What pen(s) are you using today?

[USG]

5 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

  I have no clue why they chose that name, something’s lost in translation, probably. It’s a bit weird. I only have two Waterman’s: one is a 52 and the other a low end ‘40s pen with a lovely nib. I wonder when they started with the nail nibs? 

 

I don't know when they started making nail nibs... maybe it coincides with the advent of carbon paper.

[USG]

On 10/27/2023 at 4:30 PM, Doug C said:

The Waterman is really beautiful. 

 

Thank you.  😀

[ParramattaPaul]

CS Duro today.

 

[Gloucesterman]

Blue Kaco "Sky" (Amazon $6.99) w/ Monteverde black ink.

Fine nib writes like a medium.

[RedPie]

All of those…

 

[Mark from Yorkshire]

Waterman Expert, Parker Sonnet and Parker 25 have been todays journal pens.

[amper]

22 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

I never saw the point of expensive watches.

 

There's expensive, and then there's *expensive*. Even when I bought my Breitling in 2002, it was an expensive Swiss watch, but still nowhere near the cost of many others. I wanted a precision mechanical time keeper (certified chronometre) that could go anywhere (waterproof to 10000 feet depth, or 3000 metres), would survive rough treatment (solid titanium construction, sapphire crystal), and never require a battery or my devotion to winding it (automatic movement). It's not a status symbol for me, it's a tool. I feel the same way about my fountain pens.

[inkstainedruth]

Whereas I wanted something that was low end but sturdy enough to knock around.  And I liked having the "sports watch" features of a timer and stopwatch and such (when you have to time something in seconds, like making pizzelles in a pizzelle iron, it's d@mned near impossible to find a kitchen timer that precise without looking at the countdown on the clock on the microwave...).  

Waterproof to 10K feet sounds lovely, but since I don't do scuba diving isn't really a necessity for me.  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

[Penguincollector]

Today I am trying out my new Wing Sung 698 with the soft Lucky 14k nib. It’s inked with Diamine Jack Frost. It’s a great nib at an amazing price!

[Sailor Kenshin]

17 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

Today I am trying out my new Wing Sung 698 with the soft Lucky 14k nib. It’s inked with Diamine Jack Frost. It’s a great nib at an amazing price!

 

Very cool!  What are those intriguing papers?

[inkstainedruth]

More importantly, where can I get one of those adorable pen stands with the penguin hold up its flippers?

(And I say that as someone who picked up an action figure Commander Worf a while back in an antiques mall for five bucks + tax (yes, you can make his arms hold stuff, so I can have him display a longer/larger size pen as if he's wielding the Sword of Kahless... ).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[PAKMAN]

Pelikan Raden M800 today.

[ak47]

1 hour ago, Penguincollector said:

Today I am trying out my new Wing Sung 698 with the soft Lucky 14k nib. It’s inked with Diamine Jack Frost. It’s a great nib at an amazing price!

Nice. I have this ink. It is very good.

[Baka1969]

Kaweco time!

 

[Gloucesterman]

46 minutes ago, Baka1969 said:

Kaweco time!

 

Looks really nice but your pockets will be heavy I'll bet 🙂

They are the metal ones, right?

[Penguincollector]

6 hours ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

 

Very cool!  What are those intriguing papers?

  The blue is an older Papaya legal pad, it’s a Portland, Oregon based paper company. 
Papaya Art Paper

  The A5 crème paper is dot grid is Iroful by Sakae. I found it on sale at Amazon, but others carry it as well. I am trying to see if I can help @USG on his quest for those inks that do the halo sheen. So far, I haven’t had the same effect with the same inks on the same paper. I don’t have the same pens, unfortunately. 
 

5 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

More importantly, where can I get one of those adorable pen stands with the penguin hold up its flippers?

(And I say that as someone who picked up an action figure Commander Worf a while back in an antiques mall for five bucks + tax (yes, you can make his arms hold stuff, so I can have him display a longer/larger size pen as if he's wielding the Sword of Kahless... ).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

  I can’t remember where exactly my husband found it, but here are two links to the same one:

Penguin pen rest

Penguin and other characters pen rest

  I started to mention the Worf figure to me husband, and the first thing he asked was “Was he holding the Sword of Kahless‽ “ 😂 

 

 

4 hours ago, ak47 said:

Nice. I have this ink. It is very good.

  Again,  @USG brought it to my attention. It’s gorgeous. Tbe base color is one of my favorites. 

[Baka1969]

1 hour ago, Gloucesterman said:

Looks really nice but your pockets will be heavy I'll bet 🙂

They are the metal ones, right?

 

Only the brass one is metal. The other two are plastic and are quite light. The brass one has heft to it. 

[USG]

7 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

Today I am trying out my new Wing Sung 698 with the soft Lucky 14k nib. It’s inked with Diamine Jack Frost. It’s a great nib at an amazing price!

19 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

The blue is an older Papaya legal pad, it’s a Portland, Oregon based paper company. 
Papaya Art Paper

  The A5 crème paper is dot grid is Iroful by Sakae. I found it on sale at Amazon, but others carry it as well. I am trying to see if I can help @USG on his quest for those inks that do the halo sheen. So far, I haven’t had the same effect with the same inks on the same paper. I don’t have the same pens, unfortunately. 

 

Oh boy, look what you have, so nice !!!!😀👍  Medium nib?

 

I'm curious why we didn't get the same results on the same paper.

 

I got my best results on Cosmo Snow paper using both fine and medium nibs. I just retested on the same Amazon Iroful we both have to see how it shakes out...

 

The ink's been settling in,  in my Jinaho 9019 for a while so I ended up with a massive sheen that over powered the shimmer.

Here are the pics.

 

 

[Penguincollector]

6 minutes ago, USG said:

Oh boy, look what you have, so nice !!!!😀👍  Medium nib?

   I have to double check, but I don’t think it’s marked and there was no choice of width. I haven’t measured the lines yet. It has a vintage nib feel to it.  

 

10 minutes ago, USG said:

I'm curious why we didn't get the same results on the same paper

   Probably the different pens. I have found that inks that I don’t remember being so sheeny are very much so on Iroful, both Cosmo Air papers, and my planner. I can’t get any to do the outline. The pink sheen on that writing sample is outrageous! Maybe I should let it sit for a bit. 

[USG]

6 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

   I have to double check, but I don’t think it’s marked and there was no choice of width. I haven’t measured the lines yet. It has a vintage nib feel to it.  

 

   Probably the different pens. I have found that inks that I don’t remember being so sheeny are very much so on Iroful, both Cosmo Air papers, and my planner. I can’t get any to do the outline. The pink sheen on that writing sample is outrageous! Maybe I should let it sit for a bit. 

 

The inks I've seen the strongest "Outline" on are Sailor Manyo Yamabuki and Sailor Shikiori Kin-Mokusei, with Sailor Manyo Konagi running in second place, and only on Cosmo Snow or Iroful paper.  The pens I used are Sailor 1911L [M]s.  But I noticed the effect from my Kaigelu nibbed dip pen on the Kin-Mokusei sample, which is why I bought the ink.