This afternoon I am using my brand-new, still with the nib-size tag, Snorkel TM in burgundy that I just won on eBay. I have to use it by dipping, the sac needs replacing, but otherwise it is just about perfect, add in the price I got it for and it hits that point easily. $32, woohoo! Very smooth nib, medium, I would have preferred a fine but medium is quite usable since it is a bit on the finer side of medium.

I did disassemble most of it to check out the sac, it has hardened up enough to be very stiff, which on the air-pressure operated Snorkel pretty much puts the kibosh to it working. Still not too bad for a pen that has not been touched in something like 60 years.

The seller did not know much about pens, but gave lots of info and good pictures, after the win I found his communication to be very good, shipping was super fast, (and his wife packed it up probably as well as any I have received from all but the PENguin, whose package probably could have stood off a rampaging and PO’ed elephant).

neilbrosant gets a dozen thumbs up from me for his part in this auction.

When I travel away from my office, i take my "51" and my Sailor 1911. They never let me down. Peace, I mean it,

Tibaldi 60 with sweet .9 cursive italic by Greg Minuskin with Diamine Prussian Blue
51 Flighter with Noodlers Zhivago

Am bizarrely jealous of the digi calipers!

Still running the M205, Binder 0.6 stub, filled with Diamine WES Blue - that ink in that nib is too wonderful to let go of. I'm scaring myself by considering making it a permanent companion.

Also, Lamy Vista, F, Penman Mocha - the ink doesn't seem to get on with this pen, too dry. But I'll give it a while to see how we go.

Finally, my new (today) Fermo with the Binder 0.6 stub I'd bought for it in preparation, filled with PR Black Magic Blue - sweet indeed

Having a Sailorish kind of day, maybe because it's cool and windy, and the ocean is not all that far away.

Sailor Professional Gear, B nib, Diamine Royal Blue, Sailor 1911 (black with rhodium trim), M nib, Diamine Presidential Blue, Sailor Sapporo, F nib, Waterman Blue Black. And in my pocket is a Sailor Sappor Mini, F nib, filled with a Sailor Blue Black cartridge. All of these pens are black; none of the inks is.

Today it's my Safari Al-Star, Extra Fine. The pen is a couple weeks old the the nib is really smoothing out. Both of the Extra Fine Safari nibs that I've had took a while to break in. But it's writing like a champ now, and I've been taking notes with it all day long.

Today I managed to forget my planner at the house so I used one of the three pens in my pocket along with my emergency spiral for taking meeting notes today. Today's pen of choice was a Diplomat "Graduation Day" pen that I picked up some years ago on closeout from Staples. It came with a wallet and a pencil as well. A nice writing medium nib filled with Parker Penman Ebony.

I also used my trusty Waterman steel nib fine that I picked up a few years ago from the Chicago Pen Show for $10. I have no idea what model it is as I don't think I was even told.

Today I'm using my trusty 800 Pelikan Red Stripe with noodlers burgundy and my Sheaffer Balance II Cobalt Glow with Levengers Cobalt and a Pilot Custom in cherry wood with PR chocolat.

flipping back and forth between only [] 3 pens of the 13 [] with me today at work !!! ...

Swan #2 BCHR screw cap ED... faded slightly... can see where the clip was... but ohhhhh such a lovely lovely nib... running with Pelikan blue-black
Waverley Cameron ED... wacky looking nib but another great writer... running with Pelikan blue-black
Kaweco Dia 802G piston filler... a little brassing on the GFT but a lovely B nib with nice line variation... picked it up on the Bay for only US$15 and a bargain for such a nice pen... running with Lamy black

Paker Duofold and Super 21. They're the only ones I have with me at school right now. When I go home I'll have to grab my others.

Good morning! It's 59F but will go up to 70F today.

I will be using my Sailor Pro Gear Mini with Sailor Blue cartridge. When I'm through with this ink I want to fill it with PR Tropical Blue.

On Monday, I experienced a very strained day, when I foolishly walked out of the house with NO fountain pens in tow. I had that Linus-without-the-blanket feeling, and felt that I might need medical attention momentarily. I somehow survived but it was ugly there for a while.

Since then I've wised up. My Enzo Varini, WM purple ink, is out and about with me, and my Royal Violet Carene guards things on the home front with a homemade peacock blue ink mix (not the one I made and posted with ferro gallic ink, but a washable version).

Today I have in my weekly rotation Caran d'Ache Leman Godron (PR Lake Placid Blue), Waterman Edson (Waterman Black) and Lamy Safari (Diamine Registrars ink - for cheque signing).

Kind regards
NIGEL

Two pens Pelikan M760 with Pelikan Brilliant Brown and FPN LE with Qunik Blue!
Abhik

Haven't pulled out the pen case at work for the final decision, but in my pocket:

Omas Paragon HT with a formal italic nib and PR Black Cherry
Rotring Initial with a blue parker gel refill

Dean

For me, it'll be a combo day. I'm planning to carry my Hero 237-1 in Slate Gray, loaded up with Pelikan Blue, as well as my blue Kasuri Vanishing Point with "Lively Green" and a Richard Binder 0.6mm stub nib. Pencil duties will be served up by my recently-refurb'd Pentel Sharp Kerry 0.5 (the green one that I've posted about before), and for a ballpoint, a Parker Jotter with a Visconti Brown refill. Good stuff!

A brown bodied Hero 237-1 with PR Chocolat. What a remarkable pen for just a few pesos.
Blue Pilot Prera with fine nib with my blue blend:Pilot Blue, Levenger Cobalt, Noodlers Black in a 10:10:1 ratio.
Pilot Custom 743 with FA nib with my blue blend, too.

Today it's my new Esterbrook SJ, 9668 nib, filled with Noodler's walnut. There's a bottle of Golden Brown on the way that was purchased for this pen in particular, so I need to empty this sac asap.

Taki
So far no luck, I will keep looking. It will pop up when I least expect it.

Today I am back to my trusty Pelikan M800.
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Yesterday was my Monday, beginning of the week, so I carried my Pelikan 800 and from the mail box I picked up a package from The Pen Den. Once at work I opened the package and found my PAN ink ball pens. Inked one up with Noodler’s Polar Black and had a bit of something different to write with.

Nice little ink pen, the PAN, I am rather surprised at how nicely it wrote.

When I got home this morning Diane relieved me of one of the PAN’s, I think she liked it even more than I do. Good thing I ordered a few extras.

Good morning, all, from a first time poster. Have my Taccia Portuguese, cracked ice, M with Taccia Black inked up today. However, the wonderful USPS just delivered my new Pelikan Place De La Concorde, M nib, wow, what a gorgeous pen. Wonder how long I can resist inking it up????

Today I'm mostly leaning towards using my newly-traded-for Lamy 2000 XF with Diamine Sepia.

When I'm not using that, I imagine I'll be using my green-striped Pelikan 400NN KM nib with Aurora Black and Venice blue Omas Paragon fine nib with Sailor Jentle Blue.

Don

Thanks,JD!

I'm using my trusty Sailor Sapporo Mini with Sailor Jentle Blue.

I tucked my Delta Dolce Vita OS with the Binderized nib into my shirt pocket. It had no ink, as I was waiting to get to the office to see what struck my fancy. In the back of the drawer was a bottle of Omas Roma 2000 blue ink. Loaded it up just about the time I got the call that the 350 fundraising letters were ready for signature.

They're all done, looking sharp, without a skip or a blob. Time to reload.

gary

Was using my bright red Pilot Capless to take notes on articles about adherence to pharmaceutical regimens for pediatric sufferers. (Don't ask how I got roped into doing this review of literature in an area I know nothing about!) Then the mail came with my brand new Binder Taccia Staccato LE. So I inked it up with Herbin Poussiere de Lune and wrote a letter. Wow, is that pen gorgeous. And big. And just heavy enough to let me know I'm using a serious fountain pen. Writes nicely so far. I'll have a better sense of it as a writer after I've written a bit more with it.

Bexley Deluxe II in Antique Cream, PR Chocolat, F Nib
Bexley/Binder "Father Of Watley" in brown cracked ice, WM Havana Brown, Binder Italifine nib
Parker 51 vac in black, sterling cap, binderized F nib, Aurora black

My Duofold ran out of ink in the middle of a test today. I had to use a crappy pencil to finish.

Stuck to my Pilot Custom in cherry with pilot blue ink and my Red Stripe 800 with noodlers burgundy today.

So my "Colection" now consists of:

• A Lamy 81 the one I learned to write, as rolerballs or pncils were prohibited in primary school in the late 50's in Austria.
  I still like it a lot, and think to inherit it to my son "with warm hands" soon.
• Next I got a MontBlanc Masterpiece when I finished school 1970, and never liked it, as it never ever wrote properly.
  I had it repaired by MontBlanc in the 80's (barrel replaced, don't ask me why, because this never made problems, and the "new" one with the striped window I never liked), and it still didn't write properly, so it spent another 25 Years in the drawer, until 5 weeks ago I carried it to MontBlanc again, and in the moment it's in Hamburg for repair.
• A year ago I got a Pelikan Level 5 which writes very hard, and You can't clean it, or change the ink-color, as there's no way to empty it. But never the less it made me want to write with fountain pen again.
• A month ago I ebayed a Pilot 78G with the italic B nib, as I wanted to try an italic without spending too much money, which now I like a lot, but it was a love on the second glance, as it was very scratchy at the biginning.
  
• And the last one I got is a great great Parker 61 Aerometric type, which immediately became my favorit .
  
• In between I purchased a Cross Matrix, as I think this to be so funny with its Fountain-pen and double Rolerball-mines in one piece, even with a touch-screen nib on the rear of the fountain-pen part.
  But unfortunately this thing fascinated my daughter in law so much, that I gave it to her just after a week. And she just loves it. As there exists also a Gel-writer part (which you can exchange with the fountain pen) I mailed to Cross to ask where to get one, and they sent me one for free! Which I think to be very generous, and worh to remark it here!

Finaly (for the moment and without any hurry) I think about a Sheaffer PFM snorkel, , as I like the look of the inlayed Nib, and am interested in the snorkel technik.

Good morning all, hope you have a great day. Ain't it great to sleep with the windows open?

Today I take my OldGriz Dragon; I am off to deal with the most dreaded of dreads. Bureaucrats, in their very lair.
If I end up in jail Holly will disperse certain pens to certain people.
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Last night a new pen arrived. A vintage Sheaffer lever fill triumph. Great fine to extra fine nib. Placed a new sac in it last night and it's in use today. Small crack in the cap but find for a daily user. Keeping it company in the pen case is my trust Pelikan M200 with a medium nib. On the desk is my trusty modern Waterman with a steel fine nib.

Todays pen is a no-name c1935 cheapie. It is black with two red jewels. It writes wet with a medium nib that is a touch toothy on some papers. Curiously on "Ampad" legal pad it is very smooth. I'm using my favorite Waterman Blue/Black ink. In terms of comparing it to current production, that is a tough because the nib is softer and far less needle-like than contemporary low end stuff.

My current inked pens celebrate the 1st day of fall which is tomorrow!
From left to right:
Danitrio Cumlaude Brown Celluloid (Ink: Waterman Havana Brown)
Visconti Van Gogh Midi Translucent Tortoise (Ink: Sailor Blue-Black)
Stipula I Castoni College Sahara Sand (Ink: Sailor Red-Brown)
Pelikan 400 Tortoise (Ink: Sailor Blue)
Pilot/Namiki Sesenta LE (Ink: Diamine Sapphire Blue)
Tryphon Clef (Ink: J. Herbin Terre de Feu)
Visconti Ragtime Blond Celluloid (Ink: Waterman Florida Blue)

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Very nice fall collection girlieg33k.

Saturday morning, everyone sleep in if you can.

Today I am using the very first hand turned acrylic pens I ever owned. Colors are much better then the photo but I am using incandescent light.
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Like JD said, that's a beautiful collection, girlieg33k! Those hand-turned pens of yours are also very slick, JD.

Not sleeping in today. I've got a lot on my plate today, so it's up-and-at-'em.

Venice Blue Omas Paragon with Sailor Jentle Blue for notes and general writing, and green Sheaffer Triumph Imperial with Sheaffer Turquoise for grading exams. I'll probably use a Pilot Knight with Waterman Green for back-grading (homework assignments that came in late).

Don

As it's Saturday just the one with me today.

Parker Duofold Centennial with Noodlers BP Black.

Have a great Saturday all

Stunning pens girlieg33k I love that VP!!!

Today I am trying out my new Black Hero 100 with De Atramentis Vanilla ink and my newly smoothed Sheaffer Balance II Cobalt Glow with Levenger Cobalt and my Pilot Custom in Cherry Wood with Pilot Blue.

Wonderful cool morning out this morning, may sneek out for a bike ride!

I am using a beautiful pen made by Diamond Point for RH Macy & Co - it is a deep red color with silver grey slash marks in the plastic. I am also using an inexpensive Fineline (it is red also) that has the inscription" Carlson Brothers Inc, Sheaffer Service Pen". Both of these pens write very nicely. I carry these in my purse so I prefer not to carry really expensive pens for fear of losing them.

Good to see that someone out there besides me enjoys writing with non-famous, lower end pens. I have my share of lovely and expensive new and vintage pens, but I truly have some no-name pens that write very nicely and I don't have to be as concerned about losing them or damaging them when I am out and about.

Right have just sorted pens out for next weeks rotation:

Delta 'Dolce Vita' with J Herbin Sapphire Blue Ink
Sailor 1911 'Naginata Togi' with Noodlers BP Black
Caran d'Ache Leman Godron with Waterman Black Ink

Best wishes one and all

[moan of envy]
Beautiful pens, beautiful photograph. Time to get out the fall-color inks and give Pam Braun a call, even if it did feel like summer yesterday.

Well I have 4 pens inked right now, one German, one US, one Japanese and one Chinese. So today I went with the best writing, smoothest EF and left the rest at home. The simple black Hero 100 was a joy to use and to take notes with in church today. Sometimes it's the pen you payed $10 for that wins the day and the other $500 worth of inked pens sit alone at home!

I just finished bleeding turquoise onto 37 stats exams with a green Sheaffer Triumph Imperial with a Sheaffer Turquoise cartridge.

Tomorrow (later today, really) I imagine I'll be using a Pelikan of some sort -- most likely my green-striped 400NN with KM nib and Aurora Black. After that, who knows?

Don

It's black pen day today! Using my Black Hero 100 EF nib with DeAtramentis Vanilla ink and my brand new (vintage C1920) Conklin BCHR crescent filler 3NL fine flex #2 nib with Levengers Cobalt ink!

I don't usually contribute to this thread.

But today and yesterday and probably many days to come, I used my Namiki VP M (Noodler's Purple Martin) and my Sapporo Slim Mini (Ahem! Taki - when you gonna get time to share that review?) loaded with PR Naples Blue.

BTB, PR Naples and Diamine Aqua in equally fine (XF actually) nibs look virtually identical. May have to juice the Naples up with something.

I used mostly a Orange Tokyo with the sweetest nib that I have ever tried.
Also in couple of occasions a Parker Sonnet, a GF Sheaffer Thiumph Imperial (?), and a flexy Diamond Point.
I had inked but did not use: A Sheaffer Legacy and the FPN Bexley pen.

In the Piquadro:
Hero 100 flighter f nib; Noodler's Luxury Blue
Danitrio Cum Laude brown celluloid, f nib; Noodler's Walnut

In the organizer:
Wing Sung 237 brown celluloid, f nib; Noodler's Red-Black

In use today -

Lamy Vista filled with Mont Blanc Bordeaux
The mighty DaniTrio Densho filled with Parker Black Quink
Mont Blanc 146 filled with Mont Blanc green ink.
Mont Blanc 149 filled with Black Parker Quink.
Parker 51 DJ 1947 Cordovan/stirling cap with a meduim cursive italic nib filled with Parker Black Quink
Mont Blanc 164 with black refill

And new today Visconti Copernicus LE in red, havent filled it yet as I'm too busy looking at it........m'mmmmmm

VP Fermo, Binder 0.6 stub nib unit, Pilot Black cartridge.

I like this new pen a lot.