What Pens Are You Using Today 2020

[N1003U]

As we're approaching Halloween, Danitrio Phantas I, inked with Heart of Darkness.

 

I think for me Halloween may turn out to be a Pelikan Mx05 Stresemann inked with Diamine Pumpkin, but we'll see.

[ENewton]

How do you like the 1911S Wicked Witch pen? I saw one in Bromfield's when I was in the Boston area a while back (nothing like spending roughly 9 hours wearing a mask *except* when I was actually eating... ) and I thought it was even more "blue" than the Purple Cosmos. I'd like one, but can't really justify the price -- and because it's a US exclusive, can't do like I did with the Purple Cosmos and look for ones on eBay when the red one was coming out only then discovering I could get one for a lot less money on Cult Pens -- plus, IIRC it hit their price threshold for free shipping AND I didn't have to pay VAT).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

I like mine very much and expect to keep it always inked. It is my second favorite pen for writing, second only to my Parker 51 Plum Demi. (I say "for writing," because there are pens I treasure for sentimental reasons.) The Sailor medium nib is ideal for my hand, and although the body of the pen is bluer than I expected it to be, it is definitely purple rather than blue. I also quite like the finish on the nib and trim; I was afraid it would be black, like the nibs of some Monteverde pens, but in fact it is more smoky looking. And similarly, while some descriptions call it translucent, it isn't in the least transparent. I don't care for transparent pens.

 

As for the price, I buy very few pens--when I bought this one, I hadn't bought a pen for nearly two years--so when I see something I really want, it doesn't trouble me to pay the asking price.

[Misfit]

I am using a Franklin-Christoph model 31 Omnis, trying to write it dry, so I can clean it and put a different ink in it.

[AmandaW]

Two pens laid out for today - a battle of tiny nibs - the Daiso is so cute! Both contain black ink, but it's waterproof Platinum Carbon in the Platinum Carbon Desk Pen (EF) - I'm hoping to be sketching with watercolour washes if time allows.

 

[mallymal1]

On this damp and gloomy morning, a Pelikan M205. Medium nib.

 

 

 

[Estycollector]

Lamy Vista/Serenity Blue and a Parker 45 BP with gel ink

[brokenclay]

Knox Avicenna with Organics Studio Nitrogen

Kaweco AL-Sport with Diamine Imperial Purple

Kaweco Sport V16 with Diamine Sherwood Green

[inkstainedruth]

Today it's been the pink TWSBI 580-AL, B nib, with Noodler's Baltimore Canyon Blue. Other than the likelihood of being a PITA to clean out of the barrel (I'm betting it will stain), it's rapidly becoming one of my favorite blue inks. While bright, it doesn't lean either purple or cyan -- it's a true blue to my eye -- and seems to be pretty water resistant (even more so that Noodler's Liberty's Elysium) as well.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[ParramattaPaul]

A Worcester Pen Co. acrylic, broad nib, Oxford Blue ink.

[AmandaW]

Pens selected for today: Sailor fude filled with Noodler's Polar Brown, Kaweco Sport (EF with one of their black cartridges) and a fine Pilot V-Pen.

 

[Freddy]

Pilot 53R Lever Filler Manifold Fine Nib. c 1950s Diamond Blue-Black Ink.

 

Fred

[mallymal1]

Struggled to get ink into today's pen, so a visit to a pen doctor might be required. Piston filling Luxor Grandvisible.

 

[sansenri]

nice celluloid, Malcom!

 

today my Leonardo Momento Zero 2020 Green is back in use, such a lovely B nib!

[Freddy]

MCLIV

Skywriter Aikin Lambert Made in the USA by L.E. Waterman Lever Fill w/a correct ALCo 14k Nib

Waterman Blue-Black Ink

 

Fred

The art of writing begins with the right pen......................

[Helen350]

Pen I had made for me in 2009-2010 from a Californian pen maker,

 

[pajaro]

Montblanc 144R burgundy pen, medium nib, Montblanc burgundy red ink. Sonnet Firedance, black and red swirl lacquer, fine stub. Noodler's Black Swan in English Roses ink.

[mallymal1]

nice celluloid, Malcom!

 

 

 

 

[vivdunstan]

Visconti Homo Sapiens Midnight in Florence (F) with Diamine Scribble Purple ink. As buttery smooth a writer as always, and brilliant for extended creative / game writing.

[mallymal1]

Today, a Mentmore 46.

 

[Estycollector]

LAMY Vista with a fine point using Waterman Serenity Blue