What pen(s) are you using today?

[Stompie]

Not really what I am using but it is a birthday card I received today that just made me laugh!

 

 

[AmandaW]

Arrived today. A Kaweco x Moleskine Blue with a fine nib. OK, so it's really just a Perkeo dressed up with a gold-plated nib and gold-colour finial. I do like the Perkeo... I think I have them all. And this could be my favourite. The nib writes very fine indeed. The ink is Kaweco Midnight Blue.

 

 

That foiling on the cap might be getting polished away cos that's the only thing I don't like. It has Kaweco stamped on the other side, nice, subtle. The foiling: meh.

 

 

[RedPie]

Happy Birthday @Stompie! LOL

[RedPie]

Jiaxiang JD

[USG]

Waterman Boucheron<M>

Waterman Blue- Modern

 

OMAS 360 Demonstrator <F>

Edelstein Sapphire + Residual ink

 

Cosmo Snow Paper

 

 

 

[davisgt]

USG: A Waterman Boucheron. OMG. ❤️❤️❤️ The envy is real. 

[USG]

7 minutes ago, davisgt said:

USG: A Waterman Boucheron. OMG. ❤️❤️❤️ The envy is real. 

 

Glad you like it...👍

[PJS_prog]

Happy Birthday, @Stompie.  Great card.

[PJS_prog]

16 hours ago, B. Honeydew said:

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

I feel the same about the Pilot Penmanship. I don't care for the look of it, but it just writes great.

[torstar]

4 hours ago, Stompie said:

Not really what I am using but it is a birthday card I received today that just made me laugh!

 

 

 

 

i use that for an oral reading, good thing I'm the only one around. 

[ParramattaPaul]

7 hours ago, Stompie said:

Not really what I am using but it is a birthday card I received today that just made me laugh!

 

 

😆

[B. Honeydew]

3 hours ago, PJS_prog said:

I feel the same about the Pilot Penmanship. I don't care for the look of it, but it just writes great.

I'll have to try a Pilot Penmanship.  I have a nearly depleted box of Pilot Varsity pens which are my main "I'm ok if I loose it," pen that I need to replenish.

[Mercian]

1 hour ago, B. Honeydew said:

I'll have to try a Pilot Penmanship.

 

These were also sold in other parts of the world with the name Pilot 'Plumix' (or, in a 'mini' version, 'Pluminix').

The calligraphy nibs that are on them are forgiving-enough that I can write with them, and they lay down nicely-crisp lines.
I have one Plumix with an 'F' nib, and one with an 'M'.

Oh, also, it may be useful for me to add that the Plumix pens sold in Europe are chambered for European 'Standard International' cartridges/converters, rather than for Pilot's proprietary cartridges/converters.

[inkstainedruth]

10 hours ago, Stompie said:

Not really what I am using but it is a birthday card I received today that just made me laugh!

 

 

That card is HILARIOUS!  Thanks for posting it!

Today's pens: 

1) Noodler's FPC (Vulcan's Coral, flex nib) -- finishing a fill of Noodler's Legal Lapis (still trying to decide whether I like the ink or not).

2) Waterman Exclusive (black, F nib) -- diluted vintage Skrip Royal Blue.

3) Pilot Falcon (purple, SF nib) -- still with Sailor Souboku.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

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[inkstainedruth]

13 minutes ago, Mercian said:

These were also sold in other parts of the world with the name Pilot 'Plumix' (or, in a 'mini' version, 'Pluminix').

The calligraphy nibs that are on them are forgiving-enough that I can write with them, and they lay down nicely-crisp lines.
I have one Plumix with an 'F' nib, and one with an 'M'.

Interesting.  I have a Plumix that was swag from a talk I went to last spring at the Baltimore/Washington Pen Show on the history of Vanishing Points (the pens were courtesy of the Pilot USA table IIRC).  

My understanding that the Plumix model was discontinued.  Does that mean that the "Penmanship" models are still available?  For being a cheapie pen, mine is a decent writer, and a couple of years ago a friend of mine who does a lot of C&I stuff was picking my brain about good pens to use for calligraphy (she used to recommend Plumix pens and also Pilot Parallels to novices) and I showed her my Pilot Metropolitan with the 1.1 mm stub nib.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Mercian]

1 hour ago, inkstainedruth said:

My understanding that the Plumix model was discontinued.  Does that mean that the "Penmanship" models are still available?

 

I have no idea!

Pilot refuses to let Brits buy any fountain pen that costs more than a disposable 'V-pen' (@ £5 ish), or a 'Parallel' (@£12-ish), but less than a Custom Heritage 91 or 'Capless' (each @£150-ish).
So, no attractively-priced 'everyday' Pilots (such as e.g. Preras etc) available officially in these rainy old islands!
And the CH92 piston pen is now priced @£180-ish here. Those used to be priced similarly to Pelikan M20X pens here. Not any more.
Gah!

I had to 'sneakily' buy my own two Plumixes from vendors in Europe - and the first vendor I tried to buy from cancelled the order when they realised that I was in the UK!

[AmandaW]

2 hours ago, Mercian said:

useful for me to add that the Plumix pens sold in Europe are chambered for European 'Standard International' cartridges/converters, rather than for Pilot's proprietary cartridges/converters.

Whatever. Plumix / Pluminix / Penmanship are mere nib transporters... bringing nibs that get transplanted into nicer pens.

 

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So, no attractively-priced 'everyday' Pilots (such as e.g. Preras

Wing Sung 3003? Takes Pilot nibs. Looks a bit like a Prera, but is a proper size pen that seals really well. Even here.

[lamarax]

12 minutes ago, AmandaW said:

Whatever. Plumix / Pluminix / Penmanship are mere nib transporters... bringing nibs that get transplanted into nicer pens.

 

[AmandaW]

Just now, lamarax said:

 

I donated a kidney. Does that count? Not nearly as much fun as turning a Wing Sung 3003 into an italic pen...

[lamarax]

48 minutes ago, AmandaW said:

I donated a kidney. Does that count? Not nearly as much fun as turning a Wing Sung 3003 into an italic pen...

 

I'm at the other end of the spectrum stick: I'm having much fun awaiting donors for my "social bracket expectancy", whose donation the market health system will never probably allow to come down to the salvation of my insignificant person.

 

Thus, I will never frankenize a pen, however cheap. Maybe out of spite 😉