What Pens Are You Using Today 2020

[como]

Very handsome green Speranza!

This week I have at last got round to inking my Leonardo Speranza, it's in use today

[como]

Waterman Exception Slim black lacquer on brass and Montegrappa Miya red celluloid, with MB Royal Blue ink.

 

The Waterman Exception Slim is an unusual choice for me. Though I love the vintage Waterman, Parker, Wahl Eversharp etc, I have had little interest in the modern Parker and Waterman. Then a friend gifted me with a Waterman Gentleman which he had not used for years. It has a very smooth nib and was a pleasure to write with. Recently I had a chance to get this Exception Slim model at a very favorable price and decided to see what the pen was like. The lacquer quality is very high, and the nib is butter smooth. I also had similar experience with ST Dupont fountain pens, nice lacquer and butter smooth nib. Characteristics of modern French made pens? I do not know... ST Dupont is another one of these brands that I am not particularly interested, but every time I handled one, it was a nice smooth writer with a luxurious feel. (Sorry for the bad photo quality)

[kulnet]

I'm using a pen from Practical_Pens on instragram in atomic starry night material. I love this pen!

[maclink]

Writing with a Pelikan M101N - EF nib with Edelstein Tanzanite ink.

[Helen350]

Wing Sung 699 - M. nib. Ink: Diamine Sargasso Sea

[loganrah]

MB149 with LAMY Bronze for marking up drafts.
Parker 51 (Plum) with R&K Scabiosa (dedicated) for diary/notes.
Pilot 823 with Pelikan Smoky Quartz for general use.

Pilot 742 with Noodler's X-Feather for testing purposes.

[ENewton]

 

Parker 51 (Plum) with R&K Scabiosa (dedicated) for diary/notes.

 

 

I have been afraid to try Scabiosa in my Parker 51s, not because I am afraid that the ink itself would damage the pen--I understand that the sac on an Aerometric filler is very hardy--but because if the resulting line were not saturated enough for my taste, I would not be confident that I could flush the ink completely from the pen in order to switch to some other ink. Do you get a dark line with that pen/ink combination, or is it somewhat pale?

 

Today I am still using:

 

• Sailor 1911S, with Sailor Shigure
• Shaeffer Tuckaway Deluxe, with Montblanc Lavender Purple
• Peyton Street Pen Works prototype, cursive italic, with Sailor Kobe Taisanji Yellow
• Pilot desk pen with inlaid nib (I unfortunately don't know the model name/number), with Pilot Black

[loganrah]

I have been afraid to try Scabiosa in my Parker 51s, not because I am afraid that the ink itself would damage the pen--I understand that the sac on an Aerometric filler is very hardy--but because if the resulting line were not saturated enough for my taste, I would not be confident that I could flush the ink completely from the pen in order to switch to some other ink. Do you get a dark line with that pen/ink combination, or is it somewhat pale?

This particular 51 has a rather fine nib, and it does put down a relatively light line with Scabiosa, but I like the effect. The line is light enough that you don't get much of a colour change, although I think the colour change on Scabiosa is always less than with Salix (which turns from a vibrant blue to a dark blue-black very quickly).

 

I haven't had any issues with starving or skipping or anything. I did have to dip the tip in water after leaving the pen for a week or so, but nothing major.

[ENewton]

This particular 51 has a rather fine nib, and it does put down a relatively light line with Scabiosa, but I like the effect. The line is light enough that you don't get much of a colour change, although I think the colour change on Scabiosa is always less than with Salix (which turns from a vibrant blue to a dark blue-black very quickly).

 

I haven't had any issues with starving or skipping or anything. I did have to dip the tip in water after leaving the pen for a week or so, but nothing major.

 

Thank you. I have been using Scabiosa for about five years, mainly in a Platinum Balance with a medium nib, and have never seen the line turn darker. What is interesting is how it turns to a coppery lilac after some months in a closed notebook.

[br549]

Sheaffer Sagaris with a blue/black Skrip cartridge, Sheaffer touchdown Sentinel with j hebrin Perle Noire, and a Parker 21 Super aslo with J Hebrin Perle Noire (because I couldn't find my pliers to open my bottle of Waterman green ink.

[Redfinger]

Bexley Poseidon Yellow Bock nib. Blackstone Barrister Blue ink.

[BaronWulfraed]

Loaded the recently received Ranga with Taccia Tsuchi (grain brown?)

 

[pajaro]

Lamy Safari dark lilac, broad nib, Lamy black ink. Conway Stewart 57, Diamine green.

[maclink]

Loaded the recently received Ranga with Taccia Tsuchi (grain brown?)

 

 

Nice. Their pens are certainly coming along. I like the material and colour.

[Karmachanic]

Pilot CH 912, FA. Seitz-Kreuznach Cognac ink. A delightful shading combination.

[inkstainedruth]

1. Pelikan M600 Violet and White, EF nib -- Akkerman Laan van Neuew Oost Indigo.

2. Sailor Pro Gear Slim Purple Cosmos, zoom nib -- diluted Kyo-no-Oto Sakuranezumi.

3. Pilot Metropolitan Retro Pop Grey/herringbone stub nib -- KWZI Turquoise.

 

And, probably later on, TWSBI 580-AL, Pink, B nib -- Noodler's Baltimore Canyon.

 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Misfit]

Pelikan Smoky Quartz filled with its namesake ink. The pen has a M nib.

[cnnlim]

3 Pens, a Pelikan M800 (EF), Lamy 2000 (EF) and Pilot Prera (F).

[peterg]

1960's Platignum with a hooded nib. Writes quite well for a third tier school pen.

 

Was going to sell it but then found the barrel has a small crack. Grrrr!

[DR.ink]

I bought a dirt cheap copy of Lamy Safari (without knowing ofcourse) recently. But I ended up liking it.

Flair Inky is the pen.