What Pens From The Land Of The Rising Sun Are You Carrying Today?

[hari317]

Platinum Dark Briar with a Music nib.

[mjsmith1223]

Platinum 3776 Century Bourgogne, medium and Pilot Custom 74 medium

[Oranges and Apples]

Love this worn out look

Thank you

 

I've had it since release, I've used it through a police academy, and I'm still using it while on duty.

 

So, you could say, it has earned it's stripes

Edited May 25, 2018 by Oranges and Apples

[EricTheRed]

Sailor Realo with a Broad 21K nib. Smooth sailing...

[steve50]

Question: I have a Pilot (FA nib) and a couple of Platinums (SF, B ). Do Sailor nibs feel distinctive from them enough to warrant giving them a try?

Edited June 1, 2018 by steve50

[mongrelnomad]

Question: I have a Pilot (FA nib) and a couple of Platinums (SF, B ). Do Sailor nibs feel distinctive from them enough to warrant giving them a try?

 

 

Yes. Sailor nibs feel like nothing else, for better or worse.

Edited June 1, 2018 by mongrelnomad

[steve50]

 

 

Yes. Sailor nibs feel like nothing else, for better or worse.

Do you mind telling me how?

[sharonspens]

Sailor 1911L, tangerine, F nib, with Monteverde Motivation Orange ink; my Platinum 2776 Yamanaka, F nib, with Platinum Citrus Black ink is on tap for tomorrow (I'm doing InkJournal's "30 inks in 30 days" challenge).

 

Sharon in Indiana

Edited June 1, 2018 by sharonspens

[Oranges and Apples]

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Pilot Custom 743 with a Posting nib (PO) and inked with Pilot Black

[southpaw]

Pilot Vanishing Point in red wood, sporting a fine nib, running on FPN / Noodlers Galileo Manuscript Brown.

[Steveg58]

The fountain pens going on holidays with me are a Sailor 1911 and a Pilot 78g.

[Oranges and Apples]

Pilot Custom 74 <B> with a purple ink

 

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[Inkyways]

I am not carrying any pens actually but checking some to clean up and and the ones that are inked.

 

Pilot Namiki SEF

Pilot Heritage 91 SFM

Pilot Heritage 912

Pilot Elite Vintage

 

Platinum 3776

Platinum 14 EF Vintage slim pen.

 

Sailor- slim Round 1911

Sailor Pro gear slim

Sailor pro-gear Slim 1911 14K Fine point.

Sailor Pro-gear 1911

Sailor pro-gear 1911 Music nib.

Sailor pro gear 1911 18k medium nib

[Claud]

New Pilot Elite 95 pocket pen w/ medium nib. smooth writing smaller pen. I like the looks too.

[adatse]

Pilot Custom Heritage 92 in transparent blue, inked with J Herbin Eclat de Saphir

[biancitwo]

A Pilot Custom 823, with a broad nib, inked with Sailor Souten. Not sure why I kept trying to find a Pilot I really like. Except for the Varsity, which I use to sign plats, I have been disappointed in two Pilot Heritage 912s. One of them has a music nib that simply writes poorly. The other had a double broad that laid a huge line like a fire hose. Despite the hose effect, it frequently fails to feed. I had it ground to a CI. It now writes beautifully, but it still runs dry once every line or two. I'll get that worked on one day.

 

But, the 823 is a different story. It writes beautifully. I usually have my nibs customized to a CI. I may leave this one alone. Though broad it is narrower than many western mediums. It is close to just right. I didn't know it, but this pen may be the reason I kept trying with Pilot.

[Tseg]

Medium nibbed Namiki Urushi No. 20 using iroshizuku shin-kai. Amazing pen.

 

[biancitwo]

I carried my Pilot Custom 823 again today. I really like this pen. I'm sure I will have its broad nib italicized. But, I must repeat: this pen is really nice out of the box.

 

Nonetheless, I also carried a Nakaya desk pen, with a broad Mottishaw CI nib, and Kon-peki ink. The Aka-tamenuri is perfect. The nib is smaller than the usual Western nib. A beautiful nib. An exquisite pen.

[gmax]

I've spent the day taking notes with a Sailor Realo, inked with MB Lavender Purple

[biancitwo]

It is awkward carrying my Nakaya desk pen, but so enjoyable. I'm still not accustomed to its size. My favorite and most reliable is my Pelikan dark blue M600, with a medium nib italicized by Pendleton Brown. I love it. But, today I carry the Nakaya, which is twice as large, with a Mottishaw italic broad filled with Kon Peki, and a Platinum 3776, with a soft fine nib the size of a straight pen. It also is filled with Kon Peki. The 3776 has almost no line, while the Nakaya gives a gorgeous varying line slightly narrower than my Pelikan mediums.