What pen(s) are you using today?

[Bo Bo Olson]

8 hours ago, Kumachan said:

my poor handwriting

Better than mine....you don't have to be an experienced English teacher to read yours.

[mallymal1]

1 hour ago, Number99 said:

I keep waiting for my local appearance of the 45 Special.

 

Here I go, Parker 45 Coronet Blue Version.

 Made in USA 14k nib.

 Of course it is a pen rescued from the wild.

 

 Sorry for the bad photos.

 Shooting is the result of trial and error without theory because it is difficult to get close to the actual color.

 Images on product pages often show bright blue, but this is the actual color.

 Ink is not included.

 It is a post that considers appreciation as use.

 

The 45 variant is a flighter, so I don't know how to take pictures.

 I'll make it my homework and post it someday.

 

 

 

 

The picture is more than ok.

 

Congratulations on the blue coronet. 

[inkstainedruth]

Today it's been the Pelikan M205 Blue Marble, F nib (my inventory notes had it marked as being an M -- oops) with Edelstein Topaz.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Bo Bo Olson]

52 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

Edelstein Topaz.

I like that ink.

Right now playing around with Lamy Crystal ink.....seems good to me, but some folks didn't like it....don't remember why. Amazonite, in my recently mentioned 200 brown marbled EF and my 1959Geha 780 semi-flex EF.  The ink bottle was there, the Geha was empty.....laziness wins  again.

Two EF's with the same ink.

[mallymal1]

A 1981 Parker 45 TX. Made in England, with a 14k nib. 

 

[InkyColors]

5 minutes ago, mallymal1 said:

A 1981 Parker 45 TX. Made in England, with a 14k nib. 

 

What a pretty pen. The color is beautiful. 

[Number99]

1 hour ago, mallymal1 said:

A 1981 Parker 45 TX. Made in England, with a 14k nib. 

 

Wow!

 

 A very difficult model to obtain.

Edited August 14, 2022 by Number99

[PAKMAN]

GvFC Guilloche Indigo 

[mallymal1]

Made in U.S.A. Parker 45 Custom. 14k 'M' nib.

 

[OldTravelingShoe]

On 8/12/2022 at 4:16 PM, Tashi_Tsering said:

My favorite vintage pens: Waterman 52V, Waterman 52 1/2 V and Perry&Co “Vidura” 555

Wonderful pens, congrats, @Tashi_Tsering! 

[OldTravelingShoe]

On 8/12/2022 at 5:38 PM, Karmachanic said:

Late 40s Soennecken 118 14k F semi-flex.  Perle Noir

 

I should know better by now than to ask where did you find such a beauty 😃 Congratulations, @Karmachanic! 

[OldTravelingShoe]

On 8/14/2022 at 1:25 PM, mallymal1 said:

A 1981 Parker 45 TX. Made in England, with a 14k nib. 

 

Your full collection is very impressive, @mallymal1! Nice TX, btw. 

[OldTravelingShoe]

TL;DR: I got and tried today a Pelikan Level L65 with a steel F nib. It's a very nice entry level pen, large, good ergonomics, active nib a bit on the dry side.

 

I can envision myself using it for sketching, in the field, without fear it will break or run out of ink or get my hand tired. 

 

My early tests are here:

 

Enjoy. 

[ruby.monkey]

Cheap'n'cheerful today, an Osmiroid Easy Change with broad left oblique italic nib and some random black ink cartridges found in the back of my desk drawer.

[fools_top]

2 TWSBI Diamond 580 ALRs - Prussian blue (EF) with Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo and Nickel Gray (1.1 Stub) with Emerald De Chivor.

[mallymal1]

Just for something different. 🙂

 

A Parker 45 copy from India, the Wilson Coronet. Bashed and dinged, scratched and scrapped, but still working. The nib is not quite as smooth as the real McCoy, and the pen takes Parker cartridge / converters.

 

[OldTravelingShoe]

10 hours ago, mallymal1 said:

Bashed and dinged, scratched and scrapped, but still working

Not a problem for me, either. Thanks for sharing, @mallymal1. 

[inkstainedruth]

Today it's been:

     the Forbidden City Konrad (flex nib) -- Noodler's El Lawrence.

     Pilot Falcon (purple, soft F nib) -- Sailor Souboku.

     Cross Solo (red, F nib) -- Birmingham Pens Herr's Island Ultramarine.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Antenociticus]

What with colour-coded notes to track a project (I use Miquelrius ring-bound notebooks for this sort of thing), regular notes in my regular notebook (currently an Endless Recorder), and more notes over lunch in a pocket notebook from Emilio Braga, I've used a lot of pens today ...

 

Narwhal Schuykill Porpita Navy (F) inked with Diamine Blue Velvet

Sailor Pro Gear Sunset over the Ocean (M) inked with Sailor Seiboku

Sailor Pro Gear Slim Purple Cosmos (F) inked with Graf von Faber-Castell Burned Orange

Delike New Moon (version 2 in a fancy acrylic) (M) inked with Diamine Kelly Green

Kaweco AL Sport in a sort of steely blue (EF)

Franklin Christoph Model 20 (one-off vaguely tortoise shell-like acrylic that I've forgotten the name of) (Medium Stub) inked with PenBBS 128 Santorini

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ruby.monkey]

Today's workhorse is a Pelikan Level L5, with a little help from a Sheaffer Imperial IV C ands a TWSBI Diamond 580.