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Waterman Carene Sea Garden, Waterman Serenity Blue ink

Mark from the Latin Marcus follower of mars, the god of war.

 

Yorkshire Born, Yorkshire Bred. 
 

my current favourite author is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Today it's been:

1) vintage BHR Waterman Ideal ringtop (not sure of the nib width, but guessing F) -- Waterman Absolute Brown.

2) Peter Parker Press "Falling Blossoms" F(?) -- diluted J Herbin Eclat de Saphir.

3) Lamy al-Star Azure SE, M nib -- Lamy Pink Cliff.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Today’s pen is the TWSBI Diamond Mini AL Mint Blue with 1.1mm stub nib. It has J Herbin Violette Pensee ink in it. It is running out. I’ll flush it, and fill it with Diamine Soft Mint. I’ve used that ink in it before, and it’s easy to read. 
 

I ordered the TWSBI Diamond Mini AL Silver, and tracking shows delivery on Monday. So I’m using my three other Diamond Mini pens as the pens of the day. 

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   I have been running around doing various errands and chores, and my blue Schneider BK 406 EF inked with Diamine Jet Black has hung out with me throughout. I love school pens!  I am trying to decide what Parker to put some Quink Blue in and use for the first time: Jade Lady Duofold or Falcon. 

Top 5 of 19 currently inked pens:

MontBlanc 144 IB, Herbin Orange Indien/ Wearingeul Frost

Sailor x Daimaru Central Rockhopper Penguin PGS mini, Sailor Wonder Blue

Parker 88 Place Vendôme IB, Diamine Golden Sands

Salz Peter Pan 18k gold filled filligree fine flex, Waterman Serenity Blue 

Pilot Silvern Dragon IB, Iroshizuku Kiri-Same

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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1 hour ago, Misfit said:

@USG

Here is a photo of my Abalone Nights pen. 
 

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Stunning pen MzFit 😀👍

 

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2 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

   I have been running around doing various errands and chores, and my blue Schneider BK 406 EF inked with Diamine Jet Black has hung out with me throughout. I love school pens!  I am trying to decide what Parker to put some Quink Blue in and use for the first time: Jade Lady Duofold or Falcon. 

 

I vote for the Jade Lady.... 😀👍

 LINK <-- my Ink and Paper tests

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22 hours ago, AmandaW said:

 

 

 

Thank you AmandaW. 👍😀 

I don't know why it never showed up when I checked All Activity?

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With the Northern Pen Show only a month away I really didn't want an impulsive buy at this moment but, in this case, resistance was futile.  A Pineider La Grande Belleza gemstone in Rodolite Red.  Nib originally broad, now custom ground by Pendleton Brown into a BLS (Butter Line Stub/Italic).  Shipped from Tuscon, Arizona to Shropshire in less than 38 hours courtesy of UPS.  


[Edit]  Oops - thought I was on "Impulsive Pen Acquisitions." My bad.

 

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20 hours ago, Gloucesterman said:

You may want check out Amazon (AU) for a Muji pen.

 

Thank you for the suggestion. Yes, there are sellers who aren't either MUJI or Amazon itself offering MUJI Aluminium fountain pens on Amazon; the cheapest one isn't asking for much more than the Australian retail price, actually.

 

In view of my upcoming trip to Osaka, though, I think I'll first see if I can pick up a handful of them at retail price (but tax-free) if I come across them in a MUJI store; that'd cost two-thirds of the current lowest asking price on Amazon AU, and I'm really in no hurry.

 

I ordered two last year from Amazon Japan when the going was good (and before MUJI increased the product's retail price in the Japanese domestic market), kept one for myself, and sent the other to a friend here in Australia. It's really only because she seems to like it so well — and that all the offers on Amazon.co.jp for it seems to have dried up since — that I have this nagging regret for not having bought more when I could, strictly for the purpose of prospective ‘penabling’. The truth is I have hundreds of pens here from which I can easily choose something to suit the individual when ‘penabling’ friends, from one-tenth the price of a MUJI Aluminium to (over) ten-fold its price, so it's just my irrational compulsion to build up a huge hoard of known-good pens speaking. It's just as well I'll have another few weeks to mull it over.

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Grifos Gaudi Sterling Silver Guilloche Finocchi pattern pen

 

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8 hours ago, USG said:

 

I vote for the Jade Lady.... 😀👍

 
  Hm, I am also leaning toward that one. I didn’t get to it last night but will do so today.

 

Top 5 of 19 currently inked pens:

MontBlanc 144 IB, Herbin Orange Indien/ Wearingeul Frost

Sailor x Daimaru Central Rockhopper Penguin PGS mini, Sailor Wonder Blue

Parker 88 Place Vendôme IB, Diamine Golden Sands

Salz Peter Pan 18k gold filled filligree fine flex, Waterman Serenity Blue 

Pilot Silvern Dragon IB, Iroshizuku Kiri-Same

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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Today my Eversharps:

 

- Personal Point, circa 1929

- Doric, 1st generation, early 1930s

- Skyline Presentation, 1940s

- Symphony, 2nd generation, early 1950s

 

Personal Point and Doric are gorgeous

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On 3/28/2024 at 8:03 PM, USG said:

That's quite a switchl 'D'.  From an M800 to a M101N.  😀

Of course CluelessMe didn't know what the Lizard version looked like so I had to look it up like I did for MsFit's Duragraph.

Wow, what a nice compact beautiful pen that is.  Of course I immediately wanted one... 🤪

 

 Great little pens! I'm surprised they aren't more popular. I suppose most people buy the vintage version instead.

 

Yesterday was my Pelikan M101N Gray Blue with a fine nib filled with the Pelikan's 4001 Konigsblau that came with it. Another superb writer.

 

Today's my one and only Pelikan limited edition pen: my Pelikan Originals of Their Time Jade with a broad nib filled with Noodler's American Eel Green Cactus. I bought this one used and it may still need some nib work. The piston and everything else seems to have survived okay, except for the ebonite piston knob that is a bit faded. New pens have really spoiled me this year.

 

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10 hours ago, DilettanteG said:

 Great little pens! I'm surprised they aren't more popular. I suppose most people buy the vintage version instead.

 

Yesterday was my Pelikan M101N Gray Blue with a fine nib filled with the Pelikan's 4001 Konigsblau that came with it. Another superb writer.

 

Today's my one and only Pelikan limited edition pen: my Pelikan Originals of Their Time Jade with a broad nib filled with Noodler's American Eel Green Cactus. I bought this one used and it may still need some nib work. The piston and everything else seems to have survived okay, except for the ebonite piston knob that is a bit faded. New pens have really spoiled me this year.

 

 

Haha, I had to look that one up too....  Another beautiful pen I wasn't aware of...

 

But you got me thinking.  I thought I had one of those little black Pelikans somewhere, so I looked all around and discovered a M150 that I accumulated somewhere in the early 2000s.  I don't think I ever used it.  I just stuck it in a pen cup and it disappeared below the rim.  The nib was frozen with dried ink so I brought it back to life enough to unscrew the nib and fill it with water, which is now dissolving the dried ink in the barrel.

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Today it's been a couple of German pens (and inks):

     1) Pelikan M200 Café Cremè, B nib -- Pelikan Edelstein Topaz.

     2) Lamy al-Star Azure SE, Hanzi nib -- Lamy Pink Cliff.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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@DilettanteG Please let me know how the Noodler’s American Eel Green Cactus dries on the page for you. I had a sample of it that went in a TWSBI Diamond 580 with 1.1mm stub. It took a very long time to dry on Levenger  paper.  
 

My pen of the day is a TWSBI Diamond Mini in white and rose gold version 2 with 1.1mm stub nib. It has Nemosine Alpha Centauri ink in it. 

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20 hours ago, Misfit said:

@DilettanteG Please let me know how the Noodler’s American Eel Green Cactus dries on the page for you. I had a sample of it that went in a TWSBI Diamond 580 with 1.1mm stub. It took a very long time to dry on Levenger  paper.  

If I may butt in, I like the Noodler’s American Eel Green Cactus, but find that the ink really feathers a lot.

 

Erick

Using right now:

Jinhao 9019 "EF" nib running Birmingham Railroad Spike

Leonardo Officina Italiana Mosaico Anemone "F" nib running Diamine Autumn Oak

Pineider Tempi Moderni "EF" nib running Montblanc Racing Green

Stipula Suprema Foglio d'Oro "M" nib running Van Dieman's Royal Starfish

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I found it took a long time to dry.  Thats all I remember about it. 

 It was a nice shade of green. 

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Today’s pen is a Kaweco AL Raw Aluminum with M nib. It is filled with De Atramentis Franklin D. Roosevelt or Tungsten purple. 

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