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warblerick

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I've been thinking a lot about this lately. If I could only have one pen (and it has to be one I already own) and one ink to use in it till the end of days, what would it be? For me, it would be my Conway Stewart Belliver Borealis, with its medium nib, and probably for my ink I would choose Conway Stewart Edgcumbe ((purple). And paper?

 

So given these parameters, which of your pens, nibs and ink, would you take with you till the end of time? Assume an unlimited supply of ink, and paper.

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Conway Stewart Model 58 with Sailor Jentle Epinard (what I wouldn't do for an endless supply of the latter!), and cream Tomoe river paper.

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My 1937 MB 334 1/2 and Sailor Yama-Dori.

 

Given that I would be able to replace the cork from time to time.

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Hmm, tough one. Probably my Sailor with a Naginata nib (pretty versatile, that one) loaded with Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo :P

 

I'm a fan of Japanese stuff, in case it wasn't obvious XD

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Parker "45" Flighter with Diamine Oxblood. I'll need to get myself a bigger bottle of Oxblood, though, as those 30 mL sample bottles are too fiddly to refill from.

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Lamy A Star with an EF nib, and ink.. It's still in testing, but I can't get tired of one of SuSeMaI's red inks. Won't say much cuz idk if I'm allowed to ^^"

As for paper, I don't have any good papers that I use, so I would jsut stick with my printer paper. However I would love some french lined notebooks by clairfontaine (?) - their c68141.

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The pen, without question, is a Pilot Vanishing Point with B nib. The ink is a much harder question to answer. Noodler's Air-Corp Blue Black, maybe. I never get tired of looking at it.

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Parker 180 with a B/F nib

Either Cross/Pelikan black or a green ink that I'm still deciding on .

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At this point in my pen-owning career, it would have to be my Ocean Blue Lamy AL-Star, Fine nib, filled with J. Herbin Eclat de Saphir, and Tomoe River cream paper. This combo writes so glidingly smooth for me, I love the E.d.S. color and subtle shading, and I've been settled on TR paper since I first encountered it.

 

My old Parker 45, Medium nib, with Parker Permanent Blue Black Quink might be a second choice. Not real exciting, but it's gotten the job done for 45 years now...

 

Then there's the Safari with Diamine Twilight - that I could get used to!

 

Fortunately, I don't have to make such a grim decision!

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When this question (in its many forms) comes up, I always want to ask what the rest of the imagined situation is. Why do I have to make this choice? Am I supposed to be exiled to some remote region where the locals won't supply me with pen and ink? Have those who sent me there agreed to send me regular care packages, but refused to communicate with me about changes to the contents? If my pen needs repair, will they take care of it, replace it, send me parts and instructions?

 

I'd be happy enough, I suppose, with my smoke colored Pilot Custom Heritage 92, which has a fine-medium nib. I'd be equally happy with some other pens I own, but won't cheat by mentioning them. For an ink, I would grow tired of Sailor Jentle Doyou, but then, I'd grow tired of my second through tenth picks too. And an unending stream of Quo Vadis Habana notebooks would be fine.

 

Can I have a pencil in case I decide to try my hand at drawing again? Or do I just have to learn how not to change my mind and erase?

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My favorite pen is a Menlo with a 3x flex Binder nib. Not my favorite ink, but my most universally practical, Akkerman iron gall.

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Eversharp Skyline Demi in Dubonnet Red with a F/M semi-flex nib, the ink would be Waterman's Serenity Blue (for some reason this blue just pleases me and I am not usually a blue ink guy.).

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This is a touch choice. If we are talking model of pen (rather than a specific pen with sentemental meaning), then a Visconti Homo Sapiens (fine) with Montblanc Midnight Blue (iron gall formula). For paper, anything by Clairfontaine (incl. Rhodia).

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I'm taking this as I am given only one pen and ink for the rest of my life to hope I can make work. With that.. I think I would go with my Pilot VP White with a F nib ( girlfriends gift ). And I'm liking my Kon-Peki, the blue is amazing.

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My full size Wahl-Eversharp Doric in Jet (so it doesn't crumble and disintegrate on me 20 years from now) with its brilliant XF flexy nib, and just your good ol' Quink Black.

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Lamy 2000 M + Noodler's Zhivago = :cloud9:

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One of my Noodler's Konrads filled with Noodler's Black ink. I like diversity in my pens, and use a wide selection, but this is what I always have inked and is the only pen and ink combination that I use daily.

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Favourite Owned Pen - Lamy Studio, Brushed Steel with either a 1.1mm italic or Black F nib

Favourite Inks - Diamine Imperial Purple, Diamine Sargasso Sea, Noodlers Bad Blue Heron, Sheaffer Skrip Red

"Planned" (!) Purchases - TWSBI Diamond 580 AL, Waterman Expert Deluxe Blue, Esterbrook J, Sheaffer Prelude, Pilot Capless / Vanishing Point, Pilot Falcon

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