Blue Pen Club- Show Me Your Blue Pens!

[mizgeorge]

I'll dig out some more of my blue pens in the next few days, but these were on my desk as I was playing with finial colours today

 

 

I'm not quite sure how I ended up with four the same colour, but I suspect it's down to different sellers changing the names and confusing me. I am easily confused.

[Penguincollector]

14 hours ago, mallymal1 said:

 

That would be the Herringbone pattern. Also available in red and green as standard.

 

I think most vintage Conway Stewart marbles, hatches, and herringbones came in red, blue, and green versions as standard.

I’m going to keep an eye out for one of those. CS pens are so elegant.

 

13 hours ago, mallymal1 said:

 

Agreed. I have a reverse cracked ice where the cap has split (disintegrated) all the way round!  🙁

 

Fortunately, it's only some CS pens.  🙂

 

Poor pen, sometimes I think of inanimate objects as having souls (animated, I guess) and feel bad for your lil’ friend. 
 

1 hour ago, dipper said:

(My swirly blue Noodlers Ahab)...  Yes, it smells like a month-dead Blue Whale.

Oof, you’re braver than I-at least it’s pretty.

[Penguincollector]

41 minutes ago, mizgeorge said:

I'll dig out some more of my blue pens in the next few days, but these were on my desk as I was playing with finial colours today

 

 

I'm not quite sure how I ended up with four the same colour, but I suspect it's down to different sellers changing the names and confusing me. I am easily confused.

They’re so cute! Sailor is a whole world that I have only just started to dip my toe into, there’s so much variety! I love the third from left, but they are all pretty. 

[Misfit]

I got this pen today, and it belongs among blue friends. It’s the cerulean blue Eco. 
 

[AmandaW]

17 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

They’re so cute! Sailor is a whole world

I *think* they might be the Jinhao 82 with their ends swapped around. I zoomed in to the picture to took at the cap band. I don't have any yet, but I am getting very tempted. Sigh.

[AceNinja]

1 hour ago, Penguincollector said:

They’re so cute! Sailor is a whole world that I have only just started to dip my toe into, there’s so much variety! I love the third from left, but they are all pretty. 

These are.. ermm.. Jinhao 82s.

[AceNinja]

On 2/22/2023 at 3:37 PM, Penguincollector said:

So we had been talking about blue pens in the “What Pen Are You Using Today, in 2023” and there were lots of blue pen pictures posted. Here are mine. They run the gamut from hella cheap to expensive in the 1990s. The only one missing is my five below calligraphy pen.

just noticed this today.. what is the giant penguin pen (light teal) on the top right corner??  Is it filled whole with inks inside?? ??

[Penguincollector]

1 hour ago, Misfit said:

I got this pen today, and it belongs among blue friends. It’s the cerulean blue Eco. 
 

I was just  looking at them! Is it a stub nib?

[Penguincollector]

57 minutes ago, AceNinja said:

These are.. ermm.. Jinhao 82s.

Even better (I was not wearing my glasses, tbh)!

[Penguincollector]

1 hour ago, AceNinja said:

just noticed this today.. what is the giant penguin pen (light teal) on the top right corner??  Is it filled whole with inks inside?? ??

Do you mean the puffy one? It uses 3.4 mm bore cartridges or converters.  Penguin pen

[Penguincollector]

2 hours ago, AmandaW said:

I *think* they might be the Jinhao 82 with their ends swapped around. I zoomed in to the picture to took at the cap band. I don't have any yet, but I am getting very tempted. Sigh.

I’m also tempted, especially since they are so interchangeable. I want a few blues to mix for sure. 

[Runnin_Ute]

More blue pens than I thought. A lot more. I guess the Petrol Al Star counts as blue. Seems to be more blue than green. 

[AceNinja]

43 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

Do you mean the puffy one? It uses 3.4 mm bore cartridges or converters.  Penguin pen

yes.  ah I see.  Just now thought the whole pen body, up to the giant penguin head, is actually a giant eyedropper ink reservoir..! 

[Misfit]

1 hour ago, Penguincollector said:

I was just  looking at them! Is it a stub nib?

It is indeed a 1.1mm stub nib. It’s what I get when the option is there. 

[Penguincollector]

55 minutes ago, Runnin_Ute said:

More blue pens than I thought. A lot more. I guess the Petrol Al Star counts as blue. Seems to be more blue than green. 

Nice set of blues- I had trouble deciding between the two Al- stars you have and the ocean blue but ultimately got the ocean blue. The others will most likely end up with me eventually.

[Penguincollector]

17 minutes ago, Misfit said:

It is indeed a 1.1mm stub nib. It’s what I get when the option is there. 

I love the line a stub nib gives.

[mizgeorge]

3 hours ago, AmandaW said:

I *think* they might be the Jinhao 82 with their ends swapped around. I zoomed in to the picture to took at the cap band. I don't have any yet, but I am getting very tempted. Sigh.

Yes, they are. I have an embarrassing number of these, mostly with their nibs swapped out for stubbed or bent, and they're such fun (as well as being ridiculously cheap!). 

[Mercian]

Does anyone here own a Parker ‘IM’ in ‘Monochrome Blue’?

They are indeed very blue pens.

[Nyoko]

On 3/1/2023 at 4:59 AM, mallymal1 said:

 

Agreed. I have a reverse cracked ice where the cap has split (disintegrated) all the way round!  🙁

 

Fortunately, it's only some CS pens.  🙂

 

 

 

Oh, that poor pen has seen better days! I think mine is heading for the same fate. The cap is shrinking around the area of the inner cap and you can see cracks developing. Well, we can enjoy these beautiful treasures while they last. Some celluloid pens last many years, while some deteriorate very early (like some of my Omas and Stipula pens!) but I guess none will last forever. It's good that we have the chance to appreciate and care for them for awhile.

 

 

[Penguincollector]

3 hours ago, Mercian said:

Does anyone here own a Parker ‘IM’ in ‘Monochrome Blue’?

They are indeed very blue pens.

I don’t own one yet,  but it’s got a x marked next to it in the Fahrney’s catalog.