What Pens Are You Using Today?

[Baric]

Yard-O-Led Viceroy Grand Victorian with a Fine nib, filled with Iroshizuku Take-sumi...

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[SujiCorp12345]

Oooh this was one of my setup candidates - could you please take a picture?

Sure. Here you go:

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[Mishka5050]

@Sujicorp12345

 

Ohhhh...that is just perfect! I adore turquoise inks. Thanks for taking that pic

[Mags]

A Lamy Safari, Namiki Falcon, and a Pelikan M800. M, SB, and M nibs respectively. About 15 other pens are inked also so its pen cleaning day today also.

[lehrer07]

Sailor 1911 Realo B with Montblanc Mystery Black

Platinum #3776 No. 1 Black Pen Mottishaw CI with Rohrer & Klingner Salix

TWSBI 580 RB with Diamine Graphite

Pilot Kaküno F with Noodler’s Nikita

Edited August 22, 2014 by lehrer07

[EFP]

No Nonsense, M nib, with Iroshizuku Syo-ro

 

Pilot 78G, BB nib, with J. Herbin Rouge Caroubier

[EFP]

Just tried out the Noodler's "preppy" with X-Feather -- from Goulet -- for the first time. **waiting to see how long it takes to dry before adding watercolor**

[Raymond3]

http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u452/Raymond338/IMG_1134_zpse38703ca.jpgTThe lineup is the same as most days for the past dozen years: Cross Townsend Rollerball, Townsend M nib, Townsend F nib and Cross Signature XF nib. I hate to waste ink, so seven or eight new bottles are just bidding their time so that I am able to use up very old Cross cartridges (in the Signature above, great combo) and old Mont Blank classic blue from one of the classic old 52 ml bottles that just never seems to run out.

 

Lots of other far more expensive pens just sitting in the drawer, or safe. (Like the one attached, which will be sold when I can get around to it.) These Cross pens just write well, and are solid feeling. They are large enough for my large hands without being too oversized to write with for a long session.

 

Not only that, they all got their annual cleaning today! I really like being able to completely take apart the pen and give it a good cleaning.

Edited August 22, 2014 by Raymond3

[trdsf]

Gray Wearever Pioneer cartridge from the last lot of pens, and the blue Sheaffer Triumph, now sporting a lovely adapter. The Wearever is doing an excellent job so far of dispelling the label of 'cheap' hung on that brand name--it has a good weight in the hand, looks smart, and is giving me no issues with flow despite what I've heard about the acrylic feeds.

[inkstainedruth]

Pelikan 400 (Noodler's Walnut) and Noodler's Flex Piston Creaper (Akkerman #19) to do my morning journal -- had to grab a second pen when the 400 ran out of ink about a quarter of the way down the final page.

Sheaffer Snorkel Statesman (Waterman Mysterious Blue), Noodler's ebonite Konrad (Noodler's 54th MA), Parker 51 Demi -- my Plum baby (Noodler's Purple Heart) and Parker 61 (unknown blue-black ink) for general note taking and memos; also signed a credit card receipt with the 51, since Purple Heart is such a great color).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[abstract49]

Ancora Perla M with Diamine Ancient Copper, last

Aurora Afrika M, same ink, not a good combination; flushed and cleaned, left to dry, before the above

Visconti van Gogh M, Noodler's Gruene Cactus (new body traded for original with cracked cap, same nib, section, converter), before that

Sailor 1911 Realo M, PR Cosmic Cobalt, before that

Work, earlier in the day, with Lamy Safari M, Diamine Graphite.

 

Das ist alles.

[biancitwo]

1950s Pelikan 400, green striated, with fine 14k nib, with Noodlers Liberty Elysium (tuned by Pendleton Brown);

1950's Pelikan 140, green striated, with medium 14k nib, Iroshizuku Asa Gao;

Sailor 1911 medium, black, with Pendleton Brown reworked 14k music nib, with Iroshizuku Asa Gao;

Sailor 1911 large,black, with 21k Rhodium plated nib italicized by Pendleton Brown, Iroshizuku Asa Gao;

1950's Pelikan 400, tortoise, with Richard Binder steel, .09 crisp italic, right oblique nib, Iroshizuku Asa Gao;

1950s Pelikan Ibis, black, with 14k medium oblique nib, with Iroshizuku Asa Gao (tuned by Pendleton Brown).

 

They each write beautifully.

[perth]

Using a Waterman CF to pen my ramblings.

[mallymal1]

Lots and lots of pens....

[peterg]

WH Smith's syringe pen that turned up today. Probably manufactured by Conway Stewart in the early to mid 1920's.

A little boiling water to the cork (an old motorcycling trick to seal petrol tap corks) and silicon grease and it is taking up ink and writing!

 

Other pens inked are:

1940's black celluloid Strand pen manufactured by Langs which gives a wet line

1940's black celluloid Parker Victory Mk1

1955 or 65 burgendy Parker Victory Mk IV

1930's Mercedes black celluloid piston pen. I don't generally buy German pens but was smitten by the snake clip. Again some boiling water on the cork and it sealed again.

1940's red/ black marble Summit S100 Cadet which appears to be an S125 with chrome fittings.

1938 - 40 red marble Parker Televisor Junior. Rather small for my hands.

1940's dark brown Unique

1940's black celluloid Conway Stewart 475 and finally

1950's black celluloid Selsdon pen. Large at 140 mm with a Parkeresque clip and a wide gold ring on the cap. Unless the pen glides across the paper with a feather light touch it produces blobs.

Edited August 23, 2014 by peterg

[mallymal1]

WH Smith's syringe pen that turned up today. Probably manufactured by Conway Stewart in the early to mid 1920's.

A little boiling water to the cork (an old motorcycling trick to seal petrol tap corks) and silicon grease and it is taking up ink and writing!

 

Other pens inked are:

1940's black celluloid Strand pen manufactured by Langs which gives a wet line

1940's black celluloid Parker Victory Mk1

1955 or 65 burgendy Parker Victory Mk IV

1930's Mercedes black celluloid piston pen. I don't generally buy German pens but was smitten by the snake clip. Again some boiling water on the cork and it sealed again.

1940's red/ black marble Summit S100 Cadet which appears to be an S125 with chrome fittings.

1938 - 40 red marble Parker Televisor Junior. Rather small for my hands.

1940's dark brown Unique

1940's black celluloid Conway Stewart 475 and finally

1950's black celluloid Selsdon pen. Large at 140 mm with a Parkeresque clip and a wide gold ring on the cap. Unless the glides across the paper with a feather light touch it produces blobs.

 

That's a lovely selection of pens.

[peterg]

Thanks, I wish I could find a way to stop buying them!

[PAKMAN]

Visconti Opera Crystal with Diamine Mediterranean Blue

Pelikan M800 Tortoise with Diamine Chocolate Brown

Lamy Safari with Lamy Blue Cartridge

[79spitfire]

Not using one yet, but I plan on turning one on the lathe, my first kit fountain pen. Soon I'll be making kitless pens, I just had this one I had purchased a while back and wanted to use...

[mallymal1]

Thanks, I wish I could find a way to stop buying them!