What pen(s) are you using today?

[A Smug Dill]

A HongDian A3, with a black-and-gold bicolour steel EF nib. The converter was filled on 2/9/2021 with Jacques Herbin Noir Abyssal, and surprisingly the pen only hard-started on the first two pen strokes, then wrote without any evidence of ink starvation, four-and-a-half months on. I've written about half an A5 page with it so far, and it's still going, even though when I visually inspected the converter, there is only a drop or two of liquid in it left.

 

It taught me a lesson in having to be careful what one wishes for. I always pined for an opportunity to try a very ‘wet’ nib that nevertheless puts down a very fine and crisp line of ink that doesn't spread; and it looks like I have one at hand now. The ink evaporation over the months has turned the Jacques Herbin ink into something akin to a Noodler's ink; the very fine lines do not seem to feather or spread on Rhodia DotPad 80g/m² paper, but the marks will glisten in the light for at least ten minutes after they were put down, during which time they're actually liquid sitting atop the paper surface, and prone to smearing on the page as well as staining whatever else comes into contact with them.

 

[Yohaanrods]

Made in India, Parker Frontier with "F" nib. ( Although writes like an M) 

 

[Waverly]

Today I am using a 1950 Sheaffer “fat” Statesman Touchdown.  It was only made for a year, and it had a huge 14k open nib.  

[OldTravelingShoe]

1 hour ago, A Smug Dill said:

a lesson in having to be careful what one wishes for. I always pined for an opportunity to try a very ‘wet’ nib that nevertheless puts down a very fine and crisp line of ink that doesn't spread; and it looks like I have one at hand now. The ink evaporation over the months has turned the Jacques Herbin ink into something akin to a Noodler's ink

I find this very funny! @AmandaWand I may enjoy the same soon -- depending on whether what we wished for matches what we actually bought --, but we could do so only if what we wished for -- an F nib Togi-style, so the complement in typical offers of the EF you present here -- is not what we actually bought. A Scrödinger nib! 😁

[Karmachanic]

To quote the great philosopher D. Byrne;  "Watch out.  You might get what you're after."

[PAKMAN]

Visconti Ti Skelton 

Image from Payton Street Pens

[inkstainedruth]

Today it's been:

1) Parker 45 Arrow -- Aqua Blue(?), M nib -- with vintage Quink Permanent Royal Blue.

2) Parker Vector -- Geometric, M nib -- with Robert Oster Dragon's Night.

3) TWSBI Vac 700 -- Iris, F nib -- with Diamine Grey.

 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[flodoc]

Replaced the orange Centennial with this Pearl and Black International with medium nib.

[ParramattaPaul]

The Duro I wanted to use needs re-inking and I was/am lazy, so it's been a Churchill day.

[flodoc]

Ancora Perla Blue Cracked Ice with 18k fine Bexley nib. I did a review of this pen in December 2020.

[DvdRiet]

7 hours ago, flodoc said:

Replaced the orange Centennial with this Pearl and Black International with medium nib.

 

Whoa! Another beauty!! Love the black lines running through them.

[DvdRiet]

It's almost the weekend, so today I've revved up my Maserati.  I still wish I knew who made this pen for them, though.

 

[mallymal1]

18111 Falling Sakura. M nib. Diamine Kensington Blue.

 

[DvdRiet]

27 minutes ago, mallymal1 said:

18111 Falling Sakura. M nib. Diamine Kensington Blue.

 

 

Beautiful!

[flodoc]

4 hours ago, DvdRiet said:

It's almost the weekend, so today I've revved up my Maserati.  I still wish I knew who made this pen for them, though.

 

I would love to see a photo of this one if possible. I love auto themed pens.

[DvdRiet]

7 minutes ago, flodoc said:

I would love to see a photo of this one if possible. I love auto themed pens.

 

Bought on a whim because I liked the look of it, but mostly because it's probably the closest I will ever come to actually owning a Maserati 😊 (I do love the emblem on the finial!) 

 

It's a heavy metal pen with what I think is enamel (doesn't feel like lacquer to me) and I eventually discovered after some trial and error that it takes a Waterman converter. But I don't know if that means that Waterman made it or not. Presumably either a gift when buying the car, or possibly a corporate gift of some kind, or - what I think is most likely - an item from the 'lifestyle catalogue' in the past.

[flodoc]

29 minutes ago, DvdRiet said:

 

Bought on a whim because I liked the look of it, but mostly because it's probably the closest I will ever come to actually owning a Maserati 😊 (I do love the emblem on the finial!) 

 

It's a heavy metal pen with what I think is enamel (doesn't feel like lacquer to me) and I eventually discovered after some trial and error that it takes a Waterman converter. But I don't know if that means that Waterman made it or not. Presumably either a gift when buying the car, or possibly a corporate gift of some kind, or - what I think is most likely - an item from the 'lifestyle catalogue' in the past.

That's a great looking pen, but I  don't really see any identifying characteristics. Does it have a "Made in ..." imprint? They sometimes appear on the underside of the clip. That could be a clue as to manufacturer.

[DvdRiet]

14 minutes ago, flodoc said:

That's a great looking pen, but I  don't really see any identifying characteristics. Does it have a "Made in ..." imprint? They sometimes appear on the underside of the clip. That could be a clue as to manufacturer.

 

Oh, a brilliant suggestion! I know to check (especially German) vintage pens, but I hadn't thought to check it on this one. There are no other identifiable markings on the pen but it does say 'JAPAN' under the clip. That doesn't tell me much but at least I can be fairly sure now that it wasn't manufactured by Waterman. Coincidentally, it does write very fine (certainly not the 'average' western M that I was expecting), but has no size marking on the nib either.

The quest continues...

[flodoc]

Stipula Pinocchio with Ti fine nib and J. Herbin Bleu Pervenche. I had a steel nib installed in this pen because I had difficulty getting the Titanium nib to perform to my liking. Because Ti has a lot of springback, it is very difficult to adjust. I decided to try the Ti nib again with a very viscous ink and it seems to be working quite well. There is a bit of line variation available from fine to medium, but I am not skilled in using it. Maybe with a lot of practice...?

[Noihvo]