What pen(s) are you using today?

[USG]

2 hours ago, Misfit said:

Today’s Log Book pen is an Edison Beaumont in Molten Ores, with 1.1mm italic nib, filled with Diamine Ancient Copper. My log book is now a Leuchtturm 1917 lined notebook in Copper. The pen is much more beautiful in person. 
 

 

 

Very Colorful 🙂👍 

 

Me Today

 

A Jinhao marathon.  18 - X159s, 2 - 100s, 20 inks, 8 Notebooks and  lots of Cosmo Snow paper....

 

But there was a problem.  When I got to the X159 with the vintage J Herbin Cafe Des Iles ink that I re-hydrated, the previously light tan ink had become very dark and seemed to refuse to dry completely.  Something was wrong and I suspected it was the beginning of the dread scourge of Mold.  It wasn't the end of the world if one of the X159s got contaminated but I also had that ink in my Waterman Boucheron.  Copious cleaning procedures for both pens.  Loaded some Sailor Sumire in the Boucheron hoping the phenol in the Sumire will kill off any lingering mold and Sailor DoYou, which I got to clean out the stains in my Omas 365 demonstrator, in the X159.

 

 

Now this Doyou is strange ink.  It doesn't sheen, shade, Outline or anything.  It's supposed to be dark brown but it looks flat black to me.   "Dirt", Sailor calls it.  I don't know what to call it.  Anyway now I'm on Mold patrol.

LIFE NOTEBOOK has yellow pages.

 

 

 

[Misfit]

19 minutes ago, USG said:

 

Very Colorful 🙂👍 

It’s so hard to photograph that pen to do it justice. It’s much nicer looking. I’ve been putting inks in it that have metals or alloys in their names. 

[Baka1969]

[USG]

25 minutes ago, Misfit said:

It’s so hard to photograph that pen to do it justice. It’s much nicer looking. I’ve been putting inks in it that have metals or alloys in their names. 

 

Haha very creative...  🙂👍

[Misfit]

27 minutes ago, USG said:

 

Haha very creative...  🙂👍

So far it’s had these inks. First was a sample of Monteverde Copper Noir, then Diamine Ancient Copper.  Next was De Atramentis Silver Grey, then samples of Robert Oster Gold Antiqua and African Gold. Then it got Birmingham Pens Eroded Bronze.  After that was Diamine Golden Brown. It’s back to Ancient Copper. 

[USG]

1 minute ago, Misfit said:

So far it’s had these inks. First was a sample of Monteverde Copper Noir, then Diamine Ancient Copper.  Next was De Atramentis Silver Grey, then samples of Robert Oster Gold Antiqua and African Gold. Then it got Birmingham Pens Eroded Bronze.  After that was Diamine Golden Brown. It’s back to Ancient Copper. 

 

Did you fill or dip?

[Misfit]

@USG oh, I hope your ink doesn’t end up with mold. Eek! I was thinking of putting some Sailor Doyou in the problematic pen cap with the ink trapped. Or whatever the problem is. The ink comes out better when the water is warm. 
 

But putting ink in a cap might be silly. How long would I leave the ink in the cap?

[Misfit]

2 minutes ago, USG said:

 

Did you fill or dip?

It’s been fills. The Beaumont is in my top 5 pens. It has been continuously inked since I got it. 

[USG]

17 minutes ago, Misfit said:

@USG oh, I hope your ink doesn’t end up with mold. Eek! I was thinking of putting some Sailor Doyou in the problematic pen cap with the ink trapped. Or whatever the problem is. The ink comes out better when the water is warm. 
 

But putting ink in a cap might be silly. How long would I leave the ink in the cap?

 

How easily does the Doyou clean out of a pen...??

[Misfit]

Today’s pen, in honor of @inkstainedruth getting her “third time is a charm” Pelikan Cafe Creme, I got mine out.  It was bought with either an F or EF nib, which was replaced with an Italic nib I bought for it. It is filled, though running low on, Robert Oster Caffe Crema.  
 

[vicpen123]

Finally took out my Parker UK Duofold Maxima that I bought online during the covid plague.

 

Filled it with Parker Quink black. Writes beautifully - smooth, sweet and wet.

 

 

[AmandaW]

Day 15 of 30 using a Sailor Shining Blue 14k EF for everything in an effort to find an ink that tames its dryness (preferably blue-blackish), get the hang of it and just write it in.

 

I changed the ink, yet again, to try Pelikan 4001 Blue Black. ->

 

It didn't last past breakfast. It was a very short Morning Page. So dry, it was barely readable even if I could have coped with the feel of it.

 

Have now filled it with Taccia Koiai... so far, so good. This may be The One.

[Misfit]

@AmandaW I found Pelikan 4001 blue black too dry for a MaJohn A1 pen. 
 

De Atramentis inks are supposed to be wet inks. 

[ParramattaPaul]

In order of use: a Kaweco Special with a medium nib, a medium nib Onoto Magna, and a broad nib Onoto Excel.

[Doug C]

Montegrappa Elmo.

[RedPie]

Picasso 908

TWSBI Eco blue

TWISBI Eco yellow

Waterman Phileas

🖋️👍✒️

[inkstainedruth]

17 hours ago, Misfit said:

Today’s pen, in honor of @inkstainedruth getting her “third time is a charm” Pelikan Cafe Creme, I got mine out.  It was bought with either an F or EF nib, which was replaced with an Italic nib I bought for it. It is filled, though running low on, Robert Oster Caffe Crema.  
 

Aw gee, you shouldn't have.... 

I have tracking info on the new one, and it's made it to the DC network center as of around a quarter after 10 last night.  But nothing since then.  I keep checking email to see if there are updates (and also updates on the Monteverde Strata with the Omniflex nib that I just bought from Speerbob).

In the meantime, I'm on hold with Apple Support. AGAIN....  After my SCHEDULED callback is now (officially!) an hour and a quarter overdue....🤬.  Had to get transferred to a specific department, and am now on hold (AGAIN) waiting for a senior advisor....  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

edited for typos, since I was waiting for a callback (which never came, BTW) from Apple Support and was sort of stressed out.  Ended up calling THEM back (hey, it's THEIR dime, at least, and got shuffled to a more specific advisor and then to a Senior Advisor and hopefully the issue is NOW resolved (and if not, this time I've got email from her with an article on how to go through the steps again AND the current ticket #).  Not sure if I'll be amused or irate if I then get the 1 PM scheduled callback (it's now 3:20 PM...).

 

[lionelc]

aurora 88k fine pelikan 4001 konigsblau

[ParramattaPaul]

Onoto Excel.  I like this compact pen.

[Runnin_Ute]

19 hours ago, AmandaW said:

Day 15 of 30 using a Sailor Shining Blue 14k EF for everything in an effort to find an ink that tames its dryness (preferably blue-blackish), get the hang of it and just write it in.

 

I changed the ink, yet again, to try Pelikan 4001 Blue Black. ->

 

It didn't last past breakfast. It was a very short Morning Page. So dry, it was barely readable even if I could have coped with the feel of it.

 

Have now filled it with Taccia Koiai... so far, so good. This may be The One.

Wrong ink to "cure dryness". Try a Waterman ink