What pen(s) are you using today?

[Karmachanic]

Black Pelikan M205, self ground CI F nib.  KWZ Confederation Brown, diluted 3:2.

Dull and murky!

[sansenri]

On 3/16/2022 at 3:07 AM, Doug C said:

Omas 360 and Montegrappa Harmony.

 

Very nice pens as usual, Doug!

[ParramattaPaul]

I'm using a Series 58 Conway Stewart again today.  It is small in my medium size hands but is such a joy to use posted.

[sansenri]

I filled up this Van Gogh today, which I was not using since a while.

I could not recall why it was being somewhat neglected, but immediately remembered when I put it to paper, awfully dry and hardly giving any satisfaction... Since I put it away nonetheless, my nib fixing skills have somewhat improved, so, noted that even with a very wet JH ink, flow was very restricted, I pulled nib and feed out of the collar, widened the tines a little, and gave a delicate run with a sharp blade to the ink channel, then put them back. Aha! much better now! Carefully made sure the tines were aligned and gave it also a mild run on micromesh 12000 to get rid of some slight edgy strokes. Another pen now!

(I still need to fix the converter issue now, the pen has one of those nasty converters where ink sticks to the walls...)

 

 

[essayfaire]

8 minutes ago, ParramattaPaul said:

I'm using a Series 58 Conway Stewart again today.  It is small in my medium size hands but is such a joy to use posted.

What color?  And yes, I have found the CS looks small, but doesn't feel too small when writing.  The only pens I don't post are retractables.

[mallymal1]

1 hour ago, mizgeorge said:

What a happy colour!!

 

I thought so too. 😊

[Doug C]

41 minutes ago, sansenri said:

 

Very nice pens as usual, Doug!

Thanks sansenri! TBH the 360 is a Frankenpen. It has a Bock nib, rotated for my left hand use. 

[ParramattaPaul]

2 hours ago, essayfaire said:

What color?  And yes, I have found the CS looks small, but doesn't feel too small when writing.  The only pens I don't post are retractables.

It's green.  It is the limited edition Shamus Heaney pen.  Having it I can understand why he wrote a poem about it.

The Conway Stewart

“Medium,” 14-carat nib,
Three gold bands in the clip-on screw-top,
In the mottled barrel a spatulate, thin

Pump-action lever
The shopkeeper
Demonstrated,

The nib uncapped,
Treating it to its first deep snorkel
In a newly opened ink-bottle,

Guttery, snottery,
Letting it rest then at an angle
To ingest,

Giving us time
To look together and away
From our parting, due that evening,

To my longhand
“Dear”
To them, next day.

[essayfaire]

7 minutes ago, ParramattaPaul said:

It's green.  It is the limited edition Shamus Heaney pen.  Having it I can understand why he wrote a poem about it.

The Conway Stewart

“Medium,” 14-carat nib,
Three gold bands in the clip-on screw-top,
In the mottled barrel a spatulate, thin

Pump-action lever
The shopkeeper
Demonstrated,

The nib uncapped,
Treating it to its first deep snorkel
In a newly opened ink-bottle,

Guttery, snottery,
Letting it rest then at an angle
To ingest,

Giving us time
To look together and away
From our parting, due that evening,

To my longhand
“Dear”
To them, next day.

I have presented this poem at dinner at the family poetry night we do once a week!  I agree wholeheartedly.  And I adore his translation of "Beuwoulf"; must have been the pen that honed his sensibilities.  

This poem is why there is presently a Conway Stewart in my house.

[ParramattaPaul]

6 minutes ago, essayfaire said:

I have presented this poem at dinner at the family poetry night we do once a week!  I agree wholeheartedly.  And I adore his translation of "Beuwoulf"; must have been the pen that honed his sensibilities.  

This poem is why there is presently a Conway Stewart in my house.

There is an article somewhere in which he says that his parents gave him a Conway Stewart as a present when he was at school.

 

I have his Selected Poems; 1988 - 2013.  I must read it again when I have time.

[HauntedMyst]

[dms525]

Actually, I use many pens almost every day. Today, I did a little project. The pens used for this stanza were 1) Kaweco Dia2 with a shadow nib, 2) Pelickan M800 Blue O Blue with a IB nib ground to CI, and 3) a Maiora Alpha K with a stock stub nib.

 

[mallymal1]

8 hours ago, dms525 said:

Actually, I use many pens almost every day. Today, I did a little project. The pens used for this stanza were 1) Kaweco Dia2 with a shadow nib, 2) Pelickan M800 Blue O Blue with a IB nib ground to CI, and 3) a Maiora Alpha K with a stock stub nib.

 

 

Excellent skills. Thanks for sharing.

[mallymal1]

 

Opus 88 Picnic. M nib, inked with Robert Oster Blue Sea.

 

 

[Feldrod]

Wing Sung 601 Battleship Gray <F> 
KWZ Iron Gall Turquoise
 

[AmandaW]

Today's journal pen: a brown Pilot Prera with a fine italic nib (from a Pluminix) filled with Robert Oster Motor Oil.

 

[AmandaW]

6 hours ago, Feldrod said:

Wing Sung 601 Battleship Gray <F> 
KWZ Iron Gall Turquoise

 

Welcome Feldrod! That's one of my favourite pens. 🙂

 

[mallymal1]

11 hours ago, Feldrod said:

Wing Sung 601 Battleship Gray <F> 
KWZ Iron Gall Turquoise
 

 

Nice pen. 👍

[mallymal1]

Wing Sung 601. Private Reserve Gray Flannel.  👍

 

[Rosendust]

My Pilot Metro was due for a cleaning! My fingers definitely show it, 😁