What Pens Are You Traveling With?

[bongo47]

I do a fair amount of travel and one of my packing preps is deciding which pens to bring. I base it on the business attire required, the travel-worthiness of the pen, and whim. While almost certianly one or two pens would be enough for my writing needs, I often fill my pen roll just for fun.

 

Id love to hear what others are taking on journeys and compare notes.

 

Ill start: This trip to New York City, I decided to have a theme: my Italian pens. All relatively new (a few just received this week), they are (from left to right) Marlen Alef, Visconti Ragtime, Montegrappa Parola, Visconti Van Gogh and Delta Graffiti. I pretty much left the Marlen and Ragtime in the hotel, used just for journaling. Each handled the plane pressure issue perfectly, with no mess at all. The Ragtime and Graffiti have cartridges in them, the others bottled ink. I like at least one cartridge loaded pen with me for easy refills.

[Noihvo]

 

 

[sidthecat]

I took my prewar Reform ringtop to Brooklyn for a week and it performed like a champ. It was the only pen I took, and apart from running out of ink in the David Bowie Is exhibit, it was trouble-free. A very sturdy pen, with the extra-long cap characteristic of German pens of that period.

[surprise123]

I took one of my overhauled 21's (p51 barrel hood clutch ring nib and demi cap installed) to a college for an internship this summer. Also, I took my custom fireblued p45 flighter to my cousin's house and ended up getting him hooked on fountain pens. I was sad to see that pen go. Otherwise, I usually bring a P51 Jotter on all of my trips abroad.

[inkstainedruth]

It depends on where I'm going and what my mood is (and what's inked up).

In a few weeks, when I'm camping, I will likely have less expensive pens with water resistant inks with me. Don't want to repeat the panic mode I experienced when I lost the M405 Stresemann last year (fortunately it got turned into Lost and Found). I was afraid of someone with an overloaded vehicle pulling an overloaded trailer full of canvas and tent poles running over it!

But then, I went into panic mode when I misplaced a $9 US Parker Vector in my house for about 9 months (fortunately it had been flushed out before I put it in a desk drawer and then forgot where...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[jchch1950]

Parker Jotter easy to carry and refill with cartridges. I also travel with other pens that can be easily refilled as Lamy Safari, Lamy Aion or a Waterman student pen.

[J_MM]

Always a Lamy 2K and sometimes a Pilot 74 or 91 with some cartridges for variety.

[Jerome Tarshis]

The Parker 51 being my favorite, one of those. And one of some other pen. There seem to be more and more to choose from.

[TheDutchGuy]

My pocket pen is always in my pocket (Kaweco AL Sport). For work and travel, I carry a Visconti pen pouch that holds six. I don't have many pens and not all of them are inked up. Usually, the pouch looks like this:

-Kaweco Supra Brass with either F or B nib (depending on mood) inked with Sailor Jentle Blue

-TWSBI Eco 1.1 stub with Diamine Ancient Copper

-Sailor Pro Gear Slim H-M with Pelikan 4001 Blue Black

-Sailor 1911 Standard H-M with Sailor Jentle Blue or Sailor Shikiori Yonaga

-An old Montblanc 146 EF with Waterman Mysterious Blue

-Pilot Custom 823 F with Sailor Jentle Souten

 

Usually my Visconti van Gogh F 'Pollard Willows' stays at home, I don't use it that much, but my son uses it very often, Also the cheaper pens usually stay at home, though one or two might find a place in my work bag: Pilot Metropolitan F with Blackstone Sydney Harbour Blue, Platinum Plaisir 0.3mm with Platinum Black, Platinum Preppy 0.5mm with Platinum Blue. Not inked up are an '80s Sheaffer Targa, an '80s Elysee and a Kaweco Classic Sport.

[chravagni]

I usually travel with some colorful Lamy Safari, ABC or Pelikanos (like the P60). Lightweight, not too expensive and most important they don't leak.

If I need a more formal look, a black m200 or the m205 Aquamarine.

[tmenyc]

On short conference trip from NYC to Cambridge, Mass...had my pen case already in the bag, with my Parker "Duollenger" and just-received Aurora 88. In the pocket, I've been carrying my Pilot Legance (Japanese market), thinking it has an almost-empty cart in there that has to run out, but it just doesn't... So, I haven't used the others at all. C'est le Pilot...

 

Tim

[tinto]

I'll travel for five weeks soon (job reasons) and decided to carry more pens instead of ink bottles. They will be two Lamy Safaris (EF, black and red), Lamy 2000 (F, blue black), Pelikan M200 (M, brown or green, not decided yet) and Platinum 3776 Century (M, purple).

[MusterMark]

A Retro 51 Tornado (ice blue) and a Parker 51 dove grey aero that Im giving to a friend to celebrate recently finishing his PhD.

[Claud]

Last month, wife and I spent two weeks driving all over England Scotland and Wales. I took my Chartes Blue Platinum 3776 w/ medium nib. It always received favorable reactions when used in public.

This month, I bought a very nice used 75th Anniversery Montblanc 147, the "traveler". Put two carts in it and you are good for a month.

Edited July 30, 2018 by Claud

[carlos.q]

I just returned from a one week trip to Florida with:

Lamy 2000 with vintage Skrip Blue-Black

Parker 45 with Skrip Black

Pelikan M250 with Edelstein Topaz

[OCArt]

When traveling I tend to use my fountain pen exclusively in the evening back at the hotel to write in my travel journal so I usually use a Pelikano cartridge pen. Next summer we plan to live in another country for several months and I'll take a Pelikan 215 (because of its metal body) the Pelikano and a couple of Chinese pens. I may also take a Pilot 823 with my favorite ink; faux PPS.

 

I might throw a Kaweco sport in my pocket but I find the cartridges dry out very quickly from body heat??

[adatse]

Scriptorium Zephyr, Karas Kustoms Fountain K, Newton Shinobi, and a Retro 51 just in case.

[senzen]

I would always reach for my Pelikan m600, now I would take it with its two m205 siblings.

[bongo47]

On vacation in the desert and only need something to journal with. Also not flying, so no worries about leaking. Brought my TWSBI Eco and a cheap Wancher ball point.

[mulrich]

What I bring varies a lot depending on why I'm traveling, but I usually try to bring c/c pens just for convenience. I also avoid bringing pens I'm too fond of because the risk of losing/theft is higher while traveling. The pilot e95 is a really handy pocket pen that's often ended up in my travel bag (I also like non-screw caps when I travel since I generally use pens for short notes).

I'm actually traveling this weekend and broke a lot of my rules. I brought more pens than I normally would (5), including two piston fillers and a power filler, three screw caps, my favorite nib, and two other hard to find pen models. So really I guess I just bring whatever is inked and whatever I feel like.