What pen(s) are you using today?

[pucipatas]

Kaweco sport in white double broad nib with Diamine Ancient Copper. 

[Misfit]

@pucipatas I have a Kaweco Sport Skyline White with BB nib. I might will try Diamine Ancient Copper in mine after it runs out of ink. 

[pucipatas]

5 minutes ago, Misfit said:

@pucipatas I have a Kaweco Sport Skyline White with BB nib. I might will try Diamine Ancient Copper in mine after it runs out of ink. 

 @Misfit I wanted to love ancient copper, but it’s not quite right to me. 

[Misfit]

@pucipatas I’m sorry to read that. The ink does cause ink crusting on the nib in some pens.  I like the color out of a 1.1mmitalic nib on an Edison Beaumont. 
 

But I get it. We don’t all like the same inks, and that’s ok. That is why there are so many out there, and so many more to come.  

[Sybarite]

Well it's Monday and of course that means it's decision day for my Pen Of The Week. It's never easy.

 

[DrPlush]

[USG]

4 hours ago, Misfit said:

@pucipatas I’m sorry to read that. The ink does cause ink crusting on the nib in some pens.  I like the color out of a 1.1mmitalic nib on an Edison Beaumont. 
 

But I get it. We don’t all like the same inks, and that’s ok. That is why there are so many out there, and so many more to come.  

 

I Agree 👍..  I've found that many of the newer highly concentrated inks crust if the pens are not used daily... Some pens more than others.

 

Today:

Waterman Boucheron  (M)

Diamine Ink Mixture - Getting ready for some new ink

Iroful Notebook

 

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[Misfit]

@USG that is such a beautiful Waterman pen. So pretty!

[USG]

31 minutes ago, Misfit said:

@USG that is such a beautiful Waterman pen. So pretty!

 

Thank you, I've had it a long time.... 😀

[pucipatas]

Finished my first cartridge.

 

Black/Clear Sailor High Ace Neo, Fine nib with Sailor Shikiori Yamadori

 

Time to clean it and select the next pen.

[inkstainedruth]

Today it's been the Vibrant Pink Lamy al-Star, 1.1 mm stub nib, with diluted Noodler's Grinch Garnet; and the Sailor 1911S Loch Ness Monster, MF nib, still with Sailor Souboku.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Penguincollector]

  I helped someone price a collection of pens for consignment today, and dipped a few different pens in Cross Blue ink at the request of the seller: S. T. Dupont Olympio, Sheaffer Balance Levenger Aspen, Penol No.1 button filler,  a blue Pelikan 605, a W.German M800 with a 18c nib, and a beautiful little grey striped reverse trim Sheaffer Balance with a 3-25 nib made in Canada. I used my own Parker IM Monochrome Blue F with PPS for note taking. 

[USG]

 

Visconti Ragtime

Iroshizuku Ama-Iro

Iroful A5 Sheets

 

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[pan101]

Today it's a Sailor 1911s with Sailor Jentle Nioi-Sumire ink in my new Baznotebooks 300 page A5 Tomoe River notebook.

[pan101]

Similar beasts.

[SLinkster]

Today's inked pens. I'm trying to figure out which ones to clean, again. The Monteverde, the Kaweco, maybe the Levenger. I have too many pens loaded with blue.

 

Also trying to since a better way to document my pen+ink pairings. This "log sheet" is my current solution.

 

[RedPie]

Very nice @SLinkster. I don't think you have too many filled with blue, since they are all different!

[pucipatas]

Gray Jinhao Shark, fine with Pelikan Royal blue

[SLinkster]

59 minutes ago, RedPie said:

Very nice @SLinkster. I don't think you have too many filled with blue, since they are all different!

 

Mmmmmmaybe. I'm not terribly happy with Akkerman 09 in a Kaweco BB. It's a lovely shade of indigo blue, but I can't get it to do much shading in that nib. It tends toward being a dry writer so I should probably have it in a juicier stub instead. Since I posted I've decided to move the Preppy and Petit into the cup with my other "disposable" pens, mostly Pilot Varsitys that don't rate a mention on the currently-inked list. If I also ignore the dinky Moonman (which I use almost exclusively for the NYT crossword) I reduce headcount by FIVE. 

 

Hi, my name is SLinkster and I have a problem...

[Claes]

I am trying to open a Mabie Todd 3000 from around 1905 so I can fill it...