What Pens Are You Using Today?

[mana]

frans-utrech, what a lovely story (and also a sad one). I wish there were more places like that one...

 

Pens used today:

• LAMY 2000 M
• Parker Sonnet M (Black laquer, Gold trim)
• rOtring 600 B (1st gen, Black)
• rOtring 600 EF (1st gen, Black)
• rOtring Art Pen 1.1mm (Modified barrel)
• rOtring Renaissance M

All filled with Montblanc BlueBlack.

[bwnewton]

Lamy Safari w/ Lamy Blue-Black

Lamy Safari w/ Lamy Blue

Cross Century Classic w/ Noodler's Lexington Gray

Cross Centuy II w/ Sheaffer Skrip Black

[jonro]

Bexley Americana in Rio Red filled with PR DC Supershow Blue

Sheaffer Connaisseur Mediterranean Blue filled with PR Black Magic Blue

Blue PFM II filled with PR Black Magic Blue

[PAKMAN]

Wow! I just had a terible realization! I've played on the computer or worked in the basement all day and haven't written a word with any of my pens! I'm getting my (new to me) Parker 51 flighter out to at least work the Sunday Crossword before I go to bed!

[offbase]

Montegrappa White Nights-fine nib, Herbin Eclat De Saphir

Visconti Templari-fine nib, Herbin Gris Nuage

Delta Gaius Julius Caesar-.8mm Mike M. stub, Aurora Black

Stipula DaVinci Infinity-.7mm Binder stub, Visconti Brown

Edited January 4, 2010 by offbase

[paralegalnm]

I now have six Parker Vectors with a wide variety of calligraphic and medium to fine writing tips laying around. Will figure out eventually how to label them. The stainless steel nibs work fine, although stiff and unresponsive.

 

Was reading about how the Great Chief Justice John Marshall started session by first ceremoniously trimming his quill. Nothing started until his nib was cut to his satisfaction. I have a sharp Victorinox 'pen' knife. Maybe will find a goose feather and try cutting one myself.

 

My 'like new' Pelikan 120 has been nicely smoothed with 1200 wet/dry grit. I have half a dozen nibs . . . a nice pen.

[paralegalnm]

I used to retail LAMY and S.T. DuPont pens. Bought a Sterling CP for my Dad, now deceased. The 'sterling' was plate on the top of the cap, and LAMY never responded to my request on how to repair. The replating process might damage the spring-loaded internal clip mechanism.

 

So, as I live in New Mexico and have the tools, will cut a piece of turqouise to cap the damaged plating. I can inset it . . . to keep the original pen dimensions.

[Daedalus1]

Pilot 78G medium nib, filled with Parker Quink washable blue ink.

[br549]

A vintage Wearever Zenith series filled with Waterman blue/black

[Bill Smith]

Today's pen is a modern Aurora 88 with the sterling silver cap and loaded up with Dimamine Majestic Blue.

[Sonnet]

Black Sailor Sapporo and a pink Sailor Sapporo (both with broad nibs. Yes, I'm boring)

[Sailor Kenshin]

Apparently, it's a Sailor Profit Special Script, one of my favorites, now loaded with old Skrip Blue-Black.

[flodoc]

Pelikan M400 Blue Stripes with fine nib and Noodlers Blue

Parker 75 Matte Red, dimpled tassies, medium nib and Penman Sapphire cartridge

Parker Duofold International marbled green, fine italic nib and Delta Animals green ink

[JMX]

Pelikan 140 (OB) and Pelikan Steno

[Fernan]

Waterman Carène, with South Sea Blue

 

Parker Vacumatic, filled with vintage Skrip Purple

[reprieve]

Montblanc Faulkner, broad nib, Iroshizuku Yama-budo.

Nakaya Spiketails, flexible medium nib, Montblanc Violet.

Waterman 55 Red Ripple, red keyhole nib, Noodler's Borealis Black.

[Doug Add]

Today's pen is a modern Aurora 88 with the sterling silver cap and loaded up with Dimamine Majestic Blue.

That is a nice combination, isn't it Bill? My red auroloide Optima is filled with Majestic Blue, and I love this ink flowing from that Aurora medium nib.

 

Today I used these:

 

1927 lapis Parker Duofold Sr. (F nib), filled with Private Reserve D.C. Supershow Blue

old style black Omas Paragon (F nib), filled with Omas Blue

green waves Wing Sung 842 (F nib), filled with Waterman Florida Blue

red/black swirl ebonite Edoisn Herald (F Aurora nib), filled with Diamine Majestic Blue

[ArchiMark]

Brightened up my workday today using my black Waterman Edson with F nib...smooth...

 

At home made writing out some checks for bills less painful by using my handsome Churchill Dartmoor, with buttery smooth IM nib...and my great black Stipula Florentia tuned by nibmeister Mike at Mike-It-Work...

 

All in all, a good pen day....

 

[flodoc]

Duofold International out of ink, replaced by a Delta Special Limited Edition Adolph Sax lever-filler with Noodlers Ottoman Azure.

[diplomat]

The post-holidays line up is:

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• Lamy 2000 [JHerbin ambre]
  
• Parker 21 Super in green [Aurora Blue]
  
• Pelikan M200 OS in marbled blue [Pilot Black]
  
• Lamy Joy in Black [Lamy Green]