So far today it's been:
1) blue Sheaffer Touchdown Imperial III with Waterman Florida Blue
2) black Sheaffer Touchdown Imperial VI with Noodlers La Coleur Royale
3) Bexley 10th Anniversary Chocolate Ebonite with FPN Galileo Manuscript Brown
4) Sheaffer Touchdown desk pen, Triumph nib, Noodlers Ottoman Rose

1) Parker 51 Broad Nib with Noodler's Cayenne for marking
2) Parker 51 Fine Nib with Burple for organizing
3) Parker 45 Medium Nib with FPN Galileo Manuscript for writing other things

Feeling the need to join the Lamy club, might go for a Safari or Vista from TWD as a present for myself this Christmas. I will, of course, also be buying some new ink!

The clip is gone.
The original nib is gone, got a large Sheaffer in there.
It started out as an ED but now has a cartridge.
It is large and writes just fine.
I have no idea how it started life. <_<

Parker "51" Cocoa with Waterman Havana
Bexley America the Beautiful blue with Diamine Tropical Blue

My "new" 1948 51 Slender, my '56 or so 51 Standard, and a Sheaffer VacFil.

Probably others later... I switch around a lot, trying to get the ink out of some of the pens I have sitting in a coffee cup on the desk!

Peter

Monteverde Invincia, M, custom brown ink from two Noodler's and Waterman;
Sheaffer Prelude, 0.9 cursive italic, brown ink;
Sheaffer Prelude, M, Noodler's forest green;
Conklin Mark Twain Signature, Lamy blue-black;
Hero 100, Noodler's Legal Lapis;
Lamy Accent; dark red blend of Noodler's Antietam and Tiananmen.

It's a snail afternoon, so I need to load all those pens. Really. Or maybe I just like writing with them.

Murdoch

I have the flu. But my one journal writing pen today has brought a smile to my face:

Montblanc Meisterstuck 146 - Noodler's Blue-Black

A fine pen, I'm really enjoying writing with it.

S.T.Dupont fidelio (fine nib) with Private Reserve Dakota Red today. I love this pen.

Sheaffer school cartridge pen from the 60's with fine nib, blue Skrip cartridge.

I use my beloved PFM V ona daily basis. Since I own it, I hardly use the rest of my collection.

1927/1928 parker Duofold senior in permanite with fine flexible nib

Modern Pelican 400 in red with meduim nib

Montblanc late 1950's/early 60's 144 Masterpiece with broad stub nib


I use all of these on a rotational basis at work all day every day.

My Pelikan M800 and my Namixin.

An ST Dupont Placed Metal Large Orpheo with F nib.
Namiki Vanishing Point F nib (Older version with integrated clip)

Awaiting a new Stipula Da Vinci "Cracked Ice" with EF nib...very eager.

Steve

M800 and XEZO

I took the Carrera for a spin today..

Steve, I had a look at that Cracked Ice Da Vinci this weekend in a pen shop--really stunning. Superb fit and finish. (Seemed to write nicely as well, from a dip test anyway.)

Today I have my lovely new raw ebonite Densho! I am as happy as ten dancing bunnies!

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Left home today with my Pilot Customer 823 filled with Platinum blue-black in my pocket and in a two pen case, an Omas Bologna filled with a turquoisey Herbin ink and a Pelikan fountain/roller thing from Pendemonium.

For a good part of the morning I was using my Nakaya at my desk.

My Bexley Owners Club 2007 pens arrived while I was at work and I immediately filled the amber one with Noodler's Beaver.

You got one in each color? I hope you will grace us with a review.

Stephen

VP and Platinum

I switch between a Lamy Safari I've had for about 5 years and a Parker "51". Once in a while I'll break out an Esterbrook $1.00 pen. Sorry, no pictures to add as I am at work <_<

Today my Parker 25 with Diamine Sapphire Blue.
Parker Vector loaded with Noodlers Polar Black.
Esterbrook J with Sheaffer Skrip Red (new).
Parker 45 with Diamine Umber.

Today, I'm writing my dissertation with my newly arrived OMAS Blue Royale celluloid, with HT trim and a F nib. It's loaded with Stipula Dark Blue, my new favorite ink. Best,
David

I admire you writing your dissertation by hand... personally I needed the power of WordStar 4 (yes the MSDOS version). I still have dreams (nightmares) of the CTRL keys ^K^B

Seriously, whilst I love writing with a nice pen I tend to go through so many revisions of any report/document that I need modern technology.

Hi, Guy. I find that writing by hand helps me to focus my writing, and gives me the benefit of a first rewrite as I type up what I've written. I'm a fairly linear writer, which helps. Also, I like the idea of having my dissertation notebooks as future reminders of this time. Of course, I'm only a chapter into things, so a lot can change over the next few months But it's worked so far. Best,
David

I'm using a Sheaffer Craftsman lever fill with a #5 feathertouch nib with Nile Ebony Swishmix. I looked at my last 3 posts in this thread and they all say the same pen. It's like writing with a nail but it is smooth and never clogs or skips. It's the one pen I keep going to by default.


mike

My Bell System Estie and an M800

for meetings & general writing:
Danitrio raw ebonite Densho (flexy fine nib) Aurora Blue
Demi cordovan "51" F? nib, Waterman Florida Blue

for my lab notebook:
Baoer 3013 F nib, Noodler's Bulletproof Black

Black phileas fine nib with waterman blue. I can always count on this pen.

Eversharp skyline medium nib with pelikan brilliant black.

New Group:

Pelikan 800/Green Stripe/John Mottishaw M Cursive Italic Nib/ Noodlers Le Coleur Royale Ink

Filcao Tukano / Home Ground Stub / Private Reserve Plum

Parker Challenger / c1936 / Green Marble / Waterman Green Ink

Parker Junior Red Duofold / Two Band / Medium Nib / c 1928+/ Waterman Florida Blue

A good number used today:
1) Burgundy Sheaffer Touchdown Imperial IV with FPN Galileo Manuscript Ink
2) Red striated Sheaffer Vac Fil, large cap band, restored by Richard Binder, filled with Waterman Florida Blue
3) Brown striated Sheaffer Vac Fil, large cap band, restored by Richard Binder, filled with Noodlers Kiowa Pecan
4) Green striated Sheaffer Vac Fil, large cap band, restored by Francis Goosens, filled with Diamine Sapphire
5) Pelikan 400 Tortoise from the 1950s, restored by Rick Propas, filled with Visconti Sepia
6) Osmiroid Calligraphy pen fitted with left-footed oblique broad italic nib, filled with my green mix

Nice mix, Southpaw!

I had a pretty variable day, too.

1. Conway Stewart CS100 Black Whirl, XF, Pelikan Royal Blue
2. Lamy Flame Safari, XF, South Seas Blue
3. Sheaffer No-Nonsense, Italic Fine, Sheaffer Blue-Black
4. Sheaffer No-Nonsense, Fine, Pelikan Royal Blue
5. Sheaffer Triumph Imperial, Medium, Skrip Black
6. Conklin Mark Twain Signature, Medium, Pelikan Royal Blue/Noodler's Blue Mix

Can you tell I was testing a few?

these

Dragged the Bexley to work today!

It's been all bussiness this week trying to finish up final exams and papers for the semester. These last few days have been especially grueling as I was finishing up my fifteen-page Modern Religious Thought take-home exam. So, I needed some all-bussiness sorts of pens, which were:

Namiki VP (of course) with a 0.8mm stub nib and filled with Noodlers Squeteague.
Sheaffer PFM I with a smooth fine nib and filled with Diamine Prussian Blue.
Esterbrook SJ with 2668 nib and filled with Noodlers Black.

These were prefect choices for the finals grind, and now it's all over.......back to my m800 tomorrow

I had 3 pens inked up in my briefcase this week.
Hero 100 Flighter
Montblanc Generation
Namiki VP

I am a banker, so I am contantly signing paperwork and taking notes.
I have gotten a lot of compliments on the VP lately. No converts yet, but I am working on it

Today it was:
1) Osmiroid Calligraphy pen fitted with left-footed oblique broad italic nib, filled with my green mix (still more Christmas cards to do)
2) Blue Sheaffer Touchdown Imperial IV with Noodlers/Swishers Aquamarine Contract Ink
3) Full size black Sailor 1911 with Noodlers El Lawrence

Friday was a Gold cap "51" with a black barrel filled with Tahitian Pearl and a red (with black) Phileas with Noodler's Red Black.

Gotta match the ink with the pen otherwise chaos ensues!

Andy

For work (on really low-grade notebook paper), Yard-o-Led BP with Visconti blue F gel; otherwise, Pelikan Tortoise F with Noodler's Shah's Rose with a bit of Pelikan red, and Cross Century II sterling F with Cross blue-black cartridge.

Today it was a Danitrio Alphaplus and Visconti Sand red!!!






Jim in Vancouver,Wa

Today I used my Parker 51 with gold cap and my Sheaffer Lifetime. I am eager to use my new silver and grey Vacumatic that I just got from Wet Inc Pens but my wife is making me wait until Christmas. Grrrrr..... I had to dip it once and boy was it smooooooth.......

My potato wood and my M800

M800 and XEZO

This weekend they were:

Waterman W5 with medium nib and Pelikan Royal Blue
Conway Stewart 58 (vintage) with medium and Diamine Prussian Blue
Visconti Van Gogh Midi with Aurora Black
Esterbrook SJ with Waterman Green (for grading papers)
The green will be gone by the end of today, along with my attention span.
Gerry

Today thus far it's been:
Burgundy Sheaffer Touchdown Imperial IV with Noodlers FPN Galileo Manuscript Ink
Osmiroid Calligraphy pen fitted with left-footed oblique broad italic nib, filled with my green mix
Black Parker Duofold Centennial Mosaic with stub nib by Dillon with Visconti Blue
Bexley 10th Anniversary in Chocolate Ebonite with FPN Galileo Ink

In t-shirt pocket, Green Vanishing point with right-foot Mottishaw nib. Platinum blue-black.

In flannel shirt pocket, Dani Raw Ebonite with whatever black Kev put in it when he tweaked the feed in DC (these things *never* run out of ink!)

In 2 pen case,
Visconti Opera in 'creme-de-menthe' with Private Reserve Gray Flannel
Omas Bologna with a turquoise Herbin ink

I filled two pens that had been empty for a while.

Pelikan M400 Honey filled with Diamine Indigo
Sheaffer Balance Ebonized Pearl filled with Waterman South Sea Blue

Emptied and soaking in water for cleaning:

Parker 45 Pearl Magenta (Argentina)
Taccia Continental Cotton Candy

Nice color choice for the honey! Intriguing contrast.

Today I couldn't put down my new (early xmas present to self) Binder .6mm stub in a cute l'il black Pelikan 200. I have finally found the perfect pen for R&K Alt Bordeaux. This pen might never see another color ink.

All of you who are pondering getting one of Richard's stub nibs--ponder no more. Just do it. It's a dream.

Thanks Sonia. Your new black M200 and Bordeaux sounds beautiful

XEZO and M800

Today I'm using a new Conway Stewart 100 in lapis blue with rhodium trim which came in last week. Richard ground the nib to be cursive italic and oblique. Currently filled with Noodlers blue black. Wonderful pen!

Stephen