Today, hooded pen day.

Parker "51", burgundy aerometric, filled with Aurora Black, fine-med nib
Lamy 2000, filled with Diamine Presidential Blue, fine nib

Sheaffer Balance Limited Edition #100 of 6000
Pearlized "Jungle Green" Celluloid, lever fill
Lifetime Stub nib using Aurora Black ink
Did I mention it writes like a dream?

Hey, aren't you the guy that once wrote...



From the essay "Pens in the Pocket" on some website somewhere

Ha! If you have to carry a ballpoint, THATS how you do it! Very Nice.

I've got a Sheaffer Target/Imperial III today I bought as a lark, but it elbowed it's way into my main rotaion. New rotation; (Black Valiant Vac./Burgundy Valiant Snorkel/Blue Imperial III).

Densho raw ebonite eyedropper flexi fine nib, Noodler's Luxury Blue
purpleish blue DaniTrio $27 tactical carry pen, M nib, Noodler's red-black

These will be the 2 pens in the rotation for the next week while I am on vacation in San Diego.

Hopefully, I'll have enough time with the tactical carry pen to be able to do a review when I get back.

french

Today using the LAMY Safari All-Star at work and at home the Delta fp.

Today, a brand new Sailor 1911, music nib, Noodlers Ottoman Azure blue ink. Absolutely love it.

Today - my Montblanc Starwalker Doue with an extra-fine nib and a Cartier black ink cartridge.

today is my Lamy Safari with a 1.5 mm italic nib (work)

Three pens today:

OMAS cotton-resin Bologna with Levenger Cobalt Blue (great nib)

Mont Blanc 100-year anniversary "Soulmaker" sterling L.E. Meisterstuck (gorgeous pen, but the granite cap is too heavy to use posted) with Private Reserve Naples Blue ink.

"Blue Diamond" Parker-100 with a Black Parker cartridge.

Do you have the black one with the rhodium trim? I like the broad nib I have; it makes everything I write look a little bit more important. And with a bit of silicone fluid on the threads, mine is now an eyedropper.

Doing some writing exercises today with Sheaffer Calligraph M Nib, MontBlanc Boheme and Danitrio Hanryo (thanks Kevin ).

Yes, I have the Black OMAS cotton-resin Bologna. It's a really sharp looking pen. I have a fine tip nib, however. If I write with anything too broad, my writing becomes illegible.

2 pens in my desk at work:
Sailor 1911 black/rhodium trim F w/ Sailor Red
Pelikan M805 B w/ Noodler's Nightshade

2 pens on my desk at home:
Pelikan M400 tortoise F w/ Noodler's Green Marine
Pelikan M805 EF w/ Noodler's Blue-Black

2 pens in a pouch in my bag at all times:
Lamy 2000 EF w/ Noodler's Red-Black
VP black F w/ Namiki/Pilot Blue-Black

The inks have been changing, but this is what I've been using for about two months now. I find that any more than four pens inked at my disposal and I run the risk of (1) not getting through the ink in any one pen fast enough to suit me and (2) getting distracted from what I should be doing and playing with the pretty pens & inks. With the above 'system' my desk pens supplement the sturdy pair that wanders about with me all day. I'm fighting the urge to purchase a Danitrio Densho to slip in place of one of the M805s, but the array of nib options allows my indecisiveness to trump my aquisitiveness, keeping my pocketbook (and wife) happy.

Ryan.

Today, I have a newly restored maroon PFM I snorkel, that I recently picked up at a flea market. I have been looking for one of these for ages, and they are generally expensive when you find them.

This one: $35! Writes like a dream.

Today I have my Lamy 2000 with Diamine Blue-Black in my pocket. It's really light weight and an excellent writer. Always a pleasure to use!

In addition to my standard every-day Sheaffer, it's a BHR kind of day.


Sheaffer Lifetime Triumph Crest (1750 model),

Waterman #12 Eyedropper, dates 1905-1910.

Moore Non-Leakable Safety pen, 1917-?

JUCO Stylographic eyedropper - not sure of the date on this one, but I think it dates to the early 1900s.

John

I'm making a vow to use more of my pens rather than letting some of them languish in the case.

So today, dark red Estie (J?) with Squeteague for "normal" writing + sweet little plum-colored Parkette with Levenger's Pinkly for copyediting.

I need a nice three-pen case and a decent rollerball (maybe a Conklin Glider in Koi, I think that is such a pretty little pen), so I can always have a pen with dark ink, a pen with bright ink, and a rollerball as backup in case of, well, god knows what.

Today I'm grading finals, so I went with my wet writing Vicsonti Wall Street LE filled with Private Reserve Copper Burst and my Aero "51" filled with Private Reserve Mountain Mist. I hadn't used this Parker in a few weeks - its like rediscovering a wonderful pen!

Low number pen day: (1) Pelikan M200 Amber Demonstrator with Binder 14k .7mm cursive italic, filled with Noodler's Apache Sunset; (2) Delta Dolcevita Medium with xxf nib, filled with Aurora black.

Today is going to be ink testing day...
I am expecting a bottle of Swisher Midnight Black and will be testing a couple of pens to see how they like it...
The list contains
1949 Sheaffer large diameter TD f/m nib
Parker 51 fine nib
Pelikan 200 .6mm Binder stub
Sheaffer Snorkel fine two tone gold
Sheaffer Balance fine nib
Parker 21 f/m nib

You can always tell who has got an ultrasonic cleaner......

Jim

A pretty simple day for me today:

Parker "51" Aero with a really wet medium nib - filled with Waterman Blue-black

Esterbrook LJ with 9668 nib - filled with Noodlers Black

Today - quite a few:
Pilot Blue Carbonesque VP, medium nib, Noodlers/Swishers Gulfstream Blue ink.
1947 Parker 51 Cedar Blue, medium nib, Waterman Purple ink.
1948 Parker 51 Dove Gray, fine nib, Parker Quink washable blue.
Aqua Sheaffer Statesman Snorkel, medium nib, Sheaffer Blue-Black ink.
Sheaffer Desk TD desk pen, medium triumph nib, Noodlers Antietam ink.

1. Sheaffer Viewpoint, transparent green, fine italic, mix of blue and blue-blacks.
2. Senator, magenta flake, medium, mix of blue and blue-blacks.
3. Duofold, brown striped, medium, Parker Quink green
4. Wality 77c, black, fine, Waterman Havana brown.

-> Sheaffer Targa 1003 with black Mont Blanc ink,

-> Platinum maki-e with Mont Blanc Season and Greetings ink,

I have a few here myself:

Platinum Very Presidential in Burgandy with a double broad nib (BB)

Sailor 1911 fullsize in blue with 21kt Music nib

Sailor 1911 fullsize in burgandy with 21kt Togi Emperor nib

Stipula Etruria Amber Cellloid with an 18kt .9mm stub nib. BTW Thanks Southpaw, this is an awsome pen and it is at a good home.

Stipula Etruria in Black with an 18kt 1.3mm Stub. Thanks Grasshopper!!!

Waterman Edson with 18kt gold factory stub nib

Thats about it for me today

TNS

I'll be trying out my new Namiki VP, black carbonesque fine point at work. I usually use a medium, but the crappy paper at work broadens the line, and occluded e's bug me. Have it loaded with Legal Lapis.

Today is a bit more exciting than yesterday:

Pelikan m215 upgraded with a 14K m400 medium nib - this is officially my ultimate Pelikan pen - good size and weight, great gold, two-tone nib and no trim ring. Loaded with Noodlers Ottoman Azure

Parker "51" with Binderized cursive italic - loaded with Waterman Florida Blue.

Esterbrook LJ with 9668 - loaded with Noodlers black


Now if I could only bring myself to get some work done with them....

I am trying out a cheap Danitrio NOS pen.

Kev

Today I have in my pocket:
- Parker 45 Flighter with 14K gold F nib with blue-black Quink cart.
- Parker Frontier F nib with Pelikan Royal Blue and Parker Quink Black mix inside.
- Pelikan Go! with green Waterman ink inside.

There still space for the Rainbow 202 (I'm not sure, but I guess it's an old Hero, tryin' to figure it out ) when I need an EF nib.

I love that topic

Hi Guys,

ive just found the forum and heres my first post!

the pens i use every day at work are as follows:

living permanently in my desk at work are: 3 parker jotters red, black and blue barrels with corresponding red, black and blue gel refills.
2 parker vector fountains with red and orange inks and 1 parker frontier filled with yellow ink. nothing special but my office hacks and nicer than the standard office issue bics.

travelling to and from work with me every day in my bag are 2 rolled gold converging lines capped parker 51 aeros, one blue-green, the other grey, with medium and broad nibs.
in my shirt pocket lives a mont blanc starwalker metrub ballpen and a new pilot capless retractable fountain pen which i picked up yesterday and am very happy with. the 14k nib is beautifully smooth and flexible.

i change pens constantly through the day depending on what colour i need and what sort of writing im doing. finer nibs for filling out forms, broader for scrawling quick notes when on the phone etc. or just having too many pens and looking for an excuse to use them

looking forward to exploring the forum!
cheers,
Paolo.

I just filled up 3 pens for today:
Waterman Edson( blue), med nib
Parker Duofold Centennial(jade) med nib
Delta Dolce Vita OS, med nib

All filled with Pelikan 4001 Blue ink.

Am also carrying a Pilot Dr Grip gel pen, and a Cross Century ballpoint pen

have a great day. Stay safe and be happy!!:)

-Sid

I've been using the same three pens since I arrived at Truck Driving school here in Kentucky:

A Black Parker "51" Aero with GF cap,
A Hero 100 Flighter
My Parker Sr. Duofold "Big Red"

The Hero and Big Red are filled with Quink Black, and the "51" with Quink Blue-Black

Drool! Slobber! Drool! Very nice, Sid.

Although I have about 20 inked pens of all sorts within reach, actually in my shirt pocket today are:

Parker "51" (Sterling/Cedar Blue) vacumatic fine point with Waterman Blue-Black
Bexley 10th Anniversary (Lime) broad stub with Noodler's Sequoia

Bill

It's Danitrio fun feast today:

-> Hanryo and Tactical

Lamy 2000, fine nib, filled with Pelikan blue-black
Sheaffer/Levenger Seas-blue, medium nib, filled with Skrip black

Lamy Al Star with Diamine Prussian Blue

Pelikan M200 Binder 0.7 cursive italic and Parker 51 Midnight Blue

I'm using my Montblanc Boheme Pearl with a fine nib and Montblanc black. Neat looking pen and a great writer, too!

Pelikan 400 with .6mm Binder 14k stub (smoooooh) with Noodler's Apache Sunset, and Dolcevita medium, xxf nib and Aurora black. Nice weekend.

I am currently using Lamy Safari (black).

Mainly a Lamy 2000 fine nib with Lamy Blue ink. In the jacket I'm carrying a midnight blue Parker "51" with a gold cap, fine-med nib and Quink Black. I'm enjoying having two colours for different jobs at work.

Sheaffer Targa 1003 with Parker black quinck and Platinum #3776 Maki-E with Sheaffer black

Today I'll use:
Cross Radiance with med nib and Pelikan Black,
Mont Blanc Generation ball pen,
Mentmore Supreme fine with Tanzenite

All Black-

And I'll play Johnny Cash, Live at San Quentin/Folsom Prison on the stereo.
Now why is that?

Today I used my Pelikan M250 with medium nib with mont blanc cookies and spice ink.

Dawn

My standard carry pens are an Otho and a Pelikan Level 65, both loaded with black ink. The Otho uses short International cartridges and the Level holds a large quanity of ink. Many times a third pen in green, purple or turquoise is carried as I need to draw attention to details in sketches I do.

Ron

I'm starting with my Pelikan M400 White Tortoise with a fine nib and Diamine Presidential Blue. I'll probably use my Montblanc 144 with a medium nib and Montblanc Racing Green ink today, too.

Enjoy the 4th!

Today, a diverse assortment:
Sheaffer TD Desk pen, medium nib, Noodlers Antietam
Cross Merlot Verve, fine nib, Binder's ink mix (1:1 Waterman Florida Blue and Purple)
Sheafer Imperial II, fine nib, Waterman Florida Blue
Gray blue diamond vac Parker 51, fine nib, Waterman Blue-Black
Sheaffer PFM, fine nib, Waterman Florida Blue