What Pens Are You Using Today?

[Bill Smith]

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Just back from Rick Krantz's Spa-51 with a cap refinish and clip swap, nib swap and tweak and overall rehab.

 

It's loaded with DCSSB and the 8 Wetness M nib skates on greased glass.

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

 

Nice!!!

[jniforat]

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Doug

 

 

that's a gorgeous ink. is that the FPN exclusive? if so, i need to order it asap.

[HDoug]

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Doug

 

 

that's a gorgeous ink. is that the FPN exclusive? if so, i need to order it asap.

 

Yes, the reddish brown Galileo Manuscrpt Brown is an FPN exclusive waterproof ink made by Noodler's.

 

Doug

[Roberto_Notecardo]

- Waterman Phileas w/medium CI - Waterman Havana (my current favorite ink)

 

- Pilot 78G broad/stub - Private Reserve Copper Burst (trying out a sample)

 

- Esterbrook J - Ink cocktail I made myself: Private Reserve Tropical Blue + American Blue + Diamine Aqua Blue. Very pretty, but don't ask me how much of each.

 

- Waterman Hemisphere (f) - Private Reserve Velvet Black (trying out a sample)

[CountryDoc]

Reform 1745 loaded with Noodler's American Eel Blue

[pelicanachic]

parker vacumatic inked up with nodler navy

 

sheaffer PFM I inked up with Noodler Ottoman azure

 

Eversharp Skyline inked up with Noodler Midnight blue

[Bill Smith]

Today's pen is a mid 1940's Cedar Blue Parker 51 Vac with a rolled gold cap and inked up with Noodlers Vmail Midway Blue.

[bigstick]

It has been the Parker Duofold Jr of 1933, inked with MB Racing Green. Lovely.

[HDoug]

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Doug

[Freddy]

English Parker 61 {early '60s} Black Rolled Gold Cap with Box Pattern Aerometric Fill . . .

Fine Nib. Filled with Skrip 1950s Blue Black.

[toomanypelikans]

At work

 

Waterman Hemisphere Broad loaded with Waterman Blue-Black

Stipula Vedo 1.1mm italic loaded with Stipula Blue (which is really mid-grey)

 

New pens arrived today via Fedex

 

Lamy 2000 Double Broad loaded it with Pilot Iroshizuku fuku-syogun (Winter Grey)

Sailor Sapporo Music nib loaded with Private Reserve DC Supershow Blue

[Ghost Plane]

Spirit of Life IB with Herbin Bleu Nuit. MB 146 OBB with PR Blue Suede. Waiting on some new inks incoming

[bookgirl]

Lamy Studio Palladium inked with Herbin Diabolo Menthe.

[HBlaine]

Today's pens are all new arrivals:

 

Mont Blanc 742, M Nib, with Diamine Steel Blue

 

Visconti Opera Black Guiloche, M Nib, Noodler's Djinn of the Eternal Flames

 

Parker 180 gold Grain d'Orge XF/M nib, Parker Quink Black

 

About as eclectic a mix as you can get. However, as it's a holiday, I really haven't done much in the way of writing with any of them. Guess I'll wait till getting back in the grind next week to put them through their paces.

[willhopkins]

I just inked up my new Noodler's nib creaper fountain pen with Noodler's Ottoman Azure, and it's working beautifully. I'm also using my Lamy Safari with Noodler's Black as I work on researching and drafting my thesis.

[Bill Smith]

Today's pen is a vintage 1950s black Pelikan 400 with a firm fine nib inked up with Pelikan Blue Black.

[HDoug]

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Doug

[dun]

I use Parker 45, Medium nib with Cross black ink very well

[pelicanachic]

I inked my sonnet with noodler midnight blue

 

one of my favorite colors~

[HDoug]

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Doug

Edited November 27, 2010 by HDoug