How Do You "store" Your *inked* Pens? (Up, Down, Or Sideways)

[Chouffleur]

Most flat on the desk. One leaning nib-down at a 10-or-so-degree angle.

[DonLeone]

I carry inked pens with me except a few jotters (lamy dark lilac stays home, laying flat)

 

New job requires a lot of elevator use and the weather has been weird which resulted in most of my pens leaking into the cap. Maybe I dropped the bag too fast.

 

I store them upright now in my bag instead of flat/horizontal.

 

I expected dried nibs but this doesn't seem to be the case.

[ac12]

All three, depending on the pen or pen/ink combination.

Edited August 30, 2016 by ac12

[Tas]

The pens used most lay flat on my desk, Nook case or wrap. The others, having listened to the advice of many here were stored with the nib up.

 

However, the nib up pens had a high ratio of bad starts. I stored them all nib down for a laugh and the ones with hard starts had their inks changed (namely 54th Massachusetts) and now all is good in the world of starts

[AndyYNWA]

My Jinhaos which I keep in my pen stand at work have to be stored nib down, otherwise they dry out quite quickly.

 

The rest of my pens are either laying on my desk during my workday or stored nib up in my laptop case.