What pen(s) are you using today?

January 12

14 minutes ago, langere said:

Using these beauties right now:

Penlux Masterpiece Delgado

Opus 88 Harmony

Delta Dune

Visconti Kaleido

Very nice pens @langere. 👍😀

What nibs are on them?

What inks did you choose?

What paper are you using?

That Opus 88 Harmony is a real standout! 😀👍

January 12

Ah, thanks for asking! I try to use ink colors that are more or less close to the colors of the pens.

Thus:

Penlux Masterpiece Delgado "F" nib running Pelikan Edelstein Olivine

Visconti Kaleido "F" nib running Birmingham Pen Company Firebox

Delta Dune "M" nib running Colorverse Mariner 4

Opus 88 "F" nib running Noodler's Black Swan in Australian Roses

I use different paper, depends. Right now, Mnemosyne, unknown notepaper, regular yellow legal pad paper and whatever the printer has at work.

And yes, the Opus 88 is also a great writer - really smooth, easy starter.

Erick

January 12

27 minutes ago, langere said:

Ah, thanks for asking! I try to use ink colors that are more or less close to the colors of the pens.

Thus:

Penlux Masterpiece Delgado "F" nib running Pelikan Edelstein Olivine

Visconti Kaleido "F" nib running Birmingham Pen Company Firebox

Delta Dune "M" nib running Colorverse Mariner 4

Opus 88 "F" nib running Noodler's Black Swan in Australian Roses

I use different paper, depends. Right now, Mnemosyne, unknown notepaper, regular yellow legal pad paper and whatever the printer has at work.

And yes, the Opus 88 is also a great writer - really smooth, easy starter.

Erick

Do you get good shading with Firebox? The swatch online looks impressive.

January 12

I've been auditioning Teranishi Taisho Melancholic Blue to see if it shades like Teranishi Taisho Lady Emerald.... not really, but it's a great Teal Lovers ink.

Jinhao X159<M>

Teranishi Taisho

Melancholic Blue

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The rest of the pics are on my ink test page.

January 12

13 hours ago, USG said:

Haha, you have so many pens, I have trouble keeping track of them..... 😀👍

They are my Pokémon, gotta catch ‘em all!

January 12

11 hours ago, USG said:

Do you get good shading with Firebox? The swatch online looks impressive.

Yes, there is shading, but not as much as the swatch suggests. It might be because of the poorer-quality paper that I use.

Erick

January 12

Break’s over… back to work tomorrow with a Sailor 1911L.

January 12

Today it's been the Cordovan 51 Vac, F? nib -- still with diluted Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

January 12

Today’s pen of the day is a TWSBI Vac Mini clear with 1.1mm stub nib filled with De Atramentis Sherlock Holmes ink.

January 13

Used my Christmas present Pelikan 205 Petrol to write up my year in review for 2024 in my Journal.

January 13

Today:

Moonman P136<EF> <-- The Black one (Black pens write better)

Teranishi Taisho Melancholic Blue

Cosmo Snow paper

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January 13

Pelikan M250 with Edelstein Golden Lapis and Lamy Safari red with Noodler's Fox.

January 13

Currently inked up pens:

Friwo-Gold Safety pen
Montblanc 246 piston filler
Osmia Progress Supra 194 vacumatic filler

January 13

Esterbrook J model with a 9460 nib.

January 13

My new-to-me Pelikan 400NN with KF nib. Just filled it with Pelikan's turquoise ink and am enjoying it to the full.

January 13

My wife gave me a Pilot Vanishing point for Christmas. The rhodium plated 18k gold nib (broad) is super smooth, almost slick. Man O man, I love this pen!

January 13

Today’s pen is a TWSBI Diamond Mini Clear with 1.1mm stub nib filled with Oster Orange Rumble.

January 14

Today it's been the Parker Vector Shrek series "Puss in Boots" pen, M nib, still with Robert Oster Bishop to King; and the purple Pilot Falcon, SF nib, still with Sailor Souboku. The first was today's morning pages pen; the second was for paying some bills and keeping track of shopping expenses. And signing a losing lottery ticket to put into the "2nd Chance" kitty at the grocery store down the hill (once a month they draw a ticket out of the jar and that person wins a $25 gift card which can be used at that chain's grocery stores and/or their side business gas stations).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

January 14

Trying to finish the ink in my Yard-o-Led Grand Victorian so I can clean it out.

January 14

On 1/4/2025 at 7:29 AM, CasmiUK said:

Today I am breaking in two new pens that arrived this afternoon: Kawco Piston Sport and a Kaweco Sport in Teal.

The piston filler has a Medium nib and with the Kaweco Sport in Teal I am trying a Kaweco Broad nib for the first time

The piston filler is filled with Diamine Sherwood Green (I think my new favorite green), and the Teal pen is filled with Diamine Regency Blue, an ink I haven't tried in years but am really liking this time around.