What Pens Are You Using Today 2020

[maclink]

Sailor 1911 Large - demonstrator with Pelikan Edelstein Tanzanite.

[Helen350]

 

Added a Jinhao X750 with a Goulet 1.1 stub, along with the ASA Genius.

[inkstainedruth]

1. Noodler's Charlie eyedropper, flex nib, with Noodler's Heart of Darkness. I refilled it shortly after starting morning pages because it was half empty and was burping ink left right and sideways (making it even emptier... ).

2. Parker Vector, M, nib, with Birmingham Pens Madame C.J. Walker Elegant Fuchsia (which so far seems to be a nice Burgundy red/red-violet).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Freddy]

 

Fred

[PAKMAN]

Platinum Curidas

[pajaro]

Turquoisey Waterman Phileas with L'etalon gold EF nib. Montblanc Irish Green ink.

[A Smug Dill]

Testing out my new Fine Writing International The Planets series Mercury pen fitted with a (FWI-branded) JoWo #6 steel EF nib. Writing with KWZ Ink Sheen Machine ink on Rhodia Dotpad No.16 80g/m² paper, the nib has proven itself to be truly extra fine yet smooth, a delight with which to write. The pen itself is well-balanced and comfortable to hold with only a negligible step-down.

That pen would probably drive a lot of folks insane, though, just by requiring three-and-a-half turns to uncap. Normally I take no notice of such things, but it's so onerous that it got my attention.

 

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I'm surprised that I just might like the nib on the FWI Mercury even better than I like the nib on my Diplomat Aero, and the former is more comfortable to hold and wield to boot:

Edited July 17, 2020 by A Smug Dill

[antarmukhee]

Pierre Cardin Micra

[br549]

A burgundy 1949 model Sheaffer Touchdown Sentinel

[ISW_Kaputnik]

Faber Castell NEO Slim, with the blue cartridge that came with it. Parker 180 with Sailor Jentle Shigure.

[A Smug Dill]

A Sailor Profit Fude de Mannen pen I found among the contents of the Aussie FPN pass-around box. Its nib was badly deformed, with the bird's beak bent at an unusable 90°, instead of the 55° specified for that model of pen. I straightened it to approximately 35°; but, like many Sailor nibs of the type, the absence of tipping material leaves the writing very scratchy, especially if there is even the slightest amount of tine misalignment. The inner corners were very sharp, and at one point sliced through the paper when I draw a few long straight lines (deliberately) quickly.

Edited July 19, 2020 by A Smug Dill

[Kenlowe]

A Visconti

 

It has sat unloved and unused for some years, I have used it for a while, perhaps an hour and the pen is pretty enough but the nib just is nothing special at all, joyless. I had seen one Youtuber wax lyrical on Viscontis, that was the reason that I took the pen out, for me, it has to be all about the nib.

 

Edited July 19, 2020 by Kenlowe

[Helen350]

 

Kaigelu 316 - M. nib. Ink: Sheaffer Black

[loganrah]

Today I'm using my newly acquired (gifted) Parker Sonnet, with Iroshizuku Yama-Budo.

 

[Marcwithac]

As it doesn’t look like I will be getting back to Paris anytime soon, I decided to ink up this Oldwin Classic that I picked up at Mora Stylos last year.

[Charles Rice]

Been a long time in the box, so I just filled up my Targa 1007.

[ENewton]

I've added a third pen to those inked. I now have inked:

 

• My favorite pen, a Parker 51 Demi in plum, with Rohrer & Klingner Aubergine
• My second favorite pen, a Sailor 1911S, Wicked Witch of the West, with Sailor Kobe Suma Purple
• A Pilot Metropolitan in the bronze finish, with Robert Oster Purple Rock

My tentative plan is that, at least for the rest of this year, I will have the first two of these always inked, with the same inks. The Metropolitan will be in use until it runs empty, at which time I will switch to another pen and ink, to permit me to use each of my other pens now and then and to rotate inks on a seasonal basis. Robert Oster Purple Rock is one of my designated summer inks.

 

 

[Mongoosey]

I've added a third pen to those inked. I now have inked:

 

• My favorite pen, a Parker 51 Demi in plum, with Rohrer & Klingner Aubergine
• My second favorite pen, a Sailor 1911S, Wicked Witch of the West, with Sailor Kobe Suma Purple
• A Pilot Metropolitan in the bronze finish, with Robert Oster Purple Rock

My tentative plan is that, at least for the rest of this year, I will have the first two of these always inked, with the same inks. The Metropolitan will be in use until it runs empty, at which time I will switch to another pen and ink, to permit me to use each of my other pens now and then and to rotate inks on a seasonal basis. Robert Oster Purple Rock is one of my designated summer inks.

 

 

 

Have you tried the Pilot Explorer?

[Freddy]

Modern {8-10 years old} Conklin c/c a very comfortable writer.....

 

Fred

[ENewton]

Have you tried the Pilot Explorer?

 

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No, I hadn't even heard of it.