What Pens Are You Using Today?

[Lou Erickson]

I'll probably carry the "51" and the Lamy 2000 today; that's becoming a favorite pair.

 

I may use the Waterman Carene for some writing this evening. I want to learn how much it writes before it needs to be refilled.

[Stu L]

Humble Pilot 78g with Diamine Umber. A combination I enjoy very much.

[PAKMAN]

Kaweco AC Sport Carbon Fiber with Akkerman Shocking Blue!

[F104]

So far, my Platinum Carbon desk pen, extra fine, using...Platinum Carbon Black. And assorted ball-pointed-thingies that came quickly to hand in assorted circumstances.

[Napa Bob]

Today will be a Waterman Exception, F nib, Yama-Budo. Sometimes the square body feels odd, but it is a very smooth writer.

[lisadan]

Just my old Parker 25

[Freddy]

Chicago usin' Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue Ink.

 

Fred

To paraphrase Shakespeare..All of Brooklyn's a stage.

Eric Adams..Brooklyn Borough President.............

[lehrer07]

Pelikan M205 [M] with Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo

Lamy Dialog 3 [M] with Lamy Black

Pilot Custom Heritage 91 [bB] with Noodler’s Golden Brown

[Beechwood]

Airmail 69L with a Burnham nib and section

[Garrowp]

a Platinum Preppy 03 with everyones favourite ink... Baystate Blue! and a Jinhao 159 with Diamine President Blue ink - DPB is a lovely ink that shades well with a flex nib.

[Napa Bob]

Pilot Custom 823, F nib, Yama-Budo ink

I was sorry to read about another member's terrible experiences with this pen. Mine has been wonderful from day 1, smooth as can be. Every now and then it shows signs of going dry, but re-inking it fixes that immediately. Because of its cool vacuum filling system, you have to remember to unscrew the filler cap, otherwise the ink does not flow smoothly. I've been guilty of that on occasion. Hopefully they will fix that in the next rev.

[jslallar]

just flushed and cleamed my 4 x Parker 21s (Flighter B, Blacks B and F, and Navy M)

and

inked Lamy Safari B, and 3 x Scneider Bases all B

 

(PS: I like to use pens with simillar weight and balance at a time)

[FloatingFountain]

Normally I have three pens with me at all times, and I just use the one I feel like when I need to write something. If one of the pens runs out, it gets cleaned out, put into the pen case, and a different one will take its place.

 

The current inked pens are:

 

Parker Sonnet Red Gold Fine, Waterman Intense Black

Sailor Sapporo Black GT Medium, Waterman Intense Black

Waterman Hemisphere White CT Fine, Waterman South Sea Blue

 

I'm thinking of changing the Sapporo over to Diamine Asa Blue.

 

I only write with Western Fine or Japanese Medium nibs or smaller. A Sailor Medium (0.5mm according to nibs.com) is the biggest I'll use, or it gets too broad for me. I have several Chinese pens in the mail, all M, and if they're wider than the Sailor, the nibs will be replaced with either F or XF nibs, assuming I like the pens.

Edited April 16, 2014 by FloatingFountain

[Garrowp]

Today I am using my new paidi century 6... So cool.

Edited April 16, 2014 by Garrowp

[FloatingFountain]

That's a really cool design. I'd get that one in a heartbeat, but the only one on eBay right now is light blue. I'd like a grey/chrome one better

[h.farmawi]

a Sheaffer 300 and a Parker 45 GT

[Pen Nut]

Montblanc 146 pinstripe vermeil with J Herbin black ink.

[Gary E]

I'm a CPA. April 16th and I can't think. Stuck a P51 in my T-shirt pocket, 'cause it'll work.

[Gary E]

I'm a CPA. April 16th and I can't think. Stuck a P51 in my T-shirt pocket, 'cause it'll work.

[LWJ2]

Pilot 78G, broad nib, Diamine Denim

Reform 1745, med-fine nib, Noodler Liberty's Elysium

Bobino black piston filler, medium nib, Private Reserve Tanzanite

And the faithful Pelikan D200 mechanical pencil, 0.5mm HB lead