What pen(s) are you using today?

[Gloucesterman]

3 hours ago, Doug C said:

That came from Mark Twain.

Thank you. And it's still applies, especially in the hands or at the whim, of a skilled statistician!

[dms525]

Leonardo Audace Art Deco Red with a #8 1.1mm Stub nib.

 

 

 

 

David

[Puddinhead]

Actually, I'm ink testing a few pens today with a couple variations of blue and blue/black ink - Conway Stewart Ebonite Churchill with what I'm calling a guillouch (sort of a chase) barrel and cap; a Parker Greenwich; a TWSBI 580 ALR; a Lamy Studio; and a Lamy Safari.

[inkstainedruth]

Today it's been the Lady Sheaffer 620, M nib, with modern Skrip Blue; and the Monteverde Strata, Omniflex nib, still with Platinum Classic Sepia Black.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[ak47]

2 hours ago, dms525 said:

Leonardo Audace Art Deco Red with a #8 1.1mm Stub nib.

 

 

 

 

David

Beautiful pen in red!! How does stub write ?

Merry Christmas 

[Penguincollector]

Cross Century II CT in translucent blue, F nib. Inked with Cross Blue-Black. 

[jchch1950]

3 hours ago, dms525 said:

Leonardo Audace Art Deco Red with a #8 1.1mm Stub nib.

 

 

 

 

David

Leonardo has some of the nicest pens in the market now. Congratulations on your pen.

[N1003U]

On 12/21/2023 at 2:07 PM, DilettanteG said:

LOL.

[RobNYC]

7 hours ago, kazoolaw said:

When new those were the “must have” pen on FPN.  

That was some time ago. Still love it, though.

[dms525]

3 hours ago, ak47 said:

Beautiful pen in red!! How does stub write ?

Merry Christmas 

The stub is a cursive italic, by my standards. This particular one is extra crisp.  Salvatore knows I use these for italic calligraphy. If he is aware a pen has been ordered for me, he grinds the nib for more line differentiation than the usual stub. He definitely knew this Audace was going to be mine.

 

David

[dms525]

2 hours ago, jchch1950 said:

Leonardo has some of the nicest pens in the market now. Congratulations on your pen.

 

I couldn't agree more. Thanks.

 

David

[Misfit]

I’m using a Lamy Safari Strawberry pen. 
 

[Janeite]

Today I dug out two fountain pens that I had nearly forgotten about, a pair of knock-offs I bought in 2009 in Beijing's Silk Market.  (I don't knowingly buy knock-offs anymore.)  So although I've owned them for almost 15 years, today was the first time I ever used them:

 

On the left there is a "Montblanc Meisterstruck" per the cap or a "Meistertruck" per the barrel and on the right is a "Parker Sonnet France" knockoff.  The MB knockoff was not exactly impressive as a writer, and I'm assessing that to be the quality of the knock-off.  The Sonnet knockoff (which I'm not even sure I knew at the time was a knockoff...I think I thought it was a nameless but pretty pen) actually writes quite well and is making me quite excited about the actual Parker that is on its way to me.  I only wrote with the "MB" until my hand could no longer take the discomfort, but I wrote with the "Sonnet" until it ran out of ink.

 

Since I wrote the above, I also wrote with my Faber-Castell Hexo.  I tried it with a different ink today, and I found its EF nib much more pleasant than I did the other two inks I had tried it with. 

Edited December 28, 2023 by Janeite
Addition of new pen used today

[RedPie]

Still using my TWSBI's... so much ink in each!

[ZeroDukE]

[yubaprof]

ZeroDukeE, that's a very attractive Delta. It also looks like it puts out a nice line. Today (it's 6:50 AM here in California) I will be using a Montblanc 146 Burgundy. It is not only an attractive pen, but also a nice writer with a fine/medium nib that is on the soft side.

[ZeroDukE]

3 hours ago, yubaprof said:

ZeroDukeE, that's a very attractive Delta. It also looks like it puts out a nice line. Today (it's 6:50 AM here in California) I will be using a Montblanc 146 Burgundy. It is not only an attractive pen, but also a nice writer with a fine/medium nib that is on the soft side.

 

 

Thank you. Yes, nice lines and very smooth writing (nib made by Bock) but quite thirsty...  drinks the ink by the gallon.

[Claes]

These three...

[RobNYC]

Today is a Parker Duofold AF.

[N1003U]

Classic Pelikan M600, F, filled with Diamine Presidential Blue, and, as mentioned elsewhere, a Pilot Explorer, F, filled with Iroshizuku Ku-jaku.