What Pens Are You Using Today?

[reprieve]

Today has been a Sailor day!:

 

Sailor 1911 Realo, zoom nib, Iroshizuku Syo-ro.

Sailor 1911 Sterling, Naginata medium nib, Sailor Red-brown.

[markc]

Pilot M90 with racing green

Namiki Falcon (1) with tsuki-yo (iroshizuku pilot ink)

Pilot Elite with DC Supershow Blue

 

I've been on a Japanese fountain pen kick lately, beautiful pens and nibs

[freehand]

All vintage:

 

-40s Sheaffer striated brown-gold pearl with #5 Feathertouch nib, that I just restored– smooth and graceful fine line with Pelikan Brilliant Brown ink;

 

-Esterbrook Model J, grey pearl, 9556 nib (medium line) that I restored last week, writing strong and wet with Waterman Florida Blue; and

 

-1927 Parker Senior Duofold Flat-top Big Red, just back from Jake's Pen Spa, firm and assertive medium-fine line, with Pelikan Brilliant Brown.

[flodoc]

Parker 75 in black lacquer with fine nib and PR Tanzanite, my first fountain pen back in 1991.

Delta Alpha Romeo with fine nib and Noodlers Ottoman Azure

Pelikan Piazzo Navona with fine nib and a deeper brown version of Noodlers Kiowa Pecan that I mixed

Edited February 9, 2010 by flodoc

[Sailor Kenshin]

Today has been a Sailor day!:

 

Sailor 1911 Realo, zoom nib, Iroshizuku Syo-ro.

Sailor 1911 Sterling, Naginata medium nib, Sailor Red-brown.

 

How do you like that Zoom nib?

 

Today I'm writing out the fumes of Cacao du Bresil in my black Waterman Phil/f-nib.

[reprieve]

Today has been a Sailor day!:

 

Sailor 1911 Realo, zoom nib, Iroshizuku Syo-ro.

Sailor 1911 Sterling, Naginata medium nib, Sailor Red-brown.

 

How do you like that Zoom nib?

 

I love it! I write at a fairly low angle, and it is very broad and very wet--equal to a western B or BB. Which suits me just fine, as I prefer wide and wet nibs. I do like being able to alter my angle to get a finer line; written with upside down, the nib produces an XF or XXF line. It's a fantastic nib (and quite fun to use!), as long as you aren't expecting a needlepoint. Additionally, the Realo is a great pen for this nib: since the zoom nib can really burn through some ink, the added capacity of the piston is nice.

[reprieve]

Today I am using:

 

Sailor Realo, zoom nib, Iroshizuku Syo-ro.

Nakaya Ascending Dragon, flexible medium nib, Noodler's Dragon's Napalm.

Nakaya Portable Ishime Kanshitsu Heki-tamenuri, flexible broad nib, MB Racing Green.

[mooshi]

Dollar 717i Demonstrator, Lamy Blue-Black: note-taking

Lamy Vista, F, Noodler's Gruene Cactus: for taking notes of my notes

Lamy Safari, EF, Sheaffer Red: for taking notes of my note's notes

Regal, Turqoise (brand unknown): definitions within my notes

 

 

-- Moo

[Daedalus1]

Today I pick the black lacquered Sheaffer Legacy Heritage, filled with Sheaffer Skrip Slovenia Blue ink.

I like its large girth so much!

[jasperbob]

Today I am using my Pelican 200 with Italic nib and PR Tanzinite.

Also my Sailor Mid-size with Fine nib and PR Plum--very cool.

[blitzenjaeger]

Today is a day for my Bulow x530 Mitternacht, fine nib, filled with Montblanc Burgundy,

and my Straffen Prachtvolle, medium nib, filled with Chesterfield Obsidian.

[Ghost Plane]

Purple Carene B nib with Waterman Blue. Working with my accountant, so it's time for the workhorse and a "business" shade of ink.

[reprieve]

Nakaya Ascending Dragon, flexible medium nib, Noodler's Walnut.

Chatterly Chatsworth Classic Green, IB nib, Herbin Lierre Sauvage.

[rfenter]

c1928 Waterman 55 in red ripple with flexible fine nib: Waterman Havana Brown

1938 Sheaffer OS Balance in marine green with flexible fine nib: J. Herbin Perle Noire

c1959 Sheaffer PFM V in green with EF nib: Montblanc British Racing Green

Edited February 10, 2010 by rfenter

[Pippin60]

Pilot 78G BB nib with Levenger Teal, and Lamy 2000 with PR Tanzanite

[Diego]

Today I have the Starwalker Black Mystery with blue-black MB cartridge, that is now empty, so I changed to an Inoxcrom 77 with Waterman Havana Brown.

I also have a Cross Townsend roller ready to go.

[avlisyar]

Today's stable:

Dani Hanryo with PR Ebony Blue

Visconti Van Gogh Midi with Visconti Green

[JMX]

Finally I'm able to really use that Pelikan M605 that I bought in early January. Yesterday, I got an F nib from Pelikan in exchange for the M nib it came with. Inked it up with my Racing Grün mix. Today I will have some time to test drive it. 

[StephY]

Finally, after two years of holding onto this pen, today I inked a Pilot Myu MR with Yama-guri.

[alkman]

Chatterley Imperial with Shin Ryoku and a Rotring Initial with Manjiro Nakahama sepia which finally has not clogged the feed on a pen