What pen(s) are you using today?

[inkstainedruth]

@Mr.Rene Interesting!  That Sheaffer No Nonsense between the Sheaffer calligraphy pen and the Parker 45 is very similar to one I was given recently, except for the barrel color and the design on the cap.  (Mine is red-orange and has an a F Italic nib on it.)

So far today, it's been the Pelikan M 120 Iconic Blue, mostly finishing up a fill of Edelstein Star Ruby.  Trying to decide whether to refill the pen or flush it (I'm trying to clear the "in rotation stash a bit before going to OPS, where I'm hoping to get some pens checked out/repaired -- which means I'll likely be inking those up before the weekend is over -- and I probably have too many pens in rotation as it is ALREADY....  

I really can't fathom how A Smug Dill manages to keep as many pens in rotation as he apparently does -- I'm back to "Not putting anything into rotation until I get at LEAST two pens flushed out per one I want to ink up" regimen before the end of next week....  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

[ParramattaPaul]

It's the Onoto Magna inked with Oxford Blue again today. 

[Doug C]

I have 15 pens in rotation today. Still trying to use up the Pelikans from the hub but wanted to ink up some more. 

Yikes..

[Mr.Rene]

2 hours ago, singlechange said:

You do have an eclectic preference in choosing your fountain pens indeed!  Do most of them have a particular nib you get or something they have in common I wonder?

Yes,I have...all of them are fountain pens that they I have in common 😁😁😉...

Skyline has a kind of medium to broad wet nib

Aurora has medium a "toothy" nib

Sheaffer No Nosense has a Fine calligraphy nib

Sheaffer No Nosenes Clipper boat has a Fine wet

Parker 45 has a broad gold plated nib.

Pilot Justus has Hard/Soft adjustable nib

Jinhao has a medium steel wet nib

Regards all.

[midnightblues]

I'm on a Lamy Safari broad kick this week, I have 5 inked up - Dark Lilac, Petrol, Mango, Charcoal and Powder Rose, with Diamine Amazing Amethyst and Vivaldi (looking to see which is closest to Kyoto Sakuranezumi, Amethyst is winning by a hair but really I should try mixing the two); Wearingeul Floating Cloud; Iroshizuku Fuyu-gaki and Taccia Sabimidori. All matched to the appropriate pen colour. My new Pelikan M205 B Rose Quartz is sporting Edelstein Amber, which I still can't decide if I like or not. The pen is lovely, well it is since Cult Pens exchanged the Fine they sent in error!

[Mr.Rene]

2 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

@Mr.Rene Interesting!  That Sheaffer No Nonsense between the Sheaffer calligraphy pen and the Parker 45 is very similar to one I was given recently, except for the barrel color and the design on the cap.  (Mine is red-orange and has an a F Italic nib on it.)

So far today, it's been the Pelikan M 120 Iconic Blue, mostly finishing up a fill of Edelstein Star Ruby.  Trying to decide whether to refill the pen or flush it (I'm trying to clear the "in rotation stash a bit before going to OPS, where I'm hoping to get some pens checked out/repaired -- which means I'll likely be inking those up before the weekend is over -- and I probably have too many pens in rotation as it is ALREADY....  

I really can't fathom how A Smug Dill manages to keep as many pens in rotation as he apparently does -- I'm back to "Not putting anything into rotation until I get at LEAST two pens flushed out per one I want to ink up" regimen before the end of next week....  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

Hi Ruth,

the Sheaffer No nonsense I called"Clipper Boat"is a kind of "Vintage one", was made 1980's years...

Regards 

[inkstainedruth]

I don't know when mine was made.  The cap has a floral design on it.  
I discovered that vintage Skrip Peacock Blue was too wet for the IF nib (it bled like crazy, even on the Miquelrius paper in my current journal), but when I refilled the pen with distilled water, it was much better behaved.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Misfit]

7 hours ago, B. Honeydew said:

 

I am using a Conklin amber Duragraph filled with Waterman Serenity Blue ink today. The pen has a stub nib so it isn't always practical, but is enjoyable to use upon occasion.

 

I have this gorgeous pen with the 1.1mm stub nib as well. Mine currently has Diamine 150th Anniversary Terracotta ink in it. I write large enough to get along with 1.1mm stub nibs.

[Mercian]

Lamy Al-Star in 'Petrol', 'EF' nib, running on fumes of Sailor Kiwa Guro;

 

Parker Sonnet, brushed chrome, 'M' nib, loaded with Diamine 'Amazing Amethyst'.

[Misfit]

My pen of the day is a Monteverde Mountains of the World Black Mountains with a 1.1mm stub nib filled with Sailor Studio 123. 

[fireant]

On 10/22/2024 at 4:50 PM, Penguincollector said:

    I just put a cartridge of Platinum Blue-Black in my UEF BelAge. I may have to report for jury duty tomorrow morning, so I am anticipating having to take notes on terrible paper. My last stint as a juror, they wouldn’t let me use my own paper, so I learned to use my narrowest nibs and driest inks. 

 

Oh I did jury duty last week! They made us use bic pens and steno pads.

[avlisyar]

Today, I am using a Franklin-Christoph Model 19 one off ( It's Black with a Red and a White Band).

It's filled with PR Invincible Black and has a Broad CI.

[Penguincollector]

7 hours ago, fireant said:

 

Oh I did jury duty last week! They made us use bic pens and steno pads.

  Really? When I last had to, in 2022,  it was binders and copy paper, and I brought my pens. 

[MarcoA63]

I've gone Chinese today. My new Yellow Majohn V60 has been delivered this morning. I flushed the nib a few times, just to play it safe, and inked it with Diamine Grey. The nib is an EF/F, I would have never used it before, but there wasn't much else to choose amongst anyway, the lines put down are quite fine. The triangular shape is comfortable. Plastic feels a bit flimsy as does the piston mechanism, but it is writing without skipping and this is enough for me. Will it last? Surely if I treat it with respect, as all pens should be treated IMO. The barrel is one piece. Cap is slip on. It looks very much like the Omas 360 which I don't want to buy for a lot of reasons, mainly durability and quality assurance. So the V60 is as good as it gets 😊

[Penguincollector]

  I wrote my grocery list out with my blue fine flex Wahl-Eversharp Skyline. It is running out of ink, so I will be switching over to something else once that happens later.

[USG]

Pelikan M600<F> Diamine Polar Glow

Sailor 1911L<M> Sailor Shikiori Kin-Mokusei

WS 629<M> Diamine Sargasso Sea

Paper: Cosmo Snow

 

[inkstainedruth]

6 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

  Really? When I last had to, in 2022,  it was binders and copy paper, and I brought my pens. 

Wondering if it depends on the jurisdiction.  

The one time years ago I got called up for jury duty was before I started using fountain pens.  I was glad, though, that I had brought some knitting with me....  Most of the day we played musical chairs around the courtroom (it was a civil case about someone getting bitten by a dog, and I wasn't picked).

The "pay" I got for my time didn't cover my busfare to downtown plus lunch (people who came in from further away got more in compensation for their travel expenses).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

ETA: I do know that I wasn't allowed to use a fountain pen when I went to vote in the PA Primary last spring to fill out the ballot....  

Hmmm.  Maybe I SHOULD have requested a mail-in ballot  (I've gotten THREE applications for getting a mail in ballot sent to me in the past week and a half.... ).

[Arthur Pewty]

Bexley Gemstone. The most effortless nib I've ever experienced.

[Mercian]

16 hours ago, fireant said:

 

Oh I did jury duty last week! They made us use bic pens and steno pads.

 

Back when I did it in the 1990s, we were ordered to use the wooden pencils & top-spiral-bound 'Reporters' pads' that were provided for us.

 

(I suspect that the British Justice system wouldn't want to waste money on providing anything as fancy as Bic ballpoints for jurors.)

[B. Honeydew]

I was in a hurry today so I grabbed my "emergency" Platinum Preppy pen.  For such an inexpensive pen, it delivers solid performance.