Students (Or Teachers) What Pens Will You Be Using This 2014 School Year?

[elh93]

I'll always be switching between my Safari, Metropolitan, and TWSBI 580 for the main ones, then I frequently have other's inked up that are mostly cheep ones from china, but include some esterbrooks pens.

 

I'm just not sure where I'm going to fit the M400 I just got in to my rotation, that is if I even bring it to class.

[LWJ2]

Back in the day I used a Parker 45 with a 14k fine nib and black Quink; highlighting was done with felt-tipped markers (three or four colours, depending on importance). Prior to the Parkers, I used a Sheaffer stainless-steel Targa with a 14k fine nib. (Sigh. It's retired presently; it needs to go see Ron Zorn.)

 

I developed a simple method of retaining lent pens, I'd stand there with my hand out until it was returned. It frustrated the hell out of fellow-students and co-workers and amused my boss no end.

 

Were I returning to the fold I'd use whatever I had inked up with Noodler's Bad Black Moccasin or Bad Belted Kingfisher -- I've spilt too many cups of coffee/tea to use a washable ink, even if the colour selection is boring. There's also the need to be able to Xerox notes, et c. It'd be nice to discover something like Pelikan Konigsblau that's water-proof.

 

Leon

[Fox Point]

Student here. In the lab, a preppy with Noodler's Heart of Darkness or Hunter, for all else Nib Creapers, a Daks Simpson Slim and a 70's Pilot Cavalier with a soft xxf nib. This year I intend to standardize with HoD for all main body notes in class, just for continuity, but otherwise Noodler's, Levenger, Organics Studio and MB inks will all rotate. For a loaner I have a Pilot Ecridor.

[NotRosie]

College fresh meat here! I can easily see myself grabbing my Lamy Vista with Noodler's Black 90% of the time. With an EF nib and the ink being fairly feather-proof, I can use up the last of my cheap spiral notebooks. Once those are out of the way, I'll try for some nicer paper so I can use my less feather-resistant inks with my Ahab and Metropolitan.

[kestrel]

 

My usual rotation; that means a lot of pens!

Same here. I will start the year with a RHR Conklin Endura for marking, assisted by a Levenger Fireball Demo Truewriter as a backup. Oversize Eclipse and a Pelikan M800 for general writing with an Estie J loaded with something green (currently Akkermann 27) for marking drafts. I will have a handful of Varsities available as loaners for students to try. Several of our literature classes will be starting the year reading Mark Twain so I will be bringing in a couple of Wirts, a MacKinnon stylograph, and a newly refurbished Conklin S3 for them to see (not handle) but only the S3 and one of the Wirts will be inked.

[mphstteach]

My current grading set-up

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[Tylerjordan]

Student:

 

I've got a trio of Parker Vacumatics that will be used throughout the year. Might even expand my collection to add another Vacumatic (to have one in each of the striated colours) and / or a Parker 51.

 

Ink is just whatever I feel like. My blue vac will probably be inked with Kon-Peki or Edelstein Topaz; My silver Vacumatic will probably take Diamine Graphite; My green vacumatic will break the pattern and take Rouge Hematite, Oxblood, or Ancient Copper. If I get a brown Vacumatic it'll take Edelstein Amber.

[Jimmy Joe]

After a pen was stolen last year, this year I'm the pens I take to school this year will be rather inexpensive:

 

- blue Wality 69T with Sheaffer feed for direct instruction

- red Wality 69T with Sheaffer feed and italic nib for marking

- Four plastic Jinhao 599s (black demo, blue demo, red, and green) with FPR EF nibs for writing lesson plans (different parts are color coded)

- black Jinhao x750 with a Nemosine broad italic nib for making headings

 

I also keep a Kuru Toga Roulette 0.3 mm handy for when I need to write in pencil, and have some boxes of Uni-Ball Signo 207 0.5mm in blue and black for when fountain pens won't cut it. I'm thinking of replacing the 69Ts with piston-fill 52s, as they post and 69Ts are a tad shorter than I like unposted but post horribly. Also thinking of getting a Uni-Ball multipen, which would then actually be the most expensive pen in my pen-pouch. After a Lamy Nexx got nicked, this year the TWSBI 580, the Sheaffer 440, and the Plaisirs are staying home. Individually, the pens aren't super expensive, but I realized that to replace my pen case and its contents would end up being several hundred dollars. With the kit above, is down to about $70.

[eyup007]

M150; but lamy safari f is still my favorite. Maybe i can buy a new twsbi 580

[shawndp]

I got my gf a Sailor Millecolore Professional Gear in a Medium Fine nib as her back-to-school pen...

[mAsTeRmInD-L]

Pelikan M600 (1980s) - HF nib

 

Pelikan M600 (1990s) - M nib

 

Pelikan M800 (1980s) - M nib

 

Pelikan M800 (1990s) - B nib

 

Sailor 1911 full size - Stub nib

 

Sailor 1911 mid size - Music nib

 

Those are the pens I must use everyday. I'm a recently graduated college student.

 

 

 

 

- L

Edited August 14, 2014 by mAsTeRmInD-L

[casualmerlinconstant]

Lots of variation,

Currently I'm running around with a White Pelikan m205 with 4001 purple.

People can judge me all they like. But my notes are prettier than theirs.

[william2001]

I'll keep using my Parker Sonnet like I did in 7th grade (last year).

-William S. Park

[LeeBG]

This is the first year I will bring a fountain pen to school. I have always had them at home as a collection. I'm trying to make the leap from collector to writer but that means finding some pens I'd be willing to have at school.

 

So far a Safari and a Pelikano. Hoping for more since I'd like a slightly different green ink for each day.

Lee

[theinforat]

As a high school student, this is my first year using FPs. I have been using a Parker 45 with an F nib (my most reliable), and a Jinhao X450. I find that the weight of the X450 is rather pleasantly heavy, and the size of the pen doesn't bother me. It's the smoothest of the two nibs, but it lays down a rather heavy line of ink. I tend to use it for assignments and note taking, and the P45 for classwork and whatnot.

[Inga]

Perfect. :-)

[dothgrin]

I'm bringing a Lamy Safari and a few Pilot Metros to the classroom this year. Although I teach high school, this is my first year of teaching at the college level, and I will be filling in my students about the greatness of the fountain pen and a good series of paper.

[Koyote]

I use Lamy Safaris for grading, as they are very resistant to drying out - and I can rarely get more than ten minutes before someone comes into my office asking for something -- so, I can set the pen down without recapping it. In fact, those Safaris are so good that I sometimes wonder why I ever spend more than $25 on a FP.

 

By the way, I use green or purple ink for grading - red is such a cliché.

[Icywolfe]

Student. Now I got a Jinhao 5000 I might use that as my class notes pen. I'm sure it will catch some classmate's eyes.

[AustinMalone1999]

Pelikan M200, Pilot Metro, Airmail Piston filler, and a TWSBI Classic.