At work, Parker 51 Aero; ths evening, Pelikan White Tortoise.

Today was a marathon grating grading day (introductory statistics). I opted for my new magenta Tac Carry II from winedoc with Waterman Purple. Two converters-full later I'm almost finished grading!

Don M.

My "new" Sheaffer TD Triumph (forget which model -- triumph nib, plastic cap, white dot, 3/8" gold band) with Skrip Jet Black, Parker 21 with whatever was in it (just filled with water and wrote!), and a blue Snokel Sentinel with PR American blue (sample from Pear Tree).

The Sheaffer arrived yesterday -- got a new o-ring and sac.

I need more pen like I need to be kicked down the stairs!

Peter

In my coat pocket today:

- Pelikan m215, black, medium nib, Waterman Black
- Pelikan 400, tortoise, fine flexy nib, Waterman Florida Blue

A good Pelikan day!

TMann

Arggh, I am seized by desire for that pel 400.

Today it's the 360 with Lake Placid Blue, the Athens with R&K Alt Goldgrun, the Pel 150 with Purple Wampum, the Phileas F with FPN Galileo, and the Esterbrook with FPN Galileo + Noodler's Walnut.

Two today as well, a Parker 45 Flightier with Blue/Black Quink ink, and a Sheaffer Imperial Triumph with blue Skrip ink. A medium nib and fine nib respectively as I struggle with trying to decide which I like better.

I will be replacing the Sheaffer with a Pelikan M200 for my day to day pens when it arrives. And the Quink ink with Noodler’s Legal Lapis, again when it arrives.

Kris

I’m using my brand spanking new Pelikan M800 Blue/Black with an OBB nib straight from Germany. It's filled with Noodler's Turquoise (awesome color!) but it's much more finicky than my OB or my O3B nibs. If it's not exactly the right angle, then no ink for you! If it doesn't improve dramatically with a good rinse with some mild detergent, it's off to Chartpak.

I wrote two papers today, which necessitates a lot of handwritten notes, so these got a workout:

Lamy 2000 - fine nib with Prussian Blue
Sheaffer PFM I - fine nib with Aurora black
Pelikan 400 NN - fine flex nib with Aurora Black

Vincent (my black Aurora Optima) - Noodler's Sequoia
My red Aurora Talentum - Aurora Black

I have been having a bad case of Aurora fever the last few weeks.


raf.

Aurora Optima Auroloid Green fine nib - Waterman Blue Black
Jade Cross Townsend Broad nib - Cross Black
Sheaffer Legacy II Cursive Italic (Binder) - Penman Sapphire
Parker Sonnet Moonbeam Fine - Penman Sapphire
Platinum Blue Medium - Platinum black
Conway Stewart 45? flex nib - Pelikan Brilliant Brown
Waterman 12 Star nib - Pelikan Brown
Omas Tokyo Orange medium - Waterman Blue Black

There are "couple" more inked but not used today.

Gloss black $27 Pen (Tac Carry I) with Noodler's Red-Black

Danitrio raw ebonite Densho soft F nib, Noodler's luxury blue
Hero 100 (red), F nib, Noodler's FPN LE Ink

I can't begin to describe how impressed I am with the writing of the Hero. I've been assimilated...got to buy a "51"

Making out Christmas cards this evening, using different pens for different papers:

Esterbrook J (gray) with #9461 nib, Pelikan black
Esterbrook J (copper) with #2048 nib, Aurora black
Esterbrook SJ (black) with #9550 nib, Aurora black
Lamy 2000 with fine nib, Aurora black
Sheaffer Triumph with medium nib, blue Quink
Sheaffer Balance II with stub nib, Pelikan black

The Mont Blanc 149 with Pelikan black ink got used today.

Why do I choose this pen when I feel grumpy ?

Perhaps I feel I could throw it at someone should the day go downhill and feel confident thay will know they have been nit !!

Pilot Knight (red) and a Parker Frontier + 0.9 Italic

Today a Sailor 1911 Demo which I recently acquired from a fellow FPN'er and about to ink up a Parker 51 1st year cordovan......

Every bit of feedback about Sailor nibs is true.....a very smooth ride.




Think before you leap......I should apply this to my typing skills.....edited due to typo.

I just received a 1942 Parker Vacumatic Junior in the mail yesterday, so I've been playing with it all day.

Today I made journal entries in my Moleskine notebook, about 5, maybe 6 pages. I wrote driving directions to one of the major airports around the city, so that my son would make it in time to pick up his aunt.

My trusty, inexpensive, blue Waterman Phileaus is my primary pen; I write nearly everything with it, except when I want to remind myself what other pens feel like. At the moment I'm considering sending the pen to Waterman to replace the nib with a Fine nib. (the pen now has a medium nib)

I see so many folks here using such nice pens, but with my budget, the Waterman that I have is just about the top of my budget capabilities. Oh, how I would love to find an older pen in a shop somewhere, take it home and if I can, clean it up and make it useable. Sigh java script:emoticon(':drool:')
smilie

After seeing Oldgriz's caramel brown 51 , I decided to fill my magenta Argentine 45 and olive green 45. Magenta one is filled with Swisher Tahitian Pearl, and olive green with Diamine Umber

Using the delightful Dani Trio Tosca I just got from Winedoc -- what a great pen for $50!
Writes smoothly, reliably and it's pretty, too! Just plain old black ink in it.

Also took out one of my CS Dinkies (Flecked Autumn) that I haven't used in months. Started right up. Filled with red ink (PR Dakota Red, I think).

Debbie

Ok, today I am using the following pens:

Filcao Atlantica Oro w/medium 18kt gold nib= Sheaffer Black Ink
Pilot Custom 823 w/broad nib = Aurora Black ink
Montblanc 149 w/Medium nib = Noodlers Aircorp Blue/Black Ink
Montblanc 149 w/Custom Broad Stub= Waterman Florida Blue ink
Stipula 22 (NEW) w/14kt gold 1.1mm Italic Nib= Private Reserve DC SUper Show Blue ink
Bexley Prototype Submariner Grande in Ebonite W/18kt Stub nib= Noodlers Blue/Black ink

Danitrio raw ebonite Densho (matte finish) -- Aurora Blue
Danitrio blue acrylic Alphaplus prototype (M Steel nib) -- Noodler's black

lab notebook pen:
Baoer 3013 -- Noodler's black

Today, I'm using a Waterman Phileas filled with Noodler's Blue, a Pelikan M200 demonstrator with Diamine Aqua Blue and a Bexley Submariner filled with Noodler's Ottoman Azure.

Tomorrow, I plan to ink up my new Monteverde Mega Ink Ball and see how it goes.

Snorkel F (almost an XF) with Diamine Emerald Green
Omas 360 with wonky "Seaweed" mix of Lake Placid Blue and Noodler's Golden Brown
Phileas F with Apache Sunset
Stubbed Danitrio AlphaPlus with Quink Washable Blue

Parker "51" aerometric, burgundy with lustraloy cap, filled with sheaffer black
Parker "51" vac, gray with lustraloy cap, filled with diamine indigo
Lamy 2000, filled with Noodler's Aircorps

Hope this doesnt get me banned but. . . . .

A solid gold 61 Presidential Parker ballpen with gel refill.... well u did ask.

Banned? No, around here we have much worse punishments. If I were you, I'd lock all the doors and keep a good eye out as you can be expecting a visit from the MT guys to remove such a heretical instrument. They'll probably melt the gold down to make some improvements on the Babbage's turbo flux resonators.

Nice pen, btw - for a bp anyhow

At least it's gel.

I'm in the market for a nice rollerball myself. The MT Wetware Ops goons should be knocking my door down any minute now.

Today's a Binderized kinda day:

Pelikan m800 with 0.8mm stub - Waterman Blue-black
Pelikan m215 with 0.8mm stub - Diamine Prussian Blue
Namiki VP with 0.6mm stub - Noodlers Squeteague

The m215 and VP nibs are new, and I never put the 800 down.

One of these days I'm going to brave a Binder cursive italic, but it's hard to pass on stubs. I do have a Deb Kinney CI coming soon, so that's exciting!

Esterbrook J w/#9461
Sheaffer Imperial
Sheaffer School Pen w/fine nib

In the pen roll for the office:

Legacy II with Quink Washable Blue
Pelikan White Tortoise with Noodler's Golden Brown
Fine nibbed aqua Snorkel with Diamine Emerald Green
Phileas F with Noodler's Apache Sunset

Just the one today ....

MB Starwalker with MB blue black ink.

I also have the Sailor 1911 with Pelikan Turquoise in the pen case but it probably wont come out today.

Dawn

you gotta love flat eric...

Today I am mostly using my Sailor 1911....excellent nib. In reserve I have a P51 DJ.

Today, in addition to the "51", my Piquadro holds an early narrow-band black lacquer Parker Sonnet. I took this pen in trade from a client, and I replaced its steel nib with an 18K oblique BB that I reground to straighten it. This thing turns out to be a dandy pen for signing thermal credit-card receipts. I do have to warn the clerks, cos it's more than a little on the wet side...

Richard, I have a black lacquered, gold furniture Sonnet that you modified into a smooth stub nib. It's one of my all-time favorite pens.

Today, though, is a Pelikan day. My black m215 with a medium italic nib is filled with Waterman Florida Blue. Using a great pen with your favorite ink is a great way to brighten up a crazy work day.

TMann

M.B. 149 with some newly aquired Noodlers luxury blue ink....

Bulletproof eh ! ..... well thats as may be. Acid resisting ....... ok... Nuclear Blast will just have no effect on good old super Noodlers..

WHAT ABOUT NOT SMUDGING WHEN GETTING THE ODD SPLASH OF WATER ON IT THEN !!!!!!!

Some of the Noodler's are absolutely resistant to any smudging with some water, and some have a component that will wash off and a bulletproof component that will not.

I gather Luxury Blue is in the latter category?

Today I have been using my Bic Xpen with parker quink blue/black with solv-x and also a pilot vpen. Cheap pens galore

Parker "51" vac filled with sheaffer blue/black
Parker "51" aerometric filled with sheaffer black

Pelikan 600 / Red Stripe / Richard Binder 0.7mm cursive italic / Noodlers Le Coleur Royale Ink

Conklin Crescent Filler / No 3 Nib / Quink Blue Black

Sheaffer Morroon Clipper Snorkel / Waterman Red

Parker Green Marble Challenger / Medium Nib / Waterman Green

- MontBlanc 146 with Parker Black (I believe this is the only pen I always use with the same color of ink - always black...)
- Flighter Sonnet with Waterman Havana
- Pelikan M250 with Parker BlueBlack

- At home, my trusty Sheaffer Valiant touchdown with Aurora black.

Today I'm using:

Pelikan m200 (Black), Binder 0.6mm stub (Diamine Prussian Blue)
Pelikan m200 (Green Marble), F nib (Private Reserve Sherwood Green)
Parker 51 Aero (Black), M nib (Noodler's Legal Lapis)

The PR is a beautiful, very Christmas-y green. Currently on sale at isellpens, FYI (no affiliation, just a satisfied re-re-repeat customer). I'm also very pleased the sale at Pear Tree Pens introduced me to Diamine inks: the Prussian Blue is the "softest" looking dark blue I've used yet (don't know how else to describe it).

Thus far today: Sheaffer OS Balance w/noodler's black; Parker Duofold Jr Pearl & Black with vintage Quink Blue Black; Lamy 2000 w/Omas Blue; Danitrio Densho Raw Ebonite w/Noodler's Black;Parker 75 Cisele w/Quink Blue Black.

Since I have one FP so far (just a newbie so indulgence guys) its a Steel Green Inoxcrom Tiny with Wine colored ink (mix of Parker Ruby and Quink blue)

eyeing a couple of pens for myself this coming Christmas though...

Nice! We all started off with one, you know.

Visconti

My new charcoal Lamy Safari

Sheaffer Legacy II, Legal Lapis
Sheaffer Balance II black, black Aurora

My one day old DaniTrio Densho Raw Ebonite (flexy fine) with Noodler's Brown ink. 9 9 9

Today is one pen:

Chrome Namiki VP with a Binder 0.6 mm nib - filled with Noodlers Blue-black (a sample from JamesP. I'm definitely getting a bottle of this one from James!)