What Pens Are You Using Today?

[reprieve]

Today is a purple ink kind of day:

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

Nakaya Spiketails, flexible medium nib, Montblanc Violet.

 

On standby in case there are any no-purple-ink-allowed surprises: Montblanc Thomas Mann, broad nib, Herbin Bleu Nuit.

[Daedalus1]

Today my rotation goes to Sheaffer Valor black lacquered with the medium nib and filled with Parker Quink washable blue.

I find the medium inlaid nib of Sheaffer Valor too broad for my taste though.

[Bill Smith]

today's pen is an old style green striped Pelikan M600 made in the early 1990s loaded up with Noodlers Polar Blue.

[reprieve]

I had some trouble selecting today's carry-with-me-pens--I have too many inked at the moment, and I want to use them all! Right now! At once! Finally was able to narrow it down to a single three-pen case:

 

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

CP8 Vannerie, italic broad nib, Herbin Terre de Feu. This one is almost out of ink and will require a refill tonight after I get home. Possibly some sort of blue. If not blue, Sheaffer Skrip Red.

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

[Sailor Kenshin]

Keeping with my temporary motto of one-pen-at-a-time, today it's a Stypen Creeks with some Pelikan cart that writes like Noodler's Nav Turq but without the long dry time.

[D.C. in PA]

There are three on the desk:

- Sailor Professional Gear in black, with Waterman blue/black

- Pilot 823 Custom with Pilot blue

- Edison Herald clipless in black & beige ebonite, with Diamine Presidential blue

D.C.

 

My carrying case (JK)

-Pelikan 1000

-Pelikan 400NN

-Pelikan with salvaged Toledo binde & 1950's feed on a 200 body (all with Waterman blue/black

-Pelikan 205 with condor nib & Visconti red

[rsx]

All week I have been heavily using my Cross Affinity, black with fine point. It has moved ahead of many other more expensive models to the top of my favorite list. It writes cleanly and smoothly, quite wet for a fine point. Stiff steel nib as I like it but not at all scratchy. It is not an eye catcher, just a plain black and silver model, still a sober and classy look, IMHO. After a week of heavy use it remains glossy and clean, no scratches or dullness but you can't tell about the quality of plastic finish until the pen is used longer. Still it seems to be high quality material.

I am really enjoying this pen, and expect to do so into the new year. Happy New Year to all!

Edited December 29, 2009 by rsx

[dedalian]

Today is a purple ink kind of day:

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

Nakaya Spiketails, flexible medium nib, Montblanc Violet.

 

On standby in case there are any no-purple-ink-allowed surprises: Montblanc Thomas Mann, broad nib, Herbin Bleu Nuit.

Where do you live? :ph34r: :ph34r: hehehe

[Bill Smith]

Today's pen is a black early 1990s vintage Pelikan M600 with a Mottishaw tuned fine nib loaded up with Diamine Majestic Blue.

[kushbaby]

Lot's of different pens at play today.

 

Today at the desk it's:

 

Visconti Wallstreet LE (red) with XF 23K Pd nib - filled with Herbin Terre de Feu

Chatterly/Visconti Ripple in rose gold with XF 23K Pd nib - filled with Herbin Lie de The

Chatterly/Visconti Ripple in silver and clear with B 23K Pd nib - filled with Herbin Violette Pensee (Hi, reprieve! )

Edison Pearl bulb-filler in aqua ebonite with demo barrel - filled with Diamine Teal

Sailor Naginata LE (ribbed, yellow) with H-MF nib - filled with Sailor nano-black

[Silvermink]

I've mostly been using a modern Aurora 88 piston filler (gold trim, M nib) inked with Caran d'Ache Storm today.

 

Also in my bag:

Lamy AL-star 1.1 italic inked with J. Herbin Lie de Thé

Pelikan Sahara F inked with Rohrer & Klingner Alt-Goldgrün

 

On my desk at home:

Pilot Bamboo M inked with Waterman South Sea Blue

Sheaffer 300 M inked with Aurora Blue

[OldGandy]

I wrote thank-you notes using my Pelikan 805 (OBB) filled with Ottoman Azure ink.

[GardenWeasel]

I'm journaling my 'to-do' list with the wettest broad nib I've every used...M200 Yellow Pelikan and manuscript brown ink.

[bookmanjl]

I am ending the year with a couple of Conway Stewarts (vintage 58 Purple Hatch with purple CS ink & modern Duro autumn fleck with Diamine Royal Blue) to get me through an accreditation self study report that is due next week. While the work isn't too enjoyable today, the CSs pairing make the writing more interesting.

[elysee]

Today is my Waterman Blue Caviar day! I am using my Waterman Blue Caviar fountain pen with extra broad nib with Florida Blue ink, my Waterman Blue Caviar rollerball (fountain pen converted to rollerball with a Rhapsody rollerball end section) with a blue bold point Pilot G2 gel ink rollerball refill, and my Waterman Blue Caviar ballpoint pen with a broad blue Waterman ballpoint refill. I have been writing lots of letters today and enjoying my Waterman Blue Caviar set! Yummy! Thus, making today a Waterman Blue Caviar day! LOL!

 

Happy New Year to everyone!! !:clap1:

[Doug Add]

The Pilot Custom Maple Craft pen I acquired earlier this evening. It has a lovely #10 fine nib, and is a delight to use.

[kushbaby]

Visconti Ripple rose gold with XF palladium nib

Visconti Wallstreet (red) with XF palladium nib

 

(I love the stub, but I can't keep my mitts off of these XFs!)

[frans-utrecht]

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[frans-utrecht]

Visconti Knights Templar

Montegrappa Queen of Hearts

 

Both with Waterman blue, because that's what the shop owner filled them with.

 

I bought both pens during the Christmas Holiday in Maastricht at Mevri's. They are currently having a closing down sale until appr. febr. 15th, because both couples (two brothers and their spouses) who own the shop are retiring.

To me this is a great loss, because ms. A. Schiffeleers has been the queen of pen sellers and each visit to her shop has been a special occasion. She knows the historical background of and the materials used in every pen in the shop. There where hidden treasures in secret drawers behind the counter, out of the depths of which on one occasion for instance she unearthed a Stipula Harpax.

She allways inks and lets you try each pen you might be interested in, because pens are for writing, she maintains. No Mint, NIB, after you've bought a pen there, because there will be no seals, and each pen is inked. Delightful, for there is no reason for not using the pen.

 

Maastricht is a smart city and ms. Schiffeleers is a sophisticated person, but a sophisticated person with inksmears on her fingers most of the time.

An era will come to an end. Therefore: here are two pictures of ms. Schiffeleers. In the first she's seen arranging the pens she's selected for my inspection and in the second she's handing over the Visconti to me. My brother Mark took these pictures as a memento of many pleasurable hours of talking pens and trying them.

 

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Edited January 3, 2010 by frans-utrecht