Edc: Which Pens Do You Carry Around?

[Aysedasi]

I don't do 'around' any more, since I retired and the arrival of Covid.  So I effectively carry all of them around....... 

[corniche]

Hello Everyone, 

 

My daily carry changes every few days; I make sure ANY shirt I buy, (except undershirts), has AT LEAST one pocket, (I prefer two), so even when I'm hanging around the house like Aysedasi, I have a pen on me.

 

For the past couple of days, it's been a middle 1950s black Parker 51 Custom pen/pencil set.  The pen is a medium and loaded with MB Royal Blue and the pencil is loaded with Pentel Hi Polymer 2B leads - so silky.   I only wish I was so loaded.

 

- Sean 

[PithyProlix]

I always have an old black Sailor pocket (i. e. 'long short') pen, 14k fine nib, resembles Pilot's more famous Elite, in my traditional Lisu bag that I take everywhere. Inked with Hero 232 blue-black - not a great color but a very good one and a very practical ink. This rather dry pen lightens up the color and makes it more attractive to me than when used in wetter pens. 

[jchch1950]

Lamy Safari. Mango colour with blue ink.

[McBaneG]

Nearly every day: Lamy Safari Petrol Green (black M nib), black ink (one of Waterman, Pelikan 4001, or Parker Quink).

[A Smug Dill]

These days, usually a ‘lake blue’ Moonman 80 mini (being the only unit with a plastic cap, thus making it the one I would care the least about losing out of several I have), which I'm happy to leave in the pocket of this puffy jacket or other as a fall-back writing instrument to handy, in case I neglected to pick a pen I want to (carry more carefully and) be using on the day while I'm out.

[KingsCountyWriter]

A Pilot Custom White Stripe and a Kaweco Sketch-up. The PCWS has Shikiori Chushu and the Kaweco has a HB lead. This kit has been outdoors the most in 2021. The soft pouch either slips into my pocket or bag. 

[maclink]

My current EDC is a Lamy 2000 with a F nib filled with MontBlanc Permanent Black.  This is my favourite although I do rotate EDC's.

Before that, I was using a Platinum 3776 M nib and a MontBlanc Classique.... all with the same MontBlanc Permanent Black ink.

[PithyProlix]

6 hours ago, A Smug Dill said:

These days, usually a ‘lake blue’ Moonman 80 mini (being the only unit with a plastic cap, thus making it the one I would care the least about losing out of several I have), which I'm happy to leave in the pocket of this puffy jacket or other as a fall-back writing instrument to handy, in case I neglected to pick a pen I want to (carry more carefully and) be using on the day while I'm out.

 

That's strange - I just came here to write that I carry a lake blue Moonman 80 mini now. I was carrying a nice Sailor pocket pen but it was rarely getting used because I do almost all of my writing in my office. The Moonman fits in a small zip case that I carry in my man purse that I almost have with me when I go out. It's inked with Noodler's Polar Blue, a hardy and water resistant ink that I can use to fill out forms, signatures, etc. and not have to worry about it freezing on those many horribly frigid days here in Thailand.

[Ergative]

My late grandmother's Waterman Hemisphere. I was a bit meh about it when I first got it, but recently I pulled it out of storage, and somehow--maybe I'm holding it with a lower nib angle now?--it's been writing really, really nicely this last month or so.  The nib is a medium, which is small enough to be usable but broad enough to show off ink colors, and when I use a syringe-filled cartridge it's wet enough to sheen, but controlled enough to show some shading.

[TheRedBeard]

I normally have Parker 51 (Black, RG Cap, Medium nib, inked with Diamine Sherwood Green) and Parker 75 (Black Lacquer GT, Fine nib, inked with Black Quink) with me. 

[sirgilbert357]

Currently:

 

Pelikan M800 Renaissance Brown inked with Edelstein Smoky Quartz.

Pilot Custom 823 inked with a 50:50 mix of Iroshizuku Kon-peki and Asa-gao.

 

I'm also playing off and on with a Nemosine Singularity inked with J. Herbin Bleu Ocean.

[Arkanabar]

These days, my main pen is an FPR Himalaya with a 1.0mm stub, either my brown ripple ebonite or emerald green acrylic (or both), filled with Noodler's Bad Black Moccasin diluted 1:1 (the bête noire of my inks).  When working, I also carry a Jinhao 51A XF with the hooded nib, clipped to to hang outside of my scrub breast pocket and filled with MB Mystery Black.  Like the Hero 616 that it replaced, it writes a very fine line, and is unlikely to drop out of the cap without assistance. And they're available in much prettier finishes.  When I need more, I'll try to be more sure I'm getting the open nib version.

 

I always have my aqua blue Pelikan M205 F filled with Ku-Jaku, but it rarely, if ever, leaves my desk.  But whatever other pen I have filled (and it's not going to be more than one) may also get carried.  Lately, I prefer my CM nib Pilot Prera Iro-Ai.

[Jerome Tarshis]

The basic pen I carry is one or another of my Parker 51s, and on any one day it may be another pen that's filled with ink. Right now it's a 51 with a fine nib that I almost never use, since the fine nib of the Parker 51 is even less congenial than other fine nibs.

 

The other possibilities today would be a UK Aerometric Duofold Junior with a bouncy medium nib or an Aurora 88P with a medium nib that is beginning to become my favorite pen, although it seems a little exotic to be carrying around with great frequency: I am not an Italian of the 1950s, I'm an American of the 1950s. Who did in fact use Olivetti typewriters for many years.

 

 

 

[PartyWithHavarti]

Does anyone out there use an eyedropper as their everyday pen? I'm tempted to turn one of mine into an eyedropper for full days at college, but am worried about potential leakage. Anyone used one without issue? Otherwise I'm thinking of just sending out for a WingSung 601 for its giant ink capacity. 

[maclink]

59 minutes ago, PartyWithHavarti said:

Does anyone out there use an eyedropper as their everyday pen? I'm tempted to turn one of mine into an eyedropper for full days at college, but am worried about potential leakage. Anyone used one without issue? Otherwise I'm thinking of just sending out for a WingSung 601 for its giant ink capacity. 

Have you thought of an Opus 88? They hold tons of ink in eye dropper type fashion but then have that screw down valve to prevent burping that can happen with eyedroppers. 

[Mangrove Jack]

Pelikan M200, Fine nib and Noodlers Bad Belted Kingfisher.

[peroride]

Now that I have to go back in the office ...

 

The pen case shows

• Kaweco Sport AL <-- this one is a little iffy with that squeeze converter
• Lamy Studio <- sweet fine line workhorse
• Platinum 3776 Music <- basically the highlighter
• PenBBS 308 <- backup

I have also taken the Opus 88 Eyedropper with shut-off valve no problems jostling in public transit.

[brokenclay]

Whichever pens are inked. I usually have 5 or 6, so even if one is iffy, there will be another one.

 

There are a few pens I won't fly with as they are unreliable, but that's not every day.

[Detman101]

My Opus-88 Demo (SODF-flex) is my EDC.
Does everything I need from hairlines to phat-flex, fits my hand perfectly, is a great conversation starter, has a shutoff valve and it's lightweight and holds a ton of ink as well!
Quite literally, everything I want in a pen.