What Pens Are You Using Today?

[diplomat]

So, this week mix for work is as follow:

- Sheaffer Flat Top 30s reviewed by me here with black Sailor ink

- Lamy 2K with Sheaffer Brown Skirp

- Pilot V-Pen red

- Montblanc Noblesse Oblige with Royal Blue Pelikan

 

Have a nice writing week!

[Fernan]

Esterbrook LJ, with Quink Black

Sheaffer Targa, with Herbin Cacao du Brésil

 

 

Fernan

[Bill Smith]

Today's pen is a blue Visconti Van Gogh Max with a medium nib loaded with Aurora Blue.

[tomscs]

Conway Stewart 74 speedy-phil--red herringbone

[Beechwood]

A 1960 Waterman with L2 nib which has a new sac that I put in this morning. Works great too!

[Sailor Kenshin]

Today seems to be Preppy Day, with a yellow Platinum Preppy and a custom mix of gold ink that includes Fahrney's Copper and J Herbin Bouton Dor.

 

Also, my blue-black Preppy was really hard to start after a long hiatus, but it's finally going. This is the least black blue-black color I've ever seen, but I like it. Kind of a steel blue.

[ethernautrix]

In addition to my usual favorites (Mb Hemingway, Aurora Optima, Edison Pearl, Sheaffer Flat-Top, P51 Special, Estie 2668, Mb StarWalker, Conklin Mark Twain), I'm putting this Sheaffer Admiral through the paces.

 

Can I say something? I just want to say one thing. One word. "Feather-Touch." Wow.

 

I'm not sure what Dave (blopplop) meant about "weak blindcap," but I had a very hard time twisting it. Ack. More like STRONG blindcap. Very strong and very stubborn. I tried twisting and twisting; I tried soaking the butt-end in hot water; I tried needlenose pliers. Ha ha ha! You want to know what worked? The WRENCH!

 

Yes, I got the wrench out, and one gentle-strong twist*, and I was finally able to ink the pen (Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo) and try the Feather-Touch, and... it is AMAZING!

 

BTW, Dave shined this Admiral up nice-nice, like Parade Day. Thank you, Dave! It's a fabulous pen! And the Feather-Touch nib is AMAZING!

 

It's amazing.

 

 

 

_{*YES. I covered the blindcap with soft cloth before applying the Wrench. Duh.}

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edit: It's like I'm becoming a Pen Whisperer.

Edited February 10, 2009 by ethernautrix

[Dylan]

Waterman Expert Smart Blue FP M nib with black Waterman cartridge

MB Traveler M nib black MB cartridge

Parker Sonnet Cisele B nib black cartridge

[ianmedium]

My new beautiful Nakaya portable writer, I somehow thing the waterman and MB are not going to get much of a look in anymore!

[Dewyn2211]

Well, todays pen is the Pilot Maki-e Hira Ume Plum with a medium nib filled with Private Reserve - Copper Burst

 

It's a new pen of mine, so lets hope it performs well

[pcolbeck]

Elysee ? with Montblanc Racing Green and a Sheaffer Javlin with FPN Tulip Noire plus a Lamy Safari charcoal with Lamy Black.

[misterh]

Parker 51, medium nib, filled with Waterman South Seas Blue.

[chrisb]

2 pens today:

 

Bexley Simplicity in Tortoise, F 'Binderized' nib, filled with Aurora Blue

 

Namiki/Pilot VP in carbonesque with M 'Binderized' nib, filled with Noodler's Old Manhattan Black.

[Bill Smith]

I am packing two pens today:

 

Lamy 2000 M nib with Pilot Iroshizuku Asa Gao

and

a dark teal UK Parker 51 Mk III with a broad nib loaded up with Diamine Imperial Blue.

[jimg]

Bexley Owners Club 2009 in blue/black ebonite with Binderised 0.9 cursive italic stub filled with Pilot Iroshizuku tsuki-yo blue for editing documents.

 

CS Black Ebonite Churchill with Binderised Music Nib with Styl Honore Velours Bleu ink for signatures

 

Waterman's #7 with Pink nib filled with blue black Quink for a snail to a new penpal.

[Dylan]

MB Starwalker Doue RB

MB Traveler M nib with black ink cartridge

[Beechwood]

A black schoolboy Platignum cartridge pen from mid 70s with Graham's Green Ink, not as bad as its low £1 purchase price would suggest.

 

But I wont be using it again after today either!

[misterh]

A nice bright yellow Pilot VP with rhodium trim.

[Pippin60]

Namiki VP blue and gold inked with pilot Blue, (customized cursive italic nib), a Lamy Al-star with Noodlers Zhivago, and my yellow Emotica with Racing green. Sometimes I just can't make up my mind in the morning.

Edited February 12, 2009 by Pippin60

[Ghost Plane]

Marlen Journal in red with BB nib and Visconti Black ink.