What pen(s) are you using today?

[Greg W.]

EVERSHARP Skyline 1941-1948 dubonnet presentation 

A great streamlined look and a wonderful writer. 

 

 

 

 

[Waverly]

I had been using a Ranga Samurai for the past 5 months, but today I inked up the Lamy 2000 EF to take me into 2024.  It is filled with Diamine Delamere Green and is pictured with the Lamy 2000 Fine fountain pen and the Lamy 2000 ballpoint.

[Helen350]

Sheaffer NoNonsense - M. nib.   Ink:  Iroshizuku Ama Iro

 

[PAKMAN]

Parker 75 Pewter Independence Hall Pen

[USG]

Sailors and Pilots and Jinhao's Oh My....

 

LateToThePartyMe: 

I've discovered in my ink test investigations that it's a lot more complicated than I originally though.  What I'm doing now is getting an 'overview' by using a wide variety of inks in an array of very similar pens, the Jinhao X-159s specifically.  That allows me to see how inks behave in general, wet, dry, free flowing, spreading, penetrating, etc. and what characteristics they have, like shading, sheening, shimmering, and on what papers they exhibit their greatest effect.  To that end I've narrowed it down to Cosmo Snow paper as being the paper that demonstrates the greatest effects for a wide variety of inks.

 

Anyway, some of today's pens:

 

And the difference between: 

Diamine Jack Frost on 52gsm Sanzen Tomoe River paper

 

And on 75gsm Cosmo Snow paper (I know the magnification is off)

 

 

[Penguincollector]

  Today I’m trying to finish a cartridge of Sheaffer purple in my matte black Targa with a medium nib. At some point I will be using an Osmoroid 95 broad straight dip nib for ink testing. 

[Penguincollector]

On 8/7/2023 at 7:05 PM, Helen350 said:

Sheaffer NoNonsense - M. nib.   Ink:  Iroshizuku Ama Iro

 

  I really like this one, Helen! I bet the Ama Iro really compliments it.

[psimpson130]

My daily writer fountain pen is an Ellington Stealth. Someone referred me to them and I order a pen and love it. The price is right ($39.95) and it write smooth and doesn't fry out in the Az heat. My other "fountain" is a Yookers Metris (felt tip that uses fountain pen ink). I have some Waterman Phileas pens and a couple of Lamays that dry out too fast here in the hear. 

 

[Gloucesterman]

TWSBI 580 original Demonstrator with a Pendleton Brown Stub nib on a base of the basic broad nib.

Bought it long ago at a pen show and it is one of my go (back) to pens. Using Iroshizuku Yama Budo ink.

[Misfit]

Today’s log notebook pen is a Pilot Custom 74 in transparent orange, B nib, filled with Iroshizuku Yu-yake. 

[Helen350]

Asvine V169 Skeleton (blue/grey)- M. nib.  Ink:  Chesterfield Oxford Blue

 

 

 

[AmandaW]

Today's journal pen is a Sailor ProfitLight Shining Blue with a 14k extra fine nib and Sailor Blue Black ink. It arrived yesterday so we're still getting used to each other. It's exquisitely fine and began a little dry, but became smoother and easier to use after the first few pages.

 

The sparklies in the ever-so-slightly translucent resin are fun and look good with the gold trim.

 

 

[Tashi_Tsering]

Montegrappa Extra 1930 (old version, before 2000), 18k F nib, Montegrappa Black ink

 

Montegrappa Oriental Zodiac (2002), 18k F nib, Pelikan Edelstein Olivine 

[Praskaton]

My custom aluminium-ebony pen....

 

[Lithium466]

5 hours ago, AmandaW said:

Today's journal pen is a Sailor ProfitLight Shining Blue with a 14k extra fine nib and Sailor Blue Black ink. It arrived yesterday so we're still getting used to each other. It's exquisitely fine and began a little dry, but became smoother and easier to use after the first few pages.

 

The sparklies in the ever-so-slightly translucent resin are fun and look good with the gold trim.

 

 

That's a very nice looking pen! But it deserves a shinier ink than Sailor blue-black 😂

(or maybe the shiny pen compensates for the dullness of Sailor BB?)

[AmandaW]

28 minutes ago, Lithium466 said:

That's a very nice looking pen! But it deserves a shinier ink than Sailor blue-black 😂

(or maybe the shiny pen compensates for the dullness of Sailor BB?)

I like Blue Black...

[Lithium466]

Did you try the Büroservice Bergmann inks? With Platinum Blue-black, I think that's my favorite. It dries very quickly though!

[USG]

15 hours ago, Helen350 said:

Asvine V169 Skeleton (blue/grey)- M. nib.  Ink:  Chesterfield Oxford Blue

 

 

 

 

That pen always catches my eye...👀 🙂

 

9 hours ago, AmandaW said:

Today's journal pen is a Sailor ProfitLight Shining Blue with a 14k extra fine nib and Sailor Blue Black ink. It arrived yesterday so we're still getting used to each other. It's exquisitely fine and began a little dry, but became smoother and easier to use after the first few pages.

 

The sparklies in the ever-so-slightly translucent resin are fun and look good with the gold trim.

 

 

 

Very Nice.  14K nib and built in Shimmer. 

And of course you like Blue-Black.  I like it too.👍🙂

 

Me: 

Learning to use a Brush Pen.  It's going to take a lot of practice.

I got some new paper, View Corona 52gsm.  The reviewer I read said they couldn't tell the difference between View Corona 52gsm and Tomoe River 52gsm. I don't know about that.

I got the 'White' paper, only to find out there's a better grade, 'Bright White', but I didn't see that one when I ordered.  It's very thin and crinkly but it wasn't very good for ink effects.  The only inks that did anything were the Diamie Shaders and Shimmer... Polar Glow, Majestic Blue and Jack Frost (below).  It has a slick surface and there was no feathering, ghosting or bleeding except a Sharpie.  You could probably write on the back but when I turned it over to write, it was so translucent the writing on the page under it was more distracting than the writing on the other side.

 

This is from the the Google Translation app

 

[Zookie]

I'm using a Platinum P66-150 with platinum black ink. 

 

 

[Mark from Yorkshire]

Laban 325 Fire Lamy T52 Blue ink