What pen(s) are you using today?

[OldTravelingShoe]

4 hours ago, mallymal1 said:

Lots of feathering from the Jinhao 100, which I'd just cleaned out and refilled with Diamine Kensington Blue.

 

@mallymal1, nice pen, feathering notwithstanding. What paper are you using? 

[OldTravelingShoe]

TL;DR: A late-1970s Pilot Grandee with 14K MS (music) nib.

 

Figure 1. The late-1970s Pilot Grandee with 14K MS nib, next to a writing sample. Pen inked with Akkerman's Steenrood van Vermeer (brick-red as Vermeer used). 

 

Figure 2. Zoom on the nib. 

 

Figure 3. Zoom on a writing sample. 

 

Figure 4. Zoom on a sketch. 

 

Details: Figures 1-4 give an overview of what I like about this pen.  In short: quite a bit. The size and weight are just good, and the rest is even better. 

 

The nib is unusual, in that I believe it's a music nib ground to an oblique, so it writes better at a special angle. But then what an amazing ability to put ink on paper. Feels really good, especially with a wet ink like Akkerman's Steenrood van Vermeer. 

 

I enjoyed very much the character of the writing (see sample, Figure 3). Made me feel like I'm learning something, that I'm beginning to write beautifully, when in reality it was almost all the steering of this special nib. 

 

The sketch is even more rewarding: the lines take (for me) the look of medieval strokes, which I find delightful. 

 

More photos in the gallery OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of Japanese Fountain Pens. 

[flodoc]

On 3/31/2022 at 11:38 AM, Mercian said:

That 75 looks like it is one of the last-produced type of 75s, with the shallower grip-indents and the ‘fat’ feeds.

 

Can its nib still be rotated relative to its grip-section?

I now have two of the earlier 75s, which have the deeper grip-indents and the ‘thin’ feeds.
The fact that their nibs can be rotated, so that the nib will always hit the paper at the optimal angle, no matter the angle of ‘bank’ (as opposed to ‘pitch’ or ‘yaw’) at which one’s hand naturally rests, is their best selling-point IMO.

 

After reading the various user-manuals on Lih-Tah Wong’s excellent Parker75.com, I was worried that pens like yours in the photo above may no longer have had that feature.

It is, after all, no longer mentioned in the 1992 manual, whereas the 1970s manuals rightly made a point of bruiting the feature.

The later nibs are also able to be rotated. However, since the later sections are essentially round, this is not as critical as on the earlier "triangular" sections. The newer sections do have gripping grids, but they are not very prominent.

[PAKMAN]

Asvine V169 Clear Skelton with Colorverse Quasar ink (Borrowed image)

[amberleadavis]

7 hours ago, OldTravelingShoe said:

TL;DR: A late-1970s Pilot Grandee with 14K MS (music) nib.

 

Figure 1. The late-1970s Pilot Grandee with 14K MS nib, next to a writing sample. Pen inked with Akkerman's Steenrood van Vermeer (brick-red as Vermeer used). 

 

Figure 2. Zoom on the nib. 

 

Figure 3. Zoom on a writing sample. 

 

Figure 4. Zoom on a sketch. 

 

Details: Figures 1-4 give an overview of what I like about this pen.  In short: quite a bit. The size and weight are just good, and the rest is even better. 

 

The nib is unusual, in that I believe it's a music nib ground to an oblique, so it writes better at a special angle. But then what an amazing ability to put ink on paper. Feels really good, especially with a wet ink like Akkerman's Steenrood van Vermeer. 

 

I enjoyed very much the character of the writing (see sample, Figure 3). Made me feel like I'm learning something, that I'm beginning to write beautifully, when in reality it was almost all the steering of this special nib. 

 

The sketch is even more rewarding: the lines take (for me) the look of medieval strokes, which I find delightful. 

 

More photos in the gallery OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of Japanese Fountain Pens. 

 

 

Stunning!!!  I love it!!

 

 

[essayfaire]

4 hours ago, PAKMAN said:

Asvine V169 Clear Skelton with Colorverse Quasar ink (Borrowed image)

I was just looking at this pen yesterdaynas a possible Easter gift to go in someone's basket! I was worried the filigree(not sure exactly what to call the exoskeleton) might make it uncomfortable to use, even though it's lovely to look at.  

[AmandaW]

Today's journal pen is a Wing Sung 3003 fitted with a medium italic nib from a Pilot Enso set. The ink is Diamine Triple Chocolate. I'm trying to decide whether to order a few more of these pens to use for the other nibs in the Enso set. I like the genuine Prera, but these Wing Sung do seal better against drying out and that's a significant issue in my climate. 'Yeah but' says the little voice, 'the Prera is available in Grey...".

 

[Chi]

[mallymal1]

On 4/2/2022 at 12:51 PM, OldTravelingShoe said:

@mallymal1, nice pen, feathering notwithstanding. What paper are you using? 

 

Thank you.

 

It's a Q-CONNECT shorthand notebook. Always open on the kitchen table, for general note-taking and scribbling. Generally ok for fountain pen use. 

 

I do have Tomoe River paper...but I keep that for "best".  🙂

[Gloucesterman]

10 hours ago, Chi said:

Are you sure the nib is 23k gold? That would seem to be very (too?) soft for a decent nib. Would appreciate hearing back from others as to the viability of a 23k nib.

 

Either way the pen looks nice and seems to write well. Personally I really like "pocket pens".

Congratulations.

[Chi]

2 hours ago, Gloucesterman said:

Are you sure the nib is 23k gold? That would seem to be very (too?) soft for a decent nib. Would appreciate hearing back from others as to the viability of a 23k nib.

Yes, it is 23K. There are also 22K nib from the same time period. it’s a product of Gold fever (Kara war) in early 70s between 3 major Japanese companies, platinum, pilot and sailor.

 

This thread has more pictures and a lot of us sharing our pocket pen collections

[mallymal1]

A made in U.S.A. Parker 75, with an F nib. Inked with Robert Oster Soda Pop Blue. I don't think the nib is original to the pen, and the cap wobbles a bit...but it doesn't dry out, and I like it. 🙂

 

[Gloucesterman]

4 hours ago, Chi said:

Yes, it is 23K. There are also 22K nib from the same time period. it’s a product of Gold fever (Kara war) in early 70s between 3 major Japanese companies, platinum, pilot and sailor.

 

This thread has more pictures and a lot of us sharing our pocket pen collections

Interesting! Thank you for the updated information. Now I am curious as to what other pen nibs have been made of "solid" 21/22/23 carat gold?

Any idea of what the chemical composition is that makes it strong (rigid) enough to use as a pen nib/

Has anyone used "solid" 24 carat?

[Mercian]

On 4/2/2022 at 2:14 PM, flodoc said:

The later nibs are also able to be rotated. However, since the later sections are essentially round, this is not as critical as on the earlier "triangular" sections. The newer sections do have gripping grids, but they are not very prominent.

Viele danke 

[AmandaW]

Unashamedly playing matchy-matchy with a Pelikan M205 Petrol Marbled F and Edelstein Topaz as my journal pen this morning. 💙

 

[Chi]

[amberleadavis]

1 hour ago, Chi said:

 

That is some amazing sheen!

[mallymal1]

Parker Vector Flighter, with an M nib. Inked with Robert Oster soda pop blue. Such a good pen.

 

[amberleadavis]

I pulled out the K600 Ocean Green to fill out labels.

[OldTravelingShoe]

On 4/3/2022 at 4:56 AM, Chi said:

Very nice pen, happy for you! I've been looking for a pen with a 23K nib and could not find one so far. I'm sure I will be able to try one someday; but I'm not in a rush. 

 

(Richard Binder says there are even 24K pens, which he qualifies are nibs with almost but not exactly 100% purity, so more like 23.99...K. I'd like to try one of those someday as well.)

 

(Also, glad to see you are back, @Chi!)