Favourite C/c Fountain Pen

[ink-syringe]

Sheaffer Targa.

 

More specifically, my sterling silver Targa with the 14K gold F nib.

Nice Targa!

[mitto]

Would like to add:

 

Parker 75 and especially the early sterling ciselé version.

[3nding]

Wow I can't say that any of the pens suggested here doesn't seem great! I want them all... now... Thank you all for the good responses so far!

Sheaffer Targa.

 

More specifically, my sterling silver Targa with the 14K gold F nib.

 

http://zobeid.zapto.org/image/pens/targa/sterling_silver_targa_02.jpg

 

Tony, I have you to say that your Targa is making me reconsider my priorities in life. Maybe having a something to eat in the fridge for next week isn't as important as acquiring such a nice pen... I am now very confused.

[tinta]

Should add a favourite workhorse, with a terrific edged nib: the Kaweco Dia2/14k "B" stub (by Pendleton Brown).

The Dia2 is inexpensive, comfortable & ruggedly built.

 

This pen is technically a C/c pen but I'm not happy with the performance of its Kaweco branded screw-piston converter. I use my Dia2 as a cart-only, DC fountain pen.

 

Edited March 27, 2017 by tinta

[inkstainedruth]

I have a few Parker 45s (all -- now -- with the squeeze converters). And I love my Metropolitan, and am also quite fond of the Cross Solo I got last year from the estate of a close friend (was able to pick up a converter for it last summer at the Triangle Pen Show).

But truthfully, my favorite c/c pens are my trusty Parker Vectors. They're too skinny to want to write the Great American Novel with, but they are well-behaved little workhorse pens. They're inexpensive, they come in fun colors (my most recent acquisition is a NOS one -- still in the original blister pack when I got it! -- that has blocks of primary colors edged with black, and reminds me of a Mondrian painting), and I don't have problems with them hard starting (even with saturated inks), and they're great tester pens when I get a new ink. I even have a 4 nib unit calligraphy set.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

ETA: Oh, I also forgot my Dark Lilac Lamy Safari! It's a great pen, too (but I'm sentimental, and love my Vectors *just* a bit more....

Edited March 27, 2017 by inkstainedruth

[Rhincodon]

I will aways enjoy C/C pens for their ease of cleaning since I tend to switch inks every time I empty a pen! That said, I love my Edison Nouveau Premiere but also my Levenger True Writer; it's been a trusty workhorse pen for years (possibly a decade now?) and I still use it.

 

I did just get a Sailor though, so we'll see where that falls!

[Sasha Royale]

The fines fountain pen is little more than conversation subject, if it is left at home. I carried a Parker 45 through college, then one resided in my stationery box aboard ship. For the 40 years since, one has been in my pocket daily.

 

A more economical choice might be the HERO Wingsung 233. Among your listed pens, I would choose the Pilot Metropolitan. Though 50 years is a long relationship, I would not hesitate to carry

either of these two everyday. The Metropolitan is especially reliable with the Pilot cartridge and ink.

[Driften]

Guess my Bexley 56 is my nicest C/C pen along with my Pilot 74 and 92.

[Penman222]

Easy: Pilot Capless :-)

+1

[Driften]

Actually forgot about my Pilot Vanishing Point. I just wish I could see how much ink was in it. I thought about going to using cartridges but the converter is now stuck in the nib... It can be a very nice pen though...

[eharriett]

Over the past few months, I have amassed quite the collection of vintage pens. But it seems like when I pack my three pens for the day, with the exception of my one "main" pen, I always pack new c/c pens. I may be going on a vintage selling spree soon, in fact. The c/c pens hold less ink, so I can change them out regularly, which I like. I can clean them easier, which I also like, and in a pinch, I can grab a standard cartridge and plop in a wide variety of ink, which that too makes it a more desireable pen.

 

So I've always got at the ready: Waterman Charleston. My first Waterman, which I have no idea what it is, but it was a graduation gift from my girlfriend who knew I was curious about fountain pens and it started this whole trend. A Visconti Hall of Music which seems to always wind up with a cartridge. I have never once filled its converter. My Pilot Vanishing Point, which has become specifically the pen I carry if I am going into a situation where I will be needing to take notes. And lastly, my pilot MR -- I imported a European Metropolitan so I could use standard international cartridges. I really like that pen a lot.

[Buzz_130]

Favorite: Nakaya

 

Other excellent c/c pens: Platinum, Pilot, Sailor

 

Hmmm, maybe a bias here.

 

Buzz

[banjomike]

I have mostly c/c pens.

They tend to fall into 2 different areas; some are my pocket walkin' around pens, and others are my long distance runners, used when I'm writing for hours at a time non-stop.

 

A couple fall into both groups, and then I have my traveling pens.

They are some of my pocket pens, but when I travel, I only use cartridges in them. None are pens I would weep over if lost, even if they're favorites. I've lost 2 in the past I really miss. My favorite traveler is a Shaeffer Prelude, about 10 years old. It's very tough, a good writer, and the cartridges are easier to find.

 

In general my pocket pens are 2 Lamy Safaris, which were bought initially for that purpose, but have been replaced by 2 Pelikans, one a 250 and the other a limited edition 350. The Pelikans are much more expensive pens, but their clips and size are both very secure in-pocket, so I don't worry about loss.

 

My long-distance pens are 3 Parker Duofold Internationals, a Pelikan 850, the Safaris, an old Waterman Phineas, and several older Shaeffers. When I'm writing for long stretches at a time, I usually change pens every 30 minutes or so, as it helps the hand fatigue.

[3nding]

Thank you all so much for the responses. This has made for a very interesting read and I have learned a lot about c/c pens. If you have any more ideas or suggestions or anything really I definitely interested!

[hh1990]

My favorite is my Franklin-Cristoph Model 19.

[Kelly G]

Early in my obsession I despised c/c fillers, probably because I preferred vintage pens and their various filling systems. Then I acquired a Pilot Capless LE Mandarin, which altered my bias. Through my seminary years I found my second Pilot VP to be invaluable for making reading notes and the c/c filling system to be trouble free. Most recently I've acquired an Edison LE Mina, several Ranga Ebonite examples, and a Bexley Prometheus, along with several Jinhao pens that have removed my dislike of c/c fillers. But my favorite c/c filler is my Danitrio FPN Fellowship pen, because it is a singularly stunning pen. I've grown to appreciate that the filling system is less important than the overarching aesthetics of the pen, and of course, how it writes.