What Pens Are You Using Today 2016

[dylim1]

Conid Minimalistica

[Raif79]

Pelikan M805 Stresemann F

[eliweisz]

Delta Unica Blue, F nib, inked with Visconti Turquoise

Kaigelu 316, M nib, inked with Pelikan Edelstein Aquamarine

Picasso 915, M nib, inked with Diamine Red Dragon

Parker 51, 0.8 stub by Greg Minuskin, inked with De Atramentis Thomas Alva Edison

[PAKMAN]

Had the official that presided over our wedding use my new Newton Blue Lizard Pelikan M800 to fill in my Marriage Certificate!

[Helen350]

Had the official that presided over our wedding use my new Newton Blue Lizard Pelikan M800 to fill in my Marriage Certificate!

 

Was he reluctant, or does he normally write with a FP?

[Helen350]

Up before the crack of dawn getting some quick notes together for a subject I am teaching. Jinhao X750 - broad nib. Chesterfield Antique Yankee.

[mehandiratta]

Today I am using a German pen, Faber Castell Loom which is inked with Japanese ink Sailor Kobe #51 Kano-Cho Midnight.

 

 

 

 

Best Steel nibs come from Faber-Castell.

[Freddy]

Italian..................................

 

 

Fred

 

.....I was feeling so bad

 

I asked my family doctor just what I had

 

I said Doctor Mr MD

 

Now can you tell me what's ailing me?

 

~ Good Lovin

[Guardy]

@mehandiratta: Your pictures are always so pretty. Also, how do you like the Loom? I don't have a Faber-Castell pen yet, which, being German, I'd quite like to rectify at some point, and I'm quite interested in hearing a few opinions first.

 

@Freddy: Your pen collection never ceases to amaze me.

 

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I used way too many, as always. No pictures, though, because all my picture-taking devices broke.

 

My early 1950's Geha Schulfüller, as basically always these days. It's the only pen with a really fine nib I own that really works well with my favorite ink - Pelikan blue-black. I'm very fond of this pen, as restored it to some of its former glory all on my own.

 

A blue twist Jinhao x450: Also with Pelikan blbk, but very much a medium nib. I love this pen so much. It's an excellent writer, and it's so pretty.

 

The Zombie: A heavily modified old Online pen - I widened the feed and changed the nib to a home-ground italic nib (a '70s-'80s steel nib that was way too broken to fix) with the help of some duct tape... which I really didn't expect to work, but it turned out to be the best italic-nibbed pen I've ever owned, a beautifully wet writer without ever leaking and all around one of my best pens. Inked with Pelikan 4001 purple (or violet or whatever they call that), because it matches the pen.

 

Reform 1745: With Delta blue - the actual Delta pen worked awfully with the ink, but in this lil' thing, it's really quite fun. I use this for quick note-taking away from a proper desk, because it's so small and an uncomplicated writer. I mostly bought it as a curiosity (as it is easily available as NOS despite being from the 1980's), and the best-value offer I found were two pens. One I kept as it was, un-inked, to show off with in fifty years or so. I don't think it'll ever become actually valuable, but it's still an interesting thing to have around, imo. The other pen had an awkwardly-placed sticker, so I decided to actually put that one to use, and it's actually a decent enough pen. Really small, but reliable. NOS-gimmick aside, the pens were actually really good value for the price I paid.

[ISW_Kaputnik]

Today's two pens have something in common; they've both had nib work. The Delta Serena had the titanium plating flaking off the nib, so I sent it back to the maker for a warranty replacement. So far so good. The other pen is a Mabie Todd 3150 from the late 1940s. The nib was worn in such a way that it was no pleasure for me to write with it, but after a trip to John Mottishaw's workshop, it is now first rate.

 

I took this picture in sunlight to capture the brown color of the Mabie Todd. It also captured a lot more dust than I realized was there. I swear I'd just wiped both pens off, at least.

 

1423 by waranoid, on Flickr

[Guardy]

A 1980's (...of sorts; it's got a post-'91 section) Parker 75 Milleraies my dad gave me after I found it in the depths of an old cabinet... I was just looking for some printer paper, but I certainly don't mind a free pen or two along the way, especially if it's such a nice one.

 

I'm still busy cleaning it out; it's a c/c pen, and my only Parker converter (should it even fit properly) is otherwise occupied... oh joy.

 

I love how the cap snaps on, though.

[Helen350]

Monteverde Invincia - Scottish Plaid. M. Nib. Private Reserve Avocado

[hh1990]

A Diplomat Excellence A with Diplomat Royal Blue ink.

[Helen350]

Esterbrook Transitional J - Nib #2314 Stub. Private Reserve Avocado

[masterguns]

MB 149 (Broad)

MB Rouge et Noir (Medium)

MB 1912 Heritage (Broad)

 

Edited November 13, 2016 by masterguns

[RocketRyan]

My weekend jeans pocket pen! Cross century 2 medalist. And if I ever get round to sitting down and doing any actual paper work a mont blanc 146.

[jar]

Today it is the Platinum Century #3776 based Sansui:

 

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It's one of the few pens short enough to use with the stupid small pockets Haynes puts on their T-Shirts.

[jmccarty3]

MB 149 (Broad)

MB Rouge et Noir (Medium)

MB 1912 Heritage (Broad)

 

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A very nice trio!

[Freddy]

Montblanc 149 French market PIF soft fine 3-T late sixties

Montblanc 206 Danish BF flexible fine

Pelikan 100N PIF with a very sexie flexie Oblique Broad

Parker "51" Aerometric extra-fine

Sheaffer OS Balance LF medium

All are filled with the Blues

Fred

...strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords

is no basis for a system of government. Supreme

executive power derives from a mandate from the

masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

~ Dennis the Constitutional Peasant...

"Did you see 'em repressing me?"

[Freddy]

Please excuse the Dreaded double Post...........

 

Fred

Edited November 14, 2016 by Freddy