What pen(s) are you using today?

[Gloucesterman]

A Narwhal Schuylkill Sapphire w/ rose gold trim and a 1.1 nib. Using Diamine Sapphire Blue ink. Also, still enjoying my LAMY 2K with an OM nib and LAMY Amazonite ink.

 

In fact, I may  have found my preferred nib style - an OM. I will have to test out at least one or two more before I am more confidant with that statement.

[Penguincollector]

On 6/10/2023 at 9:51 PM, USG said:

driest inks I can find. 

  Have you tried Herbin’s Diabolo Menthe? It’s a light aqua that I find very dry. I also find yellow colored ink to be dry most of the time, orange sometimes. 

[Penguincollector]

34 minutes ago, Gloucesterman said:

A Narwhal Schuylkill Sapphire w/ rose gold trim and a 1.1 nib. Using Diamine Sapphire Blue ink. Also, still enjoying my LAMY 2K with an OM nib and LAMY Amazonite ink.

 

In fact, I may  have found my preferred nib style - an OM. I will have to test out at least one or two more before I am more confidant with that statement.

I’m really enjoying my old style Pelikan M400 with an OM nib.  I’m also contemplating getting my next Lamy z series gold nib in OM, but can definitely recommend the older Pelikans. I haven’t tried a new Pelikan in oblique yet to compare.

[Helen350]

Majohn/Moonman A2 - Pilot VP nib unit - Med. nib.  Ink:  Chesterfield Antique Oxford

 

 

[Tashi_Tsering]

Today two Cartier:

 

- Louis Cartier (on the left)

- Must de Cartier 

 

And Cartier lighter on the middle

[max dog]

On 6/10/2023 at 11:28 AM, Bo Bo Olson said:

 

 

The 'yellow pen comes....but I like to BS a bit.

 

I must have gotten tired of Kon-Peki blue, in this 1959 three true ring Geha 790 maxi-semi-flex stubbed  EF....original picture the three rings polished up nicely with a gold sunshine cloth.

I was upset for a few seconds when I realized it wasn't the OEF marked on the pen but it wasn't semi-flex; but maxi-semi=flex.......and it didn't take me long to think.....EF was narrow in semi-maxi enough with out looking for an Oblique that I normally wouldn't be able to see.

 

So I kept the pen..the seller probably didn't know enough to know the nib wasn't the Oblique the marking said  on the piston cap.  It was affordable way back in the then

A nice picture better than I could take of a Geha (Degussa made) nib..a even better picture of a Geha nib is in the red pen pictures. of that era. The stubbed German nibs of this era also have a very nice clean line.

This is the 'three rings of Geha after '59-71/2. Just in case you start chasing Geha.

There is there version that matches the Pelikan 140 with two rings...school pens have no rings but a normal clip ring. I somehow never got one of the 2 ring pens...

 

I do have the 780 in Green, .....this and the red ones I missed out on, are twice as expensive as the 'normal' black and gold 790's. The black Geha 790's and their  regular flex school pens are best buys in both Semi-flex and regular flex for the school pens. ..@ €60 for the black and gold  790...The black and gold 790 is a very well balanced pen...(the Degussa made nibs are a tad more springy that the 140/400/400nn nibs)..and so very in in the '50-60's, when torpedo/cigar shaped pens were so in. The Swan torpedo, the Pelikan 120/140 the Geha and some company called MB...146/9. and finished second for a red one and a gold capped red one.

With permission from Penboard.de

 

 

 

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This is a marbled brown Pelikan 200 EF...now loaded with MB Irish Green.

Brown/yellow depending on how you turn it.

Even finer than the picture. I got this picture and pen from Fritz.

I asked him for the narrowest EF he had in the shop and it was one of the last tear drop tipped nibs. Writes with the expected nice clean line of a tear dropped nib.

 

This is a marbled brown Pelikan 200 regular flex/Pilot soft, EF...now loaded with MB Irish Green.

Brown/yellow depending on how you turn it.

Even finer than the picture. I got this picture and pen from Fritz.

I asked him for the narrowest EF he had in the shop and it was one of the last tear drop tipped nibs. Writes with the expected nice clean line of a tear dropped nib.

Bobo, that is a gorgeous brown marbled Pelikan. One of my earliest fountain pens is a blue marbled M200.  I remember at the pen store they also had a red marbled M200 that I debated about getting and I opted for the blue one thinking it was more popular.  I've never seen another red marbled M200 again in the wild, and I kick myself to this day I did not get that red marbled Pelikan.  I've developed a soft spot for red and burgundy pens over the years.  

[Penguincollector]

7 hours ago, Helen350 said:

Majohn/Moonman A2 - Pilot VP nib unit - Med. nib.  Ink:  Chesterfield Antique Oxford

 

 

 
 The VP nib looks good on your pen, Helen! 

[Penguincollector]

Sailor Slim Candy with Sailor Blue Black. Geha 707 with Geha green/ Lamy Blue. 

[inkstainedruth]

Today it's been the Parker Vacumatic Red Shadow Wave, F nib, still with Waterman Mysterious Blue.  

But for the most part I've spent way too much time on the computer today, including being on the phone with Apple Support (yes, AGAIN ) because of the directions I was told in the Support call on Monday didn't seem to be working right. So, an hour with the first person, and then roughly an hour with a senior advisor (during which he had a power outage and had to call me back a while later... ).

We'll see if the issue has been fixed THIS time....  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[AmandaW]

The journal pen for today (and yesterday) is a Sailor Lecoule Pale Brown MF filled with Sailor Doyou. 🤎

 

[essayfaire]

On 6/14/2023 at 12:38 AM, Tashi_Tsering said:

Today two Cartier:

 

- Louis Cartier (on the left)

- Must de Cartier 

 

And Cartier lighter on the middle

I like the Louis; I always think the others are too narrow.  I have the same problem with many of Waterman's pens.  

 

Killer art deco design, though!

[USG]

On 6/14/2023 at 12:38 AM, Tashi_Tsering said:

Today two Cartier:

 

- Louis Cartier (on the left)

- Must de Cartier 

 

And Cartier lighter on the middle

 

Hey T_T

Another very nice set 🙂👍

 

Me Today:

Omas Ogiva Demonstrator [F]

Thin Kokuyo paper

PR DC Supershow blue (too wet for this pen)

 

 

[PithyProlix]

On 6/14/2023 at 11:38 AM, Tashi_Tsering said:

Today two Cartier:

 

- Louis Cartier (on the left)

- Must de Cartier 

 

And Cartier lighter on the middle

 

How do you like them? Do they write well? 

 

Every once in a while I see second hand Cartier pens for sale here locally, sometimes at good prices, but not low enough to buy on impulse. I've been curious but will probably not get a chance to try one before I buy.

[USG]

On 6/13/2023 at 3:30 PM, Penguincollector said:

  Have you tried Herbin’s Diabolo Menthe? It’s a light aqua that I find very dry. I also find yellow colored ink to be dry most of the time, orange sometimes. 

 

Never tried it... I'll have to look into it. 😀👍

[Tashi_Tsering]

1 hour ago, PithyProlix said:

 

How do you like them? Do they write well? 

Good, quality made pens but not fantastic (in my opinion, of course)

Louis is a rather large pen, about Montblanc 146 size. Not very heavy, but heavier than Montblanc, about 30-32 grams. Nib — Bock #6, 18k, very well polished, very smooth, rather wet. Screw cap, c/c. Overall quality is high, nice looking. 

 

Must de — slim pen (I don't really like thin pens, although I have about 8-10 in my collection). Pen is very similar to Montblanc Noblesse type 4 or Dunhill Gemline. I think that this pen has the same nib as in Noblesse, but with ebonite feed. Writes without complaint: not dry, not wet, smooth enough. C/c, slip cap. 

Good pens, but I prefer Montblanc

[Penguincollector]

1 hour ago, USG said:

 

Never tried it... I'll have to look into it. 😀👍

 I’ll check my ink journal for other inks that stood out as very dry for you as well. I just remember that with this one in particular I had to dip the glass pen into it way more often and it kinda squeaks it’s so dry.  It’s one of the ones you can get in the tiny bottle. 

[Helen350]

Sheaffer BSA 5509 Desk Set - Med. nib.    Ink:  Dryden Designs Sky Blue

[Sailor Kenshin]

On 6/13/2023 at 3:30 PM, Penguincollector said:

  Have you tried Herbin’s Diabolo Menthe? It’s a light aqua that I find very dry. I also find yellow colored ink to be dry most of the time, orange sometimes. 

Wearingeul's Don Quixote.  Driest ink I have EVER used.  

[Penguincollector]

1 hour ago, Helen350 said:

Sheaffer BSA 5509 Desk Set - Med. nib.    Ink:  Dryden Designs Sky Blue

  That is a really nice combination! I really like the ink color, suits Sheaffer’s very well- I wonder how it compares to Peacock Blue?

[Penguincollector]

1 hour ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Wearingeul's Don Quixote.  Driest ink I have EVER used.  

  I just looked at the ink sample on Vanness- there were blank spots in tbe sample!  There’s bound to be an ink that tames your firehose,  

@USG whether it matches your pen or not remains to be seen.