How Do You Carry Your Pens?

[Peterson]

My interest in fountain pens is fairly new and while I've started a small collection and started writing with a few different pens to test the waters only a TWSBI mini has found it's way to my pocket. Being used to a Fisher Bullet I'm afraid to snap or crack my larger and probably less sturdy pens if I carry them in my front pant pocket as I'm used to.

What's your thoughts about this, are my worries unfounded?

[tgoto]

I do not recommend putting fountain pens in pant pocket, unless they are sturdy like Karas pens (I remember Goulet Pen has done a durability test on them).

 

I usually carry three pens at a time, and they are in a leather pen case (Aston case).

The pen case goes in my cross-body bag.

[sandy101]

A fake leather crocodile pen case I bought on e-bay. Many pen shops will try and sell you very expensive leather pen cases, but there are cheaper ones out there.

[frankb3]

I carry a Nock Hightower case in the cargo pocket of my pants:

http://nockco.com/cases/hightower

ALL my pants are cargo pants.

 

I don't trust leather cases, I've seen stainless knives destroyed by storing them in leather sheaths.

 

If you need more capacity see the Saki P-661 pen roll case - it's a cotton pen roll that will hold 6-9 pens.

[catbert]

I do not recommend putting fountain pens in pant pocket, unless they are sturdy like Karas pens (I remember Goulet Pen has done a durability test on them).

 

I usually carry three pens at a time, and they are in a leather pen case (Aston case).

The pen case goes in my cross-body bag.

 

 

This.

 

A Preppy, Passaporto or Kaweco work as pocket pens for me.

My three-pen case in my bag is a Nock Lookout.

[SoulSamurai]

I normally only carry a pen at work, so I just keep it in my shirt pocket. I have a Kaweco Liliput that I've tried carrying in my front jeans pocket and clipped to the V on a polo shirt when not at work; it worked fine when I tried it, though it's not something that I do regularly. My Liliput has a clip for a Fisher Space Pen - this was before Kaweco released their own clip. It was hard to get the clip on, but it's very secure and really doesn't move around (unlike the clip that came with my Loclen Tiny pen), though I'm not sure that it grips fabric as well as I would like.

[Didimauw]

My work pen is my Lamy Safari, and that is kept in my shirt pocket all day, and my Cross Aventura is kept with my Midori on the elastic cord. I'm keeping my Pilot Metropolitan in the drawer until I use up the ink in my Cross. I just dont want it to dry up. Then I'll switch my Cross with my Pilot. I like the sturdier barrel of the pilot compared to the plastic one of the cross. Better for carrying.

[ThomasB]

I carry three pens in a Pilot Sommes case...One for signatures, one for note taking and a RB/BP for people to borrow...I usually put the signature pen in my pocket once a I get to work and take out the other two as neeed

[mitto]

I carry my pens in my shirt pocket. If I carry more than one pen I carry them in my three pens Montblanc or two pen Parker leather pen cases tucked in my leather brief case or in my leather Lap Top bag.

[LizEF]

Here's a link to a post about my various pen-carriers (others there comment about their methods)...

 

And a repeat of my post there...

Mostly, I carry them in one of these things, attached to a Leuchtturm A5 notebook:

https://www.amazon.c...uct/B005QSTJYO/

 

...for some pens (the nicer ones), before putting them in the zippered section of the above caddy, I will put them inside either this thing:

http://www.andersonp...uch-p/65320.htm

 

...or in a sheath meant to hold a AA MagLite flashlight (because I have it and nothing better to do with it, and it holds some pens nicely so they don't knock against other things in the zippered pocket of the caddy):

 

But I also sometimes use one of these:

https://www.amazon.c...uct/B005WXLKYK/

 

Or one of these:

http://www.andersonp...-p/js1-brbp.htm

[Sasha Royale]

An ID card pocket is a plastic sleeve 3½ X 2½ . It is much smaller than the "nerd" pocket protector. It disappears below the top of the shirt pocket, but serves the same purpose. I carry two fountain pens there. Additional pens are rare, but I put them into a rigid eyeglass case, and the case into duffel or coat.

[Ichiro]

I use a leather single sleeve pen holder and carry in my pants everyday. 2yrs on my Invincia Deluxe and no marker (fingers crossed)

[maus930]

Carrying pens in pants pocket is a sure way to break them -- I carry 3-5 pens daily in shirt pocket plus notebook

[senzen]

I have some zippered and flap pouches (Cubix, Kokuyo, Nock Co); some pens evaporate so zippered pouches can be extra useful, and they can even be padded to provide more protection. If I carried them in my pants pockets disaster would ensue for sure.

[Freddy]

 

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[FOUR X FOUR]

I'd be willing to carry a pen In a pant pocket, but I'd be concerned with the heat drawing out ink.

Allan😀😀

And even then it would have to be something like a Kaweco ALSport

[PS104]

A hard eyeglasses case can accommodate 2 or 3 pens depending on length and/or girth and be carried in pants pants quite safely.

Use the shirt pocket for the Bic to lend out.

[lmarine0510]

I use a good old fashioned pocket protector and carry it in my shirt pocket, or if I'm wearing a shirt with no pocket, I put it in my front pants pocket. It works quite well at its intended purpose of protecting one's pocket, and saved my blue jeans from getting too blue on an occasion when a sac decided to turn into a gooey mess in a Sheaffer Snorkel.

[lmarine0510]

I use a good old fashioned pocket protector and carry it in my shirt pocket, or if I'm wearing a shirt with no pocket, I put it in my front pants pocket. It works quite well at its intended purpose of protecting one's pocket, and saved my blue jeans from getting too blue on an occasion when a sac decided to turn into a gooey mess in a Sheaffer Snorkel.

[rogerico]

In a rigid Aurora leather pouch.