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While i was cleaning my daily users I was wondering what the communities "school pens" are. I bring a Pilot Metropolitan, and old standby, a Esterbrook J with a broad nib, and a Stipula bon voage with a fine nib. I am hesitant to carry a pretty expensive pen like the Stipula around, but since it is a pocket pen I can't really keep it locked up in my house. What's the point of a pen you can not use? Nevertheless what are the communities school pens?

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Fun topic!

I have my four "tried and true" pens for the 2014-2015 school year ready for service.

They are TWSBI Mini, Sailor 1911 with Naginata-Togi nib, Geha 760, Kaweco Sport.

 

I had sampled through a few of my other pens and the four mentioned above were consistent for my needs.

I write on a pad of paper, sometimes Rhodia, sometimes copy paper and project the writing onto the screen.

 

Here they are:

 

 

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In class, only Pilot V5 pens. I don't know what chalk might do to my vintage pens, and I don't want to find out. Out of class, I like to mark essays with my Parker 51 Vac and lesson plan with something broader.

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This is going to be my first semester as a FP user, which is exciting. I'm planning on using my Safari and Metropolitans. I do really like how fine my Nib Creaper writes w/o flex, so I might use that for homework and whatnot.

 

ETA: I'll also be starting grad school, which will inevitably mean marking. May use some fun ink like Diamine Flamingo Pink for that? In a Metropolitan? Or, just the red Varsity.

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I've got a nice line up of 3 Vacumatics +potentially a Duofold Vacumatic (assuming the seller actually shipped it...).

 

For good measure I bought a nice early 20th to late 19th century dip pen + mechanical pencil from Smith and Todd for those tasks that require pencils.

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So we left it at that. He showed us the maneuver after a sort. B*****d stole my kill.'

-Squadron Leader K. G. Holland, RAF. WWII China.

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Pilot 78gs. Platinum Preppies & Pilot G2's - basically the pens I can afford to lose.

 

The more expensive pens stay at home.

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Twsbi 580

 

Nemosine Fission (if I can find it, I seemed to have misplaced it....)

"Never Say goodbye, because saying goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting,"

 

-Peter Pan

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Since pens are mainly for drawing i usually bring:

Platinum 3776 with music nib

Pilot Custon 74 in broad

namiki Vanishing point in broad

pilot Metropolitan italic

Sailor 1911 mid with zoom

Shaeffers School pen m nib

Pelikan 200 with italic nib

 

Tom Norton Walnut drawing stick

And whatever else I am in love with at the moment.

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My teaching pens have had a huge over-haul since last year. I have two "grading" pens a Red Bulow entry level and my other grader is a Shaeffer Touchdown. I write lesson plans and such with my two Parkers a 21 and a 45

Kind Regards,

Matt

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Only super inexpensive pens in the classroom since I can't focus on my pen in my class environment where I'm often wandering around,commenting, lending out pens etc.

 

I usually have a handful of gel pens and a Safari. I love grading with my white tortoise Pelikan and different ink (brown is a good grading color)

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I like grading with a tradition red, I use Chesterfield Ruby and my other one is Pelikan Green. Green is our school color and the kids like it when I grade in green

Kind Regards,

Matt

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Oh I see this thread isn't limited to fountain pens. I have a couple cheap Papermates lying around, but if I'm not using a fountain pen I am most likely using a Uni 207 or Pilot G2. I would be scared to bring a pen as expensive as the 1911 or 2000 to school. Replacing a lost or stolen pen of that much worth would not be easy.

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While i was cleaning my daily users I was wondering what the communities "school pens" are. I bring a Pilot Metropolitan, and old standby, a Esterbrook J with a broad nib, and a Stipula bon voage with a fine nib. I am hesitant to carry a pretty expensive pen like the Stipula around, but since it is a pocket pen I can't really keep it locked up in my house. What's the point of a pen you can not use? Nevertheless what are the communities school pens?

 

My usual rotation; that means a lot of pens! ;)

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Two Lamy Al-Stars in extra fine and a Platinum Balance in fine, all of which are excellent for grading on paper of varying quality. I also keep a Parker Jotter handy for forms that have to be filled out in triplicate, a Pilot Parallel filled with highlighter ink, and a mechanical pencil. I'm still debating whether or not I'll bring the Pilot VP to work this year after last year's accident.

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Waterman Hemisphere that I managed to fix the skipping problem few weeks ago/Parker 45

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I'm pretty open, though I quit bringing my more expensive pens. I need a black ink, and I want one color for correcting. It's also fun to have another color or two.

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As a student, I like the parker 51 with its easy snap off system, nib does not dry quick, not a super big pen, not too flashy so doesnt draw too much attention and may be confused with a ball point.

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