What Pens Do You Travel With?

[Karmachanic]

I should add that I have twice traveled recently with the smaller (20oz) TWSBI bottle filled with ink, stored in a doubled ziplok baggie in my carry on luggage (not the Nalgene bottle mentioned in my previous post), and both times it leaked badly. Fortunately it did not escape the plastic bags, but know that their cap seal threads will not withstand the pressure drop on ascent.

 

Pressure drop? Sorry. Anyway. Nalgene 30ml for the ink!

[BDarchitect]

Ya, mon, Karmachanic! and def small Nalgene screw bottle for the ink next time.

[DrAtomic]

Update: The pens that made the trip are a couple of Opus 88's (Koloro and Omar), a TWSBI Vac-Mini, the Custom 823, and a Nettuno 1911 Black Sands (for fun, not reliability). Sadly, the Opus 88 Koloro leaked. Not sure how. Perhaps the small amount of ink in the sealed feed found its way out. I seem to be cursed with this traveling with fountain pens thing. Next time I'll go with the zip-lock bags.

Fortunately the bag is now clean, nothing ruined or stained, and I'm off to explore with pen in hand (or pocket).

[Zendawn123]

In my opinion, you can never go wrong travelling with a Montblanc Meisterstuck FP. That is just me though.

[Noihvo]

 

[Orval]

Always my Pilot VP Fine nib in my shirt pocket

Kaweco Sport (in my wife's purse)

We need nothing else.

[ethernautrix]

Seems that no matter how I travel - plane, train, automobile, bicycle, feet - I bring pretty much the same team of pens.

[Mercury66]

Fisher space pen

[OMASsimo]

I've traveled with all kinds of fountain pens on airplanes without any problems. I think it's less a question of the pen itself than how you carry it. I always keep my pens, filled as much as possible, in my shirt pocket, so the nib points up and air can be exchanged without ill effects. I found vintage sac fillers slightly more finnicky than other pens but even those travel quite well this way. You even can use your fountain pens during the flight as long as you're not ascending.

[MCN]

I think the various flavors of Kaweco Sport are ideal travel pens.