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Mardi13 Rare

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What I think is an early Sheaffer Lifetime Valiant, but it's a lever filler not a snorkel. Black and gold, filled with Diamine Red Dragon.

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WilsonCQB1911 Extremely Rare

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My new Lamy Vista with an extra-fine nib and the included blue ink cartridge. A remarkably smooth and well-writing pen. I'm happy with it so far.

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madden11 Mint

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TWSBI Diamond 580 with EF nib with Diamine Rustic Brown

Esterbrook J with 1551 nib with Diamine Oxblood

Jinhao 1200 Golden Dragon with Edelstein Amber

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lehrer07 Mint

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Lamy Studio with 14k [EF] and Noodler’s 54th Massachusetts

Pilot Kaküno with [F] and Lamy Blue

TWSBI Diamond 580 with [1.1mm] and Montblanc Mystery Black

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HalloweenHJB Antique

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Amberleadavis, after seeing my array of instruments, suggested that I share writing samples. I find myself doodling today with my late father's MB. I don't know if he'd approve of the choice of color for the ink (I think he only used black, and for garish moments of fancy, he might go to a festive blue-black ;) ) The quote is fun, and so is the pen.

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Amberleadavis, after seeing my array of instruments, suggested that I share writing samples. I find myself doodling today with my late father's MB. I don't know if he'd approve of the choice of color for the ink (I think he only used black, and for garish moments of fancy, he might go to a festive blue-black ;) ) The quote is fun, and so is the pen.

 

 

Happy to see you!

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AAAndrew Antique

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I broke out my modern Sheaffers today. My first fountain pen was an early-generation Targa in matte black with gold trim (for high school graduation in 1982). A very smooth medium nib, and it's still a very nice writer. As I'm getting better at cursive, I like it more and more. It's a bit too thick of a line for printing.

 

And my Sheaffer Legacy 1 (bought it in 1999 but with the square blind cap and choice of touchdown or cartridge in the same pen) in all black with gold trim, using the touchdown filler. A thinner medium nib, but also a very smooth writer.

 

Both are filled with my time-capsule bottle of Parker Penman Black. This seems to work the best with these wet-writing, medium-nibbed, Sheaffers.

 

“When the historians of education do equal and exact justice to all who have contributed toward educational progress, they will devote several pages to those revolutionists who invented steel pens and blackboards.” V.T. Thayer, 1928

Check out my Steel Pen Blog. 

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usk15 Collectors Item

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Online Vision Classic Cognac C/C with medium nib and Parker quink black ink

Senator Windsor piston filler with medium nib and a mix of Parker Quink and Diamine blue-black (65% + 35%)

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Today I've been using my Onoto 3000.

 

Tomorrow I'll be using the Onoto 3000 in the morning, then in the afternoon when I'm in the office I'll use my CS and my Lamy vista.

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Freddy Donor Pen

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Good nite....

 

Fred

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events, small

minds discuss people....E. Roosevelt

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prf5 Extremely Rare

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Today, I alternated between a Pelikan m400 extra fine with Pelikan 4001 black ink, and a Uni-Ball Jetstream fine retractable rollerball. The ink colors and lines of the pens are almost identical and both are lightweight. The Pelikan is better for extended writing and the Uni-Ball is better for jotting notes, but the similarity is surprising.

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HalloweenHJB Antique

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Today will be an italian day with an Omas milord and a Homo Sapiens. B)

PHOTOS, please! I haven't had good luck with Italian pens, but I'd like to see those two beauties!

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Pelikan Vera

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PHOTOS, please! I haven't had good luck with Italian pens, but I'd like to see those two beauties!

I wish I had the gift of posting photo's....I actually do not know how....so sad really.....

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amberleadavis Pen Dust

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I wish I had the gift of posting photo's....I actually do not know how....so sad really.....

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Maybe this will help.

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Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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F104 Rare

F104

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I grabbed a Safari, EF nib, and put down a few lines in Noodler's Apache Sunset earlier today. I hope to get down to serious pen time a bit later today.

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Mainecoon Rare

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MBWE Twain, m-nib, inked it with iroshizuku tsuki-yo.

Happy Writing!, Mainecoon

Dreams are presentiments of what you are able to accomplish (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

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