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

[mehandiratta]

Hello Fellas....

After a long time, I am here....

 

Today I am using the one of the Special Edition of ASA TransNauka... in Blue Color....

 

 

 

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

I was angry at myself for not having understood most of this book I used for my thesis, so I took it up again. I'm re-writing the confusing parts in simpler terms.

 

Pictured is the Lanbitou 3059, transparent version, it arrived a week ago and it already left it negative mark on my pen line-up. Tines misalignment, baby's bottom, the nib dries up overnight if the pen is not left nib-down and the nib even dries up in mid-sentence! Non ci siamo mica, Lanbitou.

 

[Tas]

Hello Fellas....

After a long time, I am here....

 

Today I am using the one of the Special Edition of ASA TransNauka... in Blue Color....

 

 

 

 

Yay !

You're back. Hope all is well

[mehandiratta]

 

Yay !

You're back. Hope all is well

 

Thank you

Yes.. everything is alright now...

[Ian the Jock]

A couple of less common Heros today.

 

 

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These are 2 excellent pens, both with regards build quality and performance.

The 1026 has bomb proof build and a sublimely smooth nib, and the 572 is...well, just

 

Ian

[AGxM]

My Montegrappa Ducale Murano arrived and got added to the rotation straight away (Mont Blanc Lavender Purple ink stains on fingers to prove it....)

 

[chromantic]

^^ Isn't that a pretty color! Very similar to my Metallic Purple Sport. That pen's much fancier, though. Grats!

[The_Terminator]

Quick snap today after a vacu-tastic refill!

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

Sorry about the light, it's cloudy outside.

 

This Wing Sung 3001 arrived full of scratches, the parts not tightly screwed together, a worrisome loose converter, and with a finial that screws off pretty much every time I screw the cap off.

BUT, the nib is incredibly smooth and juicy and pleasant to write with. It's not an EF by any stretch of my imagination, but I already consider the Pilot Kakuno F an EF so it's alright.

[Ian the Jock]

Still rockin' the Hero 572, and having a bit of Friday fun.

 

 

Hero 572. Diamine Florida Blue.

Parker New Slimfold. Diamine Sapphire Blue.

 

 

Ian

[Ian the Jock]

Quick snap today after a vacu-tastic refill!

I like the look of that Ama-Iro.

Gorgeous nib too.

 

Ian

[SNAK]

I really have a big catching up to do going back maybe 20 pages of this thread! I still use fountain pens every day but for some reason have gotten out of the habit of taking pictures of my pens. I shall try to remedy this problem in the near future.

 

As always, it is so lovely to see various pens and handwriting on this thread. It's the first thread I check when I log on to FPN.

 

Copy after Charles Dana Gibson, pen and ink drawing.

Pen: Gilbert & Blanzy-Poure Montgolfier no. 171 EF nib

Ink: Sumi ink

Paper: Moleskine XL notebook (bled through like crazy with this nib and ink, of course. What was I thinking? )

[AAAndrew]

I really have a big catching up to do going back maybe 20 pages of this thread! I still use fountain pens every day but for some reason have gotten out of the habit of taking pictures of my pens. I shall try to remedy this problem in the near future.

 

As always, it is so lovely to see various pens and handwriting on this thread. It's the first thread I check when I log on to FPN.

 

Copy after Charles Dana Gibson, pen and ink drawing.

Pen: Gilbert & Blanzy-Poure Montgolfier no. 171 EF nib

Ink: Sumi ink

Paper: Moleskine XL notebook (bled through like crazy with this nib and ink, of course. What was I thinking? )

 

Lovely drawing, SNAK, and good to see you again. I hadn't checked this thread in a while, what little free time I have is sucked into my steel pen blog. But when I saw your name as last updating, I had to check in. Those Montgolfier's are fun, and you sure know how to use it!

 

I'll post a pen or two later today.

 

Cheers!

 

I'll post a pen later when I get a chance.

[Cordovian]

Love that BMW blue! Going to have to find me some of that.

 

Dear Santa,...

[MG66]

I couldn't wait for Santa and ordered BMW Blue last week. Just opened it tonight! Cheaper on the BMW website than I saw it on Ebay. YMMV.

[AAAndrew]

Here's what I was writing with today.

 

 

sometimes you just feel like having a little more control, and for that, the firmer pens, like this T&H 70, are just the ticket.

[SNAK]

 

Lovely drawing, SNAK, and good to see you again. I hadn't checked this thread in a while, what little free time I have is sucked into my steel pen blog. But when I saw your name as last updating, I had to check in. Those Montgolfier's are fun, and you sure know how to use it!

 

I'll post a pen or two later today.

 

Cheers!

 

I'll post a pen later when I get a chance.

 

Thanks Andrew for your kind comment. I went and looked at your blog. What amazing information you've gathered, and you are very generous to share it with the world. If (when) you publish a book on the steel nibs, please let me know, I'd like to get a signed copy!

 

I don't have many types of dip pens but the kinds that I do like, I hoard them, literally boxes and boxes of them that can last me 3x lifetimes.

 

My favourite vintage steel pens are the Montgolfier 171EF and 172F (prefer the sharper 171EF), and Departementale Cementee no. 2552 also by Gilbert & Blanzy-Poure. I also like Baignol & Farjon Velleda Cementee 2436EF and these are very very similar to Departementale Cementee that I can't tell them apart when the pen is in the holder and I can't read the imprint on the pens. All these pens are sharp, pointy and very flexible which I like for drawing. Modern pointy steel pens like the Manga G pens are useful in that they can go into some fountain pen bodies, due to their simpler shape, but I prefer the vintage steel pens for their softness.

 

For writing, I like the left oblique cut steel pens, just like I prefer oblique nibs on a fountain pen. And I tend to only use the steel pens when I am writing on sheets of paper, rather than in a notebook because of the loooong drying time with dip pens. I am not too great with rocker blotters (I always smudge the ink where the blotter rolled over ). So I bring out the writing steel pens when I am writing letters or cards to someone.

 

Please keep up the great work on the blog, I will go back and have more thorough read through various sections soon.

[SNAK]

Still rockin' the Hero 572, and having a bit of Friday fun.

 

 

Hero 572. Diamine Florida Blue.

Parker New Slimfold. Diamine Sapphire Blue.

 

 

Ian

Hi Ian, I like putting flexy nibs in various pen bodies too! Which semi-flex nibs did you stick in them, I am curious? I love your handwriting, as always, very distinctive. I like it when your letters slant to the left.

 

BTW when did you change your Top Tip at the bottom of your signature? I liked your old one about not standing in a boat. A while ago I mentioned it to my son *just after* he fell into the water while trying to get onto his dad's canoe. It took me a few moments to explain how that tip was on a signature of one of FPN members who lives somewhere quite cold, while my son was bobbing in the water, and it seemed to have annoyed him quite a lot. I wonder if it was because I took too long to explain, or because he got wet?

Edited December 5, 2017 by SNAK

[Nikaa]

Red and white.

 

 

[Ian the Jock]

Hi Ian, I like putting flexy nibs in various pen bodies too! Which semi-flex nibs did you stick in them, I am curious? I love your handwriting, as always, very distinctive. I like it when your letters slant to the left.

 

BTW when did you change your Top Tip at the bottom of your signature? I liked your old one about not standing in a boat. A while ago I mentioned it to my son *just after* he fell into the water while trying to get onto his dad's canoe. It took me a few moments to explain how that tip was on a signature of one of FPN members who lives somewhere quite cold, while my son was bobbing in the water, and it seemed to have annoyed him quite a lot. I wonder if it was because I took too long to explain, or because he got wet?

 

Thanks Snak

Great story about the boat, I laughed out loud.

I changed my top tip after I had a couple of days in hospital after being "knocked down" by a mountain biker who came down a hill at full tilt.

I never spotted or heard him coming, as I had my cans on and was in a wee world of my own, I turned into his path to see where the dog was,.......... and woke up in A&E.

The nibs are both stock nibs Snak.

Hero produced that nib in the late 90s and only had it in a few pens, but it wasn't particularly well received, as flex isn't really suited to writing Chinese characters, or Chinese calligraphy where a fude nib is best, and producing pens for export hadn't really "landed" at that time, but as you can see, it flexes considerably wider than the Parker, and is brilliant for handwriting, especially with my left slope as you mentioned.

The Parker New Slimfold was only around for a short while in the mid 70s, but didn't fare as well as the already well established and much loved P45, probably due to it being a bit smaller, but still well worth having for the 14k semi-flex nib alone, as it is wonderful to write with.

 

Red and white.

 

 

 

Drooling over this magical colour combination, and the pens are both gorgeous.

What are the pens, if you'll excuse my ignorance.

 

Ian