You might have paid a lot but at least you got good warrently now. I'm not too happy with Waterman pens. Got three and two were defective (and 1 very scratchy, but was a cheap pen.) when I got them. Got an exchange on both of them but one is still giving me grief. That's the one I bought on ebay for half price but I've got no-where to go to help me with that pen. It's not possible to send it directly to waterman.

Your nib should be smooth and working well. maybe not as smooth as a medium nib but still smooth. What nibsize do you have? F?
If you draw a circle on paper it should be equally smooth in all directions.

Yesterday it was a 1910 BCHR Onoto with a double broad slight flex nib....very sweet writer.

Today I'm back to my most prised Parker 51 cordovan DJ with its medium stub nib - this pen is always in my rotation.....I really love this pen...

I'm also using a 1920's Sheaffer 3-25 flat top, the orange model which is often mistaken for RHR, it has mint trim with zero wear and a firm fine nib, I use this pen for idea/brain storming quick design sketching....

I have three fountain pens and they are used continually, the selection of which depends on the task in hand.


Pilot Myu 701 with Aurora Black - General scribbling - a ballpoint substitute
Black GF Aerometric Parker 51 with Quink Blue - Good quality handwriting
Red Marble Parker Duofold with Waterman Violet - Marking up / correcting etc. Anything that requires text to be easily identified

My Parker 25 is really nice... I paid £9.50 (USD$18) for it on eBay and consequently is excellent value for money. The nib is smooth and after flushing last night now flows reasonably well... very good but not excellent.



Yep, first thing I did after flushing was install a modern parker slide converter. No problems.

Thanks for your remark. Yes, it's a F nib. And I have to mention, that I'm a lefthanded writer. I'm an overwriter. Maybe, that a M nib was easier to write with, but I just liked those narrow lines more...
I guess your right about the warranty. Which fountain pen do you prefer?

I'm lefthanded too but underwriter. I'll try overwriting see if that makes a difference in smoothness. I don't think so, I've tried overwriting before but it cramps up my hand. Try drawing a circle on paper slowly, like I said. You should feel equal resistance from the nib on the paper in no matter what directing you're drawing. You can smooth the nib a bit more by writing on a brown paper bag. Just make circles and 8 shapes. And check it a lot to see if it's smoother yet. But really that nib should already be reasonably smooth. Not like a broken in M, but smoother than an old fasioned dip pen by far.

I'm fairly new to faintainpens (at least having multiple of them. I used to use just one) but I like the Pelikan Pelikano lefthanded best at the moment. They are made for underwriters though. At least, the ergonomic grip they have is.


OK, I've tried overwriting. With the Pelikano pen the nib is just a tad less smooth. But I can't be sure. With a Parker pen with F nib it makes no difference (this nib is in between F and M in size really.) The Waterman F pen was smoother as an underwriter but I did spend some time with it writing on a paper bag to make it even smoother with my handwriting. And I have to add, there wasn't any ink in the pen. I just cleaned it and let it dry.

The Menu today includes:
Pelikan M600 (black) with Pelikan Brilliant black ink
Lamy 2000 with Parker Quink Blue Black
Sheaffer Javelin with Waterman Florida

Stipula Saturno yellow-green ebonite EF nib with Diamine Imperial Purple
Lamy CP1 black with Diamine Orange
Bexley AtB with Diamine Tropical Blue

Today's journal pen: brown-striated Sheaffer Craftsman with original needlepoint nib, Noodler's Antietam.
Traveling with me: silver-grey striated Sheaffer Balance 875 with Binderized tiny cursive italic nib, Omas Grey (new formulation);
translucent red Sheaffer Javelin with Dillonized tiny stub italic nib, Sheaffer Burgundy
grey marbled Pelikan M200 with Binderized XXXF needlepoint nib, Noodler's Squeateague.

Those are my current crew, and current autumnal colors.

Parker 51 Vac Argentine Demonstrator filled with Waterman South Seas Blue
Parker 51 Vac Argentine Demonstrator filled with Penman Ruby
Parker Vacumatic filled with Penman Sapphire
Parker Vacumatic filled with Penman Emerald

Orange/Cream colored Bexley Submariner, filled with Noodler's Antietam. Kinda Halloween-ish/fall-ish.

i've designated a number of pens as my "daily writers," and rotate them from time to time:

1. a montblanc 146
2. a pelikan M800
3. a parker duofold international
4. a faber-castell e-motion pearwood.

i use the parker most often, but with a new m800 on the way, things could change!

A typically Sheaffer-weighted assortment today.

Sheaffer Admiral, Persian Blue, lever-fill, factory stub - Private Reserve Tanzanite

Esterbrook J, Blue marble, 2442 "Falcon" fine stub - Black Quink

Sheaffer "Jellies" No Nonsense, Orange, converter, fine - Brown Skrip (for editing)

Sheaffer/Levenger Red Sea, converter, medium - Black Quink

Sheaffer Cadet 23, sort-of Fern Green, Touchdown, medium - Black Quink

Platinum Maestro, Black, converter, music - Noodler's Blue-Black

Lamy Safari, Charcoal, cartridge, extra fine - Lamy Black (a permanent office pen)

Sheaffer "23" desk pen, Black, Touchdown, fine/medium - Black Quink

Sheaffer Cartridge Pen, Red/Chrome, Cartridge, fine - Black Skrip

Scripto "Ink Reserve," black and goldtone, lever-fill, medium - Black Quink (a surprisingly nice writer)

Oh, and I'm not really a Quink lover (nothing against it, though). That's the only brand I can order out of my company's office-supplies catalog.

Cheers,

Jon

Black Rotring 600 with Waterman purple ink. Then it went dry (I'm taking it out of rotation for now).

Now it's a gray Esterbrook SJ with Private Reserve Burgundy Mist.

I still have the black Parker 51 vacumatic with Noodler's Legal Lapis and the gray Parker 51 special with Aurora black close at hand, though.

Don M.

Same Stip Saturno & Imp. Purple
Taccia Continental Cotton Candy Binder Stub nib, filled w/ Herbin Bouquet d'Antan
Pilot Legance Blue M nib, filled w/Noodler's Blue

Waterman LeMan 200, black + gold trim and Aurora black.
A beautiful medium with a hint of stub. 9

--a glossy black MB Noblesse Oblige filled with Pelikan Brillian Brown ink

--a Schneider 'Base' fountain pen I found in a shop on Wednesday (I got the very last one....and it's red!!)--a nice student pen with a rubberized cap, barrel and grip on the pen that makes it comfy to hold. I have it filled with Lamy Blue ink

It's been these two, all week:



Pelikan m800 with Binderized 0.8mm Stub nib
Pelikan 400 with Binderized Fine Flex nib

Pelikan M800 OB with J. Herbin Encre Violette, I can't decide if it's the ink or if this pen came back from Chartpak with a really dry flow.

I used to be a Parker man - allways armed with at least a Vector Calligraphy - But reacently I fell in love with two Faber Castells -
the Ambition fine and the E-motion B so rigth now I carry these two trying to get used to write the german way

Henrik

Parker Duofold with Needlepoint and Waterman Havana; Waterman Rhapsody with Florida Blue (fine point); Waterman Phileas (medium nib) with Quink Black.

Today it is my NAMIXIN, the biggest pen I own. Bought it on a whim. It is a very good pen, suprised me. M800 for comparison.

That is one big pen!

Bunch of new ink (wheeeee), so few new pens in rotation. The trusty Pel 150 has been loaded up with Noodler's Highlands Heather, the Athens, which I normally do not use, has a fill of R&K Alt Goldgrun, and the Legacy II has been given a good drink of R&K Alt Bordeaux.

Today a Lamy 2000 fine nib, filled with Noodler's Luxury Blue. I might take the pen from my work-shirt pocket before I begin cleaning the garage...

I used to rotate regularly but last few weeks I've had the following in the pocket and one back up.

the very beautiful Parker 51 Israel LE in sterling silver by Ariel Kullock with f-m and conservative skrip blue black. Pix below. The pen and variations availab le for order.

Stipula 22, in copper colored. Similar color ink concoction by mix of herbin, havanna brown and ecoline. A dreamy look. I have a fondness for titanium nibs and pens despite the problematics. So far so good. This was from regina, one of the last she had.

Peli toledo 700 with otoman rose and a oblique stub from Richard. Nice. I'm considering crsive italic but my cursive is not yet italic nor my italic cursive. The woes of a left handed writer.

Platinum Music with burgundy is a regular. Wonderful pen and nib. I still dabble in Plats despite gray market accusations et al.

In the reserve pouch a trusty P21, nothing to write home about but reliable and good for forme etc. And an Aurora Hastil b/p because sometimes you need one though not used much. Mechanism a bit iffy.

I also have inked on the desk, Lamy Persona in broad and noodler's ottoman, Netuno Baracuda Red transparent, a cool pen but it's on rest and a Lamy desk pen by the comp filled with penman black by syringe in lamy cart.

Cannot decide whether to ink up the Plat koi fish and calico or to try sell. I have too many pens in the boxes and pen case.

Here's a pic of the Israel Parker 51. B/C for dtls if you are interested:



F/P's are good to use and write with. UI am sure you all agree.

Best to all aficianados
Dov tadir@actcom.co.il

Todays was my Midnight blue Parker "51" with converging lined GF cap, a Rotring 600, Cross Townsend in matte black laque and my pseudo sonnet, all filled with Waterman's Blue Black

Sorry I have allready posted once :doh:

Henrik

Well, today is the grey marble Pelikan M200 with the Binderized XXXF nib, with Noodler's Squeateague. Yesterday was the brown striated Sheaffer Craftsman with the needlepoint 33 nib, until I decided to walk out of the office to a store with it in my shirt pocket. I would like to hope that someone picked it up from the street and took it home with them, rather than it having been run over by a taxi in the Meatpacking district.

I feel like seventeen types of dork today. I loved that pen.

That is so sad! I'm terribly sorry.

My luck was amazing today! It was raining, and I was stumping along to work, eyes mostly on the ground to avoid either stepping into a puddle or splashing my cane into one, and I passed a huge concrete planter on the sidewalk a block away from my office...

...and there it was, just one end protruding from beneath the overhang of the planter!

It looks unscathed to the naked eye, and writes; I shall take it home and clean it, AND NEVER CARRY IT IN MY SHIRT POCKET AGAIN!

Woo-hoo, Velma! I'm glad that you found your pen.

Today I was using my Pelikan m605 and an Eversharp CA ballpoint at work. A nice combo...

TMann

I currently use two pens daily.

Both FPs are stainless steel with gold trim. The first is a Parker Frontier loaded with Levenger Amethyst. The second is a Sonnet loaded with Levenger Always Greener. I am going to be changing the Always Greener to a blue or black ink shortly. I used to have the Frontier loaded with Quink Black but my wife adopted my second Frontier and I decided I was done with black for a bit.

I should have a replacement for the adopted pen any day now. I will most likely ink the new pen with black though I may try to get something other than Quink Black to try.

Wow, that is amazing! I'm very glad you were reunited with your lovely pen.

Today, I'm using:

Sheaffer Legacy Heritage - black Look of Leather with an amazingly smooth medium nib, filled with Aurora Black.

Montblanc 146 Platinum - also a medium nib, filled with Waterman Blue-black

Sheaffer Snorkel Desk Pen (Thanks DWL!) - fine nib, also filled with Aurora Black.

I was off today so just one pen; Stipula Saturno yellow-green now filled with Diamine Umber. Planned meals for the next week and made a grocery shopping list. Nah, I'm not really organized but I have to do this because I'm not very good at cooking

Sheaffer Targa in mottled blue

Waterman Le Man Rhapsody in Caviar

Classic Pens CP4 Washington

Waterman Maestro: Black, Gold accents. Filled with Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue.

Also using a Lamy Safari: Flame orange, red accents, EF nib. Filled with vintage Quink Permanent Red (from the mid-40s, judging from the bottle).

Midnight Blue Parker "51" Aero with GF cap, and an Eversharp Skyline, black with ribbed GF cap and black derby...both filled with waterman Blue-Black

Gisi White King

KPB

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Please permit me an indulgence in the bunny dance as I celebrate the arrival of my FPN Galileo ink. :bunny1: :bunny1: :bunny1: :bunny1: :bunny1:

I have it loaded in my Phileas F, and I have an Esterbrook 9048 loaded with a mix of the FPN Galileo with Noodler's Walnut, mixed about 2:1.

I'm curious as to why you didn't keep it straight-up Galileo? What do you gain with the addition of Walnut?

Waterman red marble Hemisphere filled with PR Dakota Red.

Lloyd, the straight FPN was a little too rusty colored for my taste, I prefer browns that are more chocolatey. For my taste, the mix is just right.

The flow characteristics of straight FPN Galileo are fantastic, though. This would be a good ink to rescue dry or slightly scratchy pens.

Pel 250 clear demo (gold trim) with noodler's Purple Martin, which was a surprise gift from a good friend. Also decimo with Pilot BB..

Parker 25 with Diamine Violet (yummy!)

Today's pen was my black lacquered Sheaffer Legacy 2, filled with Sheffer black. Its a big, but smooth writer.

TMann

Right now, I'm using a carbon black Sensa Meridian with Pelikan 4001 Blue-Black. The other pen of the day was a black Sheaffer's vacumatic (thanks Delivered!) with Waterman Blue-Black.

Yes, I'm going through a little bit of a blue-black phase.

Don M.

Today's pen is...an $8 Parker Reflex filled with Parker Blue from a cartridge. It's not too bad! I'll post my thoughts and some pics at a later date.

TMann

Just got this in the mail from Rick Propas, and I've been using it all day. It's a PFM I with a Fine-Medium nib, and it's just wonderful. I've been hearing about how great PFMs are for so long, and it's nice to finally have one. The nib is very smooth and starts every time. I immediately filled it with Diamine Prussian Blue.