What Is Your "workhorse Pen?"

[mikehodgman]

Just curious what everyone's "workhorse pen" is and how do you define it? I tend to think of a workhorse pen as a nice pen that writes well, is durable, and you wouldn't be heartbroken if they got a scratch or two on them.

 

Right now, my workhorse pens are my TWSBIs (who took over the job from my Lamys). I find that I use them most often at work. I have a Mini, 580, and a Vac 700 and they seem to fit the profile nicely. They all work great and for me at least, they have been very durable. Plus, if they got banged around a little bit, I wouldn't be heartbroken.

 

What is your workhorse pen or pens?

[Wolverine1]

2 pens. My MB 149 with a medium nib, and a Pelikan M1000, with a fine nib. I also keeo a Lamy Al-Star around, it has a very smooth, fine nib.

[Moxoftritonytes]

An old Pelikan M150 with a cracked cap and broken-off clip that I carry with me wherever I go. It is plastered with dents but still working flawlessly and a very good writer.

[Centopar]

At the moment, a VP with a F nib, and a Lamy Al-Star (was a Safari, but I couldn't resist the Pearl finish this year) with a 0.9mm italic nib. They're the ones that live in my bag (in a pen case), and I use them a lot. Between them they're appropriate for almost anything I might have to do when I'm out and about, and while I'd be upset if the VP got dinged - it's a Raden - I know it's replaceable.

[RLTodd]

The new series Pelikano with an "M" nib.

[Opooh]

For years it has been a series of MB 149, since a couple of years I changed to a constant rotation of all my pens, even the more exotic.

[Namru]

A Kaweco Sport that's sandwiched between a flashlight and my wallet in my *gasp* jeans pocket. Thing is beat up, scratched, has a few notches taken out of it. It's ugly, but I love it.

[Pickwick]

An Aikin Lambert thumb filler, which is in very good condition. This pen writes likes a dip pen, and I use it for all my writing.

[mikehodgman]

2 pens. My MB 149 with a medium nib, and a Pelikan M1000, with a fine nib. I also keeo a Lamy Al-Star around, it has a very smooth, fine nib.

 

Wow! I cannot imagine those being a workhorse writer. I would probably never even use those because I would be perpetually afraid of getting even a smudge on them! That is more my issue though, they are brilliant pens.

[jpc984]

I go between my lamy2000F, pilotvpF, and pelikan200f

[XiaoMG]

I don't know. Sometimes it's this, sometimes it's that. Depends mostly on what ink is in it and what I'm doing that day.

 

Last few days the workhorses have been Pilot Elite 95s EF, Custom 743 PO, and a Sailor Professional Gear F.

[mhosea]

I had to think about this for a good long while because the truth of the matter is that I don't have any workhorse pens, not really. I have pens I don't care about because I don't like using them very much, and so I don't. Can't be a "workhorse" pen if it's not being used very much. And the pens I do like, I rotate through pretty religiously.

 

I'm going to have to say the closest thing I've got to a workhorse pen is a worn (but polished) gray Snorkel Sentinel. I have 4 Snorkels, a couple of which are in excellent condition that I use but seldom. This makes me feel somewhat freer with the gray one in "user" condition. It writes as well as any of them, and it still presents well, but I have no reason whatsoever to baby it. Another might be a gray Gate City Belmont with a medium (Binderized, of course) JoWo IPG nib.

[rabiosocorazon]

Montegrappa Nerouno. F nib.

[Voormas]

Pelikan 400NN EF nib

[Tweel]

I guess I have two. One is a Cross Radiance, always filled with Noodler's bulletproof Black, always with me when I'm out; the other is a Sheaffer Imperial desk pen, always filled with Pelikan Blue-Black, always handy to grab when I'm home.

 

On the other hand, my fiancée just gave me a Pelikan M800, and while I look forward to a lifetime with both, neither will ever be hitched to a plow !

Edited July 27, 2013 by Tweel

[The Blue Knight]

Platignum Studio and Parker Frontier gt

Edited July 27, 2013 by top pen

[carlos.q]

Workhorse pen is the one that is always with me: Pelikan m200 with F nib, usually inked with MB Midnight blue, but this week it has Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Black.

Edited July 27, 2013 by carlos.q

[mikehodgman]

I had to think about this for a good long while because the truth of the matter is that I don't have any workhorse pens, not really. I have pens I don't care about because I don't like using them very much, and so I don't. Can't be a "workhorse" pen if it's not being used very much. And the pens I do like, I rotate through pretty religiously.

 

I'm going to have to say the closest thing I've got to a workhorse pen is a worn (but polished) gray Snorkel Sentinel. I have 4 Snorkels, a couple of which are in excellent condition that I use but seldom. This makes me feel somewhat freer with the gray one in "user" condition. It writes as well as any of them, and it still presents well, but I have no reason whatsoever to baby it. Another might be a gray Gate City Belmont with a medium (Binderized, of course) JoWo IPG nib.

 

I never thought a pen that was made in the 50s could be a workhorse pen, but I recently got a Snorkel and it is giving my other pens a run for the money. Brilliant nib and it is very durable. Seems to hold a decent amount of ink as well.

[Blade Runner]

MB 149 every work day

[orfew]

My MB 146.