What Pens Are You Using Today 2016

[northstar]

Sheaffer Snorkel Crest

Waterman Serenity Blue.

[dylim1]

Faber Castell Ondoro with Sailor Sky High.

[migo984]

I'll be using these pens today to write some letters.

 

 

[HollyGolightly]

http://i.imgur.com/KNybw4E.jpgL to R:

Sailor Leocule Power Stone in Rose Quartz, using a black Sailor cart in it.

Pilot Prera in Pink, Noodler's Lexington Gray

TWSBI Mini in White and Rose Gold, Noodler's Habanero

Sailor Procolor 500 in Sakura, J. Herbin Bouquet D'Antan

[mehandiratta]

I'll be using these pens today to write some letters.

 

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I love all those somethings...

[mehandiratta]

http://i.imgur.com/KNybw4E.jpgL to R:

Sailor Leocule Power Stone in Rose Quartz, using a black Sailor cart in it.

Pilot Prera in Pink, Noodler's Lexington Gray

TWSBI Mini in White and Rose Gold, Noodler's Habanero

Sailor Procolor 500 in Sakura, J. Herbin Bouquet D'Antan

 

 

TWSBI Mini in Rose Gold

[uemuraw]

Sailor Pro Gear Realo featuring a Mottishaw-stubbed B nib sporting Sheaffer Skrip Blue.

[eliweisz]

Sailor Pro Gear Realo featuring a Mottishaw-stubbed B nib sporting Sheaffer Skrip Blue.

Pictures pleeease!

[uemuraw]

As requested.

 

This is a pen and ink combination for getting work done. I like it, but the visceral experience must be good, it cannot be distracting, and it must be reliable. I need to be able to pause to think without suffering a hard start when I get back to writing. The Pro Gear Realo featuring the Mottishaw-stubbed B nib sporting Sheaffer Skrip Blue makes the grade.

 

 

 

I enjoy the red and black color scheme (which looks oddly orange and black to me, but I'm no artist). That's what first caught my eye. Check out the blue in the ink window. It'll flash a little when light catches it just right. Pretty cool.

 

 

But really, the nib's performance is what makes this pen. Cheap paper, expensive paper, forms, sticky notes. This is as versatile as a rollerball or ball point for accomplishing mundane tasks. Sometimes I cannot write as small as I'd like on goofy forms that give you a quarter inch to write an entire address. But other than that – it's a versatile worker pen.

 

[TheRealMikeDr]

Trotting out the Pilot Custom 74 and the Waterman Hemisphere today:

 

[Shannon]

Trotting out the Pilot Custom 74 and the Waterman Hemisphere today:

 

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Beautiful pens!

[Helen350]

Writing thank you letters:

 

TWSBI Eco White - 1.1 stub. Chesterfield Emerald

Piper Heart of Spring - med. nib. Chesterfield Rose

Jinhao 599A - #5 med. nib. Chesterfield Antique Orchid

 

[Guardy]

@uemuraw: That pen is definitely not red. If anything it's that typical 1970's orange. Looks awesome, though - very eye-catching, indeed.

 

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I finally caved and bought a red Lamy Safari*, mostly because all my stuff being red is a bit of a running joke and my only red pen so far was a Jinhao x450 with the matching ink - and even I don't really want to take all my university notes with really-really-very-bright-red ink.

You cannot even begin to imagine how much I love this pen. First of all, it's actually quite pretty (for a Safari), but also it writes so very well. I have four-ish Lamy pens and a few more nibs, and this is absolutely my favorite.

I was planning to buy a black replacement nib (because the steel-colored ones are butt-ugly), but I don't think I'm going to.

 

I'm also using the aforementioned red x450, as well as a yet unidentified old-ish Parker c/c pen (I need to use up the Quink black cartridge in there and ink it with something that doesn't look like (bleep)**, buuuuut... writing with a fugly ink is kind of not very fun) and a Reform 1745 that just arrived in the mail.

 

*After ALMOST buying it half a dozen times in the last few weeks...
**I don't even understand why I hate that black ink so much - Lamy's black isn't exactly the blackest black ever either, but that I don't mind.

[ggrosjean]

Ok, so maybe this is nuts........Lamy Dark Lilac with a Broad 14K nib and Dark Lilac ink.....

 

I just like gold nibs.

[Shannon]

 

New-to-me Waterman Expert I, inked with Chesterfield Night Sapphire. It's my first use of the ink (and the pen) and I'm really enjoying both.

Edited June 3, 2016 by Shannon

[Freddy]

Some of the pens on my desk that are currently in use......

All are filled with the Blues......................................................

 

Fred

[uemuraw]

Red Lamy Safari featuring a 1.1 mm nib and sporting Diamine Oxblood. Blue Lamy Safari featuring a 1.1 mm nib and sporting Diamine Salamander.

[TheRealMikeDr]

Using the "Stealth" Faber Castell e-motion today - slowly becoming one of my favorites:

 

[eliweisz]

As requested.

 

This is a pen and ink combination for getting work done. I like it, but the visceral experience must be good, it cannot be distracting, and it must be reliable. I need to be able to pause to think without suffering a hard start when I get back to writing. The Pro Gear Realo featuring the Mottishaw-stubbed B nib sporting Sheaffer Skrip Blue makes the grade.

 

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I enjoy the red and black color scheme (which looks oddly orange and black to me, but I'm no artist). That's what first caught my eye. Check out the blue in the ink window. It'll flash a little when light catches it just right. Pretty cool.

 

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But really, the nib's performance is what makes this pen. Cheap paper, expensive paper, forms, sticky notes. This is as versatile as a rollerball or ball point for accomplishing mundane tasks. Sometimes I cannot write as small as I'd like on goofy forms that give you a quarter inch to write an entire address. But other than that – it's a versatile worker pen.

 

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Beautiful - both the pen and your writing sample. Thanks!

[Motorrader]

Omas Vintage 556