What Pens Are You Using Today?

[GardenWeasel]

My Waterman LeMan 100 in black, with it's F nib - has run out of ink! My Sailor Profit with F nib still shows about 1/3 convertor full of Waterman V-Mail Violet ink. But (OMG!), my new LeMan 100 Patrician with its broad nib arrived in the mail!!! (HAPPY DANCE!) Gotta ink it soon...

[flodoc]

Omas Arte Italiano Milord in chocolate brown with fine nib and my mixture of brown ink based on Noodlers Kiowa Pecan;

 

Ancora Perla in yellow w/gold (vermeil)trim and fine Bexley 18k nib filled with Noodlers Ottoman Azure;

 

Parker Duofold International in green marble w/fine italic nib filled with Delta Animals Green ink from the 14th Los Angeles International Pen Show.

[gaffa]

Today 3 of my pens needed refilling and exercising

 

Jinhao X750 changed from Diamine Ruby to Diamine Ultra Green......My wife loves this pen and has done all the Christmas cards with it

 

Bohler Glorex 54 ML refilled with Diamine Ruby

 

Bohler Gold 54 F refilled with Diamine Majestic Blue

 

Both the Bohlers have nice Degussa steel nibs with plenty of flex and are a pleasure to use

[kushbaby]

Today I'm using one of my new Visconti Ripples (rose gold and white) with an XF nib for extended writing. Ink: J. Herbin Lie de The.

[penburg]

All vintage today, all Parker:

 

Parker Duofold + Pelikan B/B

Parker 51 + Diamine midnight

Parker striped duofold + Diamine emerald

[McPete]

Just now- tag-teaming an old-style Sheaffer No-nonsense calligraphy pen (medium italic) with my broad parker 95, running Sheaffer Red and Conway Stewart Dark Green respectively. I've been writing up some present cards.

 

Probably going to break out my Pilot Knight w/ black quink later to sort out some timesheets for the last few weeks.

[ateebtk]

Got my Pelikan m215 f nib lozenge from richardspens.com yesterday and have been exclusively be writing with it since. Inked twice already and very happy with my 1st expensive fp purchase.

ATK

[RitaCarbon]

Today I am using some strange pens that I bought more than a year ago. I was out of my pen addiction for quite some time, and now redicover my pens that I accumulated, but never used. The owner did not provide me with any info about the pens.

 

There are six of them in a beautiful mahogany display box. One has a very heavy gold-plated solid octogon body with Greek pattern design along its sides. There is a letter T on its clip. Can it be Danitrio?

 

The other five have the same large Italian-style bodies made out of very beautiful pearly-swirly resin (or else?) - blue and black, blue and yellow, light greenish yellow with black swirls, red, and dark maroonish red). All the five have the same design on their nibs: seven stars, a sun symbol with rays, and a crown, surronded by laurel branches. One of them has 18K gold M nib. The nib writes like a song.

 

I can't find out what their brands are. I don't see anything like that in my pen book (Fountain Pens Past&Preasent). I can't find a similar nib design on any web site I visit. The only that comes close to it is Krone, but they are not Krones.

 

What other nibs have crowns on them?

[kushbaby]

Today I am using some strange pens that I bought more than a year ago. I was out of my pen addiction for quite some time, and now redicover my pens that I accumulated, but never used. The owner did not provide me with any info about the pens.

 

(snip)

 

What other nibs have crowns on them?

 

I do this all the time. I am not a big believer in astrology, but I have to acknowledge that I am the CLASSIC Gemini - I am CRAZY changeable in mood. I love a completely different pen every single day. That's why I have an insane number of inked pens, with few with the same inks (90+ inked pens).

 

And I think some Deltas have crowns. Check out Rick Propas' site - that's where I saw one... OK, just looked, it's the Kaweco King made by Delta I'm thinking of.

 

Here's the link:

 

http://www.thepenguinpen.com/other/fsother/OT1940.html

[RitaCarbon]

Today I am using some strange pens that I bought more than a year ago. I was out of my pen addiction for quite some time, and now redicover my pens that I accumulated, but never used. The owner did not provide me with any info about the pens.

 

(snip)

 

What other nibs have crowns on them?

 

I do this all the time. I am not a big believer in astrology, but I have to acknowledge that I am the CLASSIC Gemini - I am CRAZY changeable in mood. I love a completely different pen every single day. That's why I have an insane number of inked pens, with few with the same inks (90+ inked pens).

 

And I think some Deltas have crowns. Check out Rick Propas' site - that's where I saw one... OK, just looked, it's the Kaweco King made by Delta I'm thinking of.

 

Here's the link:

 

http://www.thepengui...her/OT1940.html

 

Thank you, kushbaby!

 

Dukes are out. I have a few Dukes, they are totally different. But I have to look at Deltas. Thank you for the link.

 

Not believing in anything, astrology included, I totally understand you: my moon is in Gemini, and my Aquarius sun is in the same air element that yours.

 

Rita

[rsx]

Today I am using my Cross Century II fountain pen, sterling silver cap and black enamel body with Waterman Noir ink. The pen has a steel fine point, very smooth and eager writer, stiff with a very even line and virtually no flex.

I love stiff steel fine point nibs. I probably would write with an old Cross Stylo pen if I could find one. Although gold nibs vary in stiffness, I find that none are quite as free of flex as my steel nibs. Maybe it's just in my head, but it seems that way to me.

[Bill Smith]

Today's pen is a from the Italian side of the collection a blue Visconti Van Gogh Maxi with a medium 14k nib loaded up with De Atramentis Dark Blue.

[PAKMAN]

I'm using a nice mix of pens today:

 

Sheaffer 20's white dot flat top Sr in Jade

Visconti Voyager in Amber Dawn

Mont Blanc 146

Parker 51 Aerometric Flighter

[Parkermaniac]

My only pens for the last little while have been the Bexley BX802, the Bexley Simplicity, and the Pelikan M215. Those pens are the only ones in my carry case and I love them dearly.

[ethernautrix]

Mb Thomas Mann, Stipula Vedo, Stipula Passaporto, Delta SPY!, and Mb StarWalker... with Danitrio Fellowship and Marlen Journal standing by.

[CraigR]

Inked and with me at the office in a pen roll:

 

1930's Gold Bond, flex medium nib

1970 English Parker "17", medium nib

Namiki Falcon, semi flex cursive italic

Sheaffer Pen for Men 1, fine nib

Sailor 1911 full size, medium nib

Levenger True Writer, stub nib

 

Shirt pocket pen de jour:

 

1947 Parker 51, Dove Grey, fine, inked with Noodlers Old Manhattan Black

[pmsalty]

Today Iam using two Sheaffer's at the office, a blue lever Craftsman (with the wire band and filled with Waterman's Florida Blue)and a later black Sheaffer touchdown balance (filled with Skrip Blue-Black). I also have with me a black Platignum Silverline Fine Italic (Noodler's Widow Maker) I am using for Christmas cards.

PMS

[lsmith42]

I am not a big believer in astrology, but I have to acknowledge that I am the CLASSIC Gemini - I am CRAZY changeable in mood. I love a completely different pen every single day. That's why I have an insane number of inked pens, with few with the same inks (90+ inked pens).

 

Ah, the astrological element... another Gemini here... but I'm not up to 90 inked yet!

 

MB145 today and for the next few days! Headed out of town for the holiday, and the 146 doesn't leave the house (it was just serviced, and might get altitude sickness over the summit!).

[ajcoleman]

My pen of choice the last few days has been a Parker fine point Jotter with Waterman Blue Black. It is a great writing pen with modest good looks, and is very light and comfortable. And the Waterman BB ink is really growing on me.

[reprieve]

Today's (and yesterday's) pens were:

 

Visconti Chatterly Ripple Silver & clear, 1.3mm palladium stub nib, Herbin Violette Pensée.

Conway Stewart Chatterly Chatsworth Classic Green, italic broad nib, Herbin Lierre Sauvage.

Classic Pens CP8 Flamme, italic broad nib, Herbin Bleu Pervenche.

Classic Pens CP8 Vannerie, italic broad nib, Diamine Midnight.

Montblanc Thomas Mann, broad nib, Herbin Bleu Nuit.