What Pens Are You Using Today?

[naniwa46]

Flushed my Blue/Red Lamy Safari. Filled it with Stipula Moss Green.

[Taki]

White Lamy Safari, filled with Lamy BB cartridge.

[Deirdre]

In anticipation of something to stipulate (offer letter), I'm going to stick exclusively to my Stipula DaVinci Infinity as long as is required. And maybe longer.

 

At the moment, I've got Noodler's Iraqi Indigo in it.

[ethernautrix]

Since I ordered other-than-black inks yesterday, I looked through my pens to see which ones I would use with the new colors (probably the MB Boheme with the PR Midnight Blues) -- the anticipation!

 

Anyway -- dug out this Cross, I don't know, it's a slim rose-gold FP with a 14kt EF nib, and filled it with Pilot blue-black, thinking the while I didn't really like this pen... and lo and behold! What, 20 years later? I'm surprised. I like it! Overall, it isn't really my style, but I like it enough to use it until my other inks arrive and I get a coupla other pens into rotation.

 

(I'm still not over being able to say "pens in rotation" and know I don't have to explain.)

[I am not a number]

Stipula Duetto with 0.9mm Italic Titanium nib and FPN Galileo Manuscript Brown, also blue VP with a Richard Binder ItaliFine nib.

 

Plus Palladium Sheaffer Crest with homebrew dark blue.

 

And a Namiki Falcon Smooth Broad with PR Midnight Blues.

 

And a Stipula 22 Titanium Broad nib with FPN Dumas Tulipe Noir.

 

And a Waterman Carene Deluxe Medium with homebrew.

 

Yup, that's about it so far...

Edited February 22, 2008 by I am not a number

[ethernautrix]

I am also using:

 

MB StarWalker (XF)

Sheaffer Connaisseur (XF)

Pelikan Souveran M215 (XF)

 

But I'm always using those. The Cross was the new one.

 

(I just wanted my 100th post to be in this thread. 'Kthx.)

[Breeze61]

I'm using my grandmother's Sheaffer Vac-fil - from the 40s,I think. I don't have an exact ID on it, but when I get a few minutes I want to post a pic and have you penophiles tell me what it is. All my research has just left me MORE confused than ever (not that that is hard to do lately).

[gylyf]

Tibaldi Trasparente, M/F Minuskin stub, Waterman BB/Black custom mix. Best,

David

[Wino In Training]

Lamy AL-Star, LH nib with Montblanc Violet

Lamy Safari, LH nib with Pelikan Brilliant Brown

[diplomat]

Current rotation is:

 

- Lamy 2000 M with Pelikan Royal Blue (my workhorse)

- Lamy Joy 1.5 with Lamy Blue (for fun notes, if only it were smaller!)

- Pelikan Pelikano Red M with Pelikan Red (no fear in losing it)

- Aurora 810 M (new entry!) with Sheaffer Brown (and she will stay in rotation a lot with such a color !)

 

Cheers,

[TortoisePel]

Today I am going to ink up:

 

1) Shaeffer Balance tortoise marbled from early 30's - (Dip only, waiting on order of sacs...)

2) CS 75 Blue Marbled from the early 50's (new Ebay purchase.. Can't wait)

3) Mabie Todd Blackbird grey marbled from the 50's in fine point. (My first Mabie Todd pen and another new Ebay find)

 

Laundry and dishes await me and might just have to wait, and wait, and wait....

 

Have been steering away from the German pens lately and being turned on by the vintage quality British makers. I'd buy a different Conway Stuart for every day of the year if my pocketbook would allow. My problem is that I get a vintage pen, clean it up, then am so impressed with it that I want to store it in the display case unused and ink up a junker for the day. I'm very protective of my pens; probably too obsessive-compulsive.

 

Best,

Jeff

[PAKMAN]

Teal Parker '51 fine point with Levengers Always Greener Ink

Brown Pelikan Tortoise 400 with a flexy medium nib with Levengers Smokey Ink

 

Both inks from the "Slightly Wild" Levenger ink set.

 

also:

Sheaffer Prelude cobalt with palladium cap medium nib with Diamine Mediterranean Blue

[naniwa46]

White Honey loaded with Stipula Deep Blue.

Preppy loaded with Diamine Burnt Sienna.

[succubus]

Parker 51 loaned to me by another FPN member, Legal Blue ink

[jonro]

Today, mostly my black Sheaffer PFM III with fine nib, filled with PR Lake Placid Blue. Also in today's rotation is a gray classic Parker 61 with fine nib, filled with Aurora Black. I am (no so) patiently waiting for an Aurora Talentum to arrive sometime this week.

[KDW]

Last year, I bought my first Pelikan - an M400 - and it didn't write very well. I sent it back to the dealer for a nib replacement. Don't know what he did, but it didn't help. So it sat very depressed for months. Finally I sent it to Pelikan and exchanged the fine nib for an extra fine. Now it is my edc and I am smiling!

 

Always ready at home are my Parker 51 and 61. I also am carrying in my backpack a Snorkel, because I don't care as much if something happens to it (sorry S lovers, but the grip on Snorkels feels so slippery to me). Finally, I love to carry a Namiki VP with a Binder italic loaded with Noodler's Firefly which I use as a highlighter.

 

Why do I love fountain pens so much?

[LedZepGirl]

Red Esterbrook transitional with a 2556 nib.

 

Jade Duofold junior

 

Red Parker Super 21

[gizmoe]

Black Pilot Custom 823, F nib

Grey Esterbrook J, 9556 nib

 

Both loaded with Waterman Florida Blue

[BurkStar]

Conway Stewart Duro "Fahrney" SE. Can't put this down. It has a modified EF nib that lays down a perfect line and now that I've used it a couple of days, it never skips and has smoothed out so that its a dream to use.

Edited February 26, 2008 by BurkStar

[gylyf]

Blue Aurora Optima, Mottishawed F, Aurora Blue.