What pen(s) are you using today?

[Mercian]

2 hours ago, USG said:

The broken pen was in a drawer for years, the nib was on another Pen.  I finally sprung for a new barrel.  It's so annoying, it's opaque.  I keep checking my ink supply and.... nothing!!!!

😔

Did you keep the old barrel & grip-section?

 

I believe that there are repair professionals who can fix it for you. E.g. Ron Z of this parish.

[Doug C]

A little bit of everything. Pelikan, montegrappa, scribo, Leonardo, aurora, stipula, omas. Getting ready for the Pelikan Hub!

[Bo Bo Olson]

Broke my rule of having 7 or less pens inked...in I want to use up inks. 4 Krishna inks just came in from India.

A couple of Pelikan 200 B's (inks too wet for B), A '90 Briar Diplomat M, and a Geha 725 F with Indian inks. Two had sheen and a slight touch of shading...was supposed to be a shading sheen monsters, two that should have sheen had none...nore shading.

 

Dug out an old cartridge of Parker Penmann Sapphire, nice blue, no sheen. Hadn't found any the last times I used one of the cartridges. P-75 M.

Perhaps I shouldn't have filled that cartridge up with water to near top, but it was less than half filled. Same with previous uses. No sheen.

[USG]

21 hours ago, Mercian said:

😔

Did you keep the old barrel & grip-section?

 

I believe that there are repair professionals who can fix it for you. E.g. Ron Z of this parish.

 

I did keep the broken parts but I didn't trust a repair.   But after dealing with this opaque barrel I might be changing my mind. 🙂

 

What am I writing with today....

 

[ParramattaPaul]

I was going to use my CS Churchill, but  the Onoto Scholar was within easier reach. SOOO...

[Doug C]

20 minutes ago, ParramattaPaul said:

I was going to use my CS Churchill, but  the Onoto Scholar was within easier reach. SOOO...

I added my Churchill to my rotation today!

[essayfaire]

1 hour ago, ParramattaPaul said:

I was going to use my CS Churchill, but  the Onoto Scholar was within easier reach. SOOO...

Must be hard to have such dreadful decisions to make!

[USG]

Yesterday's pen, I thought I posted this....

 

 

Today's pen

Jinhao X159, #8 nib, unexpectedly fantastic pen.

Private Reserve Lake Placid Blue

Kokuyo paper

Didn't need any tuning.  There was dried blue ink in the feed, Jinhao is dip testing...

Leonardo, are you listening?

 

 

LOL, these imported pens are like Tribbles.

[PAKMAN]

Asvine 169

[USG]

1 hour ago, PAKMAN said:

Asvine 169

 

Nice... The transparent one you previously posted?

I keep looking at them.🙂

Which nib did you get?

[mirko]

Today: Montblanc 146 '80s OB nib, Sailor Professional Gear HM nib, Aurora Edo Cento B nib. And a lot of pencil today.🙃

[inkstainedruth]

Today it's been the black Parker Vacumatic Junior (I think), EF nib, that I got repaired recently at the Ohio Pen Show, with Waterman Mysterious Blue.

And the Berol Turquoise lead holder, 2H lead, working out the design for the topper for the marchpane I'm making for tomorrow night's Pelikan Hub here in da Burgh (tried to work up the design from the original company logo, from off a link on the Pelikan Perch, but I fear it's going to be too detailed to make in gum paste....  So the most recent-ish logo, with the single chick in the nest, is going to have to do.  

And then the pencil sketch will get inked over with a Uniball rollerball (yeah, I know -- a rollerball; but too many years of inking heraldic art with them, and old habits die hard, especially after weaning people off using the brand that smudged if you looked at them crosswise at Pennsic in Heralds Point...🤷‍♀️).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[PAKMAN]

5 hours ago, USG said:

 

Nice... The transparent one you previously posted?

I keep looking at them.🙂

Which nib did you get?

Yes, really like that pen, it has a fine nib and writes very nicely!

[Just J]

On 11/15/2022 at 4:22 PM, essayfaire said:

Must be hard to have such dreadful decisions to make!

 That one got away with me this morning. Now I can't watch videos until my eyes stop tearing, darn you!  😂

[jandrew]

Pilot CH 912 / PO nib

[Topgunbai]

Leonardo Momento Zero Alga Seaweed with DIY titanium stub flex nib. Still in the test and development stage.

 

 

[essayfaire]

1 hour ago, jandrew said:

Pilot CH 912 / PO nib

oooooooh

[mizgeorge]

3 hours ago, jandrew said:

Pilot CH 912 / PO nib

This is stunning!

[jandrew]

12 hours ago, essayfaire said:

oooooooh

 

9 hours ago, mizgeorge said:

This is stunning!

thanks

[Penguincollector]

I brought my Pelikan M800 to the Hub to meet up with her peers today. She’s one of my longtime companions.Today I had the pleasure of trying  2 M1000s, a green binde with a XF nib, and a Maki-e Autumn Leaves. I also tried a Pilot Plumix and really liked it.