What Pens Are You Using Today?

[Dan Solomon]

Pelikan M200 filled with Aurora Blue

[pavoni]

Bright red Platinum President, medium nib, carrying Herbin Bleu Myosotis ink, partnered with my MB 145 Chopin, medium nib, carrying 2 x MB Black cartridges. Both performed excellently.

[HDoug]

When I put the new Binder nib in the old M605 I noticed it wasn't a "cursive" italic at all, but a rather sharp one. Instead of returning it, I'm trying to learn how to handle the thing. It's really difficult because relative to a blunter cursive italic, it "skates" all over the place and that tendency reduces the consistency of letter size and shapes. Still, I'm thinking practice is the key and I persist...

 

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Here shown using Sailor Kiwa Guro black ink on Kunst & Papier "sketchbook." The nib bites this paper because it's not smooth but it's do-able with practice, I think...

 

Doug

[Claver]

My first 149 arrived in the mail, and I've spent all day using. Best impulse purchase, ever.

[gadgetjunky]

Today my trusty blue Parker "51" Special (with medium nib and Noodler's Navy) and a recently reserected gray Esterbrook LJ (with 9968 tip and PR Midnight blues) in my pocket and for writing at my desk a medium blue Sheaffer No Nonsense (with medium tipped nib and Noodler's Bay State Blue).

[Freddy]

Bexley Promethus Brown Gold Plate Trim Piston Filler Fine Nib. Filled with Omas Sepia Ink.

 

Sheaffer Senior Lifetime GfTrim Gold/Black Stripes Lever Filler Medium Nib. *

 

Wahl-Eversharp Senior Doric Line Green GfTrim Lever Filler Medium Nib. *

 

Parker "51" Black Gold Filled Cap Aerometric Filler Fine Nib. *

 

Waterman 52 NpTrim BCHR {more green and brown} Lever Filler Fine Flex {like a noodle} Nib.*

* All filled with Skrip # 24 Blue Black Ink.

[y2bd]

When I put the new Binder nib in the old M605 I noticed it wasn't a "cursive" italic at all, but a rather sharp one. Instead of returning it, I'm trying to learn how to handle the thing. It's really difficult because relative to a blunter cursive italic, it "skates" all over the place and that tendency reduces the consistency of letter size and shapes. Still, I'm thinking practice is the key and I persist...

 

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5172/5437324264_3e5a10ebbe_z.jpg

 

Here shown using Sailor Kiwa Guro black ink on Kunst & Papier "sketchbook." The nib bites this paper because it's not smooth but it's do-able with practice, I think...

 

Doug

 

You have really cool handwriting.

 

And by the way, using my Pilot Petit today.

[Spector]

My new and updated FP Family with my new TWSBI adoption

 

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[lady_findel]

Waterman Phileas with J. Herbin's Poussière de Lune.

[Lyutsin21]

I use a Lamy all-Star alluminum fountain pen, fine nib, with a converter and Lamy black ink for most writing: taking notes in my graduate school classes, notes to myself, and whatever notes I sometimes take while studying. I bought the pen at a store at a mall in april 2010, as a replacement for my previous pen, a Lamy Vista fountain pen, fine point. I had been sometimes carrying the vista in my pocket and it developed a crack going a little more than halfway around the base of appendage of the frontpiece that the converter snaps into.

 

I discovered fountain pens because I became aware I was using too much pressure when writing, and I wanted something that would require as little pressure as possible. My initial impression of the Lamy vista was, it was too lightweight, the grip section was too wide, and with a fine nib was a little too bold. My initial impression of the Lamy All Star was that it had the same 3 problems, but I'm now used to the charastericic grip section with the flat indentations for the thumb and index finger enough that I'm not too bothered by it, and the line width varies slightly depending on the paper. I still think it is too lightweight, but for all I know my hand would get tired in class writing with a heavier pen. This pen is only 3/4 of an ounce.

 

For 4-part forms and duplicate checks, I use a pilot G2 gel pen, and for greeting cards, unlike a typical person who buys a card that comes with a silly-cutsy message written by someone at Hallmark or American Greetings, I write my own note or short letter on a blank greeting card, the kind that comes in a box of 12 - 20, with the most non-feminine design or picture I can find, with a sheaffer caligraphy fountain pen(s) that came in a set of 3 in a tin and cost $35 USD + tax in 2008.

Edited February 13, 2011 by Lyutsin21

[jotterius]

I will use today my parker jotter filled with edelstein onyx and my charleston filled with j.herbin eclat de saphir

[hicksdm]

My Waterman filled with Noodler's Henry Hudson Blue.

[fasfcastro]

Pelikan level 5 M - royal blue

[reprieve]

Oldwin in blue & gray marbled celluloid, Iroshizuku Fuyu-syogun.

Nakaya Piccolo Ishime Kanshitsu, BB cursive italic nib (Mottishaw), Sailor Oku-yama.

Pilot Custom 823, 0.7mm cursive italic nib (Binder), Iroshizuku Ajisai.

[thkroes]

Just recently restored at The Penshop in Nymegen (Netherlands) and filled up a Sr Lapis Duofold Lucky Curve. Its fun to write with the Sr, Jr and Lady models all from the end of the 1920s.

[pavoni]

Today being Sunday, I have the wonderful opportunity to use my 'house pen', a super Nakaya portable writer, kuro tamenuri, with a medium soft nib, carrying Waterman blue-black ink. Writing to my mother on Three Candlesticks textured A5 white paper. Not my favourite paper but writing with my Nakaya makes for an enjoyable experience nonetheless. Can't wait until next weekend to use it again.

 

Pavoni.

[impossiblebird]

I bought myself a Waterman Exception Night & Day for my birthday, and I've inked it up (a few days early, because you never know... ) with Noodler's black. Also packin' a Parker 45 (because a change is as good as a rest), loaded with a mongrel colour, Black Tsvetaeva.

 

Ironically, now I'm getting a wee bit long-sighted (it was high time, it has to be said), my handwriting's getting smaller. It's not just my eyes, it really is getting smaller.......

[avlisyar]

Bexley Imperial International ( purchased from Dennis Bowden who is dearly missed )

Pilot 3776 ( also purchased from Dennis Bowden )

[Scylla]

At work this morning I'm using a Waterman 12 with PR Black Cherry, Namiki Falcon SF with Noodler's HoD, and 2 VP's loaded with Noodler's Fox and Red-Black.

[KrazyIvan]

Working with the Parker 21 and Noodler's Blue.

 

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Parker 21 by IvanRomero, on Flickr