What Do You Have Inked?

[Matlock]

Pelikan 100 Frankenpen, (1936 Green Marbled with 1929 Hearthole UR F nib). 4001 Blue/Black ink.

[inkstainedruth]

For the FPN February ink challenge (shading inks), one of the pens I used was the vintage 400, and at the moment it's got Diamine Terra Cotta in it.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[DrCodfish]

For the FPN February ink challenge (shading inks), one of the pens I used was the vintage 400, and at the moment it's got Diamine Terra Cotta in it.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

Ruth, how do you like that color?

[Mew]

M1005 Black F nib - inked with KWZ confederation brown

 

M800 Brown Tortoise F nib - inked with sailor old Burgundy

 

M805 Vibrant Blue EF nib - inked with sailor Ina-ho (yep, not the pilot one)

[oregano]

Pelikan m101n brown tortoise with Yu-Yake

M101n red tortoise with kyo-iro soft snow of o'hara (almost done)

M600 green o' green with Robert Oster African gold

M620 Piccadilly Circus with sailor doyou

[DrCodfish]

One thing I like about this thread is creating the mental picture of the pens mentioned. Some of these selections make a wonderful image. I know some of the inks, others I guess at. Something else I wonder about, where are these pens, literally? Do you have a pen stand, are they laying in a felt lined box, or propped up in a whiskey glass or a soup can? Do you just shove them to the back of a drawer, or are they buried among a mish mash of doodle papers? If you have three or four pens inked at one time, where do they reside while in 'inked' status?

 

Here is how I do it:

 

P1000346 by Doctor Codfish, on Flickr

 

P1000344 by Doctor Codfish, on Flickr

 

P1000341 by Doctor Codfish, on Flickr

 

The 3 pen holder is something I made form scrap pieces in my workshop. The smaller, single pen holder was a gift from my wife, it is a great piece of work.

 

Guess I should mention the pens: a 50's era 400 tortoise, a Pelikano and a blue stripe M600. The tortoise (w/Diamine Chocolate) and the blue stripe (MB JFK) sport nibs stubbed by Mr. John Motishaw. The Pelikano is filled with Diamine Asa Blue. A top notch nib makes a good pen a great pen.

Edited March 3, 2018 by DrCodfish

[CraigR]

Lamy LX, silver, 1.1 nib, filled with Noodler's Old Manhattan Black

 

Sheaffer's Craftsman, #23 gold nib, Marine Green, filled with Pelikan Royal Blue

[max dog]

So much joy from one pen! That's Pelikan.

Inks: MB Lavender Purple, and Lucky Orange

Edited March 4, 2018 by max dog

[Claud]

[praxim]

A Pelikan 100 grey (mid 1930s), with a somewhat skritchy EF nib on first impression. Also an M400 tortoise (1980s) with a delicious M nib. Both contain Waterman inks for their first outing, green and brown respectively.

[inkstainedruth]

 

Ruth, how do you like that color?

 

I like it. I don't normally like red/browns or red/oranges. But that really looks like what I think of for "terra cotta".

It's a bit dry in the 400 -- I first tried it in the M200 Café Crème with a B nib (sadly since lost) -- but that may also partly be an effect of the OB nib. On crummy absorbent paper with the B nib, it has wonderful shading and is well behaved (no feathering, some water resistance, and almost no showthough).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[kealani]

One thing I like about this thread is creating the mental picture of the pens mentioned. Some of these selections make a wonderful image. I know some of the inks, others I guess at. Something else I wonder about, where are these pens, literally? Do you have a pen stand, are they laying in a felt lined box, or propped up in a whiskey glass or a soup can? Do you just shove them to the back of a drawer, or are they buried among a mish mash of doodle papers? If you have three or four pens inked at one time, where do they reside while in 'inked' status?

 

Here is how I do it:

 

P1000346 by Doctor Codfish, on Flickr

 

P1000344 by Doctor Codfish, on Flickr

 

P1000341 by Doctor Codfish, on Flickr

 

The 3 pen holder is something I made form scrap pieces in my workshop. The smaller, single pen holder was a gift from my wife, it is a great piece of work.

 

Guess I should mention the pens: a 50's era 400 tortoise, a Pelikano and a blue stripe M600. The tortoise (w/Diamine Chocolate) and the blue stripe (MB JFK) sport nibs stubbed by Mr. John Motishaw. The Pelikano is filled with Diamine Asa Blue. A top notch nib makes a good pen a great pen.

 

Beautiful!!

[Lelouch]

Im a little bit late, as its nearly empty, but I thought Id post it anyway

[Madeline]

Someday I hope to have a flock but right now I have only one Pelikan--it's a vintage 400 with green stripes, early 1950s, and it's inked with Waterman Serenity Blue.

 

Thank you, DrCodfish for those wonderful photos! It reminded me of the fact that I am probably not properly storing my pens (both inked right now). The Pelikan resides in a cardboard box (and he leans upon a velvet bag with an external hard drive inside... maybe he should have the velvet for himself!) My second pen is a Waterman Lady Charlotte and she stands--somewhat uprightly--in an empty glass baby food jar. She is a very hard starter so she is actually standing with the nib pointed downward (with the cap on of course). I'm not sure it's such a good idea to have the nib down, though it does seem to help in getting the ink flowing each morning.

[guttaperk-0]

M605 with De Atramentis Document Brown ink.

[MsRedpen]

M200 brown marbled, M, with Smoky Quartz

M200 green marbled with, CI, Poussiere de Lune

M600 red stripes, F, refilled with Yama Dori

 

...enjoying...

[IndigoBOB]

Lamy Vista-Medium-Aurora Black

Noodler's Charlie-FPR #5.5 Medium-Kung Te-Cheng

Jinhao x750-Franklin-Christoph Medium- Noodler's Black

Jinhao x750-Goulet Medium- Noodler's Walnut

[sharonspens]

Just finishing up with my 620 City Series, Piccadilly Circus, M nib. Currently has some Wancher blue ink in it.

 

Sharon in Indiana

[jmccarty3]

M120 Iconic Blue F, inked with Birmingham Panther Blue.

[MsRedpen]

M120 Iconic Blue M, inked with Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo. Wet meets wet!