What Pens Are You Using Today?

[janpentz]

Skyline Green Moire with a Gold derby and a Lapiz Lady Duofold with the wide lip band.

[FarmBoy]

Q: What pen are you using today?

A: Nothing special. I got an email this morning saying I needed to go to an Estate sale. Big box of Sheaffer pens there, really old ones. First clue here is the lack of the 's, but I go anyhow. Sure enough, a hand full of cartridge pens, one Parkette and one Wearever.

 

I toss them all in the cleaner just for fun and tonight I paid the bills with a red Wearever cartridge pen. Not a bad pen considering it was 0.98 new. Also inked up a Sheaffer school pen with a 304 nib.

 

Tomorrow I go back to using a Fligher ("51") and if I need a big line, a Minuskin nibbed "51".

 

Fun thread.

 

Todd

 

[fitzharry]

My pens today are:

 

1. Montblanc 149 with broad nib and Private Reserve Copper Burst ink;

2. Montblanc William Faulkner medium nib with Private Reserve Lake Placid Blue ink; and

3. Sheaffer Clipper in Sage Green with fine nib and Sheaffer Skrip Green.

 

I can't wait to start my writing tasks today!

Edited June 22, 2008 by fitzharry

[HelzBelz]

Very exciting day for me today: my first inking of my first Parker 51 (with Waterman Havana ink).

Also using a Parker Frontier with Noodler's Black.

[Donald594]

Today, I'm using some cheapies! Yay!

 

I keep two pens in circulation at all times . So let's head over to the old pen chest.... Aldo....no... javelin.....no...... parker fifty - one...... no....esterbrook........no.....hero 616.....eh might as well.....and phileas.

 

So the Hero 616 and the Waterman phileas for me today

[IacobusXCII]

Black Hero 100

Black Pilot 78G

Both with waterman black (need to conserve my oh so precious bottle of Aurora Black)

[southpaw]

Franklin-Christoph IPO, fine nib, inked with Diamine Royal Blue

Bexley Molteni Cilicia, Richard Binder XXF, inked with Waterman South Seas Blue

[donwinn]

My newest pen acquisition which has been actually received is a Targa full size stainless, with F inlaid nib. I have used only it today, to take my sermon notes at church. Tomorrow I return to work, with the Targa, and an assortment of pens which I usually take, including a Danitrio Classic and a Hero 616, both of which get a decent workout.

 

Donnie

[ukulelesurf]

Three today - two are new, and one is my all-time favorite:

 

1) New: Danitrio flex-fine polished raw ebonite Densho eyedropper model, Aurora Black ink. Was having problems with ink flow through the feed, but things are somewhat better after an adjustment by Jim At Bertram's Inkwell (Baltimore, MD). When the ink is flowing like it should, this is one amazing pen. If it gives me any more significant probs, will contact the ever-gracious Winedoc, but I think it's gonna be all good from here.

 

2) New: Blue Pelikan M605, medium nib, Aurora Blue ink. Bought on clearance at Bertram's, the same day Jim adjusted my new Dani, this is one hell of a pen. Slightly stingy with ink flow, but I'm okay with that. Different flow characteristics are called for with different inks/situations. The nib is pretty much a nail, but gets good line variation as the Pelikan standard seems somewhat of a stub by some other makers' standards. At least that's my relatively pen noob experience. I like this pen size physically more than any other Pelikan. Large enough for me to hold comfortably, but without the brass weight of its larger brothers.

 

3) Old: I'm rarely without one of two Parker 75s given to me by my dad. I remember playing with these pens at less than 5 years of age, and they still write as well or better than anything I have. The one I usually carry is a ciselé with a springy wet medium nib, always filled with Aurora Blue.

 

It seems the Parker 75 is very old, LOL. This was my first expensive pen, bought at Bovee Stationary in the Gables in 1990. I first bought a black matte, then I got a tortoise, with broad, that is a favorite of my Parkers. I don't know if the guy had it for ages there? but he closed up when Office Depot came to town a year later. I use this one now, because it is very new Stipula Vedo

[flodoc]

Today I am using a Waterman Rhapsody Caviar with a mix that yields a medium-dark blue with a hint of green

and a Montegrappa Symphony turquoise with Noodlers Navajo Turquoise

and a Jorg Hysek ball pen with Delta refill in blue

[philm]

Pelikan 100N / CNOB Nib

Parker Junior Lapis Duofold

Sheaffer Military Clip Balance / Green Stripe

Parker Azure Blue Vac Major

 

 

[Zoe]

Caran 'd'ache Dumas

Caran d'ache Caribbean ink

 

Having a great deal of trouble with the pen and keep going back to see if I can repair a leak that has my fingers looking like the Ocean.

[Shangas]

I'm doing a lot of at-desk writing today, so I'm using my two favourite dip-pens. My inkwell is being starved of ink very quickly!

[Sharkle]

 

I'm using my four latest pens: Caran d'Ache Madison silver Clou de Paris (what a mouthful) RB w/Pelikan F black refill, Marlen Basilea F nib w/PR Black Magic Blue, ivory Pilot Prera F w/a mix of Noodler's Habanero and Navajo Turquoise, and my newest, a bright blue (Forget-me-not?) Stipula Ventidue M w/a mix of Noodler's Habanero and Pelikan Red. The Prera's getting the lion's share of the attention--what a little gem of a pen!

 

[southpaw]

Today it's been this one, a Platinum Day and Night long-short inked with Diamine Teal.

 

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[HelzBelz]

During the day it was Pelikan M200 with Waterman Havana (appropriate, considering that I was at a conference on Caribbean-Scottish passages today). When I got home I had a parcel from the Writing Desk waiting for me with my Herbin Poussiere de Lune, so the Pelikan is now inked up with that. I'll probably use the 51 with Waterman Havana later, too.

[JayLo]

On the road again with a 3 pack.

Visconti Midi Cappucino

Old Conklin Nozac

Laban Mento

[inkobsessed]

Lamy Accent (MK) with Pelikan Royal Blue

Parker Latitude (M)with Parker Blue/Black

Sheaffer Prelude (B)with Sheaffer Blue

Parker Sonnet (F) with Waterman Havanna Brown

[xmattxyzx]

Waterman Phileas M

Lamy Swift RB

Rotring Initial RB

[sdonahue]

first quarter 1947 Midnite Blue P51 vac; 1954 P51 Fantasy Shocking Pink, gold cap.