What Pens Are You Using Today?

[rroossinck]

My Vanishing Point today, with Skrip black.

[southpaw]

Today it's been:

Cedar Blue Parker "51" vac fil with Penman Sapphire

Burgundy Sheaffer Imperial II Touchdown with Noodlers Ottoman Rose

1950s Tortoise Pelikan 400 with Visconti Brown

1950s Green Pelikan 40NN with R&K Verdura

Burgundy Sheaffer Imperial IV Touchdown with FPN Galileo Manuscript ink

Brown striated Sheaffer Vac Fil, Triumph Nib, with Noodlers Kiowa Pecan

Sailor Professional Gear with R&K Solferino

[dwmatteson]

It's been a Dani-day today:

 

Danitrio Tosca with Noodler's Legal Lapis and

Danitrio Tac Carry II with Waterman Blue-Black

 

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(click for a larger image; sorry for the fingerprints on the Tac Carry II )

[jd50ae]

M800 and Stypen

[rroossinck]

Again, the VP...freshly filled with PR Burgundy Mist.

[alvynmcq]

Blue Lamy Safari with blue lamy ink.

[helius]

Very Japanese day today:

-DaniTrio Densho Raw Ebonite, which somehow "jumped the queue" and came up before it should have in my rotation.

-Sailot 1911M

[stephen82]

Pelikan M15 (F) Blue/Black with Waterman Florida Blue.

[rroossinck]

Again, with (what's becoming) the trusty workhorse...the black VP w/rhodium trim.

[jd50ae]

M800 and Platinum

[alvynmcq]

MB 146 rollerball.

Cross ATX with black cross ink.

[helius]

Sailor 1911M with Parker Quink Washable Blue

Visconti Wall Street with Noodler's Black

 

Boring inks, but very pretty pens. :)9 :)9 :)9

[Mac in Alberta]

Pelikan M200 that my wife gave me for Christmas, with a mix of Pelikan royal blue, Waterman Florida blue and Parker Quink washable blue, at about 2:2:1.

Sheaffer Prelude with a dark red made of Noodler's Tiananmen, Noodler's summer tanager orange and Waterman's Havana brown, at about 2:1:1.

[jpolaski]

Lamy Al-Star with PR Avacado

Midnight Blue Parker "51" aero with Watermans Blue Black

Parker Vacumatic Major with PR Avacado

 

IT's a good day

[Taki]

Pilot Legance with Waterman Florida Blue...I've said bad things about this color, but it does behave really well in any pen I have.

 

And P51 Cocoa with Noodler's Blue.

Edited January 11, 2007 by Taki

[ojars]

MontBlanc Ramses

Grayson Tighe Twist Damascus #5

Edited January 11, 2007 by ojars

[Easyrider22]

Waterman 7 Red Band

Parker 75 Vermeil Cisele w/#75 nib

 

Mike

[jd50ae]

Wality and M800 and Duke Shark

[rroossinck]

I do believe today is the day of the VP (surprise surprise) and the Pelikan M200 Blue Demonstrator with the cursive italic Dillon Ang nib.

 

Dillon, if/when you read this...thanks for looking at it again. It "looks great on paper"...so much so that I'm having to fight my wife for it. She wants to take the nib and swap it into the M215 she's using these days.

 

No no...bad Kara. Put the M200 down. :blink:

[ViolinWriter]

I hope I am posting this in the right (write?) spot.

 

I went back to the "mother load" box where I found about a dozen FPs. Right there, in front of my face, larger than life itself was a Parker 51. Now, I know nothing about this pen, except to say it is probably over 15 years of age. It was owned by the father of a friend of mine, who used to collect pens (fountain, ballpoint and rollerball) by the fistfull.

 

The pen appears to be in perfect condition. It was obviously dried out, with a fair bit of ink having been left in the reservoir before it was put in the box I received from my friend right before I moved. That was three moves ago.

 

Now what do I do? How should I clean it? I did use it to put a bit of distilled water in the pen just to see if it leaked. The result was a truly inky discharge but no leaking. It has a smooth writing action with water in it.

 

But first I need to get the pen cleaned out and back to its former glory. Or at least a shadow of its former glory.

 

What ink will be best for this pen that has been doing the Sleeping Beauty routine for the past decade, plus? Obviously if I get it going, this will be the pen I'll be using today. Or tomorrow.

 

In the interim, I'll be using my Elysee with Noodler's blue "something". (Clearly not at the true afficionado level here. Yet.) The bottle is at my Mum's right now. It was the whole Christmas thing, with pen, inks and a bit of trying out of various pens that were unearthed in a small box under the eaves in the attic here.

 

Or, I might be using a Stypen of unknown history. That was a pen that I found on the subway in Chicago. It's a little beaten up in the outside appearances area, but a lovely writing instrument.

 

Thanks for the help. I've checked a bit on the Parker forum, but haven't found anyone with a 51 that's been idle for such a long time. Any hints? (I am a newbie.)

 

Elizabeth