What pen(s) are you using today?

[jandrew]

Ranga Bamboo / Pilot blue-black this morning

[Gloucesterman]

6 hours ago, Misfit said:

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. 
 

Oh WOW. I didn't know that Mont Blanc made a Snoopy pen!! LOL

Yes, I saw the five-point star on the finial.

Just kidding about the MB. After my initial reaction to the similar star on the finial I recognized/realized that it was a five pointer rather than a six pointer. It might be interesting if MB did create a "Great Cartoon Character" series. They would probably have to do it for each country as I suspect that different country and different cultures might (or do) view the concept of humor from different perspectives.

[inkstainedruth]

Today it's been the the red Cross Solo, F nib, with diluted Birmingham Herr's Island Ultramarine (it was easier to just refill the pen with distilled water than flush it last night, because I'd had a stressful day and wasn't feeling well).  

Diluted, the ink makes for a very nice medium turquoise.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[51ISH]

14 hours ago, mallymal1 said:

 

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

 Thank you for your kind words. I've found a couple of P25's in a box of other pens in the last week or so...both pens had been left with ink left sat in them 😲 (Parker Quink Blue cartridges)...for over 45 years....I 'sort of' 🤣 cleaned both pens with an ear bulb ( I pumped water through till it ran clear 🤣)  and inked them both with Pelikan Blue/Black (considered to be a 'dry' ink from what I remember...?)  Both pens performed like  brand new out of the box. Both pens have a medium nib (as pens in this price bracket generally  did back then in the UK) They both produce 'shading' with this ink and try as I might I can't get either of them to 'skip'. I've never taken a fountain pen to work because of the nature of my job, but the P25 is a 'work horse' So I've put it on a Work Trial 😄  Can it 'compete' with a ballpoint at work?

[Misfit]

6 hours ago, Gloucesterman said:

Oh WOW. I didn't know that Mont Blanc made a Snoopy pen!! LOL

Yes, I saw the five-point star on the finial.

Just kidding about the MB. After my initial reaction to the similar star on the finial I recognized/realized that it was a five pointer rather than a six pointer. It might be interesting if MB did create a "Great Cartoon Character" series. They would probably have to do it for each country as I suspect that different country and different cultures might (or do) view the concept of humor from different perspectives.

If MB made a Snoopy pen at a low enough price, it would be my first MB pen. I love Snoopy and the gang. The Peanuts comic strip was syndicated so widely, they are worldwide characters. So they could be the first!

[Penguincollector]

13 hours ago, Misfit said:

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. 
 

The red Snoopblanc is adorable too!

[Misfit]

@Penguincollector Snoopy and penguins equal so cute. 

[Penguincollector]

@Misfit so true!

 

 

[Penguincollector]

7 hours ago, Gloucesterman said:

Oh WOW. I didn't know that Mont Blanc made a Snoopy pen!! LOL

Yes, I saw the five-point star on the finial.

Just kidding about the MB. After my initial reaction to the similar star on the finial I recognized/realized that it was a five pointer rather than a six pointer. It might be interesting if MB did create a "Great Cartoon Character" series. They would probably have to do it for each country as I suspect that different country and different cultures might (or do) view the concept of humor from different perspectives.

I would buy a Chilly Willy pen in an instant! 

[Gloucesterman]

10 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

I would buy a Chilly Willy pen in an instant! 

I did buy a "Le Petite Prince" special edition... of the Parker Vector!

[Penguincollector]

1 hour ago, Gloucesterman said:

I did buy a "Le Petite Prince" special edition... of the Parker Vector!

I don’t need a reason to buy a Vector. I love them!

[Penguincollector]

Today I am using a Lamy clone that was 79 cents. It behaves like a 79 cent pen would, my hands are as teal as my hair. However,it does writes nicely. I’m also still working on the Moonman and like 8 other pens. 

[mightier.than]

22 hours ago, USG said:

 

What an incredible color...   Wowzers !😀

I did not know till recently that this pen was highly sought after for the colour and people were signing up to reserve one in my part of the world!

[mightier.than]

The first of two pens entering into rotation (for the first time) today is the Twsbi classic in tourquoise. 

Inked with the epitome turquoise, this medium nibbed pen writes beautifully smooth and wet. 

It's a definite for my office carry, not just in the pen roll but in the short pocket because of its dimensions, design, and colour.

[mightier.than]

The second of the two pens entering rotation today (for the first time) is the Twsbi precision. 

Medium nib and inked with the Iroshizuku kon-peki, this one is a beautiful writer too. 

A bit heavier than the classic with sharper faceting and a different clip fastener, this pen is close to the twsbi classic. 

Definitely office carry but will probably be in a sleeve or roll rathen that pocket because of the weight.

[Mark from Yorkshire]

7 hours ago, naganaga said:

The second of the two pens entering rotation today (for the first time) is the Twsbi precision. 

Medium nib and inked with the Iroshizuku kon-peki, this one is a beautiful writer too. 

A bit heavier than the classic with sharper faceting and a different clip fastener, this pen is close to the twsbi classic. 

Definitely office carry but will probably be in a sleeve or roll rathen that pocket because of the weight.

TWSBI make such nice pens I have their swipe model for unusual/shimmer inks or colours I’m wearie of purring in my other fountain pens 

[ZeroDukE]

 

 

Today I am using one of my favourite ones!

 

 

 

[USG]

1 hour ago, zeroduke said:

 

 

Today I am using one of my favourite ones!

 

 

 

Always a favorite... 😀 👍

 

Today:

C4 as a dip pen, Monteverde Horizon Blue, Sugarcane Paper & Sanzen Tomoe River 52gsm

 

[jandrew]

Painting around with the MD nib this morning

[mizgeorge]

15 minutes ago, jandrew said:

Painting around with the MD nib this morning

Love these - are you just using the reverse of the nib for the brush-style strokes?