What Pens Are You Using Today?

[JayLo]

Replaced steel nibs with gold on 2 Bexley's. Test driving today.

[Beechwood]

Today, and first time ever, a fake MB 149, and I am surprised that it writes so well. It is normally against all I hold dear to do so much there has been quite a lot of forum talk on fake MBs so i thought that it was about time that I tried this one out, given as a gift some years ago I might add.

 

EDIT I take it back, I have cursed this pen to hell and back, it switches from writing dry to spewing more ink than a very angry squid, my hands look like a Giant Pandas, it goes back in the box.

 

Cheap pens last 2 minutes, a good pen lasts two lifetimes!

Edited November 29, 2007 by Arthur

[welfvet]

My new Parker True Blue.

 

Given it a bash late last night, and after fears of some devilish quality control issue spoiling my fun I took the plunge and it writes very nicely. Middle of the road medium nib, wet if firm.

 

[fatehbajwa]

An Arbutus Harlequin that i got a few days back for $ 20.

 

 

[jd50ae]

M800 M800 M800 M800 and in that order.

[london]

A grey fine-nibbed Shaeffer Imperial and a 1940s fine-nibbed English Duofold AF in brown (the first vintage pen I bought).

 

- Mark

[fatehbajwa]

Thats a lot of M800's for two hands to write with.

[DavidM1]

M800 M800 M800 M800 and in that order.

 

Ha! One pen I didn't use today was my m805. It was Parker 45, Parker 51 and Pel m215 in no order whatsoever.

 

[gregkoos]

c1930 Mabie Todd Swan Minor with a #1 flexible nib. This is my first desk use of it. It's loaded with Private Reserve Sherwood Green. And ... well the pen takes a very light and rapid touch to produce a wonderfuly colored line.

[joechas333]

Pelikan M605, Medium nib, PR Naples Blue ink

Bexley Simplicity, Cracked Ice, Custom stub nib, PR Sherwood Green ink

[gylyf]

Blue Aurora Optima, F, Diamine Indigo

Delta Moresi, F, Sailor Blue

 

Best,

David

[Undertaker]

I'm using a Pelikano M these days mostly.

[PAKMAN]

It a YOL kind of day! Yard-o-Led Viceroy and Diplomat are in the pocket today. Pen is appropriately filled with Diamine Mediterranean Blue.

 

 

[CasmiUK]

Pelikan M200 in marbled blue with a luscious Binder Italifine nib. Today it's filled with FPN Tulipe Noire.

 

Also a few Pilot Pluminix for notes filled with Diamine Maroon, Diamine Emerald and Diamine Royal Blue.

[Beechwood]

A Marbled green Phileas Waterman with my own very black ink, havent used it for a while.

 

Even tho it has a medium nib it is noticably broader and wetter than my usual M Cross

[london]

Still got my Duofold AF, Sheaffer Imperial and Pilot Pluminix (yes, me too Casmi!) to hand at work.

 

But I have a fresh bottle of Caran d'Ache Storm sat on my desk with two cleaned Lamy Safari's ready to go when the last of my Waterman Blue-Black at work runs out (today?)

 

- Mark

[artaddict]

Today I am in love with a Mabie Todd Self-filler with black Quink ink

[Taki]

In addition to Sapporo Minis I'm using Kaweco Art Sport Samba filled with Noodler's Gruen Cactus today.

[jonro]

Today, I am the proud owner of a brand new (to me) PFM III. Fine nib and now filled with Aurora Black, this pen was made for writing!

http://www.s162256685.onlinehome.us/FPN/PFM_Open.jpg

 

 

[reginaldgolding]

I brought in my new-to-me Parker 51 Special.

Coworker came in just now "Do you have a writing utensil I could borrow?"

I hand him the Parker "Try out the 51."

He put up his hands and backed away "Nooooo.. Do you have anything crappy?"

I loaned him the Jotter instead.

 

cracked me up