good to see your smiley face, TAS .

 

I just love Snak's handwriting. So beautiful and unique.

Joe, thank you. You are too kind.

 

Snak, I'm seeing the Red Wood Capless for the first time! Stunning combo with Chocolate Brown!

Skysora, my seller in Japan called the pen Red Wood Capless, but Pilot seems to call it Deep Red, and IIRC Goulets called it Bamboo. It is a wood material impregnated with resin and dye (I think) and it doesn't feel almost "soft" like natural wood, but it is "warm" like wood. I like the pen quite a lot. Your Parkette's colour is really pretty...

 

I grew up watching the Moomin animation TV series. Three Moomin characters mug cups on one page!

 

SNAK, Wow, I mean Wow. They're stunning.

 

Thank you Uncle Red, high praise indeed.

 

I love wooden pens! That VP is so pretty, and so are those Hirai Mokko pens!

 

So do I!

Hirai Mokko pens are made by an artisan type wood crafter/pen maker and they have various wood species you can choose from. But they only gave me "Fine" for nib option so I had to swap the original nibs out and replace them with others I had on hand...

 

Andrew: Good luck with your pen presentation. And I would love to see your desk pen collection photos please!

[jmccarty3]

Just a few days ago I realised I hadn't been on FPN in quite a little while so I came back on and started catching up on reading my usual threads. This thread is hands down my favourite!

 

Nothing much has changed in my life, except that I keep growing older and the kids keep growing bigger. In other words, all's good.

 

Happy writing everyone, and have a great week.

 

You've been gone far too long! Welcome back!

[Pensei]

Those wooden pens are beautiful.

[mehandiratta]

The pen in rotation today is one of my all time favourite, Pilot Custom 74 (Music Nib) which I have reviewed here : LINK

It is currently inked with MontBlanc Golden Yellow. This ink is more in the territory of orange colour and thus the name golden yellow. Ink is legible and is justified in pen with wet nibs.

Today’s thought comes from one of the Infantry Journal.

[Diplomaat]

Lovely to have you back SNAK!

 

Vaibhav, that pen is stunning and I like the color. Both suit your handwriting!

 

Here's a new one for today:

 

[Noihvo]

[mehandiratta]

Lovely to have you back SNAK!

 

Vaibhav, that pen is stunning and I like the color. Both suit your handwriting!

 

Here's a new one for today:

 

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Now that is also my fav pen.. And probably most underrated pen...

Well that ink looks like pencil only... Nice

[Guardy]

First of all, a new one I bought today and am playing around with now:http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n522/Guardevoir/Pen%20and%20Writing%20Stuff/2016-04-26%2020.39.55.jpg

...I really really hate Online for so many reasons, but dang, that brushed metal finish is the nicest I've ever seen.

 

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n522/Guardevoir/Pen%20and%20Writing%20Stuff/2016-04-26%2020.39.32.jpg
My favorite Pelikan ink; really makes this pen three times more awesome.
My local stationery supplier of choice stopped stocking bl-bk carts a while ago and I'm only now making the switch to bottled ink, because carts are the norm for day-to-day fountain pen usage at school here and old habits are hard to break.

Edited April 26, 2016 by Guardy

[sakayume]

 

How did I not see this earlier? I love everything about this: the pen, the ink, the Moomin mug

[attika89]

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[mehandiratta]

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Beautiful...

what a ink man....

[flummoxed]

Just a few days ago I realised I hadn't been on FPN in quite a little while so I came back on and started catching up on reading my usual threads. This thread is hands down my favourite!

 

Nothing much has changed in my life, except that I keep growing older and the kids keep growing bigger. In other words, all's good.

 

Happy writing everyone, and have a great week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pens:

Hirai Mokko Quince Burl pen with a vintage Swan #2 nib, Montblanc Carlo Collodi ink

Hirai Mokko Tigerwood pen with a Jowo steel 1.4mm stub nib, Sailor Sky High ink

Pilot Capless Red Wood pen with a Broad nib, Diamine Chocolate Brown

Paper: Tomoe River (White)

 

SNAK, those Hirao Mokko wood pens look absolutely exquisite!

[J85909266]

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You are my inky Jesus.