What Pens Are You Using Today?

[Izzy]

Morning from a cold and icy Sussex, U.K.

 

MB 147 (Traveller) with MB Bordeaux

Parker Duofold Centennial with Sailor Kiwa Guro Black

 

Kind regards

NIGEL

[rspurdum]

Today I am using a Krone Autograph (Shale - medium nib) with Aurora Black ink and...

 

Montblanc Chopin (medium nib) with Waterman Florida Blue. This pen was an anniversary present from my wife of 38 years given to me in 1992. It never had a good ink flow (and thus was used very little) until Richard Binder worked on it early this year. It is now my daily carry and I rotate other pens for black ink and the occasional other color.

 

What a fine forum this is! So many people who "get it" about fountain pens!

 

Scott Purdum

[tonysingh]

parker addictive vibes orange and blue with private reserve velvet black and parker jotter stainless steel with parker quink permanent blue and 1 of my favorites is the parker latitude chrome finish and the dollar 717i demos.

[CraigR]

1930s Gold Bond lever fill will semi flex fine nib and PR Black Magic Blue

 

1970s Parker 17 aerometric with fine bib and Waterman Florida Blue

 

Sheaffer PFM 1, snorkle with fine nib and Scrip Blue Black

 

Sailor 1911 full size with medium nib and Noodlers Old Manhattan Black

 

Levenger True Writer with stub nib and Levenger Regal

 

Lamy All-Star with fine nib and MB Bordeaux (burgundy)

[professionaldilettante]

Today will be a written exam on pathogens, written out with my Pilot M90 with Pilot Iroshizuku Ajisai ink.

[Bill Smith]

today's pen is a rhodium and blue Pilot Vanishing point loaded up with Private Reserve American Blue.

[kushbaby]

Today's pens:

 

Safari Orange with Sailor nano-black

Rotring 600 old style (black, 18kt EF nib) with Noodlers Bulletproof Black

Reform 1745 with Herbin Violette Pensee

Visconti Opera Master Demo in blue with Diamine Mediterranean Blue

 

[PenFisher]

Today, like yesterday and the day before that a Parker "51" in Navy Gray filled with Noodler's Bullet Proof Black. I especially like this pen as a daily workhorse as it came to me in a distressed condition with a 22mm fracture near the end of the barrel. A 1mm stop hole was drilled at either end of the fracture to prevent any further damage and now I have a "51" with 3 pressure compensating holes instead of just one This pen is a real road warrior that when coupled with Noodler's BP Black is simply superb on any paper it is put to.

[Blade Runner]

A brand new MB 149 with a sweet M/F. :bunny01:

[Bo Bo Olson]

The day before I found a place that had some old cheap nibs. Ie. E-1.80 each or $3.25, so I bought some.

 

Yesterday I re-nibbed and silicon greased a wonderful pearled green copper wired striped, Italian Colombo piston filler (@1950), perhaps, according to an expert. Works fine. Semi-flex fine.

A regular green marbled no name German piston filler, re-nibbed with a cheap flexible nib...it will have to be re-corked...it only draws 1/4th a load. Medium semi-flex. (@1930's-50)

A Black Guilloche third tier Rheingold piston filleralso only draws 1/4 a load. New OM nib. Supposed to be from 1935, could well be 1950's. Needs to be re-corked.

 

 

There is a world of difference between a cheap nib and a good nib...how ever...it is better a pen has a writing nib than one that some one ruined. I did not have my loop with me, because I was only going to buy a couple of dip pen nibs I knew that little newspaper, toy and school kid pen and paper store had.

So I had a E-7 lesson to always have my loop by me. I'd not noticed the poor cut of a couple of the nibs...just being stupid in joy to find the "long lost" semi-flex nibs.

I'll take them back,and take my loop with me.

 

Having sworn up and down I was not going to buy any more black pens; after swearing that 4 of the last now 7 pens were black.

 

In spite of my swearing no more black pens, I had seen a black pen for Easter...the next time I'll have any money the way I'm buying pens....I saw a black pen I wanted, at a very good price.

 

Today Christmas came early, my wife bought it. Butter smooth, 18 K OB Lamy black titanium oxide Persona. It's in my pocket. I take it out and doodle...often. Push the clip out, and put it back in my pocket. Take it out scribble, put it back...then scribble some more.

[Bill Smith]

Today's pen is a Pelikan M605 with a medium nib loaded up with Noodlers Midnight Blue.

[dedalian]

On my desk- Waterman Carene with waterman florida blue, Pilot Vanishing point with Lamy ink (unfortunately) Pelikan M800 with Pelikan Turquoise blue ink.

In my pocket- Lamy 2000 Lamy Black

[jonro]

Today, the only pen I've used is my "stealth business pen," a Lamy 2000. It has an XF nib that has been reground to a true XF. The 2000 is the pen I tend to use when I want to use a quality pen in an informal workplace. Such a great pen.

[reprieve]

Montblanc Jules Verne, broad nib, Aurora Blue.

Montblanc Thomas Mann, broad nib, Herbin Bleu Nuit.

Eversharp Skyline Green Modern Stripe, full flex nib, Herbin Vert Empire.

Nakaya Ishi-me Kanshitsu, Mottishaw cursive italic nib, Herbin Rose Cyclamen.

[gylyf]

Pilot Decimo, 18K F, Pilot Kon-peki

Tibaldi Impero, 14K F, Diamine Midnight

 

Best,

David

[kushbaby]

It's been an interesting day. Not counting goofing with pens trying new colors, the real work today was done with:

 

Safari Orange/Sailor nano-balck ink

Rotring 600/Noodlers Bulletproof Black

Sailor PG Morita Blue/Sailor nano-black ink

(Just depended on which I reached for at work for signing reports and writing legal-related notes)

 

Reform 1745/Herbin Violette Pensee

Moore L-96 blue/Herbin Eclat de Saphir

Gigantic Indian eyedropper in black Bakul/Noodlers Baystate Blue

Dollar demonstrator pen/Noodlers Baystate Blue (started as a goof, then ended up getting serious action this evening)

Pelikan 101N tortoise with superflex nib/Waterman Blue-black

 

(Yes, I really did use all of these pens for significant writing today. I write a LOT...)

[HBlaine]

Actually it was "pens" of the day...

 

I've used my Bexley Simplicity (with Noodler's Marine Green) to write a Christmas card, my Aurora Optima (with Noodler's Dark Matter) to do notes in the courthouse, my Waterman Carene (with Noodler's La Couleur Royale) to scribble in the coffee shop, a Sheaffer No Nonsense (with a 3B nib and Noodler's Firefly) to highlight a map copy at the Historical Society archive, and my new Dunhill BP this evening to jot some notes down while watching a movie on the desktop...

 

I'm beginning to question my sanity at this point.........

[imabriefer]

For me I would need a pen a day. For a trip to Chile, 5 would not be enough Ink is a whole other story. Enjoy your trip. Do you have suitable paper?

 

Ready to go to Chile with me:

 

* Sheaffer Imperial Cadmium Yellow with my mixture of 1/2 Montblanc red and 1/2 Sheaffer King's Gold (I might find some time to check those articles).

 

(Picture by nope)

 

* Sheaffer Intrigue Blue-blue with that magnificent factory stub nib and Pelikan Violet ink. Addictive nib.

 

(Pic by PenHero)

 

* Pelikan M200 Anthracite with replacement stub nib from Pendemonium and back Quink.

 

(Pic by Swisherpens)

 

* Dani Trio Mikado size Matte Ebonite with Noodler's Blue Black flowing from its factory stub nib.

 

(Pic by Winedoc)

 

* Namiki/Pilot Vanishing Point in Black Carbonesque with replacement stub nib from Pendemonium and Noodler's Standard Brown.

 

(Pic by Namiki)

 

Do I need five pens for a ten days trip? You are right! I should be taking more with me

[LedZepGirl]

An Esterbrook Icicle in a red/brown color. 2556 nib, filled with PR Purple Haze.

[Bill Smith]

Today's pen is from the Italian side of the collection a Delta Parthanope with medium nib loaded up with Diamine Majestic Blue.