What Pens Are You Using Today?

[andyk]

Work

 

No name 1930s FP - Waterman Blue-Black

Sheaffer Connaisseur - Diamine Indigo

Parker 75 Fliighter - Diamine Sapphire Blue

 

 

Home

 

Sheaffer Tuckaway - Sheaffer Black

Pelikan 400NN - Waterman Florida Blue

Kaweco DIA 02G - Diamine Indigo

Pelikan Level 5 - Pelikan Blue

[moonpen]

Mont Blanc 149 most part of the day, Delta Polar Bear pen (F nib).

[jaytaylor]

Using a 1910 Onoto with a broad cursive italic nib and a Visconti Copernicus.

[wejohns]

A pen I'm growing particularly fond of, a Lamy Safari with the 1.1 mm italic nib. Instant start, uniform wet line (Waterman brown) and a cool yellow color!

 

Bill J

[funzoneplanet]

Bic Select X-Pen fp

[Taki]

Good morning!

 

Today I'll be using my Sapporo Mini with Sailor Blue and a blue purse-size Esterbrook Dollar pen with 9128 nib(not so flexy but XF). I got the Estie from eBay, and a very kind friend restored it for me. It is filled with Pseudo New Old Bishop Street Blue (with apologies to HDoug...I used his recipe but substituted Upper Ganges Blue with Glacier Blue).

 

Update: I thinkmy mix still has a green cast from LL. Might need to get Upper Ganges Blue.

Edited October 2, 2007 by Taki

[adair]

Normally, I use Pelikans and my VP at work, but today I feel like taking my wonderful Sheaffer Legacy Heritage, medium nib, filled with PR DC Supershow. This pen writes smoothly and has a solid feel and weight to it. The contrast of the black barrel with the palladium and gold cap is quite elegant. I think that this is one of the last pens made in the USA by Sheaffer before outsourcing. What a pity that we should lose one of our last great pen makers.

[adair]

Oh, no! Nib creep on my Sheaffer Legacy!

How?

It was standing upright while not in use.

Could it be an incompatible ink? I used to use only Quink, Skrip or Pelikan in the converter and never had a problem. Has anyone experienced nib creep with PR DC Supershow?

This Legacy Heritage is one of my all-time favorite pens---I hope that it can be saved!

Edited October 2, 2007 by adair

[gregkoos]

Parker Vacumatic, Azure, c1946, currently filled with Blue Quink. It writes with a too-wet medium line and the nib goes dry too easily. The nib obviously needs adjustment. Yet this is still a great feeling pen, good balance and great color.

[Richard]

So new (to me, at last) is this wet-noodle Waterman's Ideal No. 42 that it's not yet in my collection pages. But it's in the Piquadro (along with THE "51", of course).

 

http://www.richardspens.com/images/collection/zoomed/42_cont_capped.jpg

http://www.richardspens.com/images/collection/zoomed/42_cont.jpg

 

This glorious pen came from the auction at the NY/NJ Pen Show this past weekend. Is it perfect? Nope. Do I care? Nope.

[Taki]

Same pens as yesterday, but I changed the nib on my Estie to smooth 9550 extra fine nib.

[PAKMAN]

Today at work my Conklin BCHR crescent filler 3NL fine flex #2 nib with Levengers Cobalt ink (thanks DocNib!)

Also my Sheaffer Balance II Cobalt Glow with Parker Penman Sapphire with new med nib (thanks Cory)

And my brand new from the Dallas pen show Parker 51 Teal with Gold Cap (thanks Corby) filled with Caran d'Ache Caribbean Sea (thanks Sam)!!

Edited October 4, 2007 by pakmanpony

[jd50ae]

My favorite, M800.

[donwinn]

Sitting in my new pen frog, which I purchased last weekend at the Dallas Pen Show, are my green Duke Carbon Fibre M with Pelikan green ink, my green Pilot 78G F with the same ink, my black Pilot 78G F with Hero blue, my Black Parker 45 with Susan Wirth XF nib, and Hero blue, and my Yi Cheng Young Engineer XXF with Noodler's la Coleur Royale. I use the two green-ink pens for financial data (the M for headings, the F for data) and the other three for other various documents.

Donnie

[J English Smith]

10/3/07

 

Parker 25 (F)

Lamy Safari Charcoal (M)

Parker Sonnet Black Laque (M)

[Izzy]

Hi Folks

 

Today:

 

Sailor 1911 'Naginata Togi' - Noodler's BP Black

Caran d'Ache Leman Godron - J Herbin Saphire Blue

 

Have a fantastic Thursday

[Shangas]

My new 'Picasso' fountain pen (see 'Writing Instruments' board for topic dedicated to my new beauty). F-nib, filled with Parker Quink jet-black. Writes like a dream. Review coming soon.

[funzoneplanet]

Montblanc meisterstuck 144 (circa mid. 1980's).

Edited October 5, 2007 by funzoneplanet

[dhewers]

I just got a new pen on Wednesday - the Libelle Spanish Eyes (crimson red) with Noodler's Ottoman Azure [Thanks Joe]. I am also using my Montblanc Meisterstuck 144 with Private Reserve Copper Burst (love it!).

[penburg]

This week was German pen week...

 

Lamy Studio, fine.

Pelikan M200, stub, both with Pelikan blue/black