What Pens Are You Using Today 2017

[Ian the Jock]

Esterbrook SJ, 2314-M nib, inked w/Diamine Ochre.

Eli

Don't you find the SJ to be a tiny, footery wee thing.

I found my fingers getting sore pretty quickly as I think I was using a death grip, possibly due to not really feeling anything there.

 

It actually put me right off Esties altogether.

 

Ian

[eliweisz]

Eli

Don't you find the SJ to be a tiny, footery wee thing.

I found my fingers getting sore pretty quickly as I think I was using a death grip, possibly due to not really feeling anything there.

 

It actually put me right off Esties altogether.

 

Ian

It's small but quite convenient for my hand. Got it from tmenyc this morning, and filled an A5 page just an hour ago. So far, no complaints on the size/section shape. The nib is another story: it's an OM that requires a "special" writing angle. Had to rotate the nib to 11 o'clock and lower the barrel a bit to write comfortably. The overall feeling is rather awkward, like a felt-tip pen (haven't used them for years).

[ISW_Kaputnik]

There's a thread over in the chatter forum asking people about their "bling-bling" pens. I posted a couple of pictures of the pens which are most striking looking in my eyes, although as I noted, there's not much chance that I'd impress anyone else with them. Most people just don't notice what pen you're using, and there's not much point in trying to get them to notice.

 

Which is a preface to saying that the pen I'm using today is one of my plainest looking ones in any case. But it writes beautifully, at least within the limits of my penmanship. Mabie Todd Swan 3150 with Sailor Jentle Miruai ink.

 

 

[trdsf]

Platinum Plaisir, medium nib, J. Herbin Lie de Thé.

[thygreyt]

today im using my new unicef! i love it thus far!

 

 

 

[Freddy]

DLXXXVI

Left to right.

Wahl-Eversharp:

Oxford, Tunis celluloid lever filler {LF}

Flat-Top in Coral LF

Lamy 2000 piston filler {PIF}

R&W German Rolled Gold Double PIF

All filled with the blues

Fred

 

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Edited May 18, 2017 by Freddy

[mports]

TWSBI Diamond 580RB filled with Pelikan Edelstein Aquamarine Ink - Happy Days!

[Le Vieux]

Merz & Krell 400nn, Diamine Sapphire Blue.

 

[Freddy]

 

Fred

[tgoto]

Using:

Rotring Freeway, fine nib with Iroshizuku Murasaki Shikibu

Parker Vacumatic, fine nib with Diamine Sepia

Montblanc Meisterstuck 144, extra fine nib with Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue

[Noihvo]

[mports]

Today's choice:

 

Fairly sure the Sonnet is inked with Diamine Twilight, but I can't remember - Duh !

Edited May 21, 2017 by mports

[Wandering Man]

[shardulsx]

Lamy safari...

N pilot metropolitan...

[MercianScribe]

My Granny's Mentmore Supreme, finally opened, sac replaced and taken on a test run with Pilot Blue, and this (again!):

 

[MercianScribe]

Although, I must admit, now I'm confused... everybody seems to be upping pics to this thread, but it turns out there's a 'show us what pen' thread just down the road...?!

[mports]

Confusion probably arises on account of both having similar titles, I have admit I was wondering the same thing & where to post.

[Penman222]

Two Lamys. A 2000 and an Al-Star.

[praxim]

Onoto 6000 'Streamline' from the 1920s, with No.3 nib which is flexible and generous with ink.

 

 

Ink, with traces on the nib, is Waterman Red. Apart from a tendency to dry out, red is not a problem for old plunger-fill Onotos. They are easy to clean. This pen is reliable and much better looking than suggested in my photo where the BHR fades out under the halogen light. In use, it simply looks black. The cylindrical form of the barrel does not allow posting. At more than 14 cm unposted, that hardly matters, and the girth and section are both very comfortable.

[dylim1]

Visconti Wall Street.