What pen(s) are you using today?

[Gloucesterman]

13 hours ago, essayfaire said:

It's a Mertz and Krell Pelikan. There are a number of threads around here on them.  Here''s some more information about the branding:

 

https://thepelikansperch.com/2014/10/05/merz-krell-who-were-they/

 

Here's a pic I had taken with some other pens a while back:

 

 

 

@inkstainedruth My records indicate it's Pilot Iro Tsukushi, but also that I found the pairing a little bit dry, so I might have switched it out after that and forgotten to note it.   But it probably is Tsukushi.  The nib says it's iridium.

Thank you for the additional information.

I will definitely watch for one of those Pelikans.

Are they available in colors other than the tortoiseshell?

[Penguincollector]

36 minutes ago, Gloucesterman said:

Thank you for the additional information.

I will definitely watch for one of those Pelikans.

Are they available in colors other than the tortoiseshell?

Rick Propas has a green and black M&K 120:

Mertz & Krell 120

[Penguincollector]

I’m using my bouncy, groovy turquoise Platinum with Platinum pink. I’m guessing it’s from the ‘60s or ‘70s. It’s my first Platinum, and it’s not a stiff nib- which is what I always heard about the brand. (I have a Bel Age I haven’t inked yet, so we’ll see.) It writes a very fine line and once belonged to someone named Tsuchita (according to Yandex).

[PAKMAN]

GvFC Chevron with Noodlers Black Swan in Australian Roses

[ZeroDukE]

[essayfaire]

8 hours ago, USG said:

Messing around with some Black pens today

 

This is great.  Do they all have different nibs, or just different inks?

[essayfaire]

1 hour ago, Gloucesterman said:

Thank you for the additional information.

I will definitely watch for one of those Pelikans.

Are they available in colors other than the tortoiseshell?

Yes.

[Doug C]

18 minutes ago, zeroduke said:

I had an Adagio for a while. A neat pen.

[Penguincollector]

1 hour ago, zeroduke said:

These are gorgeous, you should post them on the blue pen club thread and tell us more about them!

[inkstainedruth]

Today it's been the burgundy Snorkel Special, EF (I think) nib, with modern Skrip Blue; and the Parker 45 Flighter, B nib (one of the pens I got a week or so ago at an estate sale), with some unknown and reconstituted black ink.  It's sufficiently saturated, that I keep wondering if it's the same black ink I spent several months reconstituting and using -- and then spent a couple of weeks flushing -- out of the Parker 61 Flighter.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[essayfaire]

The singing brown marbled vintage Mentmore seems not be singing with the Binder Blackwa that @kestrelkindly sent my way!  I love the green undertones, too! So I'm using it!

[USG]

On 5/8/2023 at 11:32 AM, essayfaire said:

This is great.  Do they all have different nibs, or just different inks?

Hi EF

Some Different nibs, all different inks

From the top down:

Jinhao X-159 (F), red tape, writes (M), PR Lake Placid Blue

Jinhao X-159 (F), Monteverde Fire Opal

Sailor 1911L (M), yellow tape, writes (FM), Sailor Manyo Yamabuki

Sailor 1911L (M), Robert Oster NG Special

Pilot 742 FA, Iroshizuku Ajaisai

Pilot 743 SMF, blue tape, Sailor Manyo Konagi

Pilot 743 FA, Diamine Florida Blue

[essayfaire]

13 hours ago, USG said:

Hi EF

Some Different nibs, all different inks

From the top down:

Jinhao X-159 (F), red tape, writes (M), PR Lake Placid Blue

Jinhao X-159 (F), Monteverde Fire Opal

Sailor 1911L (M), yellow tape, writes (FM), Sailor Manyo Yamabuki

Sailor 1911L (M), Robert Oster NG Special

Pilot 742 FA, Iroshizuku Ajaisai

Pilot 743 SMF, blue tape, Sailor Manyo Konagi

Pilot 743 FA, Diamine Florida Blue

 

It had never occurred to me to use a bit of tape to distinguish similar pens which caused me to keep buying multiple shades of a pen whenever I liked a style particularly well.  This is a very clever idea I might have to institute.  Is it washi tape to not mess with the finish?

 

What's SMF? Soft medium fine?

 

This looks like a very fun collection.  Enjoy!

 

[USG]

1 hour ago, essayfaire said:

It had never occurred to me to use a bit of tape to distinguish similar pens which caused me to keep buying multiple shades of a pen whenever I liked a style particularly well.  This is a very clever idea I might have to institute.  Is it washi tape to not mess with the finish?

 

What's SMF? Soft medium fine?

 

This looks like a very fun collection.  Enjoy!

 

The tape is 1/8 Whiteboard Tape from Amazon

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YHK1V3S/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

I made a mistake on the Pilot 743 nib, it's a SFM (soft fine medium)  I really like the FA nibs but I wanted a softer regular nib that had a little more width than a Fine but not as wide as a Medium.  It's bouncy and wet but not like the FA nibs.

[Bo Bo Olson]

On another thread the subject wandered a bit, and the Geha 725 Goldschwing was mentioned.

It is an extremely sleek, thin medium-long classy black and gold  rolled gold trimmed pen. With great balance and a semi-flex nib.

So it jumped  up the to use list ....

And it balances so well in the hand.

With permission of Penboard.de...one of the grand beautiful inlaid nibs.

I find the two slightly curved lines of the clip add much to the classy looks.

[Doug C]

1 minute ago, Bo Bo Olson said:

On another thread the subject wandered a bit, and the Geha 725 Goldschwing was mentioned.

It is an extremely sleek, thin medium-long classy black and gold  rolled gold trimmed pen. With great balance and a semi-flex nib.

So it jumped  up the to use list ....

And it balances so well in the hand.

With permission of Penboard.de...one of the grand beautiful inlaid nibs.

I find the two slightly curved lines of the clip add much to the classy looks.

I agree.  That is one good looking nib. Very sleek.

[Penguincollector]

Oh wow, @Bo Bo Olson, that  pen reminds me of a well dressed man. 

[USG]

On 5/11/2023 at 6:43 PM, Bo Bo Olson said:

On another thread the subject wandered a bit, and the Geha 725 Goldschwing was mentioned.

It is an extremely sleek, thin medium-long classy black and gold  rolled gold trimmed pen. With great balance and a semi-flex nib.

So it jumped  up the to use list ....

And it balances so well in the hand.

With permission of Penboard.de...one of the grand beautiful inlaid nibs.

I find the two slightly curved lines of the clip add much to the classy looks.

 

Very Nice BBO 😀👍

 

Today for me:

Leonardo Furore, Iroshizuku Ajisai, Maruman paper

 

[Penguincollector]

Wow, that’s pretty, @USG! I need to learn more about Italian stylos.

 

  I’m using many pens today: Geha 707, Platinum, Sailor Slim Candy.

[Helen350]

Majohn P136 - F. nib.  Ink:  Dryden Designs Unforgiving Black - journaling.