What Pens Are You Using Today 2020

[Freddy]

Just inked this Stipula Saturno in black & blue ebonite with Ag trim..crescent filler sporting a 750/1000 Au soft 1.3 mm nib.....

Filled with the Blues................................................

 

Fred

[Paul-in-SF]

My pen for the previoius 24 hours has been a TWSBI Diamond 580 with EF nib, inked with Diamine Apple Glory.

 

My pen for this evening and tomorrow is a recent acquisition, a Stipula I Castoni in Lapis, a cartridge/converter filler with EF nib, and inked with Diamine Midnight.

 

eta: OK, I just got an online translation for I Castoni, and it said "the beavers," which is actually I Castori. Lousy translation software. So does I Castoni mean anything or is it just a made-up word? Any Italian speakers in the house?

Edited March 22, 2020 by Paul-in-SF

[Honeybadgers]

Just inked a set that I plan on using exclusively while we move to our new house.

 

Aurora optima flex XXF - Lamy 2019 LE bronze

 

Pilot justus 95 - Noodlers black swan in australian roses

 

Tactile turn gist copper/Ti EF- Pelikan 4001 black

 

Lamy 2000 EF - Monteverde 2019 DC supershow blue

 

Platinum prefounte 0.2 EF swap - included platinum BB cartridge

 

Guider mini ebonite - 4001 black

 

191x sheaffer BCHR needlepoint wet noodle - Diamine registrars

 

Platinum 3776 UEF - registrars

 

wing sung 698 /w plumix italic - noodlers black swan in aussie roses

 

Wing sung 601 demo - Nemosine aeolus palus red

 

Karas Kustoms Apollo 11 LE starliner XL/ Ti EF - Diamine magical forest.

 

And lastly, my mom's old waterman Phileas 18k F /w black swan in aussie roses for signing the closing documents on our new house.

[Carguy]

My pen for the previoius 24 hours has been a TWSBI Diamond 580 with EF nib, inked with Diamine Apple Glory.

 

My pen for this evening and tomorrow is a recent acquisition, a Stipula I Castoni in Lapis, a cartridge/converter filler with EF nib, and inked with Diamine Midnight.

 

eta: OK, I just got an online translation for I Castoni, and it said "the beavers," which is actually I Castori. Lousy translation software. So does I Castoni mean anything or is it just a made-up word? Any Italian speakers in the house?

Don’t know the meaning but that’s one more pretty pen!

[Paul-in-SF]

Don’t know the meaning but that’s one more pretty pen!

 

Thanks, I think so too. It also writes very smoothly, especially considering the EF nib (and that it is a Stipula). Since it was not new when I bought it, I am suspecting that the nib has been tuned at some point in the past. Lucky me!

[Tasmith]

Don’t know the meaning but that’s one more pretty pen!

I found "bezel" as in mounting a jewel.

[Freddy]

Filcao: Tukano with Ag sleeve alternating panels in Greek Key & Plain pattern.....Button filler..

which is filled with blue ink..and usin' a cursive italic nib...........................................................

 

Fred

[Paul-in-SF]

I found "bezel" as in mounting a jewel.

 

Thanks, that makes perfect sense, this series each has a "jewel" or stone (or piece of plastic for all I know) mounted in the clip corresponding to the named color of the pen.

[max dog]

My pen for the previoius 24 hours has been a TWSBI Diamond 580 with EF nib, inked with Diamine Apple Glory.

 

My pen for this evening and tomorrow is a recent acquisition, a Stipula I Castoni in Lapis, a cartridge/converter filler with EF nib, and inked with Diamine Midnight.

 

eta: OK, I just got an online translation for I Castoni, and it said "the beavers," which is actually I Castori. Lousy translation software. So does I Castoni mean anything or is it just a made-up word? Any Italian speakers in the house?

Hi Paul, congrats on your Stipula, it's an elegant looking pen, and I bet quite the pen to behold!

 

I acquired a blue one, Stipula Model T, with a similar Lapis blue finish and they are stunning indeed! The fine details really give their pens character like a piece of art.

 

Edited March 23, 2020 by max dog

[Helen350]

Still enjoying my Esterbrook Dipless Pen Set #444 - Nib #9968. Waterman Inspired Blue

Picasso 915 Rose Red - M. nib. Diamine Sherwood Green

[Honeybadgers]

Filcao: Tukano with Ag sleeve alternating panels in Greek Key & Plain pattern.....Button filler..

which is filled with blue ink..and usin' a cursive italic nib...........................................................

 

Fred

 

Does anyone else get a bit of a headache trying to look at fred's scanned pen pictures?

 

His collection is unbelievable. Someone please send him a damn camera so we can all enjoy it

[Freddy]

TWSBI: Eco PIF=piston filler and filled with Pilot blue-black ink..Additionally

inked an old- style Pelikan Souveran M800 Black/Blue Binde with a sweet

soft expressive double broad nib..c. '89-'90.....Unfortunately I didn't scan it with the above...

Perhaps after Triptans or Opioids...I'll scan it and post?

 

Fred

[JMTB]

Montblanc Heritage 1912

 

[Freddy]

Re: Pelikan post 312

 

Fred

Experience..Knowledge. Luck?

Edited March 24, 2020 by Freddy

[inkstainedruth]

It's been a busier day for me than it has for a while -- I went through several pens just to get through morning pages, because everything decided to give up the ghost this morning (one of them quite literally, in that the converter decided to explode on me... ):

Cross Solo, B -- Akkerman Dutch Masters Stormactig Blauw.

Parker Vector, M -- Robert Oster Black Violet (this was the pen where the converter somehow failed).

Parker 51 Aerometric, EF nib -- vintage Quink Washable Violet.

TWSBI 580-ALR, 1.1 mm stub -- Noodler's Blue Upon the Plains of Abraham (possibly mixed in with some leftover Diamine Shimmer Arabian Night).

These were followed later in the day by two other pens:

Noodler's FPC, flex nib -- Noodler's Heart of Darkness (somewhat diluted).

Pelikan M600, EF nib -- Edelstein Topaz.

 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[jchch1950]

Lamy Safari umbra ,medium nib and blue Lamy cartridge.

[mallymal1]

Enjoying these pens today...

 

PenBBS 491-111 inked with Diamine Blue Velvet

Pilot Custom 823 inked with Iroshizuku Kon-peki

Moonman M600s inked with Robert Oster Fire and Ice

 

[Tas]

This incredibly priced gem is never more than a foot away from my arm. It lays amongst the 16 pens flat on my desk and somehow always gets picked up and used.

http://www.taskyprianou.com/fpn_wing_sung_699_carol_ann_duffy_3.jpeg

[inkstainedruth]

It's been a Parker Vector sort of day today:

"Geometric" (multicolor), M nib -- Birmingham Pens Persian Copper.

avocado green color (not sure what the official color is called), F nib -- KWZI Raspberry.

bright blue/Aqua (again, not sure of the actual color designation), F nib -- Noodler's Park Red.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Freddy]

 

Fred