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  1. 1. Which is your main [b]modern[/b] user pen?

    • A high end Sheaffer - [i]It's a fine legacy![/i]
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    • A Pelikan M-Series - [i]The pen Big Bird would tell you to use![/i]
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    • A high end Waterman - [i]Vive la difference[/i]
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    • A high end A Parker - [i]Nosy I'm not, loyal I am[/i]
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    • An upper range Pilot or Sailor - [i]A pen has to be good when quality failures mean sepuku[/i]
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    • A Montblanc - [i]Hit me with Master Stick![/i]
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    • A Danitrio - [i]Raw it may be, ur-rushied, never[/i]
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    • An Italian Stalion - [i]Bad pun already included[/i]
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    • Bexley - [i]A Blast From The Past![/i]
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    • Someone else - [i]Apologies to Nakaya, Conway Stewart, et al[i]
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    • Something mid range or lower, but very good - [i]Kultur freaks Go here! Also Vectors, Rotring 600, etc[/i]
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    • I don't like modern pens enough to have a favourite
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Which is your main modern user pen? Or for serious rotators, which would it be if you had to pick from the modern pens you own?

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Which is your main modern user pen? Or for serious rotators, which would it be if you had to pick from the modern pens you own?

 

Parker Sonnet here. I love the way it writes. I am looking to get a Cross fp too, but not sure what to get and where from..

 

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Surprisingly, it currently is a Pilot 78G with broad stub nib. But I expect it to be my Sailor Sapporo with music nib. Got to love those Japanese pens.

 

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Mine are a Lamy Vista and a Bexley Simplicity... they are the only moderns that I use a lot...

I have a couple of Pelikan 200s and I like them, but for some reason they don't get the use...

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For the short time I was actually working in an office...I found I was leaning on my VP more than I figured I would...but also had a True Writer, a Phil, and a no-name calligraphy pen in the mix.  

 

But truth be told...I used my P51 most of all...

 

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If you ask me this question in two weeks, the answer will probably be different. At the moment, my favorite modern pen is a Visconti Van Gogh with the bayonet "quick twist" cap release. After that, my favorite modern is probably my Bexley Submariner.

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I am one of the "Kultur freaks". :D Their ink flow suits me better than the relatively dry Safaris.

 

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Hans-Peter

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I find myself reaching for my Pilot VP/Capless and Decimo more and more at work these days. Very smooth, reliable writers and a conversation starter to boot.

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Always a Pelikan in my pocket!

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My Pelikan m215 was the first 'higher end' pen in my collection and it has remained my go-to pen.

I enjoy writing with my Black Carbonesque VP and Lamy 2000, but nothing beats the feel of my 215.

I'm saving up for a black m805. :cloud9:

-Dan

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The modern pen you are most likely to find in my pocket is the M400 white / tortoise with XF nib.

Of course a vintage pen is my preference, but the Pelikan is very reliable and usually around.

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For me it's a choice between my Lamy 2000 and my Pilot VP.

 

Bill

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Pelikan M200. Consistent, attractive, holds plenty of ink, lays down an ample line. Best performer among my small collection, so it sees the most use.

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My recently purchased Faber-Castell E-Motion has replaced my Phileas as my most popular everyday use pen though I still use my Phileas and to a lesser extent my Waterman Harmonie a great deal.

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A VP is always enpocket when I go to work where failure means seppuku!

 

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I don't think a Rotring 600 and a Parker Vector belong in the same class, but at times, either has been my primary daily writer. Also a Pilot Knight, which I think would fall into the "good, mid-range" category" as would my Rotring 700, Initial, and Newton. Probably my only daily writer that escapes the "mid-range" label is my Namiki Bamboo.

 

How did I end up with so many daily writers? It looks like I have one for each day of the week!

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