Well, I recieved a few pens in the mail this weekend and a few from repair and also I work on a few:

Stipula Saturno Olive Woodgrain color W/1.1 Stub Nib
Aurora Optima Burgandy Red W/Broad nib (I worked on this nib for a few hours on Saturday) It was once a toothy nib now it is a smooth Juicy Broad nib!!! Patience and persistance Pays off!!
Lamy 2000 W/Broad Nib Thanks Kurt!! This is a fantastic Pen with a wonderfully smooth nib. Why did I wait so long to buy a Lamy 2000?
Visconti Copernicus Black&Blue celluloid striped W/Medium nib
Stipula Etruria Ocean Blue W/1.3 Stub Nib

TNS

The Classics today :

- Pelikan M400 White Tortoise (J.Herbin "Eclat de Saphir") and its Mechanical Pencil companion.
- Pelikan M620 Place de la Concorde. (Noodler's Aquamarine)
- Waterman Sérénité. (Noodler's Black)

Two in my pocket:
Taccia continental in Jade Green, italic nib, with Lamy Green
Viceroy with AM Bordeaux
and in my pen case in my backpack
Sheaffer Legacy Heritage with Levenger Skies of Blue
Danitrio Avant Garde with PR Blue Suede (my favorite ink)
cheers
skyp

Sheaffer 1949 Touchdown Sentinal in Blue, Diamine Imperial Purple
with Matching Pencil
Marxton (Eclipse) streamline in green and black marble with flex Warranted 14K nib - Diamine Imperial Purple

and, not in the pocket because it is missing a clip,

big black Eclipse flat-top with Warranted 14K Canada nib, semi-flex - Diamine Violet

Plus a bevey of pens in the carrying case.

John

Lamy 2000 with a fine nib, filled with Noodler's Black

For the last few days I have been using almost exclusively my Pelikan Place de la Concorde filled with Noodler's Aquamarine. It's a winning combo, imho.

A beautifully understated and quietly stylish burgundy Pelikan M250 with a Binderized gold stub italic nib and Noodler's Black.

Kevin
Beaker606

Got 4 today..
Cross Sport...Cross Noir...
Cross Verve...Cross Noir
Pelikan Level 5...Pelikan Level Blue/Black
Parker 17...PR Velvet Black

Just four I picked out...trying to see if they will be around after the cull...

for sure the Verve and 17 will
the Level is a strong probable
the Sport is a maybe...I have several...

Bill...

This afternoon I flushed my Filcao Columbia to make space in my Piquadro for this World War II-vintage "TRIUMPH" Lifetime lever filler:



Nice wet medium nib, loaded with vintage Skrip Washable Blue. It's a great complement for the Blue Cedar "51":

I received my Danitrio Tamenuri Mikado from Kevin a few days ago and I haven't wanted to write with anything else since. The pen, as many of you know, is enormous and yet it is light and shaped so that it fits into my fairly small hand beautifully. The nib is a "soft" fine. I've filled it with Noodlers Red Black (which approximates the color of the pen). I am an over the top left hander and the ink flow is such that I find no problem with smudging even using some pretty slick Clairefontaine paper.

I chose the clipless version since the pen really is too big to fit comfortably in a shirt pocket. The only marking on the pen (other than on the two-tone 18k gold nib) is the signature in Kongi of the artist in gold color on the section.

Maybe in time I'll tire of using it, but I wouldn't bet that way.

Now the question is what to do with the other 200 pens in my collection.

Since this is my first post, I'm not sure the image will show up. If it does, you should note that it is Kevin Cheng's, not mine.

Bob

Two today - Blue Signum Orione with Diamine Prussian Blue and Bexley Submariner Grande Richard Binder Cobalt Pearl SE with custom oblique cursive italic nib filled with J. Herbin Eclat de Saphir.

Two today, Delta Dolcevita medium fine nib and C&S Doctor's Pen fine nib, both with PR 2004 DC Super Show Blue...

Three today - two are new, and one is my all-time favorite:

1) New: Danitrio flex-fine polished raw ebonite Densho eyedropper model, Aurora Black ink. Was having problems with ink flow through the feed, but things are somewhat better after an adjustment by Jim At Bertram's Inkwell (Baltimore, MD). When the ink is flowing like it should, this is one amazing pen. If it gives me any more significant probs, will contact the ever-gracious Winedoc, but I think it's gonna be all good from here.

2) New: Blue Pelikan M605, medium nib, Aurora Blue ink. Bought on clearance at Bertram's, the same day Jim adjusted my new Dani, this is one hell of a pen. Slightly stingy with ink flow, but I'm okay with that. Different flow characteristics are called for with different inks/situations. The nib is pretty much a nail, but gets good line variation as the Pelikan standard seems somewhat of a stub by some other makers' standards. At least that's my relatively pen noob experience. I like this pen size physically more than any other Pelikan. Large enough for me to hold comfortably, but without the brass weight of its larger brothers.

3) Old: I'm rarely without one of two Parker 75s given to me by my dad. I remember playing with these pens at less than 5 years of age, and they still write as well or better than anything I have. The one I usually carry is a ciselé with a springy wet medium nib, always filled with Aurora Blue.

New rOtring Core with Pelikan Fount India.

Today - two from the same family. Omas MoMA with WM South Seas Blue and large Paragon with WM Blue-Black, both with nice medium nibs.

Only Pelikan Future (B nib) with Pelikan Black

Take Care,
Emrecan

Today, I'm toting in my leather pencil case

a Pelikan M420, F, "David's Real Waterman Blue Black" (4 parts Florida Blue: 1 part Black)
a Lamy 2000, F, Noodler's Tahitian Pearl
a vintage Aurora 88, M, Waterman Havana Brown
a black Waterman Charleston, F, Waterman Red
and a grey Waterman Carène, F, Sailor BB

Also, my Pelikan LE 1935 Lapis is currently sitting on my desk with a bellyful of Havana Brown, awaiting the arrival of a medium stub from Richard. I'd take this pen everywhere, but I would really, really hate to lose it. Have a great day,

David

Nakaya Celluloid Tortoise (nice camphor smell) with medium flexible nib and PR copperburst.

Ready to go to Chile with me:

* Sheaffer Imperial Cadmium Yellow with my mixture of 1/2 Montblanc red and 1/2 Sheaffer King's Gold (I might find some time to check those articles).


(Picture by Vacumania)

* Sheaffer Intrigue Blue-blue with that magnificent factory stub nib and Pelikan Violet ink. Addictive nib.


(Pic by PenHero)

* Pelikan M200 Anthracite with replacement stub nib from Pendemonium and back Quink.


(Pic by Swisherpens)

* Dani Trio Mikado size Matte Ebonite with Noodler's Blue Black flowing from its factory stub nib.


(Pic by Winedoc)

* Namiki/Pilot Vanishing Point in Black Carbonesque with replacement stub nib from Pendemonium and Noodler's Standard Brown.


(Pic by Namiki)

Do I need five pens for a ten days trip? You are right! I should be taking more with me :doh:

1943 jade Parker Vacumatic fine point with Waterman Havana Brown

Pelikan M215 with cursive italic nib and Private Reserve Midnight Blues

Dani Trio raw ebonite Densho F flexi nib, Noodler's Verdun Green
Esterbrook J (black) 9550 ef nib, Noodler's Gulfstream blue

talk about pens of different sizes.

Parker 51 aerometric, burgundy with lustraloy cap, filled with Noodler's eternal black.

Pelikan 140, green striped, filled with Aurora Black

I've been grading papers so I brought a few with me to my local coffee shop.
A maroon aero "51" with Noodler's black, a Pel 150M with Cross black, a Pel 800 with blue Parker quink, a Waterman Carene with black quink, and a golden striped Parker vacumatic with waterman black. I hate how much time it takes to grade papers, but I love all the writing I get to do during midterms!

Today ?

A Tibaldi Iride with red Tibaldi ink, and an F nib.


And a Nettuno Superba with blue Tibaldi ink, and an M nib.


But tomorrow, with which one will I write ?


Regards,
Philippe.

Sheaffer Legacy 2 (M.ItaliFine, Sheaffers Skrip Blue-Black)
Lamy Safari (1.1 Italic, Noodler's Antietam)

Nice pens in the rotation today Phillipe!

Today, in the back pocket of my nasty Levis has been a Parker Vector Sylvester the Cat pen, filled with Noodlers Eternal Blue. Sylvester didn't complain much but wow! Sitting down and forgetting Sylvester was in there was a HUGE mistake.

Lamy 2000, Fine nib, filled with Aurora Black

I was going to make a cheeky (pun intended) remark about being in the backpocket of your nasty Levis, but I think I'll refrain I'm sure Sylvester thought it was all worth it. (Hope he's ok though )


For me, today I'm showing love to my Parker Frontier. Stainless steel capped, black barreled, medium nibbed (which is normally too broad for me, but somehow this one is not as broad as I expected) and filled with Waterman Blue Black, just to get it going.


G.

La voiture, c'est à vous, Philippe ?

Sorry for the deviation. Back on topic,

Papermate... I don't know anything else about it other than the W. Germany it has written on the cap.

Grasshopper - you've made an ol' girl very happy

Back at you, Mrs Parker.

Three pens today.

1. Sailor 1911 (f) in dark blue with Diamine blue-black ink

2. Merlin 33 (xf) in striated gray with Noodlers Sequoia ink

3. Hero 100 (f) in burgandy with PR Fiesta red ink

(I must be in a xf/f nib mood today.

Matt C.

Today, VP with Swishers/Noodlers Aquamarine Blue and Omas 360 with Swishers/Noodlers Tahitian Pearl.

I have four pens in circulation, today.

1. VP (fine nib) with Waterman Havana

2. Esterbrook J (9556 nib) with Levenger Cardinal Red

3. Parker Vector (Ang-stubbed nib) with Noodler's Apache Sunset

4. Pelikan M200 (14k oblique medium nib) with Private Reserve's Sherwood Green


For some reason, I really felt like using that Pelikan, today. It's been "on leave" for a while, as that blasted oblique nib was proving too much for me. But it's kinda like bleu cheese; sometime's it repels me, and sometimes I absolutely jones for it. I decirculated (that's not actually a word, is it?) my latest, a Sheaffer Royal Selangor Bamboo (which I adore, but it's a bit of an ink guzzler), to ink up the Pelikan.

t!

PS: Love the avatar, southpaw. Too too cute!

Thanks! That's my boy! Kenneth turned 2 on Feb. 4th. The quilt he got for Christmas - my wife's aunt made it for him. The stuffed Golden Lab is taller than he is - Christmas present from his granny. He is such a blessing (most of the time anyhow ).

Today (and pretty much every day) I'm using my MB 149 w/B nib filled with MB blue-Black ink.

I occasionally use a Monteverde Invincia w/M nib, filled with PR Midnight Blues ink, but I mostly use that pen on the weekends when I'm traveling around.

Since I am at home sick today, I have have my whole collection but I am concentrating on my:

DaniTrio Mikado
Tibaldi Modello 60
OMAS Vision Ogiva
DaniTrio AlphaPlus

Hi T,

Cool shades Sasha!
My little one calls her sunglasses, "sunshiny glasses".

Hi SP,
Kenneth looks very cute too.
My little one is two. What a fun age.
She doesn't have a quilt, but the refrain of "lello (yellow) blankie, lello blankie!" is often heard here.

Back on topic -
After struggling with the packing for the good part of the morning, i extricated an older 146 with a monotone gold nib. A nice writer in very good shape.



Regards,
J

Cute avatar, T and Southpaw!


In my pocket: I think my Balium Core. It's always in my pocket and it's always filled with PR Shoreline Gold.

1st -- I guess I've got to put an avitar of my kids up, the rest of you SP and T you both have great avitars. 2 is a great age (at times). I'm about 5 months away from seeing how it is for my son, my daughter didn't really have a terrible 2's, she is having a terrible 3.5's...some of the time. The rest of the time she is sweet as apple pie

now on topic
Lamy 2000 (ef) -- Legal lapis
Wality 52 (f) -- just ran out of Eternal brown

(now I know why I always carry 2 pens)

french

Today and probably for the next couple of weeks...

1) Conway Stewart #76 with Waterman Violet
2) Conway Stewart 85L with Waterman Black
3) Parker Senior Duofold with PR Lake Placid Blue
4) Montblanc Starwalker ballpoint (broad black refill if you're bothered)

They are listed in order of preference (in use) so I will use the CS#76 for most notes, sign letters with the CS85L make notes in my work journal with the Parker and use the MB for signing carbon paper orders/delviery notes that are still in use.

Hey at least I get to play around with different pens every day...

Today I'm carrying three pens, a burgundy Sailor 1911 with fine 21k nib and Sailor blue-black ink, a green striped Pelikan M800 with fine nib and MB racing green ink, and a cinnamon Signum Nova with fine nib and PR orange crush ink.

Larry

Three pens inked. One getting the majority of the use as the cart is almost empty so I need to finish it and clean it.

Rotring Core with Rotring blue cart (Pushing to get this one finished and cleaned)
Rotring Core with MB Black converter
Esterbrook SJ with Parker Black Quink

Let me see...

MontBlanc 149 with Noodlers Black
Tibaldi Modello 60 with Noodlers Black
DaniTrio Mikado PR American Blue
Stipula Novecento PR DC SS Blue

TNS

ok: Today it is a Soma Modélé Deposé (huh?) with Pelikan Brilliant Brown.

Lamy 2000 (ef) with Legal Lapis
Esterbrook J (9550) with Noodler's Gulfstream Blue

Today is a Waterman Exception Black with a Medium nib loaded with Rotring Shannon Green ink.

I've fallen in love with an older 146.

Regards,
J

Namiki Vanishing Point - F (Noodler's Iraqi Indigo)
Waterman Charleston - XF (Noodler's Gruene Cactus)
Pelikan M600 - M (Noodler's Purple Martin)

-- Bill

In addition to my 149 (now with Quink BB), I'm using a 1970s Sheaffer school pen inked up with Sheaffer Brown ink. Just got it in the mail from ebay for $3.

I couldn't resist the pen as it's the same model as the first FP I ever used. So its been a bit of a trip down memory lane today.