What pen(s) are you using today?

[Misfit]

@AmandaW you make it look good. How much was it?
 

@Rima welcome to the world of fountain pens. It’s a great time to become a user of them with all the ink that is available. 

[Penguincollector]

20 minutes ago, AmandaW said:

Today's journal pen is a Sailor Shikiori Snowmoon MF with 14K MF nib and a Sailor Black cartridge. It arrived from Japan this morning. I cannot believe that this colour was so unpopular to be worthy of the lowest price in the discounting. It is exquisite. Maybe it wasn't photographed attractively enough.

 

Jewellery that writes! 🤍

 

  Wow, that is so elegant, I love it! It reminds me of a ballgown.

[AmandaW]

23 minutes ago, Misfit said:

@AmandaW you make it look good. How much was it?

About Aus$78... inc shipping.

[PAKMAN]

Blue Visconti Voyager from the 90's with unknown ink reconstituted with a little water.

[Gloucesterman]

11 hours ago, AmandaW said:

Today's journal pen is a Sailor Shikiori Snowmoon with 14K MF nib and a Sailor Black cartridge. It arrived from Japan this morning. I cannot believe that this colour was so unpopular to be worthy of the lowest price in the discounting. It is exquisite. Maybe it wasn't photographed attractively enough.

 

Jewellery that writes! 🤍

 

My knowledge may be inaccurate and I think that the color white, in Japanese cultural context, is associated with death. Meanwhile, red is associated with life. That distinction, if accurate, might influence the popularity of certain colors.

Of course I could be wrong, so anyone with more (accurate) knowledge is encouraged to contribute.

[Penguincollector]

Pilot Pluminix with diluted Pilot Mixable Orange for Parallel Pens. The italic F size is a delight.

[Karmachanic]

Diminutive Soennecken S26.  #2 14k OB flexy nib, EF to B.  Montblanc Midnight Blue.

[inkstainedruth]

16 hours ago, USG said:

You always use inks with interesting names. 😀👍

 

Yeah, but occasionally that gets me into trouble -- after all, I bought a bottle of Noodler's Harold's Hearse, based on the name, at the Noodler's table at the Commonwealth Pen Show a few years ago -- and I absolutely HATE the color.... 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[inkstainedruth]

2 hours ago, Gloucesterman said:

My knowledge may be inaccurate and I think that the color white, in Japanese cultural context, is associated with death. Meanwhile, red is associated with life. That distinction, if accurate, might influence the popularity of certain colors.

Of course I could be wrong, so anyone with more (accurate) knowledge is encouraged to contribute.

I think you're correct about the cultural context of the color white (as opposed to here in the West, where it's black (and sometimes purple).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Gloucesterman]

1 hour ago, inkstainedruth said:

Yeah, but occasionally that gets me into trouble -- after all, I bought a bottle of Noodler's Harold's Hearse, based on the name, at the Noodler's table at the Commonwealth Pen Show a few years ago -- and I absolutely HATE the color.... 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Ruth, I think you may have let yourself get carried away at the table.

The upside of this years cancelled show is it can't happen again.

[USG]

On 6/29/2023 at 11:24 AM, Penguincollector said:

  It’s a Fine nib, paper varies by what I am doing that day. My daily journal is a Cartotecnica Monzese for Cavallini blank book, and my agenda this year is from Universe Publishing via Rizzoli. I wrote with it in those. 
  Right now, I’m starting my day with the Geha 707 with it’s custom teal ink mix, but will be inking my matte black Sheaffer Targa with a Slovenian purple Sheaffer cartridge at some point later in the day.

 

I Just noticed your fancy paper.... 😀👍

 

16 hours ago, AmandaW said:

Today's journal pen is a Sailor Shikiori Snowmoon with 14K MF nib and a Sailor Black cartridge. It arrived from Japan this morning. I cannot believe that this colour was so unpopular to be worthy of the lowest price in the discounting. It is exquisite. Maybe it wasn't photographed attractively enough.

 

Jewellery that writes! 🤍

 

 

That is beautiful Amanda...👍😀

Enjoy !!!!

 

4 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

Pilot Pluminix with diluted Pilot Mixable Orange for Parallel Pens. The italic F size is a delight.

 

Say that five times fast.... LOL  🤪

 

2 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

Yeah, but occasionally that gets me into trouble -- after all, I bought a bottle of Noodler's Harold's Hearse, based on the name, at the Noodler's table at the Commonwealth Pen Show a few years ago -- and I absolutely HATE the color.... 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

What color does it look like to you?  It looks yellow-green to me. ❓

 

[USG]

Today's project- find an ink for

• The Big Sailor (blue tape) -  Sailor Manyo Sumire, Manyo Nadeshiko, may go back to Sumire
• The 1911L (blue tape) - Dipped in Monteverde Fire Opal, not convinced

Other Sailors:

Big Sailor (no tape) - Sailor Manyo Konagi

1911L (no tape) - Sailor Manyo Fuji

1911L (yellow tape) - Sailor Manyo Yamabuki  (love this ink)

 

Paper: A5 or Cut to A5

Cosmo Snow 75gsm

Sanzen Tomoe River 52gsm

Iroful (I'm getting used to it, it's like an ivory Cosmo Snow) 75gsm

Thin Kokuyo 52gsm

Kokuyo KB 64gsm

 

 

 

[Penguincollector]

10 minutes ago, USG said:

• The Big Sailor (blue tape) -  Sailor Manyo Sumire, Manyo Nadeshiko, may go back to Sumire
• The 1911L (blue tape) - Dipped in Monteverde Fire Opal, not convinced

 

Use the Nadeshiko (who, coincidentally- just got together for the Women’s World Cup) in the 1911L. I love both Sumire and Nadeshiko, they are both slated for addition to my ink collection. I was distracted by the last bottle of Koke (in that store) when I was looking at them. 

[USG]

40 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

Use the Nadeshiko (who, coincidentally- just got together for the Women’s World Cup) in the 1911L. I love both Sumire and Nadeshiko, they are both slated for addition to my ink collection. I was distracted by the last bottle of Koke (in that store) when I was looking at them. 

 

I have them the other way around.  The Nadeshiko is in the KOP, but I have to tell you, it doesn't shade from that pen like it does from my Pilot art flower pen or my Waterman Patrician.  I also tried it in a Pelikan M800 [M], which has a very wide line, and it didn't shade that well in that pen either.... but the ultimate star, (in terms of shading, sheening, haloing), of the Sailor inks (that I have) is Yamabuki on Cosmo Snow paper. 👍

 

Speaking of Koke, have you been able to get it to dual shade?  I have Fuji and it's supposed to be a dual shader too, but no matter what I do I can't get the green to come out (unless a drop of water gets near a dried line).

[Penguincollector]

43 minutes ago, USG said:

peaking of Koke, have you been able to get it to dual shade?  I have Fuji and it's supposed to be a dual shader too, but no matter what I do I can't get the green to come out (unless a drop of water gets near a dried line).

  So far, I have only swatched it onto a Co-Lo-Ring, so I think I might try a few inks on TR or 35 NFC  this weekend . Here’s what the swatch looks like (again, excuse the lighting and my amateurish attempt at getting the photo to look like the  IRL swatch):

 

[Helen350]

Waterman Phileas - M. nib.  Ink:  Waterman Absolute Brown

Waterman Kultur - F. nib.     Ink:  deAtramentis Adular Blue

 

[ParramattaPaul]

Boring, boring, boring; that's me -- and my pen/ink selection. The Gravitas Entry filled with Blackbird inks' blue has the duty today.

[inkstainedruth]

On 6/30/2023 at 5:13 PM, USG said:

What color does it look like to you?  It looks yellow-green to me. ❓

It is yellow green, but a really sort of nasty bilious yellow-green (basically more yellow, with sort of neon green undertones).  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

[Helen350]

New model Majohn/Moonman A1 - Grey Fish Scale,  Ink:  Diamine Oxblood

 

 

 

[PatrickA]

3 hours ago, Helen350 said:

New model Majohn/Moonman A1 - Grey Fish Scale,  Ink:  Diamine Oxblood

 

 

 

 

Handsome pen.