What pen(s) are you using today?

[Just J]

5 hours ago, ParramattaPaul said:

I had a Twist. I gifted it because I couldn't grip it correctly since I'm lefthanded. ...

Have you seen the new Pilot Tuzu? You can set the section rotational angle in 10° increments. I watched the Andersons do a preview, they said it was perfect for lefties as it will accomodate either southpaw style. 

 

[Gloucesterman]

34 minutes ago, Just J said:

Have you seen the new Pilot Tuzu? You can set the section rotational angle in 10° increments.

IIRC, Although it takes more effort to adjust the nib angle, the original "Parker 75s" provided the same capabilities in the early 1970's.

My flat tassie one has that ability. A small plastic adjustment tool was included with the pen.

[Arthur Pewty]

8 hours ago, yubaprof said:

How do you keep track of 100 pens? How do you decide which to use each day?

I keep two inked at any time, one in my office and one in the kitchen. I load only a little ink in each, not a full converter's worth, so a pen will run out before too long. Then I flush it and ink the next pen in the rotation. Still, I don't keep a journal or write letters or anything that goes through ink quickly. Most of it goes into crosswords. So one pen lasts about three weeks. To date I've only used a little over half of my pens. At my current pace it will be several more years before I've actually used every one of them (if I don't buy any more; I am trying to slow down). But I don't think of collecting as a utilitarian hobby.

 

I keep them all in a set of test tube racks, so it's a simple matter to know which one is next in line. I work on a FIFO system, more or less, though I may move a pen ahead in the queue if I've been looking forward to it.

[Penguincollector]

1 hour ago, Arthur Pewty said:

I keep two inked at any time, one in my office and one in the kitchen. I load only a little ink in each, not a full converter's worth, so a pen will run out before too long. Then I flush it and ink the next pen in the rotation. Still, I don't keep a journal or write letters or anything that goes through ink quickly. Most of it goes into crosswords. So one pen lasts about three weeks. To date I've only used a little over half of my pens. At my current pace it will be several more years before I've actually used every one of them (if I don't buy any more; I am trying to slow down). But I don't think of collecting as a utilitarian hobby.

 

I keep them all in a set of test tube racks, so it's a simple matter to know which one is next in line. I work on a FIFO system, more or less, though I may move a pen ahead in the queue if I've been looking forward to it.

 

   I have a similar system for my collection, except that my currently in use pens are in the test tube rack and the clean pens are in cases organized by country and then manufacturer. FIFO unless something is super compelling. I do keep at least a rainbow of colors inked, plus a few other utilitarian and in between hues, which is why I needed the racks. I also prefer to not completely fill pens unless I know it’s something that will be in regular use, or if it’s a new cartridge, which I will switch over to another pen that accepts it when I get bored of the pen it’s in.  It’s all fun, whether it’s a pen I bought for $1.50 to learn how to stub nibs, or a pen worth many, many multiples of that.

 

  Today I will be using a few different pens: verdegris Pilot Custom 743 FA with a Pilot green cartridge, Jinhao 51a EF with Diamine Registrar’s ink, Lamy 2000 EF with Diamine Purple Bow inkshifting to Sailor Shikiori Iriori (this was inadvertent, I thought the 2k was thoroughly cleaned out, but I like the result), and an Osmiroid dip stub for inksperimenting. 

[torstar]

3 hours ago, Arthur Pewty said:

I keep two inked at any time, one in my office and one in the kitchen. I load only a little ink in each, not a full converter's worth, so a pen will run out before too long. Then I flush it and ink the next pen in the rotation. Still, I don't keep a journal or write letters or anything that goes through ink quickly. Most of it goes into crosswords. So one pen lasts about three weeks. To date I've only used a little over half of my pens. At my current pace it will be several more years before I've actually used every one of them (if I don't buy any more; I am trying to slow down). But I don't think of collecting as a utilitarian hobby.

 

I keep them all in a set of test tube racks, so it's a simple matter to know which one is next in line. I work on a FIFO system, more or less, though I may move a pen ahead in the queue if I've been looking forward to it.

 

Good to see you are starting to get serious about pens... 

 

 

[langere]

Good question, @yubaprof!  I have over 400 pens.  I have all my pens in cases, organized by brand and country.  I keep a list of them with @jonro's incredibly useful data base, which I have been able to transport over many platforms (and it still works!).  I also note the characteristics of the pens I have used, what their virtues and problems are.

 

Right now, I am using the pens I have purchased and have not used yet.  That is a quite a lot, as over the past few years I have been buying way too many pens.  To select the ones I will use, I have a pen stand where I put the pens that are next up.  I also have a pen box where the other new pens are located that I have still to use.  So, a little bit of organization helps a lot.

 

Erick

[Wil D]

Pelikano with F nib

[RedPie]

I have more pens inked than I thought I would have.

Pelikan Twist P457

Pelikan M200

Pelikan M250

Jiaxiang JD

Pilot Petit 1

😊

[USG]

Today I was writing with 2 JunLai 630s that had green shimmer inks. 

One had a steel nib and the other one had a 14Kt gold nib. 

The steel nib 630 had Diamine Garland ink and the 14Kt 630 had J Herbin Emerald de Chivor.

Paper was Tomoe River-S

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A closer look

 

 

 

[PJS_prog]

On 10/2/2024 at 2:14 PM, ParramattaPaul said:

I appreciate just how poor my schoolboy like handwriting is as I look at your writing on that page. 

Agreed. I had developed wonderful handwriting in my early teens. Then, a stubborn high school teacher ruined that for me by insisting on lecturing out of an older textbook that we weren't issued (one he liked better). That forced us to scribble notes at a ridiculous pace, as he refused to repeat himself. Absolutely destroyed my handwriting, and I never took the time to regain it. At 58+ now, I'm not sure it's worth the effort. It's still legible, just not attractive like it once was. I marvel at some of the handwriting here.

[inkstainedruth]

Today, so far, it's been the Sailor Pro Gear Slim Purple Cosmos, zoom nib -- still with Sailor Sky High.  

I was sad when they discontinued that ink, because it's such a lovely blue. 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[ParramattaPaul]

21 minutes ago, PJS_prog said:

 . . . scribble notes at a ridiculous pace . . .

Same here.

 

Add being lefthanded and having to deal with the spine of copybooksbeing in the way and no time allowed to take paper out of binders and the result looked like the scratching of an epileptic chicken that only I could decipher. I've actually spent time in my retirement working to make it legible to others.

[PJS_prog]

3 minutes ago, ParramattaPaul said:

... the scratching of an epileptic chicken ...

OK, that made me actually laugh out loud. 

[Gloucesterman]

Textured steel-bodied Pilot pen w/ 18k, "M" nib and black Pilot cartridge ink.

The nib is almost stub-like to me in the way it writes.

 

[Misfit]

5 hours ago, PJS_prog said:

I'm not sure it's worth the effort

Well, I’d say yes, if you have the time. I wanted to make a new capital A, and got it to where that’s how I write it now (cursive, not printing).

[Wil D]

Pelikan Style neon blue with M nib

[lionelc]

pelikan m805 with pelikan golden lapis - fancy

[USG]

Tomoe River-S paper

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[Wil D]

Pelikan Technixx blue

[inkstainedruth]

Pelikan M120 Iconic Blue, M nib, with Edelstein Star Ruby.  

I had forgotten just how much I like that ink.... 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth