What Pens Are You Using Today?

[Bill Smith]

Today's pens are a Black Parker 51 Aerometric loaded up with Diamine Sapphire Blue

 

and its Italian cousin:

 

Late 1950s Aurora 88P with gold filled cap loaded with Aurora Blue.

[Beechwood]

A 1927 Waterson

 

 

 

 

[jonro]

Aurora 88 Nikargenta with XF nib, filled with Aurora Black

Jade Sheaffer Balance II with fine nib, filled with Private Reserve SS Blue

 

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[ianmedium]

My new to me vintage Conway Stewart #84 with an itallic nib (well it writes like one anyway!)

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Edited March 22, 2009 by ianmedium

[Doug Add]

All of them. Well, all of them that are inked (18). I have two that are currently empty due to nib exchanges.

 

Once every couple weeks I make sure I write at least one line in my journal with all of my inked pens, just in case they haven't been used much for ordinary writing. I didn't do much other writing today because some virus has me feeling poorly, so I spent most of the day on the couch watching basketball and sleeping. The ones used today for more than just keeping the ink flowing were:

 

1997 pearl & black Parker Duofold, filled with a 1:1 mix of Parker Penman Sapphire/Waterman South Sea Blue

1924 black Sheaffer Flat Top, filled with Aurora Black

red Waterman Phileas, filled with Noodler's Red

burgundy Hero 329, filled with a 1:1 mix of Omas Vespucci Red/Private Reserve Fiesta Red

blue Waterman Phileas, filled with a 1:1 mix of Waterman Purple/Florida Blue

 

My son did his homework with my blue Aurora Optima, filled with Omas Roma Blue.

[chrisb]

Today, I'm using my brand new Bexley Sheherazade in blue cracked ice with a see-through blue barrel, 18k F nib and filled with Aurora blue ink.

 

Absolutely stunning pen. Writes like a dream.

 

Picked it up at the LI Pen show yesterday.

[southpaw]

Late 1920s Sheaffer Flatop Oversize filled with Diamine Imperial Purple.

[Bill Smith]

Today's pen ( and perhaps tomorrow's pen as well) is a 1944 Cedar Blue Parker 51 Vac with a fine nib loaded with Noodlers Midnight Blue.

[GardenWeasel]

Today's pen ( and perhaps tomorrow's pen as well) is a 1944 Cedar Blue Parker 51 Vac with a fine nib loaded with Noodlers Midnight Blue.

 

Nice!!

[chrisb]

Only pen I'm carrying today is my new Bexley Sheherazade prototype in blue cracked ice with 18k F nib filled with Aurora blue ink.

 

Georgeous pen.

 

Edited March 23, 2009 by chrisb

[Bill Smith]

Today's pen is a cocoa Parker 51 Aerometric loaded up with De Atramentis Dark Blue (the closest to Superchrome Blue Black out there today without all the superchrome issues).

[tomscs]

pilot vp xf nib

MB 146 medium

[gadgetjunky]

Parker "51" Special in an odd gray-green color, with x-fine/fine nib, full of PR Midnight Blues

Levenger True Writer 'True Blue', fine nib, full of PR Black Magic Blue

 

 

[Fernan]

Filled my Sheaffer Valiant with vintage Sheaffer Royal Blue ink.

 

I felt that this would make a natural combination. Now, for vintage paper...

 

 

Fernan

[chrisb]

Still rocking the Bexley Sheherazade prototype in blue cracked ice with 18k F nib filled with Aurora blue ink.

[TallDarkStranger]

I have four pens in the work-circulation category currently:

 

1. Rotring Initial, fine, with PR Blue Suede.

2. Sheaffer Javelin medium Blue Azure, with Pousseiure De Lune.

3. Cross Solo, dark blue, fine point, with vintage Quink blue-black.

4 Waterman Phileas, green marble, medium nib, with Pelikan Turquoise.

 

 

In addition, for a casual day, I carry a Green Cross Solo with Quink Blue-Black, or a Wality jumbo with Camel Blue, or a classic Made in USA Parker Vector with Aurora black. All of them await, readily inked, for the casual saunter.

[Sailor Kenshin]

Once again I have far too many fountain pens inked, but today I'm using just the Pilot Petit 1 with a J Herbin Diabolo Menthe refill, and a couple of Preppys, blue-black and red.

 

 

[BladeArcher]

Hi. I'm new here, but have been collecting fountain pens haphazardly since around 1997. Today I am using a vintage Waterman vest pocket pen in chased hard rubber, model 0952 1/2V, filled with Noodlers Old Manhattan, a really black ink that is an exclusive of Fountain Pen Hospital.

 

/Blade Archer

Edited March 26, 2009 by BladeArcher

[Deirdre]

Strangely, the only pen I've used so far today is the Conway Stewart Nightingale I plucked out of my pocket for a quick scribble at a short meeting.

[French]

In the Piquadro:

Danitrio Tosca green ripple ebonite, 18K Bexley F nib (smoothed and adjusted by Michael Masuyama) filled with Noodler's Verdun Green

Hero 100 stainless steel, 14K fine nib filled with Noodler's Baystate Blue

 

in the planner:

Platinum BelAge red & black lacquer, 14K find nib, filled with Waterman's South Seas Blue