What pen(s) are you using today?

[PAKMAN]

Journaling today with my Visconti Ti Skelton.

[Fuente Cigar]

[mtcn77]

9 minutes ago, Fuente Cigar said:

Thanks! I was wondering if I should join the broad camp! Your pen is too pretty.

[AmandaW]

Journalling today with a TWSBI Eco Black with Rose Gold trim and an EF nib. It's filled with Van Dieman's Cradle Mountain Grey.

 

[amberleadavis]

On 2/21/2022 at 9:09 PM, Sinistral1 said:

Did you get three nibs for one pen?

 

It was a package price.

 

On 2/21/2022 at 10:19 PM, dms525 said:

 

Yes. I have a number of medium and broad cursive italic nibs ground by Michael Masuyama and one or two by Nagahara. They are very good, although narrower than I would prefer. But F-C's stock nibs are well-tuned, and their #6 JoWo Steel Music nib is my favorite for calligraphy practice.

 

David

 

Everytime I pick up an F-C stock nib, I'm impressed and I think the F-C 1.9 music nib is amazing.

[marcusflavius]

Pilot Ishime Hunter Green

[OldTravelingShoe]

I wanted to get my mind off the war news, so I decided to work on a pen that arrived recently but whose nib needed some attention. 

 

So I took out my second Ranga Splendour, tuned the nib, and gave it a workout. Figure 1 captures a bit of the latter. The day included more work, see Figure 2. But there's something soothing about this (large) Ranga pen. My thanks to its makers! 

 

Figure 1. A Ranga Splendour, premium acrylic no. 23 body with blue and pink stripes, BB Bock steel nib with two tones. 

 

Figure 2. The end of a day of cleaning, inking, and trying out. 

Edited February 26, 2022 by OldTravelingShoe
Added more color.

[essayfaire]

This is how I justify keeping so many pens (and keeping so many of them inked).  My mind keeps mulling over war news, however, which seems to be creeping into my projects.

[Letterpress]

Today, I'm working with a Faber Castell Ondoro in Orange, inked with Diamine Havasu Turquoise, and a TWSBI Diamond 580 filled with Noodler's Cayenne.  

[Chi]

[inkstainedruth]

TWSBI 700 Vac Iris, F nib, with diluted Diamine Grey; and Noodler's Cobalt FPC, flex nib, with KWZI Brown Pink.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[AmandaW]

Kaweco Perkeo F "Bad Taste" filled with a Jacques Herbin Noir abyssal long cartridge.

 

[Sinistral1]

Here’s what I have for today.  You can even see the sheen with the Discovery  Green!

[mallymal1]

Just inked a Visconti Ragtime, with Diamine Kensington Blue.

 

[HauntedMyst]

It’s not a pen I would really recommend. Unless you need something super compact. It’s very scratchy.

[essayfaire]

[flodoc]

Parker Premier II in black and chrome w/18K medium nib and Private Reserve Naples Blue.

[i5_8300h]

I am currently using a Kanwrite Desire Demonstrator, with the regular Medium nib - inked with Pilot Blue. (I've finally emptied that bottle!)

I also have two Metropolitans lying forgotten in my pen pouch, inked with Krishna Lyrebird blue-black and a Parker Vector inked with Diamine Majestic Blue.

But it is the Kanwrite that sees the majority (almost 99%) of daily use - I love the wet nib. Do Kanwrite offer pen tuning and nib grinding? I would love to get the Metros tuned/ground* - they are currently too fine and dry for my liking.

 

*I'm unsure of the correct terminology here.

[jchch1950]

Burgundy Parker 51 2021 edition with Sheaffer brown ink.

[HauntedMyst]

Love the ink and Birmingham’s customer service is stellar!