What Pens Are You Using Today?

[OboeJuan]

Having a bit of a "too many pens" crisis, so I have emptied most and put away. Down to Visconti Van Gogh, CdA Ecridor and Pilot Knight.

 

Kath

[jimg]

Two "Cheapies But Goodies" today.

 

A brilliant green "snake skin" pattern Eberhard Faber Permapoint with Noodler's Zhivago and an Esterbrook CX-100 in "clear" with an Esterbrook cartridge refilled with a mixture of Waterman's Blue Black and Penmans Ruby making a dark purple.

 

I would never have believed that these lower end pens could have such smooth nibs.

[fatehbajwa]

A Deep Blue Sheaffer School Pen.

[Dean]

Last night just received a Pelikan Grande Place with a medium nib...think I'll be trying it out with some PR Lake Placid Blue today.

 

Dean

[HLeopold]

The last few days I have been using a Waterman C/F pen I bought Diane about 3 years ago. It had a problem and would not write for more then a minute or so, I think the feed was plugged, but I have been soaking it quite a bit lately and I think it is finally starting to work properly. I loaded it up with the new Dumas purple ink and it is still writing even days later. Still a bit of a dry writer, but it seems to be getting better with more use. Pretty soon Diane will have her pen back and hopefully writing the way it should.

 

She sure like the new ink, I maybe should have gotten a couple of bottles extra.

[gylyf]

Tonight, I wrote up some lecture notes with my new OMAS Lucens Blue, filled with Stipula Deep Blue. I am a very happy camper. Best,

David

[fatehbajwa]

A Deep Blue Sheaffer School Pen.

 

The same as yesterday.

 

No time to take out any other.

 

[Beechwood]

Today is a Muji all aluminium, it is the Toyota of my pen world, cheap to buy, always works and does all that I ask but without the grace of others.

 

My backup is a Cross ATX in velvet green.

 

Both have my own dark grey ink with Cerrutti 1881 perfume.

[Shangas]

My new dip-pen. I've been using this for all my domestic (stay-in-bedroom-sit-at-desk) based-writing. It's fun and it means my new inkwell is used regularly. I save my actual fountain pens for outside writing, or for more important stuff now.

[fitzharry]

My pen portfolio for today consists of my Montblanc 149 broad nib and Montblanc William Faulkner medium nib, both filled with Noodler's Saguaro Wine, and my Pelikan 1000 fine nib with Noodler's Blue and my Pelikan 800 with Noodler's Cayenne.

[PAKMAN]

Inked up for work in the morning are my Pelikan 800 blue stripe with Diamine Mediterranean Blue, Conway Steward Amber Dandy with Mont Blanc Seasons Greetings Brown and Visconti Wall Street with Diamine Presidential Blue.

[The Write Pen]

Today I carried 2 MB's a 146 inked with whatever is in my test bottle, blue quink I think, a 145 with MB scented brown and a PFM V in green with black ink, oh yea, and the matching pencil.

 

danny

www.thewritepen.net

[RyanL27]

Today, I'm using my newly acquired Aurora Optima. It has a super smooth, wet cursive italic and is filled with Aurora Blue.

 

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[penburg]

Today's Parker day...

--Parker Vac, Jr.

--P51

Both with Quink Black.

 

(That's really basic, I know...)

[Taki]

Sailor Sapporo Mini black F nib with FPN Tulipe Noire

Sailor Sapporo Mini light blue F nib with PR Tropical Blue

[Robert Hughes]

I'm also Parker'ing it, with my new red Sonnet (Quink Washable Blue) and a tan "51" (Quink Green). It's basic, but it's here.

[Lloyd]

Pilot 723 Custom with FA nib & Pilot blue-black ink. I love this ink in this pen. Water-resistant, very low feathering (needed in a flex nib) and a non-green, great shading blue-black color.

Hero 237-1 in brown with PR Chocolat.

Piot Prera with F nib and my Levenger Cobalt/Pilot Blue/Noodlers Black mix (10:10:1).

Esterbrook J with 9556 nib and Noodlers Legal Lapis.

MB149 with a F nib and MB Royal Blue ink.

[thomasg]

Pelikan 805 with Stipula Calamo. I just keep coming back to the Pel. Peace

[limesally]

I'm in the university library, so I'm using inexpensive and sturdy - Pelikan GO, one loaded with Mata Hari's Cordial, the other with Polar Turquoise (Lamy Turq + Noodler's Polar Blue).

[Verdant]

Today, as most days until Christmas presents(!)...

A Regal fountain pen. It's the William model. I plan to do a review at some point on this terrific, very inexpensive (<$20) pen.

 

Fine, steel nib. Loaded with Lorie's Lapis -- my personal recipe.

 

Happy Writing, All!