Do you write Posted or Unposted?

[PAKMAN]

Unposted except for the Kaweco Sport which is too short to use otherwise and is made to post.

[DavyJones]

I typically write with a Waterman's 52, 54, 55, or Ink -Vue. The 52, 54, 55 are all way too long for comfort when posted, and I want to resist scratching the plating on the Ink-Vue lever on that pen, so my vote goes to unposted.

[Blazing]

I prefer caps unposted as I'm very careful with my pen's barrel being scratched, and sometimes you get ink on the barrel from posting which can get messy.

[Albert26]

For me it depends on the pen, basically the size of the pen, the finish, and the price.

 

A daily casual pen needs to feel comfortable posted for me, have an understated finish and not be eye-catching and expensive

 

For example, I would never post an Omas arco verde (wish I had one) for fear of marring the celluloid.

[mitto]

Mostly posted.

[praxim]

Only a couple of very short pens are posted, and then not always if I am merely making a quick mark or note; specifically, an Onoto 21 and a Waterman 52 1/2V.

[Mercian]

I usually prefer to write with the cap 'posted'.

 

This, of course, is not always possible.

On some pens (e.g. Parker Urban) doing that makes the pen feel horribly unbalanced, and I have others (e.g. P480 Pelikano) on which the cap will not 'post' securely.

 

Then again, when I am writing with my Parker "51" I find 'posting' to be almost compulsory, because aligning the arrow clip with the nib's 'sweet spot' is almost the only way to tell where it is before you put ink to paper.

[fpenluver]

Unposted, most of the time.

[Mr5x5]

Pen dependent

[TennesseeTrash]

Unposted. I habitually cap the pen when I pause for a second and posting adds two steps to the process. I prefer the length of posted pens, but the inconvenience is not worth it.

 

Most of my writing is note taking. If I were someone who wrote long stretches of prose at a time then I may post.

[Runnin_Ute]

My answer has changed somewhat since 2014. Basically depends on the pen. Some always, some never and some it depends on how long the session is or some other factor.

[pajaro]

I don't post on desk pens.

[ethernautrix]

I didn't pay attention to posting-not-posting before owning urushi and maki-e pens, but I probably always posted.

 

Now, I seldom post... except for the Pilot Falcon, which is a smallish, light pen, thinning than my Nakaya Piccolos.

 

ANd I have been known to post a Piccolo in a pinch (when unable to hold or set down the cap) (rare!).

[Astronymus]

Lamy Safari, Vista, AL-Star - unposted, Kaweco Sport posted.

[ENewton]

I used to post the cap on my pens, because I like the extra weight on my hand, but nowadays there are more inks that dry in the nib if one pauses too long while writing, so I've taken to holding the cap in my left hand and capping the pen whenever I pause.

[oldrifleman]

I used to always post the cap, now just the opposite. Really the only time I will post the cap now is for pens that are too short unposted for my rather large hands.

[voltron]

I write with most of my pens posted.

[Lexus77]

I like to post. If the pen gets too backheavy, I will use it unposted, but I don't like it when I need to. I just don't like the idea of having that cap just lying there... It seems inappropriate. I can't explain it... there's a place for it on the back of my pen, so that's where it's supposed to go. Writing with an uncapped pen is writing with an incomplete one.

[pajaro]

I like to post. If the pen gets too backheavy, I will use it unposted, but I don't like it when I need to. I just don't like the idea of having that cap just lying there... It seems inappropriate. I can't explain it... there's a place for it on the back of my pen, so that's where it's supposed to go. Writing with an uncapped pen is writing with an incomplete one.

+1.

[TSherbs]

Posted