What Pens Are You Using Today 2018

[inkstainedruth]

Been kind of a busy day for me....

Parker 45, OF nib -- De Atramentis Apple Blossom.

Parker Vector (goldenrod color), F nib -- Rohrer & Klingner Alt-Goldgrun.

Parker Vector (bright blue color), F nib -- De Atramentis Gold.

Parker 51 Aerometric, OB nib -- Diamine Flower Collection Aster.

Pilot Decimo, F nib -- Iroshizuku Kon-peki.

 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Newjelan]

Having just purchased a gold Lamy OM nib and I couldn’t wait to put it on my Royal Red Studio. I filled it with Diamine Majestic Blue and am in awe of the improvement the nib makes to my handwriting. Majestic Blue really shows off the interesting effects of the OM nib.

 

Blue/Orange Gallatin IV (by Lyle Ross) with Pelikan Edelstein Topaz

 

Nemosine Singularity 0.8mm stub with Iroshizuku Yu-yake

[carola]

Today I picked my Parker 51 Vacumatic from 1946 (dove-grey with Sterling silver cap and M-nib), filled with Herbin Vert Empire (the dark greyish green compliments the grey pen nicely...).

And the second one is my brand new Mabie Todd Blackbird (dating somewhere from the 1940s/1950s it seems) in beautiful marbled green and an oh so soft 14K flex nib, filled with Diamine British Racing Green. I received this one as a gift from a very close friend and yes, that woman knows me quite well...

 

Love them all.

Edited April 2, 2018 by carola

[gmathio]

Today it is time for my Parker Duofold Centennial, Lapis Lazuli, with Parker blue Quink ink...

[Tanzanite]

Today I use a grey Pilot MR with Rohrer & Klingner Dokumentus waterproof ink for sketching and a turquoise Pilot MR with Iro Syo-Ro for journalling. Also making some notes with my Sailor Pro Gear and Iro Take-Sumi ink.

[CraigR]

Esterbrook SJ, Marbled Green, 9668 Nib, Noodler's Galileo Manuscript Brown Ink (FPN)

 

Waterman Expert, Fine Nib, Black, Waterman's Blue Black

[CraigR]

Just inked a Sheaffer's Admiral (snorkel), Aqua, Fine 14k nib. Ink is Waterman's Florida Blue. One of my favorite writing combinations.

[southpaw]

Monteverde Sequoia in the Blue Striated resin, stub nib, Monteverde Malibu Blue ink

[max dog]

Edited April 3, 2018 by max dog

[Tom Kellie]

~ max dog:

 

That's an especially effective ink photograph.

Until seeing it, I'd never felt any interest in Montblanc Lucky Orange.

Yet your image shows it to great positive effect.

Both Irish Green and Royal Blue look fine, too.

Thank you for posting it.

Tom K.

[max dog]

~ max dog:

 

 

 

 

That's an especially effective ink photograph.

Until seeing it, I'd never felt any interest in Montblanc Lucky Orange.

Yet your image shows it to great positive effect.

Both Irish Green and Royal Blue look fine, too.

Thank you for posting it.

Tom K.

Thanks Tom. Montblancs are my favourite inks. Well behaved, great flow, nice shaders, and nice vibrant colors too.

My bottle of Lucky Orange is running low. I hope MB continues this LE ink for a while longer. Would be a good ink to add to their regular shoe bottle line up.

Edited April 4, 2018 by max dog

[southpaw]

Leonardo Officiana Momento Zero resin in Positano Blue

Fine buttery smooth steel nib inked up with Akkerman #00 Royal Washable Blue

[CraigR]

Sheaffer's Admiral Snorkel with aqua barrel and cap and a fine nib. Inked with Waterman's Florida Blue. One of my favorite combos.

 

 

[southpaw]

Faggionato Petrarch in sapphire blue

Fine nib inked with Monteverde Horizon Blue

[Freddy]

 

Fred

[chromantic]

​Today I am trying out a cheap PaperMate stick-type school pen (pink with purple clip and section (I know, right?!)) with a folded nib. I bought it last year but never used it due to my poor experience with a similar Pelikan stick (I didn't realize the PM was a folded when I ordered it) but I must say I'm pleasantly surprised - it's not horribly scratchy and it lays down a nice, solid line, as opposed to the problematic railroading on the Pelikan.

 

Extremely light, maybe half the weight of a JIF even, hard pressed to feel it laying on my palm; snap cap with no inner cap but it snaps on pretty firmly, only twists around if you force it so it might have a decent seal, though that may be due to non-use and the plastic may loosen in time; long enough to comfortably use un-posted. Not bad for $6.

Edited April 6, 2018 by chromantic

[SunnyShoes72]

Parker Vectors with broken caps

Pilot metropolitan M nib

Parker IM M nib

Cross Century ii M nib

Pelikan M205 Blue Marbled EF nib

[Newjelan]

I am still obsessed with my Lamy OM nib so have swapped it ver to my Palladium Studio and filled it with Private Reserve Midnight Blues.

[praxim]

Allowing that it has a hard fine nib, my Pelikan 100 from 1933-35 was still writing a somewhat pale scratchy line even after switching to Aurora Black. Removing the section* to leave the barrel standing up with ink still in it, I soaked the nib in section in pen flush for a minute or two then gave it another minute in water in the USC to remove dried ink from the feed. Some gentle spreading of the tines with thumbnails gave a clearer gap from the breather to where the very fine points met. Now, it writes like a smooth fine or extra-fine with a normal clear line. Much happier, so I used it quite a bit yesterday evening and will today. They are very nice little pens, the 100/100N. Every home should have one.

 

* I understand a nib unit (nib+feed+collar) unscrews from within the section. It showed no signs of doing so when I tried it, so rather than attack 80 year old hard rubber armed with assumptions, I dealt with the whole section as described.

[southpaw]

Lotus Shikhar in brown/black ripple Ebonics with JoWo stub nib from FPNibs.com, filled with Akkerman S.B.R.E. Brown ink.