Today's pens:

Green and gold Namiki Vanishing point, loaded with PR Black Magic Blue,
and a Filcao Columbia, loaded with PR American Blue.

DaniTrio $27 loaded with Stipula Moss Green, mmmm. Also using my Legacy Heritage with Nightshade and my nice "51" with Levenger Cobalt. I must say, the last clashes with the other two.

Gray Parker 61 (Quink Washable Blue)
Parker 51 desk set (Noodler's Legal Lapis)
Brown Whirl HR Danitrio Tosca (Diamine Sepia)
Red Parker 45 (Parker Penman Ruby)
Black Parker Centennial Duofold (Noodler's Zhivago)
Black Danitrio $27 (Noodler's Green Marine)

Parker 51, Burgundy/Lustraloy, EF nib.
Inked with Visconti blue.

Regards
Ingmar

Cartier Ebony/Croc. Ltd. Ed. Rollerball

KPB

Sailor 100-yen Ink Pen Eye-dropperized (Noodler's Glacier Blue)
Pelikan Honey EF (Vert Olive w/a touch of Waterman Fla Blue)
Pilot decimo Champagne Pink F (Pilot BB)
Pilot Legance Blue M (Noodler's Blue)
Aurora Optima green Italic (Noodler's Zhivago)

Aurora Optima Primavera rollerball, Cross Townsend Carbonite with Cross (Pelikan) black, and Namiki Nippon Art Wildflower with Waterman Blue-Black.

Lamy 2000, fine nib, filled with Pelikan blue-black.

Hero 100 with 616 cap, and Hero 616 with 100 cap, both using Waterman Blue Black ink, which is blue, black seems to be MIA. My vintage pens mostly need help, and my Shearker frankenpen is still on the drawing board, while my assistant digs up parts by moonlight.

Today I am using my Sailor M1911 filled with Pelikan Turquoise. I am using this pen an awful lot at the moment its so beautiful to write with .... not sure about the ink though, not one of my favourites.

Dawn

Gisi Custom 'Pirate' FP with Medium Nib

I have not posted in here in a while, so here is my current roundup:

Pelikan 200 (translucent) (broad) with Noodlers Legal Lapis
Pelikan 200 (translucent) (broad) with Levenger Cocoa
Pelikan 800 (medium) with Levenger Cobalt
Waterman LeMan (medium) with Levenger Raven
Lamy 2000 (fine) with Swisher Antigua Blue (this is a new puppy)
Pelikan 150 (broad) with Noodlers Habanero

Change in the choices:

Today and over the weekend I am using my Danitrio Densho ED flexi fine loaded with Noodler's Zhivago (had been loaded with Levenger Cobalt Blue) to write a couple of articles. Soooo nice.

Unloaded the Parker Sonnet Blue Lacque (Noodler's Brown), Danitrio Tosca (Diamine Sepia) and the Danitrio $27 pen (Green Marine).

Added Rotring Core with Herbin Vert Olive and another Core with Herbin Rouge Opera.

Kept the usual permanently loaded pens as they were: blues and blue-blacks.

No brown ink for the next week. If I can stand it.

Finishing off a load of Levenger Raven Black in a Sheaffer Triumph Imperial with broad nib, before sending pen to Richard binder for a nose job (stubbing).

Total count: 8 loaded and ready.

Omas Arco cursive italic nib by Mottishaw. Diamine Prussian Blue
Parker 51 Flighter. F/M nib. Private Reserve 2003 DC Supershow Blue

Well, today it's quite a variety:
Nebula CS100, fine italic nib, Diamine Tropical Blue
1947 Cedar Blue Parker "51" Vac, fine nib, Parker Penman Sapphire
Sheaffer Imperial VIII TD, fine nib, Noodlers/Swishers Gulf Stream Blue
Sheaffer TD Desk Pen, medium triumph nib, Noodlers Antietam
Burgundy Sheaffer Sentinel Snorkel, Noodlers/Swishers Aquamarine Blue Contract Ink

Parker 75, "Cisele", 14K Needlepoint, inked with Pelikan black.

Regards
Ingmar

Had to clean the 9 pens that I had with me to pass to fly back.
So I am starting with a clean slate. I just inked an OMAS 360 Magnum and I will probaby ink again my Sonnet Cisele later today.

AZ

I've been carrying extra pens this week:

Parker 45 with a blue Parker Cartridge

Sheaffer school pen (I have no idea of the exact model) with a steel nib, loaded with a PR Naples Blue cartridge---just waiting for it to leak


Sheaffer Snorkel with MB Royal Blue ink

Parker-100 with a Parker Black cartridge

Rebecca Moss pen with Waterman Black ink

As usual, I have my MB Boheme ballpoint for carbon copies available (which means I'm carrying the matching FP in the same case)

Lamy 2000, fine nib, filled with Pelikan blue-black
Sheaffer Intrigue, seal pattern, medium nib, filled with Noodler's Legal Lapis

It is a small selection today with a boring choice of colors. I'm away on a suprise business trip, so I had to keep things lite and "boring"

I am using:

Rotring Intitial with blue barrell and a F nib. This pen is filled with PR American Blue.

Pelikan M215 with the blue barrell with platinum-plated stripes in the barrell. It has a F nib. I bought this pen from Richard Binder, so the nib is smooth as glass and writes just fabulous. It is filled with Noodler's Legal Blue, which I believe is an Art Brown exclusive.

Inkdesigner

Today, I'm using a variety of pens.

The bulk of my writing today has been done with two pens: First is my fine-nibbed Waterman Phileas, filled with Noodler's Bulletproof Black. I'm also using a Visconti Van Gogh Midi filled with Noodler's Kiowa Pecan, a wonderful brown ink with just the right amount of red in it.

I've also had a few brief spells using a vintage OS Sheaffer balance with a lifetime nib. It's filled with Aurora Blue, as well as an Omas Ogiva with a fine nib filled with J. Herbin Bleu Nuit.


Ah, tomorrow's another day!

James P.

Pelikan Athens in F with Iraqi Indigo; Green Phileas F with Aircorps Blue-Black; Mottishaw Pel White Tortoise F (w/flex) with Noodler's Golden Brown.

It is a good day.

Today, it's been:
Burgundy Platinum Very Presidential with Diamine Prussian Blue
Sheaffer TD Imperial I with Waterman Blue Black
Sheaffer TD Imperial II with Waterman Florida Blue
Sheaffer TD Imperial VI with Diamine Presidential Blue
Sheaffer TD Imperial VIII with Noodlers/Swishers Aquamarine Blue
Nebula Conway Stewart 100 with Diamine Tropical Blue
Parker 51 Vac Fil with Parker Penman Sapphire

(wow, can you tell I like blue!)

Just one today .... a Pelikan M200 with Parker Quink black in.

Dawn

Today's starter is a Parker Sonnet Silver Fougere with a medium nib and Waterman black. I'll probably use my Lamy 2000 with a medium nib and Waterman Florida Blue, too. Both are outstanding writers!

German piston-filling pen day.

Pelikan 250, tortoise, fine nib, filled with Skrip Black
Lamy 2000, fine nib, filled with Pelikan Blue-Black.

I have not used my Pelikan for a while and I still really like the pen. Light weight, piston filled, nicely balanced, and writes great. It was nice using it again.

Trying out ink samples from James P. today. La Couleur Royale in my Dani $27, and Visconti Blue in my beat-up and beloved Pelikan Go! A beautiful blue day.

Todays pens are,
Conklin Mark Twain Cresent Filler (modern) w/ PR Black Magic Blue
Mustard yellow Namiki Vanishing Point w/ Noodlers Zhivago
Filcao Columbia w/ PR American Blue

Today's Four:

Aurora Optima with Waterman blue-black
Parker Vac Standard with Diamine Prussian Blue
Filcao Columbia with Noodlers Walnut
Parker 51 Aero with Waterman Blue-black

I slipped my Waterman 452 into my Piquadro this week. Talk about WET stubs...



The other tenant of the case, my Blue Cedar "51", continues to enjoy its long-term lease.

I am spending a lovely Sunday at home, snailing, drinking coffee and listening to very nice music. With me:

• Bexley Tuck-Away, factory stub nib, with Montblanc Turquoise cartridges
• Parker "51" Special with Aurora Blue
• Aurora Ipsilon, grey celluloid, stub nib and Rohrer & Klingner Sepia

Here is a lousy scan of the latter.

Alejandro

Today, I'm using a Hero 616 recently filled with Sailor Jentle Yellow-Orange ink. I just want to.

I'm also using a Parker "51" demi aero, with PR Midnight Blues and a Visconti Van Gogh, with a stub nib modified by Greg Minuskin. It has Noodler's Midnight in it (sometimes you just feel like blue-black!)

Later, I'll be filling a co-worker's cocoa "51" with Sailor Blue and giving that a test run.

James P.

Rotring Core XS with Noodler's Green Marine
Lamy Safari (Blue) Med nib with Noodler's Tiananmen

Hello Everyone!!

I am a new user to the FPN. I own and use the following (use all three, daily)

Stipula Florentia F nib - Parker Quink (to "prime it" - have not yet used a full batch of ink)

LAMY Safari XF (Bright Yellow) - Lamy cartridges - used at work for phone & meeting notes

LAMY Safari AlStar XF (graphite color) - VERY well worn in & scratched. Loaded with Noodlers Luxury Blue - for laboratory notebooks, everyday use, notes from graduate courses lectures (engineering/mathematics)

I look forward to posting more!!

Best,

chebass88

Good morning

Today I am using my Conklin Glider with Waterman Havanna.

Dawn

Today I'm using what has become my workhorse - my BIG Romet Asia which is very compatible with my chronic arthritis. I'm reading The Adventures of Robin Hood by Paul Cheswick and keeping a reader's journal with notes on each chapter. My Romet is appropriately inked with Private Reserve's Sherwood Green.

Judybug

Excellent!

Loaded up my extra-flexy Falcon with Legal Lapis, a color I am not entirely sure I like. We shall see. Also running the Go! dry with my last drops of Visconti Blue.

Hi, Judybug, is that a new version of the story - "revisionist" - or a re-telling of the original tale? Sherwood Green - fantastic!
(Today, as usual for now, it's my Pelikan M800 with Visconti Blue and MB 146 with MB red.)
John S.

Today it's a black Sheaffer Imperial VI, TD filler (of course), with Diamine Presidential Blue, a 1948 Parker "51" Vac Filler with Parker Penman Sapphire Blue, and a Sheaffer Imperial VIII TD with Noodlers/Swishers Gulf Stream Blue.

CORRECTION - "The Adventures of Robin Hood" that I mentioned in an earlier post is by Paul Creswick, NOT Cheswick. Sorry.

Judybug

BTW -

The Adventures of Robin Hood by Paul Creswick is a new [1991] edition of Creswick's original book - Robin Hood - published in 1902.

Judybug

Danitrio "tactical carry" $27 pen in blue, M nib, filled with Iraqi Indigo

I'm using my Namiki Dragon and Cumulus with a medium nib and Pelikan black and my Parker Sonnet Ocean Blue rollerball today. They're both gifts from my better-half of 13 years!

Astura (Italian Button Fill - 1950s)
Esterbrook Copper J - 2314F Nib
Jade Duofold Senior - c 1928
Pelikan 800

Today it's a pair, both sporting purple inks:
Black Sailor 1911 full size with MF nib, older style flat top with anchor logo, inked with Richard Binder's 1:1 mix of Waterman Purple:Waterman Florida Blue.
Bexley 10th Anniversary in chocolate ebonite with stub nib, inked with Diamine Imperial Purple.



A side note:

My 2 1/2 year old son Kenneth is nuts over my pens. "Let me see. Pretty. WOW! Open it up, Daddy!" are typical of the comments that he says.

Today I let him pick my pen to carry in my pocket to church. Gave him a choice between several pens: Sheaffer Imperial TD VIII (back with rolled gold cap), Imperial TD VI (stainless steel cap with rolled gold trim), Imperial Blue TD with gold trim, and the Sailor.

He chose the Sailor due to: a) the size, and the anchor on the top. How do I know? Because he told me!

S.T. Dupont Fidelio with a Fine nib.
Montegrappa ink

This is the second time I've decided to go with a "one pen at a time" rotation. The idea is to use one pen until it is empty, then clean it and ink up another pen. When I start this I have to use one pen from among those already in rotation and continue until there is only one. This is the current pen:

Edit: It's a Wahl 4 1/4" that I bought at the DC show.

Three today for me .....

Sailor M1911 with Waterman Havanna
Duke Crane with Sailor Jentle Green
Mentmore Regent with Pelikan Turquoise

Have a good day everyone!

Dawn

Racing around the house and errands with the baby (holidays are so much more work than work days for me), so two foolproof, bulletproof pens--Pel 150 with Pinkly and white Lamy Safari with Florida Blue.

Off to finish a snail to my mom with the Legacy II loaded with Nightshade, though.

Today, I'm using my Parker Sonnet Ocean Blue rollerball and Pelikan Madrid FP with a medium nib and Waterman Black. I'll likely include my Namiki Dragon and Cumulus with a medium nib and Pelikan Black later today, too.