What Pens Are You Using Today 2017

[mallymal1]

Good work, praxim...and it's a keeper. Brilliant.

 

tgoto, doing a little bit of repair work can be very rewarding. A starting point might be simple lever fillers, which need a resac. Esterbrooks or Conway Stewarts are ideal, as they have friction fit sections. There must be lots of others, though.

[praxim]

Thanks Malcolm. It is.

 

You repair pens too? Nice!

I wish I could do that.

You can, I reckon. I simply used the fabulous resource which is FPN to learn and to apply.

 

In a couple of months I will have all my tools back, after nine months without, so can get on to some slightly more difficult repairs which are waiting.

[Freddy]

Pens are filled with the blues

 

Fred

[tgoto]

tgoto, doing a little bit of repair work can be very rewarding. A starting point might be simple lever fillers, which need a resac. Esterbrooks or Conway Stewarts are ideal, as they have friction fit sections. There must be lots of others, though.

Thank you for the pointer!

I was wondering which (or what type of) pens I should work on as a complete newbie for a pen repair

I will need to learn tools and materials I have to get..

I shall look into a reasonably-priced Esterbrooks

[tgoto]

You can, I reckon. I simply used the fabulous resource which is FPN to learn and to apply.

In a couple of months I will have all my tools back, after nine months without, so can get on to some slightly more difficult repairs which are waiting.

You are absolutely right!

FPN it is!

I was trying to find out where I could learn pen repairs...I was looking far out when the answer was right here

[inkstainedruth]

So, any pen under $38M* then.

 

 

 

* Ferrari 250GTO 1962, owned by Stirling Moss.

 

My husband freaked at the price of my first Pelikan (a 1990s era M400 Brown Tortoise). When it came to the two M405s I got this spring, he was kinda resigned to it....

Of course, next year, I'm not going to have nearly the budget -- this was a one-off year because I got tired of not getting paid what I did for the sideline business (AKA *his* "midlife crisis" -- MY midlife crisis fits in the footprint of a four by eight sheet of plywood, or just larger than the footprint of one of the propane powered commercial convection ovens -- which he has conventiently forgotten that *I* technically own, since it got paid for out of inheritance money, and I'm pretty sure cost more than ALL the pens and inks put together...). When I don't go to do the annual show next year he might finally appreciate what I did for the past 11 -- including for the three shows where we tanked financially (one of which *I* knew -- going in -- that it was going to be a trainwreck, and I was right... ).

Of course now he's talking about possibly doing a brick and mortar location in conjunction with the new space his maker's club is considering taking over.... I have a bad feeling that somehow he's going to need a cashier.....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[bongo47]

So today I grabbed my Ahab demonstrator just to add to a list. Then I noticed it had burped horribly into the cap. I thought we'd gotten past that when I switched out the loose converter for one of the cartridges noodlers now makes. But I guess not. Bummed, I cleaned it and put it in the storage-box-of-shame along with other pens I probably won't ever use again.

 

The rest of the day I mostly just grabbed my Nemosine singularity with a .6 stub. Other pens got a rest before the workweek.

 

Cheers,

[AmandaW]

Pen du jour is a screaming-green TWSBI EF loaded with Super 5 Dublin.

 

[GranTorino25]

My first Parker 51 arrived today Burgundy, with a Chrome cap and a custom grind by Pendleton Brown to a CI. Very lovely writing experience, and the CI suits my writing style down to the ground!

[AmandaW]

My first Parker 51 arrived today Burgundy, with a Chrome cap and a custom grind by Pendleton Brown to a CI. Very lovely writing experience, and the CI suits my writing style down to the ground!

 

Wow. I'm green. I have had a wild enthusiasm for CI pens of late and my attempts at grinding some are um... er... not as good as that! Congratulations. Will there be a writing sample for us to admire?

[Helen350]

Platinum Century 3776. B-Nib. Blue ink cartridge

[mehandiratta]

These two beauties from Japan

 

1. Pilot Custom 743 with FA nib

2. Pilot Elabo with SF Nib

 

 

 

 

[migo984]

My first Parker 51 arrived today Burgundy, with a Chrome cap and a custom grind by Pendleton Brown to a CI. Very lovely writing experience, and the CI suits my writing style down to the ground!

I'm glad you like it. That is a lovely pen: I think you snagged a good deal :-)

[RonLyke]

 

Visconti Van Gogh Midi Starry night

 

Visconti Van Gogh Black

 

Lamy 2K

 

Cross Solo

[Ian the Jock]

Platinum Century 3776. B-Nib. Blue ink cartridge

And with a broad nib too. LOVELY.

Glad to see it has arrived Helen, how does it run?

 

Ian

[GranTorino25]

 

Wow. I'm green. I have had a wild enthusiasm for CI pens of late and my attempts at grinding some are um... er... not as good as that! Congratulations. Will there be a writing sample for us to admire?

[GranTorino25]

Apologies, take 2

[Helen350]

And with a broad nib too. LOVELY.

Glad to see it has arrived Helen, how does it run?

 

Ian

 

Ian, it does have some flex to the nib (14K), however, even with it being a B. nib, it also has some feedback. Being a gold nib, I was somewhat surprised. I guess I was expecting it to be 'smooth as butter.' I almost hate to say that my Wing Sung 698 with a smoothed Pilot Plumix med. italic (without the flex), writes 'almossst' as well. Ian, I know you will understand what I am mean. It is a lovely pen--I can't deny that. A beautiful bourgogne colored resin. I popped the ink cartridge in, and within about 45 seconds I was writing, with excellent ink flow. I definitely don't regret purchasing this pen. If I can find a good deal on the blue 3776, I might add it my collection. I'm believing after using it for a few weeks, the nib will settle 'in' (if you will). .

 

[AmandaW]

Apologies, take 2

 

Thankyou. Beautiful, lucky you. I love the subtle line variation. Very classy.

[GranTorino25]

I agree, the subtle but definite line variation is great. It's not too broad, which means I can use this as a daily writer with my small handwriting I was very lucky to come across the pen, thanks must go to migo984!