What pen(s) are you using today?

[Just J]

1 hour ago, Gloucesterman said:

And the author is Mardy Grothe.

How's that for a play on words?

 

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1 hour ago, Gloucesterman said:

In fact, there is a book out there somewhere called, "I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like".

Read it years ago and thought it was pretty good.

For those of us who are into verbal abuse (as well as noun, adjectives, etc.) it nice to have books/aggregations which stimulate our way of using our language.

Nearest I can come - anyone else remember Rich Hall's 'Sniglets'

('Words That Don't Appear In The Dictionary But Should')?

[Penguincollector]

 Today is pen club day, so I am bringing my matte black Sheaffer Slim Targa (1003s) with an italic fine ground by Thomas Ang (whose mom has the same pen and needed a new converter- I gave him an extra and he gave me a hefty discount). I inked it with Sheaffer Peacock blue. It’s the first time I’ve inked it since it got the new grind (it’s early and I lost an hour of sleep, my grammar is terrible). 

 

[USG]

2 hours ago, Gloucesterman said:

Perhaps my phrasing is misleading.

The pen's color is, called, I think, Lapis Blue. The ink is the regular Diamine Sapphire Blue. It has become one of my preferred choices.

‘Haha, I was thinking about ink mixtures when I misread your post. 

[USG]

2 hours ago, Just J said:

I started to post: 

Should I tell him or do you want to? ... but din't wanta be out on a limb & find out he was just pulling your leg.  

 

...& now I'm all out of metaphors for the moment. 

You’re a peach J. 😉

[Gloucesterman]

On 3/5/2025 at 3:32 PM, Gloucesterman said:

Thanks for the heads up and the link.

Just bought three black pens - $17.00+ total. 

One for me to play with and two to PIF with.

When I clicked on the red and the blue ones the price magically appeared at $35.00!

Guess I will go with black for now.

Thank you again...

Just received my pens from"A". Nice writing pen.

Ordered 2 more.

Guess I will be gifting two more people while keeping one for myself.

Even the omniflex seems to work decently.

[PennyTheDog]

All day grading on spring break, with this black Parker 45 and my current favorite red ink: Diamine Poppy Red.

[Nightjar]

I'm using my Waterman Taperite Citation (later Canada-made model, F): in terms of "writes beautifully", among the top 5 in my 40-pen collection...

[Nightjar]

@PennyTheDog that looks like a fine Parker 45 nib, I like my Parker 45 but it's an M, I'd prefer F.

[PennyTheDog]

3 minutes ago, Nightjar said:

@PennyTheDog that looks like a fine Parker 45 nib, I like my Parker 45 but it's an M, I'd prefer F.

This is medium too, but it’s fine-ish for a medium I would say.

[Nightjar]

Duh, that's your student's writing I'm seeing, not yours, right? Go red ink!

[InkyProf]

A white Cleo Skribent Classic piston-filler, which I loaded with Graf von Faber-Castell Stone Grey last month to try to capture the feel of this year's endlessly monochromatic seventeen weeks of February, and which I now need to finish up, because the snow has melted and I sighted the first rabbit of the year yesterday and it's time for something else. Plus the usual office pen, a Lamy 2000 with Diamine Oxford Blue, which I'm also trying to finish up so I can try a new blue-black (Bungubox 4B).

[USG]

Sailor 1911 KOP<M>

Sailor Shikiori  Nioi-Sumire

Kokuyo Thin paper 50gsm

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[langere]

What is more appropriate than inking my Leonardo Officina Momento Zero Alga with Standard Inks Seaweed?

[RedPie]

MB 221. New in my collection.

[Doug C]

On 3/5/2025 at 11:01 AM, lascosas said:

I see that a couple of people bought the Monteverde Strata in black with the Omniflex nib for $5.74. This is the standard Jowo #6 extra-flex.  I've been buying these when they become available for several months. I'm not a big fan of the Strata, too heavy, but I love the nibs & swap them into a variety of pens that use Jowo nib units.  I keep the converters & nib units & throw the pens away.  The $5.74 deal is available at the moment:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVNQ1BBB

 

If it has disappeared by the time you look, just set a price watch on camelcamelcamel.com.  At one time the blue was also at that price.  I ordered 2 on back order and eventually the order was cancelled by Amazon because the pen was no longer available.  Two days later it was back at $37.  I contacted Amazon and asked them to honor the $5.74 price.  Instead they gave me a credit for the difference in price on the two & I was able to use that credit to buy a dozen of the black.  My strangest Amazon transaction ever.

I got one and it doesn't seem to fit into any of my Jowo (or Bock for that matter) pens and the converter only seems to fit this nib.

I had high hopes but I'm glad I didn't buy several of these. 

[Mr. Pink]

A Conklin piston filler loaded with orange ink, but I should have done a better job cleaning out the previous black ink.  Brown for now.

[PAKMAN]

None! I just realized that when I cleaned out two pens yesterday, that I had nothing inked!  Gaaa!

[Doug C]

Montegappa Gnomo 

Conway Stewart Churchill 

Conway Stewart Marlborough 

Hello tello 

Leonardo Goldspot le

Parker duofold 

Lotus Author 

Gastons by Bexley 

Edison Elysian 

Ralph Prather custom Parker 51

Kaweco Sport carbon 

 

Wheeew...I wish some of these guys would run out of ink!

 

[Gloucesterman]

8 minutes ago, Doug C said:

Montegappa Gnomo 

Conway Stewart Churchill 

Conway Stewart Marlborough 

Hello tello 

Leonardo Goldspot le

Parker duofold 

Lotus Author 

Gastons by Bexley 

Edison Elysian 

Ralph Prather custom Parker 51

Kaweco Sport carbon 

 

Wheeew...I wish some of these guys would run out of ink!

 

Well then, instead of posting, WRITE. 😄

[Doug C]

12 minutes ago, Gloucesterman said:

Well then, instead of posting, WRITE. 😄

Wait Sid.

(I've just got a couple more pens to top off...)