What pen(s) are you using today?

[OldTravelingShoe]

I've been cleaning and sorting these pens through the week, all so I could try them out during the weekend. So, here we are (see Figure 1):

1. Pilot Volex pocket (long-short) pen, steel F nib, made in 1980.

2. Pilot Myu 701 pocket pen, steel F nib, 1972.

3. Pilot LV-150 (Super V?) long pen, 14K F (or FM) nib, I believe 1960s. (I still have to learn to disassemble the nib, date the pen components.) 

4. Pilot Elite pocket pen, 18K M nib, I believe 1970s.

5. Pilot Elite pocket pen, steel F nib, 1980s.

6. Pilot Elite long, 18K SCRIPT nib, 1960s (?).

 

Figure 1. Six Pilot pens. See text for details. 

 

I still have to learn and then apply systematically @A Smug Dill's method to try out and compare nib performance. In particular, I should try to make more systematic measurements of the  stroke widths, densities per Rhodia dot-square, and combination for various scripts (hands). Lots to learn and do. 

 

Have a good pen-day, everyone! 

 

[OldTravelingShoe]

23 minutes ago, A Smug Dill said:

I'm awfully slack at actually practising daily to develop and maintain the level of fine-grained motor control and hand-eye coordination required

Fwiw, same here. Work is simply too intense to leave enough room and I absolutely do not want to transform the pleasure of (exploring) writing into a chore. I will simply make progress at my own pace. But then I can appreciate all the more the art and craft of others 

[OldTravelingShoe]

29 minutes ago, A Smug Dill said:

idea here:

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/343846-objectively-how-thin-or-thick-a-line-do-you-require-your-nibs-to-produce/

Ooh, this is an exciting link! Thank you for this, I can now understand the reasoning behind the method rather than just try to reverse-engineer its mechanics. Good stuff. 

Edited January 30, 2022 by OldTravelingShoe
Corrected typos.

[davidtaylorjr]

Lamy 2000

[OldTravelingShoe]

Wing Sung 601 in stainless steel, including a stainless steel grip purchased separately. Nib replaced with a Bobby "architect" steel nib. 

 

On Rhodia dotpad paper, inked with Noodler's Royal Blue, the pen writes wet, stroke width F to B depending on the angle at which I hold the pen. 

 

Overall, thumbs up, and thanks to all who discussed variants of both the pen and the nib -- iirc, @A Smug Dill, @Karmachanic, @Mech-for-i, @Honeybadgers, @Jamerelbe (I still recall the explanation on the $1,000 nib!), (and, of course, @Office_Supplies_Pen for making the nibs!) 

[Waverly]

Today I flushed my Lamy Vista and filled my Lamy AL-star with Montblanc Irish Green.  It was sold as an extra-fine nib, but it was a bit scratchy and my smoothing was a bit over aggressive, so it is more of a fine now.  

[Karmachanic]

 

Tamenuri Studio; Negoro-nuri urushi.  Kobe #39 Renga ink

[mizgeorge]

22 minutes ago, Karmachanic said:

 

Tamenuri Studio; Negoro-nuri urushi.  Kobe #39 Renga ink

Beautiful pen - great ink match too!

[NgunnawalJack]

Jinhao x450 with 1mm fude nib and Pilot iroshizuku kiri-same.

 Still working on how I will use it.

[Karmachanic]

1 hour ago, mizgeorge said:

Beautiful pen - great ink match too!

 

The majority of my pens are black, so I've not usually concerned my self with matching inks.  Before it arrived I was considering Platinum Carbon Black, for contrast.  But then ....

[Helen350]

Jinhao 100 Centennial - M. nib.  Ink:  Chesterfield Smoked Topaz  (Been inked for a couple

of days while I break in the nib)

[OldTravelingShoe]

7 hours ago, Karmachanic said:

Tamenuri Studio

Very nice pen! If I'm recalling this correctly, I also like the owner's passion for urushi, which gives an excellent background story. 

[amberleadavis]

On 1/28/2022 at 10:19 PM, ParramattaPaul said:

It's a William Hannah A5.

 

LINK: William Hannah Leather Notebooks – William Hannah Limited

 

OOO very pretty!

[amberleadavis]

On 1/29/2022 at 9:06 AM, brokenclay said:

A sus órdenes:

 

 

Very nice!

 

On 1/29/2022 at 11:11 AM, flodoc said:

Platinum 3776 Maki-e "Pines" w/14K fine nib and Noodler's Zhivago. This is a very dark green, high solids ink that is very saturated even with a fine nib.

 

That's a beauty!\

 

On 1/29/2022 at 12:11 PM, flodoc said:

Parker Duofold International in Green marble acrylic w/18K fine italic nib and Noodler's Zhivago ink.

 

Looks great!

 

On 1/29/2022 at 5:58 PM, CXC said:

Guider ebonite desk pen.  Trying to diagnose the leak.

 

I really like my Guider pens.

 

16 hours ago, Recursion said:

Today I’m using my Sailor 1911 Large with a Medium-Fine (MF) nib, inked with Diamine Sapphire Blue.

 

 

What's the green one in the center?

[amberleadavis]

16 hours ago, OldTravelingShoe said:

I've been cleaning and sorting these pens through the week, all so I could try them out during the weekend. So, here we are (see Figure 1):

1. Pilot Volex pocket (long-short) pen, steel F nib, made in 1980.

2. Pilot Myu 701 pocket pen, steel F nib, 1972.

3. Pilot LV-150 (Super V?) long pen, 14K F (or FM) nib, I believe 1960s. (I still have to learn to disassemble the nib, date the pen components.) 

4. Pilot Elite pocket pen, 18K M nib, I believe 1970s.

5. Pilot Elite pocket pen, steel F nib, 1980s.

6. Pilot Elite long, 18K SCRIPT nib, 1960s (?).

 

Figure 1. Six Pilot pens. See text for details. 

 

I still have to learn and then apply systematically @A Smug Dill's method to try out and compare nib performance. In particular, I should try to make more systematic measurements of the  stroke widths, densities per Rhodia dot-square, and combination for various scripts (hands). Lots to learn and do. 

 

Have a good pen-day, everyone! 

 

 

 

We have a link to a nib measuring sheet. It's sort of fun to use.

 

10 hours ago, Karmachanic said:

 

Tamenuri Studio; Negoro-nuri urushi.  Kobe #39 Renga ink

 

I think that's stunning!

 

5 hours ago, Helen350 said:

Jinhao 100 Centennial - M. nib.  Ink:  Chesterfield Smoked Topaz  (Been inked for a couple

of days while I break in the nib)

 

Prettiest Jinhao I've ever seen.

[Recursion]

1 hour ago, amberleadavis said:

What's the green one in the center?

That is the Leonardo Momento Zero - Spaghetti resin Green Alga

[amberleadavis]

1 hour ago, Recursion said:

That is the Leonardo Momento Zero - Spaghetti resin Green Alga

 

It's very pretty

 

[mallymal1]

On 1/29/2022 at 4:26 AM, Sinistral1 said:

Here’s the proof!

 

Very nice.  👍

[N1003U]

M300 with a Nr. 12 Rhodia Dot-Pad.

[A Smug Dill]