What Pens Are You Using Today?

[Morse]

1. Parker 45 M nib - 1960's US production, inked with Waterman's black

2. Sailor Sapporo F nib, inked with Noodler's black "eel" ink

3. Sailor 1911 EF nib, inked with Noodler's black "eel" ink

4. Conway Stewart 479 broad italic nib, inked with Waterman's Havana Brown

[jd50ae]

Good morning Taki and Pep and Kcat.

73F, AC never stopped running during the night and it is going into the 90s with no rain.

Today is formal and important writing day and my VP has the best nib for that. Pilot black ink is called for.

 

[Sakura]

Today was a busy writing day, so I used my 1945 Parker "51" in sterling silver and Cedar Blue with Noodler's Red for numbers, my Bexley Poseidon in tortoise with Waterman Havana Brown for notes, and my Waterman Edson Diamond Black with Waterman South Sea Blue for signatures.

 

I'm also using my Pelikan 1000 Souveraen with Noodler's Purple for writing in my journal tonight...

How is the South Sea Blue? I have some cartridges of it waiting in the wings, but I was thinking it would be too light or bright to be comfortably legible. My daughter currently has pink in her fountain pen and it makes me cross-eyed

 

As if I haven't trumpeted it in twelve other threads (ignore this if you've seen me trumpeting)...using new Waterman Carène in royal purple, with the standard blue cartridge that came in the box. The blue is boring, so I need to write lots of things to use it up. Oh darn it, I've got a second one in there too.

Edited July 27, 2007 by Sakura

[Taki]

Good morning, JD, Pep, KCat :meow: We had thunderstorms go through during the night :clap1: It's 70F and high will be 86F, probably humid.

 

Well my mom-in-law is here and I probably won't be using pens much. If I did, my Sailor with PR Tropical Blue again.

[coco]

Morning, everyone! Today I'm using the Visconti Van Gogh midi (musk) filled with Noodler's Cayenne (this combination has made it my use-everyday pen this past week). Backup: M400 Tortoise filled with Diamine Orange.

[Pengrump]

A mugy day in Beantown. It's 80 degrees Fahrenheit right now, going up and up. If we hit 90, it's an official heatwave, i.e., three days in a row, but it doesn't seem like that's going to happen.*

 

Today I'm off to hear a reading by Jasper Fforde. I have my gray Parker 51 Demi filled with Aurora Black in my bag, along with Platinum Stainless Armor with a generic international cartridge in it since I wanted to try out the adapter that came with it. When I return home, I'll write a bit with my Ban-ei, now loaded with Diamine Prussian Blue, and my Pilot Bamboo with MB Racing Green.

 

*It happened. It's 90 degrees out, and we have a genuine Boston heatwave. I'm considering a new pen to celebrate, if "celebrate" is the right word. What do you think?

 

(Edited to add correction of inaccurate assumption.)

Edited July 27, 2007 by Pengrump

[French]

In central Connecticut we're sharing the same weather as Beantown, muggy and hot. Tonight's karate class should be 'fun'...our Shihan doesn't believe in air conditioning.

 

pens I'm using:

on the desk = Platinum Belage in red, 14k fine nib, filled with Waterman's South Seas Blue

in the piquadro= Hero 100 flighter, 14K XF nib, filled with Noodler's Lexington Grey

Bexley FPN LE, steel F nib, filled wiht Noodler's Gulfstream Blue

in the planner = WingSung 237, brown celluolid, steel XF nib, Noodler's FPN LE Galileo Brown

 

[jonro]

Good morning, everyone. I'm at a client's office in Manhattan, so I'm using the "business set":

Black Pelikan m800 (gold trim)

Black Visconti Wall Street

Black carbonesque Namiki VP (backup pen)

In case I need an MP, I have a Parker Ellipse, circa 1988, black with gold trim

[artaddict]

Hello Taki, JD, and everyone!

 

Goin' on a road trip today to see Tim's folks in Ohio.

 

Thinking about which pen to bring...probably the Sheaffer Feathertouch with Luxury Blue - an all around pen.

 

Pep

[dwmatteson]

Good afternoon, all. It's raining here in Buffalo, but it's a comfortable 70 degrees.

 

I spent the morning putting my newly-acquired tortoise Danitrio Cum Laude through its paces with a converter full of PR Black Magic Blues. I'll be working through the afternoon and into the evening with a green Esterbrook J filled with Diamine Prussian Blue.

 

Don

[dbaken]

Today I am trying out a Sensa. I wanted to get the feel. The writing wasn't as smooth as I would have liked.

[artaddict]

Well, we are now in Bowling Green, Ohio, visiting Tim's parents.

 

I brought with me a Sheaffer Calligraphy pen with Fine nib, and a Waterman Ideal #3 with a flexy nib

[fitzharry]

Today was a busy writing day, so I used my 1945 Parker "51" in sterling silver and Cedar Blue with Noodler's Red for numbers, my Bexley Poseidon in tortoise with Waterman Havana Brown for notes, and my Waterman Edson Diamond Black with Waterman South Sea Blue for signatures.

 

I'm also using my Pelikan 1000 Souveraen with Noodler's Purple for writing in my journal tonight...

How is the South Sea Blue? I have some cartridges of it waiting in the wings, but I was thinking it would be too light or bright to be comfortably legible. My daughter currently has pink in her fountain pen and it makes me cross-eyed

 

As if I haven't trumpeted it in twelve other threads (ignore this if you've seen me trumpeting)...using new Waterman Carène in royal purple, with the standard blue cartridge that came in the box. The blue is boring, so I need to write lots of things to use it up. Oh darn it, I've got a second one in there too.

 

South Sea Blue is a very bright blue-not as dark as Noodler's Navajo Turquoise-but it is very legible and I think easy on the eyes. I've missed Sheaffer's Peacock Blue since they stopped producing it, since I used it in high school and college, and I think this is a slight match for it, but lighter.

[jd50ae]

Morning Taki and Pep and who ever else is awake.

Puppy alarm clock.

In the upper 70s and goin for the 90s. No rain.

All metal XEZO Airman today. Figure it is a good one for writing nasty grams to the local government.

[dwmatteson]

Good morning JD, Taki, Pep, et al.! It's 71 in Buffalo with a projected high in the low 80s. It's threatening to rain, but so far nothing.

 

So far I've just done some journaling with my medium nib green-stripe Pelikan M600 with PR Black Magic Blues. No telling what pens I'll be using later today, though!

 

Don

[artaddict]

Good morning Taki, JD, Don, and everyone!

 

JD, of course you can call me Pep!

 

Don, I thought of you as we drove past Buffalo yesterday. I got my MA from SUNY Buffalo...

 

Taki, you're in Iowa right? We lived in Iowa City for 4 years. Tim got his PhD from there.

 

Anyway, here I am in Ohio. I've only got the two pens with me - Sheaffer Calligraphy Classis & Waterman Ideal #3, both with black ink.

[Taki]

Good morning, JD, Pep, Don, KCat and every one! It's 71F and the high will be 87 today.

 

Pep, yes I live in Iowa. My husband and I met in U of I in 1990 and though I did not live in Iowa City but I spent a lot of time there. You would be surprised how it's growing!!

 

Need to catch up my journal today with the Sailor!

[artaddict]

Good morning, JD, Pep, Don, KCat and every one! It's 71F and the high will be 87 today.

 

Pep, yes I live in Iowa. My husband and I met in U of I in 1990 and though I did not live in Iowa City but I spent a lot of time there. You would be surprised how it's growing!!

 

Hi, Taki! We visited Iowa City last November - that's when Tim defended his dissertation. I still miss it.

[Taki]

Hi, Taki! We visited Iowa City last November - that's when Tim defended his dissertation. I still miss it.

Oh, OK, so you lived there fairly recently! When I was there Coral Ridge Mall was a corn field We would have liked living there, but because of our work we have to ge in central IA. So we compromised and live in Ames, where Iowa State University is. We looked into living in Grinell (another college town) but we could not afford a decent house there at that time.

[artaddict]

Oh, OK, so you lived there fairly recently! When I was there Coral Ridge Mall was a corn field We would have liked living there, but because of our work we have to ge in central IA. So we compromised and live in Ames, where Iowa State University is. We looked into living in Grinell (another college town) but we could not afford a decent house there at that time.

 

Yup, we were there 2001-2005. I often went to Coral Ridge mall.

But but isn't ISU the rival of UI? Go Hawkeyes! :roflmho: