What Pen did you clean out today?

[SLinkster]

An Airmail 58SL with a FPR architect nib and whatever black ink was handy. 

 

I want to like this pen. It was a cheap way to try an A-nib. Sadly the experience has been underwhelming so into the drawer it goes. 

[SLinkster]

Today I cleaned out a Jinhao 450 and my Parker 45.

 

The Jinhao is heavier than I like these days so it's going into the drawer.

 

I love the Parker 45. It's one of - maybe the - the first pens I bought with my own money. I've had it since the 70s, when avocado green was fashionable in so many ways 🥑🥑🥑

 

I only do a deep clean on the Parker when I'm changing ink brand/formulation or color so it's currently drying on my worktable. I had Herbin Violette Pensee in this pen for a year or so but I'm planning to load it with something green, or maybe something approximating harvest gold 😉

[inkstainedruth]

Yesterday it was the Monteverde Strata a friend gave me, cleaning out the dregs of some diluted Noodler's Violet.  Not sure I got all the ink out though -- there seemed to be some color in the paper toweling the pen was draining into....  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[The Duck Hunter]

Today I cleaned out a Platinum Izumo Ironwood Urushi pen.  

[Paul-in-SF]

Lamy 27, I'm not sure which version, one of the middle years I think, cap is resin rather than metal. It provided good service with it's Fine K(ogel?) nib (which actually was what I consider Fine in width), writing nine A4 pages on this filling. It always started right up, no hard starts or hesitations, neither too wet nor too dry. A very reliable pen, definitely in my "keep it" category. 

[Penguincollector]

  I cleaned out my pink five below pen. For a pen that was about 50¢, It’s a super reliable writer, and the section is comfortable.  

[Penguincollector]

On 8/1/2023 at 7:03 AM, SLinkster said:

Today I cleaned out a Jinhao 450 and my Parker 45.

 

The Jinhao is heavier than I like these days so it's going into the drawer.

 

I love the Parker 45. It's one of - maybe the - the first pens I bought with my own money. I've had it since the 70s, when avocado green was fashionable in so many ways 🥑🥑🥑

 

I only do a deep clean on the Parker when I'm changing ink brand/formulation or color so it's currently drying on my worktable. I had Herbin Violette Pensee in this pen for a year or so but I'm planning to load it with something green, or maybe something approximating harvest gold 😉

  Those colors are so comforting to me. I also somehow always think of the ‘70’s in the colors of a Polaroid picture.  I’m not sure what the base color of Diamine Golden Sands is, but that shade screams ‘70s to me. 

[AlexLeGrande]

Jaipur 2, ultraflex nib.  I've had trouble with the piston sticking in the barrel, so I clean out the pen after each use.

 

[MarcoA63]

Conway Stewart 14

2 x Conway Stewart 100

All 3 awaiting a new sac too

[jmccarty3]

Sailor 1911L Stormy Seas, M nib

[Zookie]

My Platinum Cool Balance. It's time to give another pen some time😉

[ParramattaPaul]

Onoto Highland green Scholar. Also, changed colour from Tudor Blue to Regency Blue. 

[AlexLeGrande]

Namisu Ixion.  First cleaning since I bought it as a Kickstarter.  I haven't used it in years.

[SLinkster]

Today I wanted to flush my little green Estie J. Apparently I don't know my own strength, as the section, which I swapped a couple of weeks ago, won't unscrew. So now I'm thinking about non-destructive ways to fix that. 

[Penguincollector]

  Platinum inlaid nib turquoise pen, Parker 45 Insignia,  Parker 45 Arrow, Geha 600.  My arrow nib collar is not budging.

[Penguincollector]

Sheaffer Targa 1003, five below pastel green. 

[N1003U]

Yesterday was rotation day for my daily carries. Cleaned out:

• Pelikan M200 Gold Marbled
• Lamy Safari Terra Cotta
• Lamy Studio Piano Black
• Pilot Custom 823 Dark Grey

 

[Jayebird]

Most recent batch:

• Leonardo Supernova - pretty quick for a piston
• Two Lamy Vistas. The one with Birmingham Lightning took forever to clean out. It was the blue coloring, not the glitter, that was stubborn
• Diplomat Magnum

[Surlyprof]

Green Lamy Aion.  Still struggling to love this pen.

[Penguincollector]

I’m cleaning out a button filler-Parker Duofold Geometric. Currently nib down in a paper towel filled beaker. Let’s see how long this takes.