What Pens Are You Using Today 2016

[tmenyc]

My workhorse:

Some Parker, Kosca, Vendex, etc.

Ben, what is the pen in your picture? Very deco looking, handsome.

In front of me on my desk at the moment are my Sheaffer Balance vac-fill with same age Sheaffer perm blue-black and a friend's Pelikan 400, which he swore was leaking every few lines and I can't get to leak, possibly because I filled it with Pelikan ink.

 

Tim

[Helen350]

Jinhao 500 with a Jinhao 599 cap - M. Nib. Chesterfield Antique Oxford

[Aquaria]

Today my pen use has been a Cross Stratford M nib that I'm simply trying to run the ink out of to box it up for maybe someday use. It's an OK pen, but not OK enough to keep inked constantly. The nib lays down so much ink that it operates effectively as a broad nib. I may find a use for that later, but now isn't that time. The ink was the Cross black cartridge that came with it.

 

The Pilot Custom Heritage 92 in F inked up with Pilot Iroshizuku Murasaki-Shikibu went into use to finish a chapter of advance notes for next semester's Int. Japanese class, and it's just about the perfect pen for writing kanji in small spaces. I also started a new chapter of notes with a Lamy Vista EF inked up with Pelikan Dark Green. It's an ink sample that I'm trying to run out, so I can get a handle on my sample collection.

 

Finally, I used the Schneider Easy Touch in the bats design with the blue cartridge that came with it. This is another pen I've considered running the ink out of and boxing up, but I think I may toss this in my pencil case next semester as a backup FP or a "You want to try a FP?" pen that I can let people borrow and not freak if they walk off with it. So what? It's a cheapie pen that came in my iPenBox subscription. It's not like it's my Waterman Carene. Maybe it's not the greatest writer in the world, but I do love its grip. It's one of the most comfortable pens to hold that I own, and the design is actually sort of cute. It will fit in a great when college starts up again.

[mehandiratta]

Chelpark Sona inked with Camel Scarlet Red

[Guardy]

Finally, I used the Schneider Easy Touch in the bats design with the blue cartridge that came with it.

oH GOSH. I just looked that one up, and that design is actually amazing. In a "cheap German student's pen" kind of way, but still.

My favorite stationery store sells quite a lot of Schneider things; I'll have to keep an eye open for that pen.

 

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My pens of the day: A Kaigelu 316 (amber / tiger's eye), a Wing Sung 322 (green), a Wing Sung 233 (taupe) and a Hero 616 (mk II, white).

Also a Jinhao x450 (blue twist), a Parker 45 (flighter) and a 1950's Geha Schulfüller.

The first four are new, I used the Parker 45 for comparison's sake, the Jinhao is my "the paper sucks but I don't want to use a fine nib"-pen and I used the Geha to sign a thing for university, because it has a fairly flexible nib and my name lends itself well to at least one flowy capital letter and... well, basically, I'm a filthy show-off.

I like all of my new pens.

The 316 has a highly interesting nib (a pretty broad, slightly stub-like medium), even though the pen is a bit unfortunately-colored: One side is almost completely grey, the other almost completely orange and black. I'm very impressed with the overall pen, though, and that cap jewel is actually beautiful.

The 322 has an actual celluloid barrel. I should have bought the red one, because I have at least four guitar picks with that exact material and color... but the green looks splendid. Can't compete with those beautiful vintage celluloid barrels of course, because it's visibly cheap, rolled material with a quite obvious seam, but the color is very nice, and it looks impressive enough if you have never seen a proper celluloid pen.

The 233 is nice - the design may not be everybody's thing (especially not in "1970's-plastic-beige"; you know the color), but I like it - and it's got a pretty nice size. Small enough to be practical, big enough to write comfortably.

The 616 surprised me; the nib is smooooth! Still has some feedback, of course, but it's not a lot for such a fine nib - also, I prefer having a bit of feedback, anyway. In retrospect, though, buying a non-c/c pen with a very white section and a hooded nib may have been unwise. That's probably the single best recipe for staining, hah.

Looks very nice, though, so I don't mind too much.

I'm also surprisingly fond of the 616's tiny ink window - it's actually quite usable, yet very subtle.

[mallymal1]

My workhorse:

Some Parker, Kosca, Vendex, etc.

 

Hi Ben...that's an interesting looking pen. What is it?

[Freddy]

 

Hi Ben...that's an interesting looking pen. What is it?

 

 

For your consideration..link to Ben's post re his diy pen

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/316238-diy-steampunkpen/?p=3746819

 

Fred

 

nice pants

[Freddy]

MCCCLXXXVIII

 

Wahl Coral pre Gold Seal

Nakaya Raden Amanogawa

Parker Vacumatic Burgundy Pearl 1st generation standard

Montblanc 344

Waterman 454 Pansey

All are filled with the Blues.

 

 

 

 

Fred

Edited December 17, 2016 by Freddy

[Aquaria]

 

oH GOSH. I just looked that one up, and that design is actually amazing. In a "cheap German student's pen" kind of way, but still.

My favorite stationery store sells quite a lot of Schneider things; I'll have to keep an eye open for that pen.

 

 

I've noticed that Schneider seems to be getting out of the FP business. The last time I looked at their site, they didn't have many FPs listed in their catalogue, but maybe I didn't look in the right place.

 

As for the Easy Touch, I pictured it as a "future hipster" pen. It seems to be for the kid who wants something that other people don't have, but they can't afford a more expensive pen. Or maybe the parents aren't about to spend big bucks on a pen for a school kid.

 

The grip is the real star of the pen. It is really--really--comfortable to hold, at least for me. Far better than its low price point would indicate.

 

I don't know about Germany, but here in the States, the pen is available at iPenStore. It's a good "cheapie" pen for tossing in a book bag.

Edited December 17, 2016 by Aquaria

[mallymal1]

 

 

For your consideration..link to Ben's post re his diy pen

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/316238-diy-steampunkpen/?p=3746819

 

Fred

 

nice pants

 

Thanks for the illumination, Fred.

[limt]

Pelikan m400 tortoise & Waterman 100 with Parker Green

[Noihvo]

Today my pen use has been a Cross Stratford M nib that I'm simply trying to run the ink out of to box it up for maybe someday use. It's an OK pen, but not OK enough to keep inked constantly. The nib lays down so much ink that it operates effectively as a broad nib. I may find a use for that later, but now isn't that time. The ink was the Cross black cartridge that came with it.

 

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And the pen is Cross Century II Medalist with a "Medium" nib.

[Orpilorp]

I used to work in an office where if my pen was misplaced, then I could trust that a colleague would return it to me. But now I work for a school district where I'm in and out of elementary/middle/high schools every day, and so if my pen was misplaced and (probably) found by a student, then it would disappear forever. Consequently I dare not use anything rare or valuable. So my daily carry is a Lamy Safari F nib or a Pilot Prera M nib or something else that's sturdy and easily replaceable; all the good stuff stays home.

 

My consolation is that at work I can always use ANY ink color I choose.

[Le Vieux]

Parker Premier is the one I am using right now. There's something about this pen...I don't know what, but it keeps shadowing my favorite Pelikan 100 :-). Or at least competing at it...

 

Worn and beaten, but never broken, this Parker. Writes like in its first day and is extremely reliable.

 

Edited December 18, 2016 by Le Vieux

[jmccarty3]

Today, among many others that I have inked up, I'm playing with an Esterbrook J in grey, with a 2314M Relief (oblique) Medium nib. The ink is Sheaffer Skrip Blue-Black, which is more blue-black in color than the Waterman Mysterious Blue, but seems a bit drier.

 

I also have a Montblanc 149 with a 14k XXF, unfortunately not flexible at all. This nib writes the same line as my Pilot E95S XF. I have it inked with Montblanc Midnight Blue.

[inkstainedruth]

Dollar 717i demonstrator, M (?) nib (can't read the marking on the feed), with (diluted Califolio Bonne Esperance.

Parker stainless steel Vector, M nib, with Diamine Kensington Blue.

Parker Vacumatic Junior Speedline filler Green Shadow Wave, with Iroshihzuku Yama-budo.

Ruth Morrisson aka instainedruth

[Eduardo]

Papermate Mk VI

[Guardy]

Lamy AL-Star in silver green (some limited edition or another); EF-nib, with Diamine Saddle Brown
Wing Sung 322; EF-nib (technically F, but...), with Pelikan 4001 dark green
>Matching nib widths, matching barrel colors (... I mean, they're both green-ish) and inks that go well together.
Besides, the 322 is really pretty - it's cheap celluloid, but it's got the brilliant colors and pattern nonetheless.

 

No-Name/Herlitz Frankenpen, 1.3-ish mm stub, Diamine Oxblood
>When fine nibs just won't cut it. Oxblood is the perfect stub/italic ink.

 

1950's Staedtler pen; F/M stainless steel nib, most likely with Pelikan royal blue
1950's? pen of unclear make or origin, Pelikan 4001 brilliant black.

>Stumbled upon a flea market yesterday (it's a huuuuuuge one that's occasionally held one town over from where I live, but I wasn't aware they actually had one in December) and went looking for pens, naturally.
The Staedtler has some cracks in the cap, which is a shame, and the gilding on the nib is almost completely gone but apart from that, it's in beautiful condition - piston mechanism works smoothly, seal is nice and watertight, nib could use some adjustment but writes okay as it is, the barrel imprint looks like new and so do the metal parts. No oxidation, no brassing... I'll have to see if it's possible to get that cap stabilized - I don't necessarily want it to look pretty, I just want it to be durable - but I'm quite happy with this find anyway. I'll have to finish cleaning it out, though, it's currently writing with re-hydrated dried-up ink, yuck.

 

The second pen is most likely some cheap, no-name student's thing. It's got that clip with the four lines I've seen before on pens like that, and it had one of those "Dauerfeder" steel nibs of... rather questionable quality (and, ironically, durability). It is, however, a very nice (albeit stained) off-white I'd never seen in those pens, so I decided to take a risk and pay that 1€ for the pen, hah.
The piston mechanism turned out to be beyond broken - the seal was broken off, the piston knob would not turn no matter what, as if it was glued down... I did, however, manage to remove the piston mechanism, and the back of the pen turned out to be watertight... D'you see where I'm going with that? Because yes, I absolutely did convert it into an eyedropper.
It's hardly ideal, especially since you have to fill it by taking out nib and feed, but hey. I paid a buck for that.

It actually has some engraving on the cap, but the clip came loose at some point, and rubbed a groove into the cap over the years, directly over said engraving, so I can only make out half of it.

[jar]

Today it is an ST Dupont Neo-Classique with an EF nib and an unknown kinda blue cartridge.

 

http://www.fototime.com/26230BEDAEEC18B/medium800.jpg

 

http://www.fototime.com/CE839983ADCEA73/medium800.jpg

[Mister5]

Sheaffer Sentinel TM Snorkel Pastel Blue - Medium - R&K Salix.