Happy Anniversary (and that's a lovely gift pen from your wife!).

Today, Waterman South Sea Blue in new teal-colored Bexley Simplicity (a dream to write with).

Good morning, JD, JD, and everyone! Foggy outside, might rain.

Not sure if I'll be using pens today but I'm taking about a dozen pens with me. Will be off line till tomorrow pm.

Have a good weekend, all!

A belated Happy Anniversary

Today
Stipula Etruria
Sheaffer Snorkel
The usual "51"

Regards,
Ruaidhrí

A day of extremes:

brand new Big Black Danitrio Mikado in Raw Ebonite (Matte), thanks again to the Winedoc, filled with Waterman's blue black; and

Myu-701 with medium nib and Lamy blue.

Admittedly pretty boring on the ink front; editing legal documents doesn't really invite a more interesting selection, but these two pens are like a holiday for the hand and the eyes.

Good Morning Taki
61 degrees and I bet it rains.
Hurried photo, have to hide them.

M800 and 2 Hand Turned Acrylics with new nibs.

Today:

Sheaffer 440 F with Waterman Red
Waterman Atria Chrome M with Waterman Black
Waterman Carene Island Lagon F with Waterman Black

Tomorrow I will add
Stipula Vedo Turquoise F with Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue

Foggy, nasty morning... the wife and daughter just left for a bus trip to Amish country in Lancaster Co, PA.... I have the place to myself today....

Today's pens are
Parker 50 (Falcon) Flighter with a butter smooth medium nib that writes upside down equally smooth as a XF filled with Pelikan Black
Silver Pearl Long Major Vacumatic with fine nib filled with Waterman South Seas Blue.

Michael's Fat Boy Comet fountain pen.

I like it a lot more than I thought I would since I don't find the rollerball that comfortable. But now I have a set in matching colors.

I finally bought a Pelikan M800 Souveraen in black & red today with a fine nib, and I am using Waterman's Florida Blue to write in my journal. I love its size, and can't wait to buy a Pelikan M1000 next month.

M800, all alone.

Oh yea, I guess I should say good morning Taki. 60 degrees and cloudy.

Today I'm using an Aurora Optima I brought with me to India, and a Parker 75 NOS and a Sheaffer NoNonsense italic, both of which I found at a shop here. Hope everyone is well!

Hello to you all. I am new to this Network so I'll introduce myself briefly: My Name is Otto Bauer, jr., and I'm living in Germany near Stuttgart. Please excuse my English because I'm a litlle bit rusty on it..

I'm owning three fountain pens, from which I'm using two by now, actually:

My oldest one is an Pelikan Pelikano school pen, blue with chrome parts and a medium nib, it's already 20 years old, still writing good as I've used it the last time, but now it's retired, carefully cleaned. As I've used one older model of it in school there was some kind of "war" between Pelikan pen owners and that one who are using the Geha pens.. The Geha have had a "Reservetank" in their cartridges as some kind of Gimmick, if the cardridge was empty you have to turn it around and clip it into the pen again. Not that it was very practical because there wasn't more ink in these cardridges, but it's been somewhat like "cool" for their owners Geha was bought up by Pelikan later, in the beginning or mid of the 1990s, afaik.

Then I'm using an Waterman Hemisphere in Red, GC with a fine bicolor (gold and silver) nib, which I bought for about $ 35 via eBay, rather cheap because it's been from an discontinued serial. (Actually, it's been replaced by an Marble Red GC). It's writing very good although I'ld buy it with a medium nib if I had to do it once more. It is medium heavy, has a good workmanship, it's elegant and rather slim, as you know, so it's not good for big hands, I presume. Though it's recommended to use genuine Waterman cardridges by Wm I'm using Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue cardridges on it without any troubles. (The Waterman ones are just rather expensive and no way better than the Pelikan parts, as I've been testing both of them)

The third one is for daily use: It's a cheap but beautiful Huahong #24 in a wonderful marble red, with a medium to fine bicolor nib and an ink converter, though it's to use with standard cardridges, too. It's made by Shanghai Huahong Gold Pens, a chinese brand I haven't heard of until I bought this one. I am pleased with it for it's writing smooth, it's lying good in the hand and it looks more expensive than it is, actually. I'll attach a pics underneath (hope it works), and I have to say it's been simillar to the Romet Asia Line pens though not reaching these FP's for sure.

Many greetings to you all,

Otto

Pelikan Grand Place with Mont Blanc Seasons Greetings ink
Pelikan 400 with Parker Penman Saphire
Pilot VP carbon fiber with Levenger Cobalt

Hi JD and everyone! Got back late this am, windy and sunny, 77F

The only pen I used yesterday was Ohto Tashe with PR Midnight Blue. Haven't used for a few weeks, started out right away Probably use Pricilla pen today to catch up with my journal (I skipped writing on Fri and yesterday). I want to change ink in it so I have to use up.

JRodriguez, NOS Parker 75?! Sounds like you are at the right place

For work Green striped M400 with Pelikan Black (with matching ballpoint an pencil) and I may ink up the L5 I bought last week (just a bit worried the fill will last forever and I won't get a chance to use another pen for ages).

A Brown striped Sheaffer level filler with a matching pencil (must find out what model they are, a Balance of some description I think).

For home still playing around with the No Nonsense Old Timer and italic nibs and may ink up my goldplated Parker Falcon.

Pens for this week have been moved from the pen chest, inked and put into the 4 pen leather pen case ready for use:

Lamy 2000 with Private Reserve Midnight Blues

1955 Conway Stewart Blue Hatched #27 with Waterman Florida Blue

Sailor Saporro with Private Reserve Midnight Blues

Visconti Pericles with Private Reserve DC Supershow Blue

John
Krewalk.com

My brand new VP blue carbonesque M loaded with Namiki black joins my Lamy ST M/Noodler's Black in the rotation.

Good morning Taki and everyone else.
Time to move them bones bell bottom.

63 and cloudy

My two favorite everyday pens, M800 and VP.

Good morning, JD, JD and everyone. It's still dark and not sure how the weather is outside.

Work day...Pilot Legance with Florida Blue, Parker "51" with Havana, and Pel M400 White Tortoise with Vert Olive/Gris Nuage mix.

Good morning. Using my new Lamy 2000 (EF nib) with Private Reserve Black Cherry ink. Just got this pen last week and man, is it a wet nib! I'm used to a bit dryer, but nice nonetheless.

Pel Grand Place with J Herbin Blue Myosotis.

Sheaffer PFM III fine with Waterman Blue-Black;
Waterman Phileas fine with Diamine Orange (grading homeworks today);
Lamy 2000 fine with Waterman Blue Black.

Don

Today a Hero 329, as well as the obligatory Uranus "Old Man."

Today I use Kaweco small pair pouch fountain pen + pencil.

Jojo

Morning, JD, JD and everyone. Another nice day, might rain because I got a carwash yesterday.

Silver VP and Tanz/Glacier Blue mix
decimo with Bouquet d'Antan/Havana mix
might also use a "51"

None, Gonna watch TV and sleep all day.

Pens for today...

- Journal: Copper Estie SJ, XF 2550 nib, inked with Noodler's Golden Brown.

- All other: Sailor Eyedropper, XF Flexible Steel Shiro nib, PR Burgundy Mist.

Also, I got side-tracked while looking for a photo to add...

It is the Visconti Tortoiseshell Van Gogh and my Tryphon Clef today.Both with brown inks:PR's Chocolat and Visconti's brown.

JD
Vancouver,Wa

today, as in the last weeks, I use:

Sheaffer Targa sterling silver, 14K nib medium, pelikan brown ink

Cross matrix (because of stylus) silver color, steel nib medium, cross cartridge black ink

Rotring Core Tecnor, steel nib XS, blue cartridge ink

These three I carry in a Rotring hard-case that came with the Core, and are regularly used.

Delta Parthenope, brown marbled, 14k medium nib, pelikan blue/black ink

Stipula ventidue (22) brown, titanium medium nib, pelikan blue ink

These two are in a leather case and I use them during (boring) meetings to have something beautiful and interesting with me. About once a month I change one or both of them with other pens from my collection.

except for the Stipula, which is an old favourite, they are all purchases from the last few months.

Good morning Taki.......................
62 degrees, thunder and lightning. At last, rain.

M800 and Platinum.

Good morning, JD! It's raining here, too.

I am expecting two pens coming back today from Nashua. I want to fill and use them:
Stipula Saturno-Diamine Umber
Waterman Audace-Levenger Pinkly

Took a couple of pens out of rotation last night, so today I'm using:

Sensa Meridian Noir & Gold fine with Diamine Prussian Blue
Parker "51" gray aerometric medium with Waterman Florida Blue
Sheaffer Snorkel Lifetime Clipper F4 nib with Diamine Prussian Blue

On deck/at the ready:
Lamy Safari charcoal XF with Waterman Green (still grading....)
Danitrio Densho raw ebonite firm fine with Waterman Florida Blue
Sheaffer PFM III black fine with Waterman Blue-Black

I'm looking forward to writing some of these dry so I can put in some other fun inks!

Don

Today 29th Mar 07, I used :

Parker 51, 75, 45.

Hello and good morning Taki.
61 degrees and a clear sky. The growth from yesterdays rain is amazing.

My returned Dragons will be resting from their ordeal.

M800

Grats on getting the dragons back

Lamy Safari Italic 1.1, because it's one of those nights.

Good morning, JD and everyone. It's 52F and supposed to rain. We got a lot of rain last weekend, and it was amazing how green it got after the rain. Hope dragons get their rest!

Same pens as yesterday, but Pinkly comes out thick from Audace (and other pens) so I might change ink to Waterman SSB.

At conference in Florida rest of week. Brought my VP (w/ .5mm Binder cursive italic) and Pel M605 (w/same nib). Loaded the 605 w/Luxury Blue, and the VP with my own mix New Old Bishop Street Blue Black. Brought a bottle of NOBSBB with me. I'm six timezones away from home. I hope this paragraph makes sense...

Doug

P.S. Oh, I'm in Ft. Lauderdale. Any cool pen shops here?

Using my Lamy 2000 with Private Reserve Black Cherry ink. Also getting some paper-play today is my Safari with Noodler's Zhivago ink. Feeling germanic !

Good morning, JD and everyone! It's raining, a work day today.

Will probably use a Silver VP and Saturno.

HDoug, did someone give you headsup about pen stores round where you are staying? Unfortunately I don't know anything about Florida. But what other pens do you need when you have those two with 0.5mm Binder cursive italic?

Hello Taki. Late again.
63F and there was a red sky. Radar is clear, hope it stays that way. Don't need no more stinkin tornados.

M800 and my very nice Shaeffer.

Pelikan Grand Place and Mata Hari's Cordial
Lamy Vista and El Lawrence

Received this Pilot Bamboo recently and I just have not been able to put it down. The Japanese Medium nib it came with writes like the Fine nib on my blue-striped Pelikan M800. The Pilot's about the same length and heft as the Pelikan too. The pink gold clib is a nice contrast to the rest of the pen.

Uniball Vision Elite
Papermate Clearpoint Pencil

College student that is trying not to get an FP until grad school in 2 years

Today in my pocket it's my...

Pelikan M215 black with binder fine nib loaded with binder faux tanzanite ink

In my leather pen case for use at my desk it's my...

Parker 25 smooth fine nib also loaded with binder faux tanzanite ink
Cross ATX basalt black medium nib with Waterman Green ink

I like this combination as the tanzanite ink appears differently from the M215 and the 25 - in the Parker it is considerably more purple, not as dark.

Good morning JD!

Work day,and probably Silver VP. Feel like I want to flush out all my pens and refill with defferent ink. None of them seem right

Good morning Taki, sorry you have to work.
64 F and should be a sunny day. Probably storms on Sunday.

M800 and XEZO Airman.

I'm using a just arrived Pel M200 blue transparent w/ DC Blue. Love how this pen writes. Very useful for today's roll-up-the-sleeves and tackle revisions work.

Good morning Taki, I hope you are off today and can sleep in.
58F and cloudy. Another amazing growth after a good rain.

I have been inspired to practice letters today so there are 3 Shaeffer calligraphy pens.

Good morning JD, it's really windy. Looks like another rainy day. It's another work day, but I'm off tomorrow

Silver VP with Tanzanite mix and decimo with Bouquet d'Antan mix.