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

[penwash]

[ethant]

Currently inked.

 

It is interesting how different the Blue Velvet looks between the MB 146 and the Visconti.

Edited May 30, 2017 by ethant

[rob1656]

[Cryptos]

Love how the Red Dragon suffuses the feed. Really dramatic.

 

Today, just received the top one, so...

[Helen350]

Duke 619 - Chesterfield Antique Yankee

Retro 51 - Diamine Bilberry

 

[maximme]

OOOO

FIRST time that i ever interested in a Sheaffer....

very nice

[maximme]

nice drawings

[maximme]

Yesterdays scribblings:

 

 

Pen: Jinhao 992 with Twsbi 580 1.1mm stub nib

Ink: Pelikan Edelstein Garnet

 

Source of the text: https://youtu.be/H3x3-22Gi3g

interesting.

were you able to fit the TWSBI stub nib into JinHao 992 directly ?

no mod needed?

[LizB]

Writing letters in the garden. Pretty perfect. Sheaffer Targa (fine nib)

 

[Noihvo]

 

[Occipital Lobe]

Just got my Aurora back from FPnibs.com

The pen arrived from the vendor as a horribly dry and scratchy medium nib with horrible inkflow. After some flossing and polishing, I ended up with a very wet medium nib, which was unacceptable, as I mostly use it for notes on copy paper at work.

I had the nib modified to a very crisp but smooth fine point that works really well on all kinds of paper, and I´m more than satisfied.

 

The result will give my Sheaffer Legacy some serious competition as my favourite EDC pen, and this is the pen I´m using today, and most likely the rest of the week.

 

Sorry about the cellphone pics.

 

http://i1160.photobucket.com/albums/q485/Occipital_Lobe/Pens/Inked/702D8D72-E625-4C0F-BE5E-B03B7DF384EF_zpsymzd6d1a.jpg

 

http://i1160.photobucket.com/albums/q485/Occipital_Lobe/Pens/Inked/C5698871-BDBE-49AB-8C5C-790EDCBF59EB_zpsxxfljymd.jpg

 

http://i1160.photobucket.com/albums/q485/Occipital_Lobe/Pens/Inked/0E4024EF-B075-406F-914D-8866F9BFDF29_zpszkcxcmo0.jpg

 

[SNAK]

Seeing as that's the second point someone's made to this effect, is there something wrong with my VP? No matter what ink goes in it it suffers from extreme nib creep. The nib has just come back from Mikeitwork and performs beautifully. But even with the original steel medium it was covered in ink. I thought it was normal.

 

 

 

 

 

Pen: Pilot VP/Capless Raden Minamo (Water Surface) with Broad nib

Ink: Montblanc Permanent Blue

Paper: Tomoe River (White)

[Coop]

interesting.

were you able to fit the TWSBI stub nib into JinHao 992 directly ?

no mod needed?

 

It was a tight fit, so a little extra force was needed, but no mods.

[bemon]

 

 

 

 

 

Pen: Pilot VP/Capless Raden Minamo (Water Surface) with Broad nib

Ink: Montblanc Permanent Blue

Paper: Tomoe River (White)

Thanks for a very personal response! I do use a converter, and when I refill I squeeze a little of the excess ink back into the bottle. I've currently got it filled with Montblanc Irish Green and there isn't as much ink on the nib, but still more than I'd expect on a different pen.

 

My VP has seen daily use for coming up on two years now, and it's one of the few pens I don't baby. Interestingly, I bought it in the Blue on Rhodium trim because I found it LEAST attractive at the time and I wanted to encourage myself to use the pen as a workhorse rather than squirrel it away in a protective case in a desk at home like so many others.

 

Anyway, it's grown on me to become one of my absolute favorites. Back to my point, it sees a lot of hard work and has been dropped once or twice (nib retracted on carpet). I work in Marketing at a dealership too, so it tends to travel with me from the heat inside to the bitter cold outside while I review a car, or vice versa from the cold AC to hot and humid temps. Sometimes it gets left in a hot car, sometimes a cold car. So maybe the mechanism inside has suffered to some degree.

 

At the end of the day it works- it doesn't leak and doesn't dry out.

[da vinci]

 

 

 

Pen: Pilot VP/Capless Raden Minamo (Water Surface) with Broad nib

Ink: Montblanc Permanent Blue

Paper: Tomoe River (White)

Beautiful pen SNAK,

 

Is it a special edition or custom version of the VP you are using?

[parkerwasmyfirstlove]

^^^^^That's a handsome VP SNAK

 

Since I don't have a nice handwriting, I sketch with my pens. Currently I'm using the Duke Uranus 620 again. This time it's filled with Waterman tender purple. That gives an interesting colour to start my sketches with.

[SNAK]

Thanks for a very personal response! I do use a converter, and when I refill I squeeze a little of the excess ink back into the bottle. I've currently got it filled with Montblanc Irish Green and there isn't as much ink on the nib, but still more than I'd expect on a different pen.

 

My VP has seen daily use for coming up on two years now, and it's one of the few pens I don't baby. Interestingly, I bought it in the Blue on Rhodium trim because I found it LEAST attractive at the time and I wanted to encourage myself to use the pen as a workhorse rather than squirrel it away in a protective case in a desk at home like so many others.

 

Anyway, it's grown on me to become one of my absolute favorites. Back to my point, it sees a lot of hard work and has been dropped once or twice (nib retracted on carpet). I work in Marketing at a dealership too, so it tends to travel with me from the heat inside to the bitter cold outside while I review a car, or vice versa from the cold AC to hot and humid temps. Sometimes it gets left in a hot car, sometimes a cold car. So maybe the mechanism inside has suffered to some degree.

 

At the end of the day it works- it doesn't leak and doesn't dry out.

bemon, as you say, what matters is that the pen is working perfectly well and being loved.

I wonder if some ink droplets collect under the trap door when the pen has been jostled or the temperature fluctuated. In that case would washing the trap door area with water help? But then I am not sure if washing that area is recommended or not. I've never had to do it, and I would hesitate because of invisible mechanism inside there.

In any case, when I commented on Oxblood nib creep it caught my eyes because I thought it was striking and pretty!

 

Beautiful pen SNAK,

 

Is it a special edition or custom version of the VP you are using?

Thank you da vinci, as far as I know, the Urushi Raden Capless pens are not special edition or limited edition in the sense that the production period or number is limited in any way. I think they are still manufactured now? There are 2 or 3 more Raden designs and I got the Minamo (Water Surface) because it looked to be the prettiest to me. But photos are nothing compared to the real raden pieces sparkling in your hand as you turn the pen. It's so distracting, it's not for real work for me but it may just be my problem.

 

^^^^^That's a handsome VP SNAK

 

Since I don't have a nice handwriting, I sketch with my pens. Currently I'm using the Duke Uranus 620 again. This time it's filled with Waterman tender purple. That gives an interesting colour to start my sketches with.

Thanks parker, and your artwork is amazing as usual.

I like the pop the purple line drawing gives to the overall picture.

Edited June 2, 2017 by SNAK

[parkerwasmyfirstlove]

Thank you SNAK, also I like the other VP very much, looks like a wepon, doesn't it?

[chromantic]

SANK, is the little white ball with the orange face just a decorative item? Probably too small to be a lamp.

[SNAK]

SANK, is the little white ball with the orange face just a decorative item? Probably too small to be a lamp.

 

Do you mean the little white and orange cat next to parkerwasmyfirstlove's Cotman palette? I assumed it was some sort of a stress ball or something but we shall wait to hear what he tells us, shan't we?