What pen(s) are you using today?

[PithyProlix]

3 hours ago, AmandaW said:

Then... uh oh... Inky fingers. Close examination with a microscope shows a very fine crack running from the top of the section towards the nib.

 

Coincidentally, today I discovered section cracks on a pink Sailor Chalana I just recently received. Honestly, I bought it only to flip it.

 

But it didn't turn out all bad. The seller refunded me immediately and told me to keep it, as well as an ITO mechanical pencil (Does anyone know the ITO brand? It seems pretty nice ...) she sent along with the Chalana, for free. I already had a Chalana in a 'flighter' type finish that is fairly boring IMHO, so I exchanged its (black) section with the cracked pink one.

 

So now I am happy to have my itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny, pinky-winky fountain pen! (Tempted to add yellow polka dots to it ... but nah ...) Eminently impractical pen - a well-made novelty IMHO - but it does have a nice EF nib. I'm glad to have one - but no more than one - Chalana.

 

[Baka1969]

[lionelc]

nakaya kuro tamenuri decapod flex fine from john mottishaw.  platinum blue black

[Baka1969]

This just in

Montblanc Great Characters Homage to JFK Special Edition in Bordeaux

[AmandaW]

12 hours ago, PithyProlix said:

The seller refunded me immediately and told me to keep it

My seller has replied asking if I want to send it back for a refund or, if I am a collector, keep it for a partial refund. 

 

I don't know what to do. Keep it as an ornament? (To remind myself why vintage is probably a bad idea for me...)

 

Very disappointed cos I really wanted a pen with an inlaid nib.

 

[Misfit]

I opted to use the Monteverde Prima red swirl pen using a cartridge of Monteverde red.  When I ordered it, is was supposed to be red black ink.

[PithyProlix]

1 hour ago, AmandaW said:

My seller has replied asking if I want to send it back for a refund or, if I am a collector, keep it for a partial refund. 

 

I don't know what to do. Keep it as an ornament? (To remind myself why vintage is probably a bad idea for me...)

 

Very disappointed cos I really wanted a pen with an inlaid nib.

 

Send it back. Another will come along, no doubt. (In fact I probably have some better vintage Sheaffers with inlaid nibs that are not being used. I'll send a PM after I have had a look at what I have.) 

[Penguincollector]

  I’m using my Namiki Nippon Art Collection Origami Penguin F today for the first time. I inked it with Iroshizuku Ku-Jaku.

[Andy1883]

[RedPie]

@Andy1883 Good pen and ink! 

 

I am using a TWSBI today. 

[dudleian]

On 2/6/2024 at 10:40 AM, pan101 said:

Today's pen is a Wahl Eversharp Skyline in burgundy with a gold cap. Ink is Diamine Holly, love a green ink, even better with a red sheen.

 

I have a similar one with a green striped cap. The nib is sublime. 

[pan101]

Today's pen is a £10 Jinhao 80 with ultra fine nib and a Diamine Pure Pens exclusive ink, "The Six Points of the People's Charter". Dark burgundy/red with a greenish sheen, though hard to see in this photo and with a fine nib.

The pen writes surprisingly smoothly for such a cheap price with a fine nib. Has a bit of a Lamy 2000 look to it too.

[pan101]

1 hour ago, dudleian said:

 

I have a similar one with a green striped cap. The nib is sublime. 

I think I have the same pen but with a medium teardrop nib. I love the streamline Art Deco look of Skylines.

[Sailor Kenshin]

13 hours ago, AmandaW said:

My seller has replied asking if I want to send it back for a refund or, if I am a collector, keep it for a partial refund. 

 

I don't know what to do. Keep it as an ornament? (To remind myself why vintage is probably a bad idea for me...)

 

Very disappointed cos I really wanted a pen with an inlaid nib.

 

 

Oh, that's sad.  It's happened to me, more than once, even with my own older pens.  Most recent, a Sheaffer school pen with a similar crack and a 'Why are my fingers GREEEEEN' moment. My new rule: get the loupe before loading!

 

Best-o-luck going forward.

[Mercian]

13 hours ago, AmandaW said:

My seller has replied asking if I want to send it back for a refund or, if I am a collector, keep it for a partial refund. 

 

I don't know what to do. Keep it as an ornament? (To remind myself why vintage is probably a bad idea for me...)

 

Very disappointed cos I really wanted a pen with an inlaid nib.

 

 

12 hours ago, PithyProlix said:

 

Send it back. Another will come along, no doubt. (In fact I probably have some better vintage Sheaffers with inlaid nibs that are not being used. I'll send a PM after I have had a look at what I have.) 

I agree with PithyProlix!

 

It’s horrible that your pen is cracked, but if the seller will refund you, send it back.

Another one will show up eventually.

[kazoolaw]

13 hours ago, AmandaW said:

My seller has replied asking if I want to send it back for a refund or, if I am a collector, keep it for a partial refund. 

 

I don't know what to do. Keep it as an ornament? (To remind myself why vintage is probably a bad idea for me...)

 

Very disappointed cos I really wanted a pen with an inlaid nib.

 

One man’s opinion:  send it back for a refund.  Send me $5 and your address and I’ll send you no fewer than 2 broken pens.

[Runnin_Ute]

Last night I filed my True Writer Classic in Turquoise (M) and my Pelikan M600 old style (18k OB). So far today I have been using the M600. I filled with Levenger Cobalt Blue this time. The True Writer got Birmingham Ohio River. 

[pan101]

4 hours ago, pan101 said:

Today's pen is a £10 Jinhao 80 with ultra fine nib and a Diamine Cult Pens exclusive ink, "The Six Points of the People's Charter". Dark burgundy/red with a greenish sheen, though hard to see in this photo and with a fine nib.

The pen writes surprisingly smoothly for such a cheap price with a fine nib. Has a bit of a Lamy 2000 look to it too.

Correction it's a Pure Pens exclusive ink, not a Cult Pens ink, I was looking at Cult Pens exclusive Diamine inks today and had it on my mind when I posted, sorry.

[inkstainedruth]

Today it's been the new Peter Pauper Press pen I got over the weekend.  Inaugural fill was J Herbin Eclat de Saphir.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Baka1969]

My daily workhorse is my Imperial Blue Lamy Studio with 14k EF nib filled with Baystate Blue.