Don't Just Tell Us About The Pen You're Using *show* Us!, 2017

[friedrichwild]

Edited March 7, 2017 by friedrichwild

[Tas]

 

 

*rummages around to find the Parker Vector with medium nib . . .

 

 

 

** finds it . . . but also finds my feed does not keep up

(Waterman Black)

Edited March 7, 2017 by Tas

[friedrichwild]

 

*rummages around to find the Parker Vector with medium nib . . .

 

 

 

** finds it . . . but also finds my feed does not keep up

(Waterman Black)

maybe you got unlucky or i got lucky. i do not know. i have not seen that somewhere else. it was just an experiment that worked for me and i thought to share it!

Edited March 7, 2017 by friedrichwild

[Tas]

maybe you got unlucky or i got lucky. i do not know. i have not see that somewhere else. it was just an experiment that worked for me and i thought to share it!

 

I'm delighted you shared your discovery.

 

I'm still playing with mine, perhaps another ink, perhaps a different cartridge. Who knows.

 

I'm sure many others will be giving your hack a go. Thank you

 

 

[friedrichwild]

 

I'm delighted you shared your discovery.

 

I'm still playing with mine, perhaps another ink, perhaps a different cartridge. Who knows.

 

I'm sure many others will be giving your hack a go. Thank you

 

 

you are so welcome! i see that your flag is a Cyprus flag, so if you are from Cyprus you would know Greek so ...παρακαλώ. if not, ¨παρακλώ¨ means ¨you are welcome¨

[Tas]

you are so welcome! i see that your flag is a Cyprus flag, so if you are from Cyprus you would know Greek so ...παρακαλώ. if not, ¨παρακλώ¨ means ¨you are welcome¨

 

 

τίποτε.

x

 

(that kind of carries the same meaning as nada in Spanish ie think nothing of it)

 

 

Edited March 8, 2017 by Tas

[Penman222]

Today I am using three large pens, a Lamy 2000, a Jinhao X450, and a Pelikan M805, all with medium nibs and great writers....

[eliweisz]

Sheaffer Prelude, broad nib.

 

Lovely!

 

 

 

Here are my Sheaffers.

A Legacy Heritage Palladium, No Nonsense, Prelude with Palladium cap. All medium nibs.

 

 

 

 

My favorite pen make

 

Some Sheaffer goodness, too:

http://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2821/32740617130_b7fde5477b_c.jpg

http://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3835/33127429925_63dae7488d_c.jpg

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[BillH]

Did someone mention Brilliant Brown?

 

[eliweisz]

Did someone mention Brilliant Brown?

 

M800 Tort brilliant brown.jpg

 

But of course! One of the best browns available. Works so well with vintage pens.

Edited March 8, 2017 by eliweisz

[swordofthedove]

Did someone mention Brilliant Brown?

 

M800 Tort brilliant brown.jpg

How wet is the brilliant brown? I have the black 4001, and it's so dry I usually use it for trying out new pens, or pens with a really wet feed.

[RINGO]

To my lovely wife for Women Day

Wish a big Happiness to every woman in the world!

 

Pen - Platinum (Japan)

Ink: Platinum

 

[Occipital Lobe]

Struggling with finding the right ink for my new Optima. All inks seem faded and washed out in this pen.

 

So far I´ve tried (and rejected) the following:

Diamine Denim & Blue Black, Sailor Souten & Blue Black, R&K Salix.

Visconti Blue was okay, but lacked the magic I was looking for. For now, I´ve ended up with Kon Peki, but I´m not sure that´s the one either.

This pen is either going for a tune-up or in classifieds. I´m not impressed with the nib so far...

People are not joking when they say Auroras have feedback.

 

http://i1160.photobucket.com/albums/q485/Occipital_Lobe/Pens/Inked/8CAC5FDF-8E3A-4519-9A9C-3D8FAB5069DE_zpslcx4ghsj.jpg

[amberleadavis]

Struggling with finding the right ink for my new Optima. All inks seem faded and washed out in this pen.

 

So far I´ve tried (and rejected) the following:

Diamine Denim & Blue Black, Sailor Souten & Blue Black, R&K Salix.

Visconti Blue was okay, but lacked the magic I was looking for. For now, I´ve ended up with Kon Peki, but I´m not sure that´s the one either.

This pen is either going for a tune-up or in classifieds. I´m not impressed with the nib so far...

People are not joking when they say Auroras have feedback.

 

http://i1160.photobucket.com/albums/q485/Occipital_Lobe/Pens/Inked/8CAC5FDF-8E3A-4519-9A9C-3D8FAB5069DE_zpslcx4ghsj.jpg

 

 

May I suggest a really bright red? OR Aurora blue?

[Occipital Lobe]

 

 

May I suggest a really bright red? OR Aurora blue?

 

Naaaah - I really bought this one solely for a medium blue or a Blue Black. (Isn´t Aurora blue very similar to Visconti blue?)

It really annoys me that it is so dry. I tried the same inks in the TWSBI (M) and the Scriptorium (M), and both pens give a much more saturated line.

But thanks for the suggestions anyway.

[Tas]

Struggling with finding the right ink for my new Optima. All inks seem faded and washed out in this pen.

 

So far I´ve tried (and rejected) the following:

Diamine Denim & Blue Black, Sailor Souten & Blue Black, R&K Salix.

Visconti Blue was okay, but lacked the magic I was looking for. For now, I´ve ended up with Kon Peki, but I´m not sure that´s the one either.

This pen is either going for a tune-up or in classifieds. I´m not impressed with the nib so far...

People are not joking when they say Auroras have feedback.

 

http://i1160.photobucket.com/albums/q485/Occipital_Lobe/Pens/Inked/8CAC5FDF-8E3A-4519-9A9C-3D8FAB5069DE_zpslcx4ghsj.jpg

 

Gutted for you

 

Every time I handle an Aurora (Optima or 88) I have to use all ALL my willpower to not get the credit card out.

I dread to think the state I'd be in if I'd actually bought one and it was misbehaving.

 

Sounds like a job for someone who knows their nibs.

Best of luck. Please keep us posted.

[BillH]

How wet is the brilliant brown? I have the black 4001, and it's so dry I usually use it for trying out new pens, or pens with a really wet feed.

 

 

I usually use the 4001 BB in my Tortoise Pelikans and it is wonderful in them. But most of my Pels tend to be a little wet, so my feeling is that the BB will perform similar to your black. I haven't used it in other pens.

[Cryptos]

@mehandiratta - if you want to swap your Ranga blue swirl for a Bexley Prometheus with a broad nib, let me know.

 

 

Messing about.

[fatalelement]

Was cleaning up and organizing, and got to my pens, and decided since I'm packing for a short trip and had all my camera stuff out I'd do a little shoot. I decided to use all my black and gold pens. Unfortunately, I left my camera on high ISO and with all the noise filters off (had been doing spectral imaging with it hooked up to a scope and forgot to change all the settings) so it's a bit grainy. Also, the Sailor nib looks real gross because I was cleaning the nib and apparently left some water on it in a very ugly swipe pattern, so forgive my ugly nib

 

First the crew, then the closeups:

 

Pilot Custom 823:

 

 

My dad's old 146:

 

 

My dad's old Duofold, with the arrow nib:

 

 

My venerable and beaten-up Kaweco Sport that I've sent through the wash not once, not twice, but three times. It's also been ejected from a moving vehicle (it flew out of my hand after a crazy pothole in a parking lot, but luckily hit grass):

 

 

My more recent (and apparently poorly cleaned) acquisition, a Sailor Young Profit which I got to give Sailor a try and have something that looked good but was cheap to take when traveling for work or situations where certain opposing counsel/clients/co-counsel are the type that don't want to see you with a MB because it looks kinda douchey to them:

 

[the_gasman]

My venerable and beaten-up Kaweco Sport that I've sent through the wash not once, not twice, but three times. It's also been ejected from a moving vehicle (it flew out of my hand after a crazy pothole in a parking lot, but luckily hit grass):

 

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. - Oscar Wilde

 

Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. - Franklin P. Jones