What Pens Are You Using Today?

[Beechwood]

A black Platignum that looks for all the world like a 149 but without the white blob. This was old stock in a very old stationers and cost £15, last one in the shop. It came with a very useful wooden cradle to stop the pen rolling off the desk.

 

A fine nib and a good buy.

Edited April 2, 2008 by Arthur

[fsnsaber]

1950's Montblanc 144 with MB black...

[Taki]

Aurora Mini Optima burgundy, Italic nib filled with FPN Tulipe Noire

Pelikan M320 orange M nibs, filled with Diamine Sepia

Sailor Sapporo Mini Morita blue, F nibs filled with Diamine Indigo

[Taki]

I'm using my purple Montegrappa Micra with PR Orange Crush.

That combo sounds stunning!!

[Gerard]

My new Waterman Expert II RB

[Shangas]

I'm using my 3rd-tier English-made Platignum m/nib out for a spin today. This is the latest pen that I've restored and I want to see how well it handles out on the road. See how well it turns and corners and what kind of fuel-efficiency it has.

 

While the pen is undoubtably a very cheap one, I'd still like to play around with it. It has a button-filler that was quite easy to repair and I smoothed off the nib so that it writes nicer. I think I did a good job.

[Levatio]

My two cents to this tread:

Sailor 1911 with 21Kt Naginata Togi M nib with Private Reserve Midnight Blues. Wonderful, wet, outstanding nib. I love this pen by nib Master Nobuyoshi Nagahara. :clap1:

Pilot Custom 823 Clear Amber 14Kt M nib and PR Chocolat. Nice dependable writer.

Pelikan Souveran M605 F nib with Midnight Blues. Outstanding unfailing writing instrument.

Platinum 3776 with 14Kt Music nib. Received new today. Inked with Noodler's Air-Corp. Very interesting wet nib and line variation. So far so good... :hmm1:

[Alphabet]

Today it is the OMAS Bologna filled with Montblanc blue-black. Not real crazy about the flow of the ink. I am going to look for something a little better. This pen can't be that dry a writer.

[Alphabet]

I'm using my purple Montegrappa Micra with PR Orange Crush.

That combo sounds stunning!!

 

 

It is quite nice. Thanks. Although I was looking for a good purple that came in a small cartridge. I like PR Tanzinite but it doesn't flow through the pen as well as the Orange Crush.

[Gerard]

Blue Waterman Carene FP

[goodyear]

Lamy Vista F, with a black Lamy cart.

Pel M205 demo, Binder 0.6 stub, PR DC Supershow Blue.

 

Word to the wise: if you don't make sure that the nib unit on your Pelikan is screwed in right, you're going to get inky fingers.

 

If the pen is a demo, you're going to see a very attractive blue blobbing in the inner cap.

 

D'oh!

[SteadyHand]

Pelikan M205 Demo (How coincidental Goodyear) with Pelikan Blue/Black

Lamy 2000 with Tulipe Noire

 

Have a great day everyone.

Edited April 3, 2008 by SteadyHand

[LouisA]

Pilot Custom 845 with Waterman Florida Blue.

[Romeo Dog]

Today: Namiki Shogun filled with Herbin Moon Dust.

 

[Gerard]

Hopefully another FP will join my Carene, but untill then...

 

Kind regards,

Gerard

[fsnsaber]

Danitrio Raw Ebonite Mikado with pelikan black and 4 finger cigar case (green)

Edited April 4, 2008 by fsnsaber

[JayLo]

Today I'm using a few pens reworked by Brian Gray. a Think with a stubbed M nib turned out to be fabulous.

[rufius]

Today, a Parker 45 - F with PR DC Supershow Blue and a Wing Sung Parker-51 copy with Parker Quink. Dependable writers

[jonro]

Today, a Lamy 2000 with XF nib, filled with Aurora Black, and a Parker 61. I'm trying not to ink more pens because I have a couple on the way.

[Robert Hughes]

Burgundy Parker 51!

 

I haven't used one of these since January, and had forgotten how they feel on the page. The "51" truly is a marvel of our time, an ultimately elegant writing instrument. It starts cleanly, writes smoothly, never skips or blots, encourages good handwriting habits such as low pressure and a loose grip, and can remain uncapped for many minutes and not dry out. For a workaday writer, they just don't get any better than this - no bling, all function.

Edited April 8, 2008 by Robert Hughes