What pen(s) are you using today?

[OldTravelingShoe]

On 3/21/2022 at 5:41 PM, amberleadavis said:

What a lovely way to express how important contributions can be, and how contributions like help, take more than one form.

I second this.

 

(Also, I blame @DvdRiet for getting me back in action this evening 😜 . I am under a tight, self-/work-imposed time-budget until the weekend, but her kind support practically forced me to open the FPN mailbox and... now to comment here.) 

[inkstainedruth]

11 hours ago, mallymal1 said:

 

Hi Ruth, are you thinking of "What Pen Did You Finish Today?". 

 

Very likely.   Thanks!

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[mizgeorge]

A little old lady who needs her ink to be used up before a change (this one's too wet for her). Swan 3120 with a lovely semi-flex nib.

 

 

[DvdRiet]

10 minutes ago, mizgeorge said:

A little old lady who needs her ink to be used up before a change (this one's too wet for her). Swan 3120 with a lovely semi-flex nib.

 

 

You’re not going to tell us which ink?? 😜

[DvdRiet]

12 minutes ago, mizgeorge said:

Swan 3120 with a lovely semi-flex

She is a beauty!!

[mizgeorge]

1 hour ago, DvdRiet said:

You’re not going to tell us which ink?? 😜

Not yet!

[mallymal1]

Delta. Firm F nib. Noodlers Heart of Darkness.

[AmandaW]

A storm brewing means the arthritis in my hands require a fatter pen. Does anyone let the weather choose their pen?

 

So today it's been a red Lamy Aion F filled with Diamine Ancient Copper. Very fitting for the beginning of autumn.

 

[HauntedMyst]

Been using this combo.  I like the way this ink mix came out.

[dms525]

I put on a Hawaiian shirt this morning (88ºF in March?). It has a pretty shallow breast pocket, so I inked a Sailor Professional Gear Slim Fire for today's carry. It has a Zoom (or was it a Music?) nib which Michael Masuyama ground to a cursive italic. Note that the Sailor did not participate in the writing of the Emerson quotation. 

 

 

 

David

[AmandaW]

Today's journal pen is another fat pen - stormy weather is still playing havoc with the hands - a Faber Castell Loom EF. The ink is J Herbin Cacao du Bresil. That's a piece of heat-shrink on the barrel - the grip is a little slippery even though it's the matte version of the pen - and the heat shrink up there works well without interfering with the cap.

 

[mallymal1]

8 hours ago, AmandaW said:

Today's journal pen is another fat pen - stormy weather is still playing havoc with the hands - a Faber Castell Loom EF. The ink is J Herbin Cacao du Bresil. That's a piece of heat-shrink on the barrel - the grip is a little slippery even though it's the matte version of the pen - and the heat shrink up there works well without interfering with the cap.

 

 

Hope you get some relief from the storms...and the havoc in your hands...very soon.  🙂

[mallymal1]

A Bespoke British Pens, Conway Stewart Series 58. B nib. 

 

[OldTravelingShoe]

On 3/24/2022 at 10:47 PM, mizgeorge said:

A little old lady who needs her ink to be used up before a change (this one's too wet for her). Swan 3120 with a lovely semi-flex nib.

 

 

Oooh, great-looking pen and strokes. Thank you for sharing, @mizgeorge!

 

 

 

[AmandaW]

50 minutes ago, mallymal1 said:

 

Hope you get some relief from the storms...and the havoc in your hands...very soon.  🙂

 

Thankyou. 🙂 The rain is actually very welcome at the end of a very hot dry summer. The downside of arthritis flaring up is almost worth it for the rain. I get to rotate in all the pens that have a fatter grip.

 

50 minutes ago, mallymal1 said:

A Bespoke British Pens, Conway Stewart Series 58. B nib. 

 

 

That's a very pretty blue ink! It reminds me of Wedgewood pottery (which seems rather appropriate for such an English pen).

 

 

[OldTravelingShoe]

TL;DR, from a longer story with more pics: I bought a while back several Diplomat fountain pens on Zalando. Of all the pens, this Esteem x MadC Blue Caneva arrived with a mislabeled nib. I contacted the Diplomat team and they were very positive and helpful. So, without further ado, the pen with a B nib is here and it's a great writer! 

 

[Azulcaneta]

[DvdRiet]

9 hours ago, OldTravelingShoe said:

TL;DR, from a longer story with more pics: I bought a while back several Diplomat fountain pens on Zalando. Of all the pens, this Esteem x MadC Blue Caneva arrived with a mislabeled nib. I contacted the Diplomat team and they were very positive and helpful. So, without further ado, the pen with a B nib is here and it's a great writer! 

 

 

Oh wow! So Diplomat replaced it?? That's great! The same thing happened on my order from Zalando with an M nib in a B box. I figured it would be too much trouble to return it to Zalando and I probably wouldn't be able to get the B that I had actually ordered. So, since it really doesn't make that much difference to me (I only ordered the B for the variety), I decided to go ahead and keep the M and not to go to any trouble. I'm so glad to hear that Diplomat rectified the situation! Very nice!! And I also have to say that these MadC Esteems are such smooth and easy-going writers and so fun with all the colors.

[flodoc]

Signum Ornamenta in dark blue and orange celluloid w/18K medium nib and Private Reserve Tropical Blue ink. I knew I had this pen, but couldn't remember where I stored it. I found it in a Pelikan Cities box of all places. So I immediately inked it and after securing a loose nib assembly it is writing smoothly and no longer burping ink all over the place!

[PAKMAN]

New to me Pelikan 400 vintage from the 50's. Traded a brown for it at the Arkansas Pen show! Wish I knew what ink was in it, it's a lovely green.