What pen(s) are you using today?

[Andy1883]

Parker 51, Diamine Matthew

[MarcoA63]

2 vintage MBs

a 334&1/2 and a Danish 204

 

[inkstainedruth]

9 hours ago, TSherbs said:

I have NEVER had a Varsity dry up on me except when it finally ran out of ink. Not even after a year of non-use (and who knows how long they remain in packets on store shelves). 

That's impressive.  Especially since I had a Varsity run out of ink in about 3 days worth of morning pages entries....

Today it's been 3 pens:

(1) The new to me (possibly NOS) Parker Vector "Electra", F nib, with Diamine Green Edition One More Sleep (a pretty blue violet -- fairly light in color but still dark enough to be legible on the page; I think I see a full bottle of this in my future... ).

(2) Sailor 1911S Loch Ness Monster, MF nib, still with Sailor Souboku.

(3) Lamy Azure al-Star, SE, Hanzi nib, newly inked up with the other new ink I just got -- Lamy Pink Cliff (not sure if it counts as an LE or an SE).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Doug C]

3 Bexley Owners club, and a Bexley Deluxe. 

[Misfit]

I’m using a pen that arrived today. It’s a Kaweco Sport Collection Apricot with BB nib. The cartridge that came with it was the Sunrise Orange ink, and seemed appropriate to use. 
 

Another Kaweco arrived today, the Cyan version. 

[AmandaW]

Levenger Pinkly with a new nib unit - a Schmidt FH241 Fine to replace the medium that came with the pen. Happy now. The medium was too broad for me for ordinary writing. The ink is Pilot Yama Budo.

 

[USG]

Kaigelu (M) nib

Kakimori steel nib

Pilot (M) dip pen nib

Experimenting with Wearinguel Glitter

Cosmo Snow and Iroful paper

Inks:  Edelstein Topaz and PR DC Supershow Blue

 

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[Misfit]

Today’s pen (I was so bad, and got up so late) was the Goldspot/Kaweco Ultimate Gray transparent pen with BB nib, filled with Birmingham Pens Lunar Dust. 

[chromantic]

Along with a Pelikan, of course, tonight I'm using the other pen I got from my Dad, a Waterman Expert, in black lacquer with gold trim, which I have inked with Robert Oster Heart of Gold. A nice enough pen, heavy compared to the M400 (and a bit longer than I'm used to) but a smooth writer.

[PithyProlix]

On 3/20/2024 at 1:20 AM, pan101 said:

Today I've mostly used a Pilot Deluxe Diamond Cut, 18k fine nib with Diamine's Monaco Red ink. The photo doesn't really show how brightly the diamond cut shines.

 

I am a big fan of both the pen and ink, which is probably my favorite red!

[inkstainedruth]

Today it's been the Light Grey Pilot Decimo, F nib, with Namiki Blue ink.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[N1003U]

1 hour ago, inkstainedruth said:

Today it's been the Light Grey Pilot Decimo, F nib, with Namiki Blue ink.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

I am somewhat new to Namiki/Pilot Blue. It is a lovely color. I use it increasingly for daily writing.

[antares1966]

First exposed to pilot blue as part of a package my wife gifted me for my last birthday with a verdigris 743.  It’s been a solid, reliable ink for me so far.

[USG]

1 hour ago, antares1966 said:

First exposed to pilot blue as part of a package my wife gifted me for my last birthday with a verdigris 743.  It’s been a solid, reliable ink for me so far.

 

What paper are  you using?  I have vintage Namiki Blue, which I would think is the same ink, but it's very picky about what paper I use. Feathers on a lot of paper.

[antares1966]

Mainly Rhodia at home, but I’ve had good luck with the copy paper at work also.

[AmandaW]

A Pilot Prera Slate Grey with a fine italic nib (from a Plumix) and Taccia Ainezu.

 

Odd how the smaller nib inspires me to slow down and take a little more care. Not great care, not as good as the italic hand I worked so hard to achieve a few years ago, just a smidge less scrawly. Do I care? Sadly, no, times have changed, these days I'm happy enough to get the thought down before it escapes me.

 

[Misfit]

My pen of the day has been the Conklin Duragraph Amber with 1.1mm stub nib filled with Diamine 100th Anniversary Terracotta. 
 

[Mangrove Jack]

16 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

Today it's been the Light Grey Pilot Decimo, F nib, with Namiki Blue ink.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

I use Pilot (Namiki) Blue and Blue-black inks. They are my workhorse inks, and if made in Japan (says Japan on the bottle) the ink is extremely water-resistant or even waterproof.

[georgeb]

Blue Parker 21 with Waterman Florida Blue ink.

[inkstainedruth]

Today so far it's been the freebie Pilot Plumix (swag from the talk on the history of Vanishing Points at B/W), now that I got the Con-B converter for it installed.  Inaugural ink was Iroshizuku Tsuyu-kusa.  A bit of serious burping/bleedthrough at first, but the pen seems to have settled down.  

Was able to (somewhat) compare yesterday's and today's journal entries.  Think I like Tsuyu-kusa a tad more than Namiki Blue, color-wise, but can't tell if it's just the difference in nib widths between the F nib on the Decimo and the IM nib on the Plumix.  And of course still really bummed that Tsuyu-kusa was discontinued....  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth