What Pens Are You Using Today?

[maria322]

I've got 3 Parker Vectors, loaded with either PR's Ebony Purple or Velvet Black inks and a red Waterman Phileas with Ebony Purple in it.

[HDoug]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5221459857_3ee4981a14_z.jpg

 

again.

 

Doug

[orange lamy]

Today I rock the 52 xf-bb superflex with montblanc Irish green.

 

For note taking !

[ajcoleman]

Two in my pocket today -- Sheaffer Imperial 330 medium with a black Sheaffer Skrip cartridge and my black Truewriter, fine nib, with Noodler's Blue.

[brumxi]

I wouldn't even attempt to write a review as I know next to nothing about fountain pens, whilst looking to buy a new pen I saw the video of this fountain pen on the Parker site and fell in love with the look of the pen.

 

The pen seems a nice weight and writes very nicely, the look of the pen is even better in real life. I decided to get the ball pen at the same time as I think this will suit me better at work, the new QuinkFlow ball pen refill is very nice and glides when writing unlike a normal ballpoint pen.

 

I am sure that someone with this pen will give it a full write up soon.

 

There is not much to writing a review (if even I can do it ...).

 

Take some more pictures and read this post and let your pen or fingers flow the review section

[jniforat]

<a href=" title="#FountainPen #DailyArsenal Same Fermo, different pic... by hdoug50, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5221459857_3ee4981a14_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="#FountainPen #DailyArsenal Same Fermo, different pic..." /></a>

 

again.

 

Doug

 

what color ink is that?

[Bill Smith]

 

Inked with Noodlers Blue Black.

 

Using the same pen today as yesterday.

[mickydeenyc]

Lately I've been carrying a new black Fermo with Noodler's Old Manhattan

(see HDoug's wonderful photo earlier in this thread)

... and a new Visconti Rembrandt Eco Roller in Blue, filled with Ellis Island ink (Noodler's made for FPH).

 

I'm hungry for a new pen, and pretty much whittled it down to the Visconti Homo Sapien or the Delta Dolcevita Oro. I see lots of folks touting PENTIME, but I live in Manhattan, so FPH is a 15 minute subway ride.

HELP!!

Personal opinions or suggestions are welcomed! (I'm fairly certain I want a Bold nib -- I like BIG, wet writing "on glass.")

[brumxi]

I am using a Sailor Professional Gear Black and Gold with an M-nib (that writes more like a European fine).

 

The pen definitely has some springiness to it (although it is called a "Hard-Medium" nib).

 

This is without a doubt the best writer in my collection: super smooth (with Aurora Blue), some springiness and lovely feedback.

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[HDoug]

what color ink is that?

 

That would be Noodler's Gulf Stream Blue, a Swisher Pens Waterproof ink. I bought this bottle in May of 2007, and I don't know if the current formula is the same.

 

Doug

[mongrelnomad]

Montblanc 82, broad 18c nib... filled with MB Midnight Blue (such an earnest pen seems to require a serious ink)....

 

[RockFL]

Monteverde Artista medium point with Parker Penman Ebony. This pen is a perfect match for the highly-saturated, lubricated Penman ink. I've also grown fond of the sound the nib gives on most every paper......it's been called 'singing' in one of the FPN reviews. I don't know that I would go quite that far with it, but it's one of those things that once you hear it you can't 'un-hear' it. It's a pleasant little hum. For a demonstrator I picked up at a discount store it's been a nice daily writer.

[blewis001]

Pelikan M150 medium nib, Diamante Teal ink. At first I thought it was feeding a little dry, but now I realise that the feed simply wasn't ready yet (I forgot to prime it, whoops.) I love this pen, but it's making me desire something larger (much ... much larger.) I have small hands, and this pen looks tiny in them. An M1000 would feel good.

[koreanknight]

Lamy 2000 XF with Noodlers' bulletproof black. The J. Herbin Cafe des Iles I was using was wayyyy too wet on this nib, even with the XF size. I need to get my hands on some Legal Lapis. droool.

[revdrjaydwright]

Lamy Safari Al-Star Blue, Fine nib, with Noodler's bulletproof black and Waterman Hemisphere Mars Black with the beautiful Waterman Florida Blue cartridge.

[Bill Smith]

Today's pen is a ten year old red Aurora Optima with a 14k medium nib inked up with Noodlers Blue Black.

[pelman]

A Yellow Lamy Safari with a 1.1 mm Italic nib. Gives the handwriting a real flair. No more boring nibs for me.

[HDoug]

Purple black Lamy AL-Star, and Pelikan Grand Place.

 

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5126/5230268740_0eb3829f8a_z.jpg

 

Doug

[Ghost Plane]

Spirit of Life, MB Poe, MB Mann. Spirit has the IB nib, the other 2 are factory standard B nibs.

[fitzharry]

It's a Montblanc Edgar Allan Poe for me, too, along with my just-back-from-the-factory Stipula Etruria with the smoothest writing medium nib I've ever used.