What pen(s) are you using today?

[Misfit]

In honor of @AmandaW getting a Lamy Studio Dark Brown, I’m using mine today. 

 

[lamarax]

46 minutes ago, Misfit said:

In honor of @AmandaW getting a Lamy Studio Dark Brown, I’m using mine today.

 

💗 I've always wanted... not a Lamy Studio, but an Exacompta FAF pad! (and of course MB toffee brown, of which I have a bottle, but it's already starting to look scarce)

[AmandaW]

58 minutes ago, Misfit said:

In honor of @AmandaW getting a Lamy Studio Dark Brown, I’m using mine today. 

 

Thankyou.  Now I want Toffee Brown ink to go in it cos that looks really good. I like the nane too.

 

Happy Thanksgiving.

[Misfit]

1 hour ago, lamarax said:

 

💗 I've always wanted... not a Lamy Studio, but an Exacompta FAF pad! (and of course MB toffee brown, of which I have a bottle, but it's already starting to look scarce)

I really like the FAF pad. I did a price comparison several years ago when I got mine. A US website won for overall price. I was getting the middle size pad, and a blank paper refill. 
 

https://classicofficeproducts.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=FAF+pad

 

was the winner then. If you are in the UK, Cult Pens has it. Maybe wait for cyber Monday sales. Or search for percentage off coupon codes for whichever website.

[Misfit]

Well, happy surprise, Montblanc still has Toffee Brown ink. When I had two pens filled with Toffee Brown, one with a B nib, and one with an italic nib, they looked like two different browns. The only pity is MB inks are up to $25 USD. I remember when they were $19.50, then $21.50, and I think $23.50. 

[Misfit]

2 hours ago, AmandaW said:

Now I want Toffee Brown ink to go in it cos that looks really good.

I did try to clean out the pen last night. It had a brown ink in it previously. I can’t claim I got it completely clean. I did use a bulb to flush the nib several times. So mostly clean is all I can claim. 

[Estycollector]

Circa 1934 Esterbrook "Dollar" with a 2556 nib. 

 

[inkstainedruth]

Today it's been the Pilot Decimo (Light Grey, F nib) with the unknown Diamine ink I picked up at an estate sale a few weeks back (it's sort of a teal leaning blue black color); there was no label on the bottle indicating the color.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Misfit]

4 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

Today it's been the Pilot Decimo (Light Grey, F nib) with the unknown Diamine ink I picked up at an estate sale a few weeks back (it's sort of a teal leaning blue black color); there was no label on the bottle indicating the color.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

It must come from the days when a label was put on the cap. Does the label have a UPC?

[ISW_Kaputnik]

I hadn't used this Sheaffer Imperial in a long time; I think I'd bought it partly for the old squeeze converter that came with it.  A couple of days ago I came across a couple of unused black Sheaffer cartridges, and decided to put one in this pen.  It writes very well.

 

Sitting at the Thanksgiving dinner table with a large group yesterday, I had occasion to make a note of something in my pocket notebook.  The person next to me said something like "oh, you write cursive?" which started a little conversation about that.

 

 

[lamarax]

19 hours ago, Misfit said:

I really like the FAF pad. I did a price comparison several years ago when I got mine. A US website won for overall price. I was getting the middle size pad, and a blank paper refill. 
 

https://classicofficeproducts.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=FAF+pad

 

was the winner then. If you are in the UK, Cult Pens has it. Maybe wait for cyber Monday sales. Or search for percentage off coupon codes for whichever website.

 

I can get it from here (Steffi who runs the shop is a really nice person), but I refuse to pay for shipping overhead, when we supposedly have an official Exaclair distributor here, who won't carry items in the catalogue which are deemed by them to be "niche" 🤷‍♂️

[inkstainedruth]

16 hours ago, Misfit said:

It must come from the days when a label was put on the cap. Does the label have a UPC?

Not that I was able to find.  It just says "Diamine" and "80 ml" I think.  I keep meaning to to do a writing sample on various papers and then try to do a side-by-side with various images of Diamine teal-blue inks online, and then maybe also bring it and the pen currently inked up with it to my next pen club meeting (although the lighting in the place where meetings are currently held doesn't have the best light, especially at this time of year) -- but that's not for a couple of weeks....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Misfit]

Today it’s the Kaweco Brass Sport with Diamine Oxblood ink, and a F nib.