Today--

Sheaffer Conoisseur fine nib w/Florida Blue
Sheaffer Legacy 2 medium nib w/Aurora black
Waterman Kulture transparent red w/Legal Lapis

Today I cleaned the Pelikan M1000 and took it out of rotation. I've replaced it an unusual Sheaffer designed to write both up and down on the nib. Medium on one side, xfine on the other. I didn't plan to use this pen, but it arrived in an ebay lot I found there was a cartridget inserted and instead of twisting to open I went the other way and pierced the cartridge. Not one to waste, I'll write it out.

The other pen I'm carrying today is the Pelikan 200, blue demonstrator, Binder stub with a load of Iraqui Indigo.

Sheaffer and a XEZO

At the moment, I'm at my desk at work, which means I'm surrounded by a number of my "little friends."

Just now I'm using a Haolilai #305 and what Norman @ HisNIbs.com refers to as a Unfall Old Man. Both working fine, aside from an occasional balk at the icy wind dutifully filtering through the glass wall behind me.

Kind of like the occasional balks I had on the drive to work. This weather...!

Mark B.

Duke Shark and Stipula 22

Hey, that pen sounds kinda familier - good to hear it's in rotation (or did you get more along the way?)

John

Yup, it's the one came from you. Still one of my favorite

Today I took out my only two Waterman pens. The first is a small BHR pen that I have been unable to ID, the second a blue Edson. Each has a fine nib that writes like a dream, but the writing experience could not be more different. The BHR pen is light and gushes Noodler's Black from a flexible nib. The Edson is of course heavy, a nail, and lays down PR DCSS Blue in the most orderly way.

Today I pulled out my new Duke Shark, Hero 616 and Hero 329.

raw ebonite Densho, Flexi F nib, Aurora Blue
Duke Crane Cloissonne M nib, Noodler's Black

Since September, when I bought it, I've been using daily my beloved PFM V with black barrel and XF nib; the ink is a personal mix of Sheaffer brown and Lamy red.

Not a FP day today. Using a Mont Blanc 162 rollerball purely because of the two names I have engraved on the cap. Bit of a riddle I know but just replying to the question..

Got the Edson in my pocket just in case though

Lately I've been using this $10 Dannitu 100, (the red one, "danny rabbit"??). This pen sat in the drawer for months after I bought it because I thought it was too broad, and it's scratchy if you hold it at the wrong angle. But then I put my new Unsulfured Apricot mix #4 in it and suddenly it's my most-used pen. It's amazing how much the ink/pen pairing makes a difference. Scratchiness is gone, by the way, probably on account of the Swishmix Burgundy in the mix?

I've also been using the Fuliwen Goldenman (815), the pewter version, with my Sequoia Grey mix. This pen is so handsome, and for such a cheap price!! ($25). Only complaint is that I've used pens with much more comfortable sections for gripping it (hello, Sensa Meridian?!!) but it really makes a difference when you can't stop looking at your pen and admiring it. Note: I've had slight ink leakage from the part where the clip meets the cap. (SLIGHT, but this still shouldn't happen). The pen doesn't spill ink in the cap, though (no more than other snap pens, just a speck here and there).

It's really weird because all my other pens (and inks!) are being greatly neglected, now that I've been using these two pens so much more often!! I used to be such a Duke fanatic, but I haven't used mine in days!!!

i'm using a Staples opti flow rollerball, and a Waterman Phileas filled with Diamine Imperial Purple.

There are three in my pocket today:
A yellow Sailor 1911M with a Zoom nib, Noodler's Swishmix Glacier Blue ink.
A Parker 45 Grey Circlet, medium nib, also with Glacier Blue ink.
A Pilot Vanishing Point II with a wonderful Mottishawed fine oblique italic nib, Pilot blue ink cartridge.

Lamy Safari FP Broad nib with PR ink in Plum, I am working today and I don;t want to loose my Cross FP in the shuffle, I work in a pen store, maybe I will buy myself a Christmas gift today.

Thus far today it's been:
Burgundy Sheaffer Touchdown Imperial IV with FPN Galileo Manuscript Brown
Green striped Pelikan 400NN with KM nib and Rohrer & Klingner Verdura
Red striated Sheaffer Vac Fil with wide cap band, restored by Richard Binder, with Waterman Florida Blue

Mont Blanc 144 (a Christmas gift from my wife in 1983).

NAKATA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:ph34r:

A Sheaffer's "Legacy Special Edition" - Brushed Copper. Just got it for X-mas.

Dean

Gray Esterbrook J, #9461 nib, Aurora black
Black Balance II, medium nib, Aurora black
Parker Jotter, Schmidt rollerball insert, black

Danitrio raw ebonite Densho flexi F, Aurora Blue
Hero 100 stainless, F nib, Noodler's Black

I'm back....
My trusty M800 and my "new" Esterbrook.

Today is my Parker Sr. Duofold "Big Red" with Quink washable blue, and a Lamy Al-Star with Watermans Blue-Black. I also have my midnight blue Parker "51" Aero with Watermans Blue- Black

Last day of "ski" trip (minimal snow and marginally sick kid, so lots of resting and only a little skiing). Brought with me a 10-pen case, a 2-pen case, plus one more that would be in a pocket when not doing activities that might break pens or bones.

In the 2 pen case are:
- blue Omas Articulata with blue ink
- Creme de Menthe Visconti Opera with PR Gray Flannel.

In the 10 pen case are:
- Faber Castell Guilloche in red with Levenger Cardinal ink
- Pelikan M215 with 30 degree right foot nib. Didn't realize it, but it's empty. Was supposed to be the main pen to be used this week. Oh well.
- Monteverde Artista with Noodler's Apache Sunset
- Vanishing point with Platinum Blue/Black, Mottishaw right foot oblique
- Marlen Dossenus with black ink
- Ancora with PR Orange Crush
- Laban Mento with Sheaffer Brown
- Waterman Liaisaon with Waterman Brown, Binder Arabic nib
- Bexley Submariner Grande,
- little Sheaffer flat top with nice cap & cruddy barrel with Pelikan Green. (short pen good for short pockets)
- Dani raw ebonite with the same black ink filled at the DC show (darn this thing holds a lot of ink!)
- the 'lost & found' late model Camel, bought, restored by Ron Zorn, and 'lost' at the LI pen show. Found it while packing for the trip!

And, the one that is getting the most use this trip, a big red Diamond Point flat top with a Waterman nib, restored by Joel Hamilton.

Oh, and my Christmas ballpoint, which the waitress on Christmas eve actually guessed in what may have been record time... do you know what it says?

I am currently carrying two Fisher Bullet Space Pens, one silver and one blue; my Christmas gift, a Paul Smith fountain pen with a med nib; two Parker Jotters; and a Cross Matrix with blue and red ballpoints, a stylus, and a gel pen all in one.

Parker 51 Flighter filled with custom blue/black
Parker Duofold Brown Toothbrush filled with red black
Parker 3 band Vacumatic filled with Penman Emerald

Today's a slow day at the office so I'm updating project lists and such, so I get to play a bit.

Gray Sheaffer's Snorkel Valiant, fine nib, with Noodler's Lexington Gray
Black Parker "51" Aero Demi, fine nib, with Waterman Blue-Black
Pelikan M205 Demonstrator, medium nib, with Noodler's Polar Blue
Purple Bexley Fun Time, fine nib, with Waterman Blue-Black
Black Parker "51" Vac, extra-fine nib, with Waterman Florida Blue
Orange Haolilai 801F, medium nib, with J. Herbin Orange Indien
Black Parker "51" Special, fine nib, with Aurora Black

Pilot Legance (in my current avatar} w/ Pilot Blue Black
Sheaffer Balance Ebonized Pearl w/ Diamine Tropical Blue
Sheaffer Balance Carmine striated w/Tahitian Pearl

I've made myself a new challenge - only ink a pen when you need to use it*, and then ink it with the colour you want. This means that I have four inked and seven uninked today.

*Apart from these, which are my everyday standards for the time being
Waterman Phileas M nib, W'man black, for addressing envelopes and BIG writing
Lamy Safari F nib, PR Blue Suede, for diary and journal
Lamy Safari M nib, PR Blue Suede (today), for notes

Special for today
Pelikan M200 M nib, Waterman Havana, for writing a letter to my Aunt

Chris

Tac II from WineDoc and my trusty VP

Sheaffer Stylist cartridge pen, black Skrip cartridge
Sheaffer Legacy gold/black, black Aurora
Sarasa 0.7 gel pen, blue-black

Frankenpen and M800

Carrying my VP (Black, Rhodium) filled with a mixture of the remaining drops of PR Black Cherry from the last fill and mostly Omas Black.

Main pens today: just filled the Targa with Aurora Blue, plus the Dani Densho is still working on its gallon of Noodler's Walnut.

NOEL!!!


Todays is a Forest Green Parker "51" aero with GF converging lines cap I just finished working on. What a writer, and what a looker!

Today being lazy at the kitchen table, watching Chris cook.... Hmmm. Conway Stewart Dandy in the Blue Ice, with some fantastic PR American Blue. That stuff is perfect in this pen! Also my Xmas present MB LeGrand with some MB Black.

Incidentally, this is my 2nd go-'round with the LeGrand. First was a medium point that was skipping all over the place. Took it into the shop in San Francisco Friday, and they happily and instantly swapped it out for me. This time I went with a fine point (medium was way broad, in my eye). So 3 cheers for their customer service !

M800 and Visconti

Gray Esterbrook Model J, #9461 nib, Aurora black
Parker Classic Jotter, with black Schmidt rollerball refill
Waterman Kultur, transparent red, fine nib, Waterman Fla. blue

Today's pocket perch: a fine nib Lamy 27n, lustralloy style cap with gold filled clip and band. The main user: Pilot VP carbonesque with medium nib--a true workhorse.

The MYU will be lonely for most of this month until I get the nib adjusted for better flow (one tine is a bit off).

M800 and my Sheaffer.

I photograph these pens the night before and put them where I will see them first when I wake up. Cause if I haven't had copious quantities of coffee it would traumatize me to decide which pens to use.

And once I have had my coffee there is plenty of wiggle room to add one or two more during the course of the day.

Back to work today!

I am taking along a 2-pen black leather pouch that contains:
--a red Pelikan Level 65 filled with Pelikan Blue ink (in case I have to take lots of notes on my first day at a new job )
--a green English Parker Duofold (I think it's a Demi size, but I'm not sure....just got it yesterday via eBay)--aerometric filler-- loaded with Parker Quink Blue-Black

Paid my January bills writing checks with a 1950s Geha Schulfuller. Inexpensive black plastic piston filler with a fantatic semi-flex steel medium nib, filled with a homebrew blue black ink (too many components to list).

Journalled this morning with my other Geha Schulfuller. This one with a fine nib, filled with Waterman South Seas Blue.

Everything else today was written with a modern Sheaffer Imperial with inlaid steel medium nib, filled with a teal ink mix (I think it is a mix of Pelikan Green and Bexley Turquoise).

Well, almost everything. I jotted a few notes with a burgundy Hero 329 with fine nib, filled with an ink mix of Omas Vespucci Red and PR Fiesta Red.

M800 and my NEW LAMY

Today was my new Filcao Silvia - all black with silver trim, filled with Noodlers Blue-black. This is a nice pen!

Lamy 2000 F nib, filled with Noodler's Gulfstream Blue
Stainless Steel Hero 100 filled with Noodler's black
Parker "51" aero demi (cordovan) F nib, filled with Waterman Florida Blue
Wing Sung 237 (brown), filled with FPN Galileo Brown

M800 and an Unknown

Pelikan m400 white tortoise with PR orange crush. I like the stub-ish quality of this medium that I got from ChartPak - not buttery smooth, but gives nice line variations.

Today's mix is a Midnight Blue "51" aero, a Forest Green "51" aero set and a Lamy Al Star with F nib. All filled with Waterman's Blue-Black

Namiki VP, Black with Gold Trim - Noodlers Blue-Black
Pelikan M800, Black - Noodlers Ottoman Azure
Hero 100, Stainless - Noodlers Legal Lapis

It's crazy how much I like that Hero 100. I don't even like XF nibs, but I love the way this one writes. (Chinese F)