Full Version: What Pens Are You Using Today?
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Today, I am the proud owner of a brand new (to me) PFM III. Fine nib and now filled with Aurora Black, this pen was made for writing!
I brought in my new-to-me Parker 51 Special.
Coworker came in just now "Do you have a writing utensil I could borrow?"
I hand him the Parker "Try out the 51."
He put up his hands and backed away "Nooooo.. Do you have anything crappy?"
I loaned him the Jotter instead.
cracked me up
Coworker came in just now "Do you have a writing utensil I could borrow?"
I hand him the Parker "Try out the 51."
He put up his hands and backed away "Nooooo.. Do you have anything crappy?"
I loaned him the Jotter instead.
cracked me up
QUOTE(bobsachs @ Feb 11 2006, 10:16 PM) [snapback]71398[/snapback]
I received my Danitrio Tamenuri Mikado from Kevin a few days ago and I haven't wanted to write with anything else since. The pen, as many of you know, is enormous and yet it is light and shaped so that it fits into my fairly small hand beautifully. The nib is a "soft" fine. I've filled it with Noodlers Red Black (which approximates the color of the pen). I am an over the top left hander and the ink flow is such that I find no problem with smudging even using some pretty slick Clairefontaine paper.
I chose the clipless version since the pen really is too big to fit comfortably in a shirt pocket. The only marking on the pen (other than on the two-tone 18k gold nib) is the signature in Kongi of the artist in gold color on the section.
Maybe in time I'll tire of using it, but I wouldn't bet that way.
Now the question is what to do with the other 200 pens in my collection.
Since this is my first post, I'm not sure the image will show up. If it does, you should note that it is Kevin Cheng's, not mine.
Bob
I chose the clipless version since the pen really is too big to fit comfortably in a shirt pocket. The only marking on the pen (other than on the two-tone 18k gold nib) is the signature in Kongi of the artist in gold color on the section.
Maybe in time I'll tire of using it, but I wouldn't bet that way.
Now the question is what to do with the other 200 pens in my collection.
Since this is my first post, I'm not sure the image will show up. If it does, you should note that it is Kevin Cheng's, not mine.
Bob
I have been trying to buy a Danitrio. No luck so far. Could you tell me how to get in touch with Kevin? I will appreciate it. Vervavolant
I've been using a Sheaffer Jr flattop, firm Lifetime nib with black Quink.
One of the Sheaffer TDs I bought from HyperCamper, Noodler's Blue and the Sunday Times Cryptic Crossword.
Yum...
Tea and lemon cake to be applied as required.
Yum...
Tea and lemon cake to be applied as required.
I'm using my Pelikan Grande Place with a Binder xxf/xxxf with full flex. Inked it up with PR Lake Placid Blue and I'm loving it.
Dean
Dean
Today is a Shaeffer that I found in my desk over the week end, it looks around 30 years old, I dont know the model, all stanless apart from the nib holder, looking very similar to Jonhros, nice nib and works well, just not very keen on silver finish metal pens! Filled with my own mix of Mont Blanc Brown Seasons Greeetings and my own blue black, resyltant colour is a very nice rich dark drown.
Anyone know the model of the Shaeffer?
Anyone know the model of the Shaeffer?
QUOTE(Arthur @ Dec 10 2007, 07:23 AM) [snapback]443019[/snapback]
Today is a Shaeffer that I found in my desk over the week end, it looks around 30 years old, I dont know the model, all stanless apart from the nib holder, looking very similar to Jonhros, nice nib and works well, just not very keen on silver finish metal pens! Filled with my own mix of Mont Blanc Brown Seasons Greeetings and my own blue black, resyltant colour is a very nice rich dark drown.
Anyone know the model of the Shaeffer?
Anyone know the model of the Shaeffer?
Do you have a photo? If it's similar to my PFM III, but with silver trim, it could be a PFM I. On the other hand, it might be (and more likely is) a Sheaffer Imperial. Is it a snorkel filler or a touchdown filler?
At school: Pelikan M200 F nib and a Pilot VP fine nib.
At home: Lamy 2000 XF nib, Pelikan M405 F nib
At home: Lamy 2000 XF nib, Pelikan M405 F nib
Parker 45 with PR Plum
Visconti Van Gogh Midi with Quink Blue-Black
Conway Stewart 388 with Diamine Prussian Blue
Pilot 78G with Waterman Green
Visconti Van Gogh Midi with Quink Blue-Black
Conway Stewart 388 with Diamine Prussian Blue
Pilot 78G with Waterman Green
Dip-pen.
Parker 51.
Waterman Phileas.
Parker 51.
Waterman Phileas.
At work - Parker 51 and Esterbrook J, 9555 nib. About halfway through the day my Estie failed on me, perhaps due to a bent nib or fiber buildup between the nib tines. I cleaned and gently adjusted after I got home, and it's again working fine. The Parker 51's always work, no thrill in that, eh?
Today I was so busy that only pen ever saw use. My Visconti Red Wall Street with Diamine Mediterranean Blue.
QUOTE(Dean @ Dec 9 2007, 11:11 AM) [snapback]442322[/snapback]
I'm using my Pelikan Grande Place with a Binder xxf/xxxf with full flex. Inked it up with PR Lake Placid Blue and I'm loving it.
Dean
Dean
Hey Dean,
Did you have Richard modify your 600 two tone nib or did you get one of his 200/250 nibs?
Mont blanc Meisterstück 145 at work.
Conway Stewart 214/500 (whatever that means?) with a fine point that seems to write medium. Using my standrd Waterman Blue/Black. The pen's job today is to sign and personalize 600 letters. This writes with enough ink to be dark, but not so much that I need my blotter. Nice pen. I thought about selling it, but over the past few days, I changed my mind.
Visconti Wall Street Red with Diamine Presidential Blue
Reform demonstrator italic with PR Chocolat
Teal Blue 51 with Caran d'Ache Caribbean Blue
And for 15 seconds before my wife snatched it away to wrap - my Christmas present Pelikan Brown Tortoise with a sweet flex nib dipped in Diamine Pres Blue
Reform demonstrator italic with PR Chocolat
Teal Blue 51 with Caran d'Ache Caribbean Blue
And for 15 seconds before my wife snatched it away to wrap - my Christmas present Pelikan Brown Tortoise with a sweet flex nib dipped in Diamine Pres Blue
Over the past few years, my hospital has slowly been moving over to computerized documentation. The irony of that development is that I it is giving me more opportunities to use my fountain pens, as I am forced to spend so much of my day writing on triplicate forms. My wrists are much happier now that I don't have to push down so hard on the papers that I am writing on. So today's pens are my usual "less-expensive-but-still-nice" FPs:
-All-black Waterman Phileas, filled with Waterman Black
-Black/Silver Lamy Safari with a nice left-oblique italic nib, filled with some unknown blue ink. (Lamy Blue?)
A couple of nice writers to get me through the day.
TMann
My wrists are much happier now that I don't have to push down so hard on the papers that I am writing on. So today's pens are my usual "less-expensive-but-still-nice" FPs:-All-black Waterman Phileas, filled with Waterman Black
-Black/Silver Lamy Safari with a nice left-oblique italic nib, filled with some unknown blue ink. (Lamy Blue?)
A couple of nice writers to get me through the day.
TMann
Just had to mention that I was using my Lamy Al-Star, EF, Gulf Stream Blue today. Noteworthy for me because I used it both at work for journal -- pretty much everything today. I've been using pens with Binder cursive italics for months and haven't used a regular roundy nib in ... months. But I rediscovered that the Al-Star is a wonderful writer.
Doug
Doug
Wood-shaft dip-pen w/fine nib.
I've discovered that ever since I bought that inkwell, the pen-shaft and all those spare nibs and filled up my grandmother's old pen-rest and set the whole thing up on my desk...
...I've been writing with absolutely nothing but that dip-pen. All my at-desk, at-home writing is done with it, and my fountain pens sit forgotten in their case...
...should I be worried!?
I've discovered that ever since I bought that inkwell, the pen-shaft and all those spare nibs and filled up my grandmother's old pen-rest and set the whole thing up on my desk...
...I've been writing with absolutely nothing but that dip-pen. All my at-desk, at-home writing is done with it, and my fountain pens sit forgotten in their case...
...should I be worried!?
Sailor Bamboo Susutake / Cross Emperor Nib / Blue Black Sailor Gentle Ink Cartridge;
Montegrappa Extra 1930 Tortoise Celluloid / XF nib / Red Brown Sailor Gentle Ink Bottle;
Sailor CP7 Atlantic / Naginata Togi MF nib / Blue Black Sailor Gentle Ink Cartridge;
Waterman Edson Silver L.E. / XF nib / Blue Black Waterman Cartridge.
Montegrappa Extra 1930 Tortoise Celluloid / XF nib / Red Brown Sailor Gentle Ink Bottle;
Sailor CP7 Atlantic / Naginata Togi MF nib / Blue Black Sailor Gentle Ink Cartridge;
Waterman Edson Silver L.E. / XF nib / Blue Black Waterman Cartridge.
M.B. 144 solitaire in barleycorn finish with a Waterman Florida blue cartridge fitted. This little pen is one of my more pleasing MontBlanc purchases.
Along side the Core, the 51, and the VP, I inked up the MYU 701 again. This time, with the cartridge it shipped with.
First time with this pen without using Noodlers in the converter.
I gotta say, it's fantastic; puts a laser line down.
First time with this pen without using Noodlers in the converter.
I gotta say, it's fantastic; puts a laser line down.
Bexley / Molteni Heritage, fine nib, button filler filled with Diamine Royal Blue
Pilot Sesenta, fine nib, filled with Waterman Havana Brown
Pilot Sesenta, fine nib, filled with Waterman Havana Brown
The Pel 800 and Conway Stewart Amber Dandy are in the rinse out que today.
Inked and being used:
Visconti Red Wall Street with Diamine Presidential Blue
Pel 200 Blue Translucent with Waterman Florida Blue *
Yard-o-Led Viceroy with Diamine Mediterranean Blue
* Don't tell the wife but I swiped the nib out of my Christmas Present and replaced it with a two tone fine and put the Flexy medium in this pen to play with between now and Christmas...
Hmmm I just noticed that there are no pens with brown ink! I better remedy that!
Inked and being used:
Visconti Red Wall Street with Diamine Presidential Blue
Pel 200 Blue Translucent with Waterman Florida Blue *
Yard-o-Led Viceroy with Diamine Mediterranean Blue
* Don't tell the wife but I swiped the nib out of my Christmas Present and replaced it with a two tone fine and put the Flexy medium in this pen to play with between now and Christmas...
Hmmm I just noticed that there are no pens with brown ink! I better remedy that!
Visconti Ragtime III(?) the one with the carved/engraved lucite cap and barrel, using Waterman Carnation Red ink to write Christmas cards.
gary
PS if you have an original Celluloid Ragtime, green or cinnabar, that you would sell please drop me a line.
gary
PS if you have an original Celluloid Ragtime, green or cinnabar, that you would sell please drop me a line.
For now, my weekend/home pens are an orange Waterman Kultur loaded with Levenger Gemstone Green via cartridge and a stainless Parker Vector loaded with PR Arabian Rose by converter. I'm using them as my Christmas colors for cards and such.
Work,
A Pelikan week this week:-
Pelikan M600 (old style) in classic green black stripe - Diamine Sapphire Blue
Pelikan M250 demo (Red) - Diamine Indigo
Pelikan 140 - Pelikan Black
Home
Parker 51 - Parker Blue/Black
Conway Stewart 28 - Waterman Florida Blue
Parker Duofold (modern) - Penman Sapphire Blue
Sheaffer Balance (vintage)- Sheaffer Black
Andy
A Pelikan week this week:-
Pelikan M600 (old style) in classic green black stripe - Diamine Sapphire Blue
Pelikan M250 demo (Red) - Diamine Indigo
Pelikan 140 - Pelikan Black
Home
Parker 51 - Parker Blue/Black
Conway Stewart 28 - Waterman Florida Blue
Parker Duofold (modern) - Penman Sapphire Blue
Sheaffer Balance (vintage)- Sheaffer Black
Andy
Work also....
Today is my Pelikan M200 with Noodler's BP black. I found my Rotring Core in my desk today...had to tear it apart and clean it...it was really clogged up for neglect
Today is my Pelikan M200 with Noodler's BP black. I found my Rotring Core in my desk today...had to tear it apart and clean it...it was really clogged up for neglect
Used a Hero 100 this morning for note-taking; and this afternoon playing around with an Eversharp Skyline that I received recently & have cleaned up & it's working. Mainly that's just doodling right now, but it counts as one of my pens for the day.
A very cheap Eversharp with a fine steel nib. Takes a very soft touch but writes well.
MB146 platinum with MB Violet. Nice!
A thread last night reminded me of this pen so I found it and inked it up and have used it today.
Sheaffer Craftsman in Carmine Red with Diamine Presidential Blue Ink.
Sheaffer Craftsman in Carmine Red with Diamine Presidential Blue Ink.
Loaded Sailor Sapporo Mini light blue one with Sailor Blue cartridge, but might change it to something lighter. Also reloaded black one with Tulipe Noire.
Have been using Kaweco Art Sport Samba with Noodler's Gruen Cactus to sign holiday cards, but we don't really send out that many.
Oh, and my son let me try his new blue Pelikano Jr. with Pelikan Brilliant Green cart he got as a Hanukkah present. Very smoooth!
Have been using Kaweco Art Sport Samba with Noodler's Gruen Cactus to sign holiday cards, but we don't really send out that many.
Oh, and my son let me try his new blue Pelikano Jr. with Pelikan Brilliant Green cart he got as a Hanukkah present. Very smoooth!
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Sailor Bamboo Susutake / Cross Emperor Nib / Blue Black Sailor Gentle Ink Cartridge;
Montegrappa Extra 1930 Tortoise Celluloid / XF nib / Red Brown Sailor Gentle Ink Bottle;
Sailor CP7 Atlantic / Naginata Togi MF nib / Blue Black Sailor Gentle Ink Cartridge;
Waterman Edson Silver L.E. / XF nib / Blue Black Waterman Cartridge.
Montegrappa Extra 1930 Tortoise Celluloid / XF nib / Red Brown Sailor Gentle Ink Bottle;
Sailor CP7 Atlantic / Naginata Togi MF nib / Blue Black Sailor Gentle Ink Cartridge;
Waterman Edson Silver L.E. / XF nib / Blue Black Waterman Cartridge.
sailor a rigid or fairly supple touch?
My new Lamy Red Safari with a medium nib, I am using it to number the pages in my new note book.
Today it is an Ancora Perla in Blue medium nib, and a Cross Platinum Verve.
Today, I am getting my vacation pens ready to go, so am writing with them..
Lamy Vista XF nib with FPN Tulipe Noire
Lamy Ocean Blue All Star XF nib with Noodler La Couleur Royale
Parker Vacumatic Azure Blue DJ with factory flex nib with FPN Tulipe Noire...
Parker 61 F nib with Waterman South Seas Blue.
Lamy Vista XF nib with FPN Tulipe Noire
Lamy Ocean Blue All Star XF nib with Noodler La Couleur Royale
Parker Vacumatic Azure Blue DJ with factory flex nib with FPN Tulipe Noire...
Parker 61 F nib with Waterman South Seas Blue.
Workday, in the Piquadro:
Hero 100 flighter xf nib; Noodler's Luxury Blue
Namiki Raden VP 0.6mm Binder stub; Namiki Blue-Black
In the organizer:
Wing Sung 237 xf nib; Noodler's Antietam
Platinum Bel-age f nib; waterman's South Seas blue
Hero 100 flighter xf nib; Noodler's Luxury Blue
Namiki Raden VP 0.6mm Binder stub; Namiki Blue-Black
In the organizer:
Wing Sung 237 xf nib; Noodler's Antietam
Platinum Bel-age f nib; waterman's South Seas blue
Working with a just rehabbed c 1940 Sheaffer Lifetime Balance, thin model. Beautiful nib lays a smooth and F/M line. The pen is a tad thin for my hand, other than that it works well.
For my use at the office today I chose my Montegrappa Extra 1930 in black bamboo with Noodler's Forest Green ink, my Sheaffer Legacy 2 with Noodler's Navajo Turquoise ink, and my Montblanc William Faulkner with Noodler's Saguaro Wine ink.
Most days in the last year and today:
Namiki Falcon FP - Private Reserve American Blue
Namiki Falcon MP - Noodlers Polar Black
Namiki Yukari FP - Noodlers Luxury Blue
Parker 51 aero - Private Reserve American Blue
RB
Namiki Falcon FP - Private Reserve American Blue
Namiki Falcon MP - Noodlers Polar Black
Namiki Yukari FP - Noodlers Luxury Blue
Parker 51 aero - Private Reserve American Blue
RB
Today:
Red Visconti Wall Street w/Diamine Presidential Blue
Teal Parker 51 aero w/Caran d'Ache Caribbean Blue
Carmine Red Sheaffer Craftsman w/Diamine Pres Blue
Blue Translucent Pelikan 200 w/Waterman Florida Blue
You'd think I was in a blue mood or something!
Red Visconti Wall Street w/Diamine Presidential Blue
Teal Parker 51 aero w/Caran d'Ache Caribbean Blue
Carmine Red Sheaffer Craftsman w/Diamine Pres Blue
Blue Translucent Pelikan 200 w/Waterman Florida Blue
You'd think I was in a blue mood or something!
Modern CS Duro in woodgrain ebonite with fine nib received today and filled with Diamine Presidential Blue.
Vintage CS 58 in Grey Hatch, medium Duro nib ,filled with Parker Quink Blue Black.
Vintage CS 58 in Grey Hatch, medium Duro nib ,filled with Parker Quink Blue Black.
Visiting family just before Christmas so have my Chrcoal Grey Lamy Safari with me along witha Moleskine notebook.
Lamy cp1, matte black finish, with fine nib, filled with Private Reserve Midnight Blues
Wonderful quiet day at home today, wrapping some presents putting some ornaments on the tree spending time with my girls. Doing a little writing, putting names on tags writing in my journal. For all of that fun, I'm using:
Yard-o-Led w/Diamine Mediterranean Blue
Teal Parker 51 aero w/Caran d'Ache Caribbean Blue
Carmine Red Sheaffer Craftsman w/Diamine Pres Blue
Yard-o-Led w/Diamine Mediterranean Blue
Teal Parker 51 aero w/Caran d'Ache Caribbean Blue
Carmine Red Sheaffer Craftsman w/Diamine Pres Blue
The Namiki Falcon, loaded with Noodler's Black
Rare day today: I've only used one pen all day, a newly arrived Lamy 2000 with an EF nib and loaded up with Lamy Turquoise.
2 pen day for me:
Hero 100 flighter, Noodler's Luxury Blue
Namiki VP Raden, 0.6mm Binder stub, Namiki Blue-Black ink
Hero 100 flighter, Noodler's Luxury Blue
Namiki VP Raden, 0.6mm Binder stub, Namiki Blue-Black ink
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