What pen(s) are you using today?

[ParramattaPaul]

2 hours ago, Baka1969 said:

My first watch at age 7 was a Mickie Mouse watch.  My second watch at age 13 was a Bulova.  I don't think Bulova watches were high-end in 1960-61.

[Doug C]

On a road trip so just one of those pearly plastic Kawecos.

[inkstainedruth]

1 minute ago, ParramattaPaul said:

My first watch at age 7 was a Mickie Mouse watch.  My second watch at age 13 was a Bulova.  I don't think Bulova watches were high-end in 1960-61.

A friend of my brother's growing up inherited a Bulova watch from I think his grandfather.  Kenny didn't realize until years later, when he saw some ad on TV I think, that it was actually a fairly high-end brand.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[lionelc]

scribo feel mediterraneo, iroshizuku murasaki

[Baka1969]

2 hours ago, ParramattaPaul said:

My first watch at age 7 was a Mickie Mouse watch.  My second watch at age 13 was a Bulova.  I don't think Bulova watches were high-end in 1960-61.

 

The Bulova Lunar Chrono is one of their better watches. I've been collecting watches since the 1980's. I've had more than I can remember. That model Bulova is one of onbly two brands that were worn on the moon. Not too shabby. 

 

Below is the current lineup of watches. 

 

[ParramattaPaul]

52 minutes ago, Baka1969 said:

 

The Bulova Lunar Chrono is one of their better watches. I've been collecting watches since the 1980's. I've had more than I can remember. That model Bulova is one of onbly two brands that were worn on the moon. Not too shabby. 

 

Below is the current lineup of watches. 

 

Currently, I have five watches.  A military issue dive watch, another dive watch, a military issue field watch, an Australian Army commemorative watch, and a Railway pocket watch. 

 

I had a Wittenauer chronometer that I wore in all three years I was in Vietnam during the war that went missing in the late 1980s.  I wish I still had it.

[Misfit]

I used a Kaweco-Galen Leather collaboration Sapphire blue transparent Sport with a 1.1mm stub nib filled with KWZ Sapphire ink. Got it today. 

[ParramattaPaul]

I used two pens; Kaweco Special and a CS Churchill. 

[Baka1969]

3 hours ago, ParramattaPaul said:

Currently, I have five watches.  A military issue dive watch, another dive watch, a military issue field watch, an Australian Army commemorative watch, and a Railway pocket watch. 

 

I had a Wittenauer chronometer that I wore in all three years I was in Vietnam during the war that went missing in the late 1980s.  I wish I still had it.

From one vet to another, thank you for your service. Nice watches there.

[Sailor Kenshin]

11 hours ago, Baka1969 said:

The pen on the left is a Duke Bamboo and the right one is an Opus 88 Koloro. The Opus 88 has a stub on it now but I also have fine, medium and broad nibs for it.

Thanks. I actually have a Duke Bamboo!  Should have known.  The Opus 88 looks very cool.

[Baka1969]

12 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Thanks. I actually have a Duke Bamboo!  Should have known.  The Opus 88 looks very cool.

 

The Duke I have writes fair enough. Hard starts often. I keep it purely for the aesthetic. 

 

The Opus 88 is a sweet pen that writes very nicely. The medium nib is quite smooth. The Opus Stub is MUCH better than the Pilot Metro stub I have. Which is my biggest pen disappointment. 

[Baka1969]

Hero 395 Bronze Rod

[Gloucesterman]

2 hours ago, Baka1969 said:

Hero 395 Bronze Rod

IIRC, the 395 had a softer nib which offered a little line variation. Have you "pushed" it at all?

[Baka1969]

2 hours ago, Gloucesterman said:

IIRC, the 395 had a softer nib which offered a little line variation. Have you "pushed" it at all?

I never thought to push it. I have a few stubs and flex nibbed pens that give me the line variations I look for. Plus I have a couple of soft gold nibs I push a bit. Maybe when I try the 395 again I'll give it a shot? Thanks.

[Penguincollector]

  I’m using my black Parker 45 Arrow with an older black Quink cartridge that flows way better than the modern version. No hard starts with this one! 

[inkstainedruth]

Today it's been the Estie SJ nurse's pen, still with modern Quink [Permanent?] Blue. But I haven't had much chance to use a pen, other than  for the journal entry, today -- too much of my time has been spent running errands and then being shunted from department to department (complete with a lot of finger-pointing) with the local water authority as to who is to blame for NOT notifying us that they were going to be flushing the lines on my street today.... 🤬  And by looking up/reporting a suspected spam call which came in WHILE I was on the phone with the water people....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[ParramattaPaul]

13 hours ago, Baka1969 said:

From one vet to another, thank you for your service. Nice watches there.

Thank you to you as well.

[ParramattaPaul]

2 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

ooking up/reporting a suspected spam call which came in WHILE I was on the phone with the water people....

I quit looking up calls.  I expect they will leave a voice message if they really want me to talk to me, or if it is important.

[Rita8]

Today I received a present, a Montegrappa Parola fine in white

I haven't found the right paper yet

Clairefontaine does'nt really work because a fountain pen sometimes skips a beat on it, so to speak

Does anyone has advice about good paper?

[Baka1969]

my early Pelican M600 with Omega Constellation '95