What pen(s) are you using today?

[JosephKing]

Namisu Horizon, Bock Broad with PO mod

[InesF]

4 hours ago, N1003U said:

Really nice-looking pen! I have one as well, and it makes me smile every time I pick it up…

Indeed, @N1003U, the Pelikan M600 series has the exact fitting size and diameter (for my handsize) and perfect nib behavior. Such a pleasure for daily use!

[ParramattaPaul]

gravitas Entry.

[Arthur Pewty]

Sheaffer Targa, Pilot blue-black

[flodoc]

Pilot Vanishing Point in blue corbonesque with 18k medium nib.

[flodoc]

Parker Premier Sterling Cisele with 18k medium nib.

[mtcn77]

@flodocblue green two tone is my favourite pallette match. Beautiful penmanship, it is much appreciated. Thank you, it made my day.

[GlenV]

Using this unbranded old Eyedropper it is perhaps my best behaving dropper I have 

[Karmachanic]

VP Matte Black, M - Hero 232 ink

[ethernautrix]

In addition to my foundational two, last night I remembered I had a Noodler's...what was it? Was it an Ahab? Didn't it have a flex nib?

 

 

Yes. It does!

 

[PAKMAN]

Visconti Ti Skelton today!

 

[OldTravelingShoe]

44 minutes ago, ethernautrix said:

In addition to my foundational two, last night I remembered I had a Noodler's...what was it? Was it an Ahab? Didn't it have a flex nib?

 

 

Yes. It does!

 

Very nice writing sample. I feel inspired! Thank you, @ethernautrix! 

[ethernautrix]

On 1/13/2022 at 1:59 PM, OldTravelingShoe said:

Does this hold for a while? I have too many pens inked up, but feels wrong to just throw away the ink in them. If the taped cartridges could last for a few months, I would at least have some flexibility (and cleaner pens). 

 

Also, nice meeting you. 

 

Nice to meet you, too, OldTravelingShoe (wonderful nickname). Thanks for your kind words ("inspired" - !), which reminded me that you'd asked a question about my cartridge-resealing technique.

 

I have used a hot-glue gun to seal cartridges that I filled with my favorite bottled inks -- for travelling purposes. (I rarely run pens dry as I tend to top them off or clean them out about once a week.)

 

I became too lazy to take out the glue gun, so for the past however many months, I've just use a bit of foil (from my daily vitamin blister pack) and taped that over the cartridge's mouth.

 

I just make sure that I store the cartridge upright. Since I've been dallying with the same few inks, I have actually used most of the the inks I've salvaged this way -- used them up (syringed into different pens). 

 

So I'm not sure how long this method will be effective. I still have hot-glue-sealed cartridges from about eight years ago. They seem all right. There might be some evaporation, but it isn't noticeable (or I'm just not noticing it).

 

I would recommend the tape solution for short-term "storage" and a hot-glue gun for "between now and infinity."

[OldTravelingShoe]

9 minutes ago, ethernautrix said:

I would recommend the tape solution for short-term "storage" and a hot-glue gun for "between now and infinity."

Thank you for this advice. I've been wondering how to manage this. (Plus, this way I will also learn how to use a glue gun. 😄) 

 

(Also thanks for the kind words. 😄) 

 

 

[inkstainedruth]

Today it's been three pens (so far):

Sailor 1911 S (Loch Ness Monster, MF nib) -- old version Sailor Jentle Sky High.

Parker Vector (Shrek "Puss in Boots" pen, M nib) -- Noodler's Tokyo Gift.

Parker Vector (multi-color "Geometric, M nib) -- Robert Oster Dragon's Night.

(The "so-far" part is because we got replacement credit cards in the mail, and I'm not sure what I have inked up with something relatively permanent, ink-wise, to sign the back of my card; it's not that I don't HAVE those types of inks, just that I'm not sure what's in a pen at the moment...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[flodoc]

Pelikan Sahara with 18k medium nib.

[flodoc]

Visconti Voyager in black with white swirls and 18k medium nib. It is marked Visconti Firenze on the cap band.

[A Smug Dill]

6 minutes ago, flodoc said:

Pelikan Sahara with 18k medium nib.

 

Now that's a gorgeous pen I've never come across before.

 

[flodoc]

15 hours ago, mtcn77 said:

@flodocblue green two tone is my favourite pallette match. Beautiful penmanship, it is much appreciated. Thank you, it made my day.

Thank you for the kind words. 

[flodoc]

1 hour ago, A Smug Dill said:

 

Now that's a gorgeous pen I've never come across before.

 

It was part of an M640 collection of special edition pens. The nib is M600 size, but the pen is larger and heavier than an M600/620.