Today's pen is a Stipula Novecento Rex with a fine nib. I've inked it with one of Pilot's iroshizuku inks, tsuki-yo.

At home today:

Waterman 52 1/2 woodgrain,BI nib, filled with Herbin Rouge Opera
Copper Esterbrook J with XF posting nib, filled with Waterman's Violet. Need to do editing!
Black Vacumatic Junior, M nib, filled with Waterman's Florida blue

Nice choice, southpaw!

I'm using my Laban snake pen this evening. Well, early morning, but it's still evening if you know what I mean.

I'm taking a lot of notes at a conference this weekend. Used a whole converter in my Monte Verde Black Tie yesterday, so I refilled that and will also use a Parker 51 for today's session. Both with Florida Blue.

Montegrappa Symphony in Parchment with Noodlers' Blue for signature
Omas Old Milord with FPN Dumas Tulipe Noire for writing.

Stipula Santa Fé LE, 18K OM, Diamine Umber/Sailor Grey mix
Pelikan M215 14K F, PR Midnight Blues

Best,
David

I inked up a Reform 1745 with Waterman Black, a Hero 100 with Omas Blue, a Waterman Phileas with Visconti Blue, a Hero 329 with Diamine Turquoise, and finally a Levenger TrueWriter with Noodler's Dostoevsky for use this week.

I'm on the road this week. In the Piquadro I'm carrying:

Namiki Bamboo (black) <F> Aurora Blue

Pilot 78G (hunter green) <B> Noodler's Verdun Green

I have a number of pens on the go for different purposes.

My daily writers are four P51s - a '45 buckskin vac and '46 cedar blue vac (both medium nibs inked with Quink washable blue), a '46 black vac (fine nib inked with combo black Skrip and Quink washable blue) and a '51 burgundy aero-metric (medium nib, same ink as last).

My signature pen is a new redish brown Sailor King of Pens with a medium Naginata Togi nib inked with Skrip black ink. Very broad and wet line but perfect for signing letters.

My current vintage pens are a Parker Major vac 1941 medium nib and a 1939 (?) striped vac Duofold fine nib, both inked with Quink washable blue.

My three pack of new Sailors are a Green ribbed 1911 with a medium Naginata Togi nib inked with Private Reserve black cherry, a black 1911 with music nib and a Maki-e Resin Owl Supreme fine nib, each inked with Private Reserve Lake Placid blue.

My jacket pen is a new green Nakimi VP inked with the combo Skrip Quink.

Lamy 2000 with Tulipe Noire
Lau Lau Pen with PR Chocolat

So, just inked my newly arrived Aurora Optima Burgundy with a broad nib. I choose a Visconti black (to be honest it was one of the only two bottle I had with me in these days where I moved by the sea).

I'll see how it works!

Cheers,

It is with pleasure I report (does anyone actually read this thread?) that, today, I am using a mottled red hard rubber Conway Stewart 479M which has been raised from the dead.

A 99p 'win' from the dreaded ebay, the feed was broken, a large chunk had been lost from the cap and the clip was missing.

After all the usual cleaning and polishing I reground the remainder of the feed to roughly the right shape (had to shape a blob of araldite to the end of the ink channel to stop it off), fitted a sac and away we go! The missing piece from the cap doesn't reach as far as the thread so no problems there, I'm used to clipless pens and so I am now setting about wearing the nib in (smooth but a little noisy on the paper).

Its filled with Herbin Indian Orange which suits its orangey colour. The rippled pattern and colour are particularly attractive on this pen, it is a joy to behold, and the surface is still smooth and shiny. Shame about the damaged cap but it still looks rather dignified on my desk at work.

Greg

Greg, I imagine your resurrected pen does look rather good. I never manage to find these things on Ebay, although of course even if I did I lack the skills necessary to repair them.

On topic for the thread, yesterday's pen was a Waterman Harmonie M in Boudoir Red, with Caran d'Ache Blue Night, an ink which I bought this week and is a huge disappointment. It's a washed out blue-grey, with heavy tones of grey. It flows a little too well, although I'll grant that the Harmonie is generous with its ink anyway, and has a small amount of bleed-through in my journal (okay, my journal's a Moleskine, but it's a well-behaved one which hasn't had problems with the other inks I've used in it).

Today's pen will be my Pelikan M200 (black) F with Herbin Poussiere de Lune.

Today? Mini Sheafer B & W Flat Top with smooth FP(1925); modern Centennial Pearl n Black Duofold EF point.

Today I am using a Franklin Cristoph M-14 with broad italic nib with Noodler's Borealis Black and a Pilot VP with a cursive italic nb and Nakimi Blue.

Ancora Perla B nib w/ PR Blue Suede ink.

Red Ripple Waterman 52 with nice f flexy nib and Waterman Blue Black ink
Classic Pens Tourmaline Fire Prototype with f nib and Diamine Woodland Green

Parker Frontier with XF nib, dark gray barrel, GP nib and clip. Filled with PR Lake Placid blue.

Ed

a binderized pelikan m200! Lovin' it too!

Too busy to open my pen case today so the Lamy 2000 had to work all day. It is filled with FPN Tulipe Noire ink.

I use today, Paker Mosic Black Centennial M nib filled with Montblanc burgundy.

Today it's been the CP Legend 766 Garnet Fire prototype with Richard Binder 0.35mm nib and Visconti Bordeaux.

Lamy 2000 extra fine nib with FPN Tulipe Noire

Pelikan 200 Translucent Blue with a vintage flexy pel nib and Baystate Blue

1925 Parker Big Red Single Band Flat Top Duofold Senior with Tangerine Dream from Private Reserve.

Today my fountain pen choices are:

1. Montblanc William Faulkner medium nib with Private Reserve Lake Placid Blue, and
2. Stipula Etruria Amber Celluloid (large size) medium nib and Noodler's Saguaro Wine.

The usual P51, but I'm also fighting with the Calligraphy Parker I got, which scratches across the paper.
But I've not used it much, so I figured I'll fight with it a bit, see if it improves.

Used my red Parker "21" and a Frontier with a Fine nib, two generous writers, both filled with Visconti blue, to write some letters. The Frontier fairly gushed ink onto the page. I’ve been looking for an ink that gives a good line from a Frontier XF nib; so I’ll give the Visconti blue a try.

I've also been trying Noodlers American Eel blue ink (formulated to lubricate pistons) in a Pelikan Go! with a balky piston, and a Waterman Florida blue cart in a Pilot 78g I just received from Samovar.

Ed

This week my pen case has been filled with a Parker striped Duofold (vac filler), an open nibbed Scheaffer Snorkel in burgundy and my new Parker 51 Flighter. All are filled with Inkommunicado’s Russian Aubergine purple. All three are excellent writers, but each is quite different in feel and the line they put down, even though all three are pretty much fine points.

At home I was using a no name stylograph that has to be at least a hundred plus years old, but now I am cleaning it out and putting it away, I like how it writes, but it also leaks pretty badly, that could be because I am not using the ink shut off correctly, but I think it is just pretty well worn out, this pen was very well used, not abused, but after all these years it has a bit of a bladder-control problem. Eye-drop filler, two gold-washed bands, chased black hard rubber. I am glad I got it, but it will be strictly a display model.

Parker 45 with Noodlers Black
Parker "51" special with Heart of Darkness
Hero 616 with Baystate Blue

Pelikan M605 with Waterman Florida Blue

Lamy Al-Star with Visconti Blue.

I can only wish I had some of the pens listed here.

-nkk

I'm using a Herlitz Tornado for the day. I cleaned it the other day and after languishing in a draw for years, it works again.

Silke - who needs to learn how to refill cartridges...

Laban Mento Amazon Forest FP; Taccia Continental Red & Orange FP

I have just begun my love affair with fountain pens. I already had a Waterman (M) that I bought 10 years ago but didn't use very much. (Don't know what took me so darn long!!

In the last few weeks I have purchased the Pellikan Souv 600 (BB), Parker broad nib, Lamy Safari (F)
Rotring 1.5 nib, and a few more.......

Today and everyday, I use them ALL in my journals (I have many....garden, everyday thoughts, home journal etc.)

Because of this group of wonderful folks, I feel perfectly NORMAL inking up each and every one of them and using them ALL every single day. I am not a little kid but I love and get a real charge out of holding all of them in my hand. Waterman feels best due to the heaviness of it. Love the Rotring to bits and bits, the Lamy Safari is no slouch. Oh heck, I adore them all.

Bonnie A.K.A. Inkyfingers

Parker VS fine + Quink black
Aurora Ipsilon + Noodlers Borealis Black

Currently, I'm using my:

Parker 51 vac (black) with custom "Dark Teal" mix

Libelle Chromatic (Stainless) with MB Bordeaux (cart)

Parker Sonnet (green) with Parker Blue (cart)

Pilot VP (black carbonesque) with Pilot Black (cart)

Just got a Molteni Antoinette Ebonite. Actually a Bexley w a Bexley F nib.
Beautiful.

Just inked up a new Marlen Silhouette in Blue with a fine nib. Very nice - not buttery smooth like the Sailors, but with just the right amount of tooth.

I got a couple of months ago a Waterman Harmonie Black GT with a F nib.
It is a great pen in my opinion, worked very smooth so far and writing with it is a real pleasure. Got nothing but praise for it. Also the price is pretty nice for this pen.

Lamy 2000 filled with Luxury Blue, and Safari Vista, with lamy red.

Lamy 2000 with FPN Tulipe Noire
Parker 45 Flighter with Diamine Mediterrenian Blue
LauLau Pen with PR Chocolat
Pelikan 200 Translucent Blue with BSB.

PFM V set in green.
MB 145.
Waterman Patrician desk pen at the office.

Danny
www.thewritepen.net

Hey Dan! Who's that good looking guy at the table with you in your avatar?

All Japanese today, but all very different.

Danitrio Mikado Raw Ebonite with Quink Blue

Pilot Custom 845 with cursive italic (care of Dillo) with Penman Saphire

Pilot Super 300G with MB Black.

A good pen day.

Waterman 12 with flexible fine nib (just cleaned it out and put it away - generally use Cafe des Iles or PR Copper burst in this one, I think Cafe this time)
Waterman 14S with italic nib (this one also ran dry today), YOL blue-black
Pelikan 100N with OM nib and YOL blue (?)
Monteverde Charisma with medium CI nib, Herbin Poussiere de Lune
Kaweco Sport Art in Mambo, med CI nib, Herbin cafe des iles
Aurora Optima, green marble, f/m nib, Diamine purple

M400 Tortoise (mid eighties model), M200 Burgundy, D450 Tortoise (Not a pen, I know).

I just got my first Binder pen...a Pelikan M200 with a 0.9 italic cursive nib.
Everything I imagined it would be...smooth....everything everyone else has described about his pens and service.
Fabulous! Smallish pen that is light, not metal.
Wanda

Pelikan M215, 18K F, Waterman Blue-Black mix

Parker Duofold Big Red Single Band Senior, 14k, EF with Tangerine Dream

Right now, my entire pen collection:

Parker 45 TX M nib, black quink cartridge (until I get a converter, then it's NBB all the way! Would also like a F nib)
Parker 45 F nib, noodlers black bulletproof
Lamy Safari, m nib, Noodlers black bulletproof.