Good morning Taki. I actually picked pens for the day, I'll see how long I can keep to it.

Jumbo no-name
M800
Laban Cigar

Good morning, JD, Pep and everyone who reads this thread!! Overcast, but does not look like it's going to rain.

I'm hoping to receive a package from Japan today. Will use the pen if I get it

Good afternoon Taki, JD, all,

Today I'm using the Sapporo with a mix of Skrip Brown & Polar Black.

A cool day; we have a few days reprieve from the summer heat...

Today from Israel I received a beautiful Parker 45 Flighter with gold accents with a med 10k gold nib now filled with Binder Blurple

And from Malaysia a beautiful Parker 75 in Gold Electroplate Celeste pattern with a xf 14k gold nib now filled with Noodlers Legal Lapis

Also Montblanc 145 Chopin with PR Chocolat

Today it's been a Tibaldi Iride with Diamine Tropical Blue LE ink, a purple Marlen Sydney with R&K Solferino, and my trusty blue Sheaffer Imperial IV TouchDown with Noodlers / Swisher's Aquamarine Blue Contract Ink.

Good morinng JD, Pep and all!

The package has arrived yesterday. My new Sailor Professional Gear Slim Mini with F nib, limited color to Morita Fountain Pen Store in Osaka. I'm using Sailor Blue-Black cartridge.

Wow, Taki! That is a nice Sapporo Mini!
Enjoy!

1. The Montblanc Meisterstuck 145 - Hommage to Fredrick Chopin. Excellent choice for a fountain pen! I have one myself, and it's just a wonderful writer.

2. Is that a hunter-cased pocket-watch with the US. Capitol on it? It looks like a beautiful watch...what can you tell me about it? (I think pocket watches are wonderful things).

Today, I have made use of:

My Parker 51 Flighter.

And, more extensively -

My Montblanc Meisterstuck 145 - Hommage to Fredrick Chopin. I was dong a lot of note-writing and memo-writing and all that...and this pen just flies over paper. Very useful when one has a lot of writing to do.

Hi Shangas! Yes I agree the Montblanc Chopin is a very nice writer. The Watch is my first pocket watch. Mom gave it to me a couple of weeks ago while I was in the hospital for gall bladder surgery. I pretty sure it is a very low dollar watch she picked up at the hospital gift shop on sale. It is battery driven quartz movement and says Geneva as the brand. It does have the US capital on the front and what looks like tropical plants on the back. I'm no photography expert but I thought it might look good in the shot.

Hello Taki. Was not going to pick one today but I got talked into it.
It is soooooo muggy.

I used my Montblanc Meisterstuck 145 rather extensively again today. So extensively that I had to fill it up, because I wrote it dry. LOL.

I'm beginning to notice that this is quickly becoming my everyday writer. It's so smooth to write with and such a charmer to look at. I think my CM Design pen might be heading for an early retirement.

Hello everyone!

Today is another Letter Sunday My Pelikan M605 and Van Gogh Midi (both filled with WM Flordia Blue) are ready for some serious writing

Best regards,
alex

My current favorites - I write a bit with each one.

Using my new Parker 45 flighter with Binder Blurple for my journal, flushing out my Brown Este and back to the pen case with it. Flushing out the Lamy 2000 to try another ink in it and to work on smoothing the nib a little. Playing with my new gold electoplate Parker 75 with Legal Lapis. And working a Sudoku and Sunday Crossword with my '29 Parker Duofold Streamlined Black and Pearl Sr. Pencil.

I am using the pen that dropped into my mail box yesterday, a Pelikan 400NN. Nice, a bit larger and more comfortable than my 140 black which is still pretty much my favorite small pen. Black Noodler’s Polar ink, which is what I keep at work. I had to fill it at work since I was headed to work at 6PM and checked the mail on my way out the door. Writes nice, the nib is a bit wider than I would normally call a fine, but quite usable and wet.

Today's pens are:

Parker "51" flighter with Waterman Blue-Black
Pelikan M205 with Sheaffer Blue-Black
Omas Paragon in Venice Blue with Sailor Jentle Blue.

Don

Good morning, JD, Pep and everyone. Sunny & 58F. The high will be 85 today (according to MacMini's Dashboard)

Again light turquoise blue Sailor PG Slim Mini with F nib filled with Sailor blue-black cart.

My newly-repaired Lamy Studio

Today it's:

Namiki Sterling Geisha filled with PR Tropical Blue
Mont Blanc 147 filled with Waterman blue-black
Sheaffer Legacy 18k overlay filled with Parker black
Pilot Queen filled with PR Tropical Blue

Nice picture, thanks for posting it!

Used 4 today to write a snail to "playpen."

Waterman Ruby Edson, Skrip Red
Pilot VP Blue Carbonesque, Levenger Cobalt Blue
Sheaffer No Nonsense, Noodler Legal Lapis
Parker "51" vacumatic, Noodler Tahitial Pearl.

Andy

Good morning, JD, Pep, and everyone. 72F already but overcast. Hope it rains as the forecast says.

Sailor Professional Gear Slim Mini again.
Might use Silver VP with Fiesta Red...want to use up the ink in it.

Pep, thanks for your compliment. Must be the camera

Test driving my new Lamy 2000 EF with Levenger Cobalt today at work.

Good morning Taki, JD, Pakmanpony, all,
It is overcast here too.

Today I'm using an unidentified (possibly an Admiral but looks like a Craftsman) Sheaffer with Skrip Brown.
It has a Feathertouch 5 two-tone nib that's kinda soft. Feels good to write with.

Yesterday and today it's a Parker "51" flighter with fine/medium nib and Waterman Blue-Black. When that goes dry, I have a Pelikan M205 with medium nib and Sheaffer Skrip Blue-Black waiting in reserve.

Don

Good morning and Happy July 4th! 67F, no rain last night

Today I will be using my Sailor only. Want to use up BB and try different ink in it.

Rainy and grey - again! - here in Cheshire! How I long for some sun!

In use today a Cross Verve Merlot filled with Diamine Monoco Red and a Cross Apogee Frosty Steel filled with Diamine Prussian Blue.

The Verve, however is almost empty and I may fill it up again with some vintage Swann Violet ink........lovely colour!

A rainy 4th of July here.
Still using the mystery Sheaffer with Feathertouch 5 nib (Skrip Brown).
The pen itself is not very pretty but the nib is smooth and soft.

Good morning everyone and a happy 4th to all of my fellow colonists.
I picked up a Pelikano junior today. I forgot what a great feeling and great writing little pen it is. "A" nib, what ever that is and very smooth.

Mostly a green Parkette with a broad and flexible nib- for doing a lot of writing.

At school a Parker Super 21.

Pel M200 with Dillo stub and Waterman Havana Brown.

Estie J with medium stub and PR Blue Suede.

Good morning, JD, Pep and everyone! 72F and dry

Still infatuated with my little Sailor Thinking about flushing ink out of other pens.

It's a lovely Thursday morning, cloudy but rained out overnight, and I've flushed The Pharaoh And put it back in the pen chest.

The more Onotos I work on, the better I like them. I restored a pretty blue one yesterday, and that reminded me of my own. So out of the pen chest came this black celluloid Onoto the Pen, with its lovely firm two-tone nib.

Click to view attachmentGood morning Taki and everyone else. Hot, muggy and it is going above 90F.
Taki, glad you are enjoying your new pen so much.
The 4th fireworks have me in a mood to use my OldGriz Dragon with PR Dakota Red and my own nib modification.

Yesterday, I spent the entire day with my Cocoa Parker "51" aerometric with PR Chocolat.

Back to work today, so I'm toting:
Pelikan M 205 medium nib with Sheaffer Blue-Black and
Black Sheaffer PFM III fine nib with Sheaffer Blue-Black.

In the briefcase are:
The Cocoa Parker "51" aero;
Bexley Simplicity/FPN LE medium steel Minuskin stub nib with Noodler's Apache Sunset; and
Yellow Sailor 1911 fine-medium nib with Aurora Black.



Don

Good morning Taki, JD, Richard, Don, and everyone!

The rain cleared up last night in time for us to enjoy the fair and fireworks!

I'm still using my plain ol' Sheaffer Feathertouch 5 touchdown filler with Skrip brown.

And the Sapporo with a brown-black mix.

Morning all,

Today, I'm using these.



The JC Lamy 2000, and the Vanishing Point Blue Kasuri.

This week it's an Aurora Talentum with Herbin black, a Namiki Falcon with Herbin blue-nuit, and a Sheaffer Crest with Herbin rouge caroubier. I'd like to bring back my new Sapporo soon, but it will have to wait. I'm not sure why Aurora nibs are so maligned; I find them to be extremely well designed and made. They're a little stiff, but they're springy, so they have both stability and responsiveness IMO. In contrast, the Sheaffer Crest's conical nib, made out of the generally softer 18k, is far stiffer and less springy.

Good Morning All, haven't been on much and didn't touch a fountain pen yesterday (I know it's sinful!). Been trying to set up new computers. Sunny and warm today in Arkansas, I'm off the rest of the week on vacation!

Today I plan on using:
Parker 45 flighter with PR blue suede
Parker 75 gold celeste with Noodlers legal lapis
Lamy 2000 with levenger cobalt
Pelikan 200 blue translucent with PR american blue

Its a foggy 5th of July here, and today im using

51 Flighter; 1.6 mm custom nib
MB 146, tuned medium nib.

Weather Cloudy Rainy Damp...Maryland
I'm playing around with this today. Found earlier this week.
Wow it writes nicely!
Steve

Overcast, dank 5th of July in central Connecticut. Today I'm using:
in the piquadro:

FPN LE Bexley Simplicity (F steel nib, Noodler's Gulfstream Blue)
Hero 100 flighter (F nib, Noodler's Lexington Grey)

on the desk/in the planner
Merlin 33 black cherry celluloid (F gold nib, "Burple")
Wing Sung 237 brown celluloid (F steel nib, FPN Galileo Brown)

Happy day to all,
french

Good morning, the weater is a repeat of yesterday- hot and dry and on rain in the forecast.

And another day with the Sailor, now with Sailor blue cart. Hope I can cruise through this Friday into the weekend

Continuing to get used to my new Pilot 823 that arrived on the 4th via EMS from Okinawa. A very impressive pen, but I'm still trying to adjust the flow to the way I like it. Also using my Ban-ei, a Sailor P. Gear, and a full size Sailor 1911. Seems to be a Japanese pen day. Many days are like that.

In a big rush to get out the door this morning, so I ended up leaving my two-pen pouch on my desk.

Fortunately, I still have my backups: Cocoa "51" aero, FPN LE, and Sailor 1911.



Don

Morning all! Overcast and heading for a warm one here.

Today I'm using:
Lamy 2000 with De Atramentis Vanilla Brown
Parker 45 flighter with PR Blue Suede
Parker 75 gold celeste with Noodlers Legal Lapis
Pelikan 200 blue translucent with PR American Blue

Lamy Vista with PR Midnight Blues.

Been using a M400 tortoise, filled with Apache Sunset, which is not only a wonderful writer, but it's soothing my spirits after losing my favorite writer, a red striated M400 (I dropped my 3-pen pen pouch during numerous outings on a busy weekend...I just keep hoping whoever found it is treasuring those pens!).

I've been using my new (ahem!) 1945 Parker "51" with sterling silver cap and cedar blue body and Noodler's Red ink--wonderful pen and great ink color.

My condoleences on your loss. I'm amazed at your acceptance of this loss. I'd be depressed for a week or two (until I replaced them with some new beauties).