What pen(s) are you using today?

[Misfit]

This one, Pilot Prera Iro-ai with CM nib. The nib is a calligraphy M at 0.58mm according to Pilot. 

 

[Penguincollector]

@Misfitwhat a pretty picture, all the colors are so complimentary and the lighting is just right.

[AmandaW]

1 hour ago, Misfit said:

This one, Pilot Prera Iro-ai with CM nib. The nib is a calligraphy M at 0.58mm according to Pilot. 

 

This is so pretty. I did not see it. No no no. Nothing to see here. 🙂

 

[Misfit]

55 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

@Misfitwhat a pretty picture, all the colors are so complimentary and the lighting is just right.

Thank you so much. I took the photo in front of the microwave in the kitchen. I filled the pen in there as well. I love leaving the paper towel in the photo with the ink on it. 

[Misfit]

51 minutes ago, AmandaW said:

This is so pretty. I did not see it. No no no. Nothing to see here. 🙂

 

It was $35 on Amazon, and came with a converter. 

[jandrew]

Franklin Christoph 20 (PO nib) ... 

[51ISH]

Still using my 1950s Burgundy Parker 51...which I kind of wish would write a little 'wetter'....so I'm dosing the old girl up with Aurora black by way of encouragement..🙂

 

The 51's 'wingman' is a '70's  Parker 25 'rescued' from a box of old ballpoints...😲

Have to say anyone that is looking for a  'reasonably priced good value fountain pen'  could do a lot worse,  ebay uk around £15 secondhand....built like a tank, and punches well above it's weight.  (apologies for the poor photo)

[VersoFolio]

On 2/22/2023 at 7:03 PM, Penguincollector said:

@Misfitwhat a pretty picture, all the colors are so complimentary and the lighting is just right.

I agree @Penguincollector

You really captured the moment @Misfit

Caused poor Amanda a bout of 'hysterical blindness'!!

Shame on you😂

 

tom

[AmandaW]

12 minutes ago, Pale.Ink.Tom said:

I agree @Penguincollector

You really captured the moment @Misfit

Caused poor Amanda a bout of 'hysterical blindness'!!

Shame on you😂

 

tom

LOL. Only cos Amanda already has a black Iro-Ai and no reasonable way to justify a pink one even if it would look better with the Yama-budo ink.

 

Oh no, I just realised I gave that ink away. Not cos I didn't like, but I was giving someone a pen and wanted to provide ink to go in it. Yes, guilty of attempting to lure an innocent into the hobby.

 

So  definitely no Pink Prera for me and it's all my own fault.

[VersoFolio]

24 minutes ago, AmandaW said:

Oh no, I just realised I gave that ink away. Not cos I didn't like, but I was giving someone a pen and wanted to provide ink to go in it. Yes, guilty of attempting to lure an innocent into the hobby.

 

Good on you @AmandaW

 

On the plus side, if you believe as I do, give a gift of something you really cherish. You will showcase your love and generosity much better than if you're just casting off your excess clutter!

Also, instead of 'evil enabler' you are performing a rescue of someone who would otherwise be descending into electronic oblivion! 🎉

 

I recently bought Edelstein Garnet and now I feel I need the Pilot Yama-Budo as well...

 

Oh dear...time to build an extension onto the ink-box... which, incidentally, is a old "Taylors, St Andrews, 1999 Shiraz, case! Bottles long gone!

(Wakefield River, Clare Valley, South Australia) 

 

tom

 

 

 

 

[ParramattaPaul]

As one might guess, I'm using the new Onoto Scholar.

[Penguincollector]

Today it’s the Moonman Student Model EF Penguin pen, inked with Diamine Autumn Oak. 

[jchch1950]

Waterman Emblem with blue ink long cartridge.The pen was delivered to Australia 3 years ago and after the pandemia travel restrictions were finish it lied in a fountain pen rest. About one month ago it began to write without any problem.

[A Smug Dill]

4 hours ago, Pale.Ink.Tom said:

You will showcase your love and generosity much better than if you're just casting off your excess clutter!

 

LOL, and there I was, just in the process of telling Amanda how she's going to get this and that from my surplus stuff!

[USG]

On 2/18/2023 at 9:50 PM, naganaga said:

This Montegrappa Elmo Very Peri just before it gets taken out of rotation today for cleaning and storage till its next entry into rotation. 

Love this pen and kicking myself for not having picked it up a lot sooner than I did. Anyway...

It's beautiful: classic shape, nice size and heft to it, and the violet looks absolutely unique in real life. 

The nib is amazing and lays down a wet line with great smoothness. I have written with it in all kinds of notebook paper and it writes like a dream (not considering feathering etc. Just the feel of pen on paper). 

Currently inked with the Taccia violet. Looking forward to trying the iroshizuku violet in it the next time.

 

What an incredible color...   Wowzers !😀

 

Today I took the Waterman's out for a spin.

Inks:

Liaison:  Iroshizuko Ajisai 

Orange Patrician:  Sailor Manyo Nadshiko

Green Patrician:  Vintage Waterman Green

 

Paper:

Kokuyo 64gsm

Sanzen Tomoe River 52gsm

Maruman 70gsm

 

[Misfit]

7 hours ago, Pale.Ink.Tom said:

I agree @Penguincollector

You really captured the moment @Misfit

Caused poor Amanda a bout of 'hysterical blindness'!!

Shame on you😂

 

tom

Not sorry. I don’t tend to buy pink items, though I’m a woman. But this particular pink is not a baby pink, so I actually like it. Amanda needs this pen! That and a 30ml bottle of Yama-Budo. My bottle was a gift, or I’d have gotten the less expensive version. Plus I suspect I’ll end up buying the Prera Iro-ai in red. I have the Edelstein Garnet ink you mentioned. Just saying, it’s not a justification for the red ends Prera.  I actually looked at this thread for the pen I’m fiending for now, the TWSBI Eco in cerulean blue. 

edit:

Oh, and thank you for the compliment. My Dad told me once some of the best photos are accidents, not the meticulously composed ones. 

Edited February 24, 2023 by Misfit

[mallymal1]

8 hours ago, 51ISH said:

Still using my 1950s Burgundy Parker 51...which I kind of wish would write a little 'wetter'....so I'm dosing the old girl up with Aurora black by way of encouragement..🙂

 

The 51's 'wingman' is a '70's  Parker 25 'rescued' from a box of old ballpoints...😲

Have to say anyone that is looking for a  'reasonably priced good value fountain pen'  could do a lot worse,  ebay uk around £15 secondhand....built like a tank, and punches well above it's weight.  (apologies for the poor photo)

 

The photo's fine 51ish. Nice pens, and I agree about the P25.  👍

[AmandaW]

26 minutes ago, Misfit said:

Amanda needs this pen! ...and Yama-Budo.

 

Well, Serendipity seems to think so too. Smug told me about a "20% off Pilot sale"... And that he might be sending some spare Yama-budo my way. If he claims it's just a clean out - don't believe a word of it.

 

 

[VersoFolio]

2 hours ago, A Smug Dill said:

 

LOL, and there I was, just in the process of telling Amanda how she's going to get this and that from my surplus stuff!

Your generosity is well known already Smug. We see examples of it here most days.

 

Cheers, PITom

 

[Misfit]

Thanks to @Penguincollector’s blue pen club thread, I went to the trouble to get my Montblanc Corn Poppy Red ink out. When I got mine, it was $23.95. I used this true red ink in a pen that cost under $5, and came with a small converter.