What Pens Are You Using Today 2017

[tgoto]

Congatulations, tgoto!

 

Just be sure to leave one or two for the rest of us.

Hahaha, Thank you MalcolmH!!

[eliweisz]

Sheaffer Targa, factory stub, inked with Diamine Denim

Delta Dolcevita Federico, FPnibs stub, inked with Cult Pens Deep Dark Orange

[tokyobay]

Pelikan M400 Brown Tortoiseshell inked with J. Herbin --lie de the.

[tgoto]

Sheaffer Targa, factory stub, inked with Diamine Denim

Delta Dolcevita Federico, FPnibs stub, inked with Cult Pens Deep Dark Orange

Nice!!...that's right..I am missing stubs in my collection. I want one!

[Helen350]

Wing Sung 698 Piston Demonstrator. EF Nib. Chesterfield Antique Yankee

[Freddy]

Montblanc: 1950's

342 pif..206 bf..344 pif..

Parker Vacumatic:

Emerald Pearl '41.. Silver Pearl '35 & Burgundy Pearl '39

Montblanc 252......Pens are filled with the blues..........

 

Fred

[inkstainedruth]

Still my new Pelikan M400 with Pelikan 4001 dark green. Pelikan has a pretty weird idea about the appropriate line width for an F nib, but apart from that, it's an excellent nib on an excellent pen, which also happens to be the prettiest writing utensil I have ever seen. I love that thing.

 

I considered having the nib swapped for an EF nib, but quite frankly I love the way that thing writes so much that I'd rather adjust my handwriting to fit the nib.

 

Pelikans tend to be pretty wet writers. My first one, a 1990s era M400, has a F nib and it makes a wider line than some M nibs I have. I took a bit of a chance with one of the M405s and getting it with an EF nib, but I have Edelstein Tanzanite in it and it's a dream to write with.

 

For me, it's been kinda a busy day, writing implement-wise:

Parker Vacumatic Red Shadow Wave (F?), with Waterman Mysterious Blue -- morning pages journal;

TWSBI 580-AL, Pink (, with De Atramentis Sky Blue -- random notes.

Parker 51 Vac, Cedar Blue (EF), with vintage Quink Microfilm Black -- paying bills (writing checks and addressing envelopes);

Lamy Safari, Dark Lilac (F), with diluted Iroshihzuku Fuyu-gaki -- random notes;

the aforementioned Pelikan M405, Striated Blue (EF), with Edelstein Tanzanite -- random notes;

Kuratake brush pen, with diluted Noodler's Georgia Peach -- markup of sheet music (I mostly don't have to do that anymore, but one of the pieces the amateur madrigal choir I sing with is five parts and for some reason my eyes kept tracking to the second soprano line instead of the alto line -- and the sad part is that we've done the piece in the past, and I remembered chunks of it from before, and was STILL jumping to the wrong line... ).

Also, at choir, used my trusty Berol Turquoise lead-holder (2H lead) to mark dynamics on some of the music.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Guardy]

 

Pelikans tend to be pretty wet writers. My first one, a 1990s era M400, has a F nib and it makes a wider line than some M nibs I have. I took a bit of a chance with one of the M405s and getting it with an EF nib, but I have Edelstein Tanzanite in it and it's a dream to write with.

 

[...]

Yep, that's why their inks are so bone-dry. Or maybe it's the other way around, who knows. Anyway, I'd expect a pretty broad line with a wet ink, but I'm using a Pelikan 4001 ink, so I was a bit surprised - you'd expect the dry ink to cancel out the wet pen, but nope. Luckily, the nib is so good that I don't really care.

 

I can imagine how much fun a Pelikan EF nib would be - I'd have preferred one of those, actually, but the cheapest EF-nibbed M400 I could find was at least 50€ more expensive than what I paid for mine, and I wasn't quite that keen on an EF nib. Oh well, maybe on the next Pelikan pen...

 

 

Oh, by the way, what's your opinion on that Parker Vacumatic? It's on my list, but I'm a bit worried about the filling system.

[thangtqtnh]

Hi all,

I'm newcomer, I have just practicing Business Cursive

This is my pen, i wrote on napkin paper

[mallymal1]

Hi all,

I'm newcomer, I have just practicing Business Cursive

This is my pen, i wrote on napkin paper

 

Nice cursive.

 

[inkstainedruth]

Oh, by the way, what's your opinion on that Parker Vacumatic? It's on my list, but I'm a bit worried about the filling system.

 

I have all three Generations of Vacs: the 1st gen Lockdown fillers are probably my favorite type.

The thing you have to remember about Vacs is that they tend to hold a lot of ink, and they're kinda a PITA to flush. So if you like to change colors a lot you probably don't want one. And odds are good that you'll need to get a new diaphragm put in, at the very least (I was really lucky with that red Shadow Wave -- turned out it worked fine, even though all the pens in the auction where I got it were being sold as is ).

OTOH, they come in an amazing range of sizes and colors. I don't have any of the Maximas, but I have a lot of the other sizes from Sub-Debutante up to Major. I saw a Speedline filler on eBay recently that was Azure Blue Pearl but the price went up too high too fast (I didn't know that the Blue came in any model but the 3rd Generation (plastic plunger models).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Freddy]

 

Fred

[Guardy]

 

I have all three Generations of Vacs: the 1st gen Lockdown fillers are probably my favorite type.

The thing you have to remember about Vacs is that they tend to hold a lot of ink, and they're kinda a PITA to flush. So if you like to change colors a lot you probably don't want one. And odds are good that you'll need to get a new diaphragm put in, at the very least (I was really lucky with that red Shadow Wave -- turned out it worked fine, even though all the pens in the auction where I got it were being sold as is ).

OTOH, they come in an amazing range of sizes and colors. I don't have any of the Maximas, but I have a lot of the other sizes from Sub-Debutante up to Major. I saw a Speedline filler on eBay recently that was Azure Blue Pearl but the price went up too high too fast (I didn't know that the Blue came in any model but the 3rd Generation (plastic plunger models).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Thanks!

The flushing issue was what I was afraid of, but eh... I'll cope.

The variety with vacumatics is truly amazing (if slightly overwhelming) - thankfully, I'm pretty fond of most of the colors and sizes the vacumatic comes in (except for plain opaque black, maybe), so I have a decent enough chance of getting a pen I like and still not being terribly broke afterwards.

I'm keeping an eye on a fully restored one or two right now, so the diaphragm thankfully won't be an issue.

 

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Back to topic:

I've been using my Pelikan M400 (with Pelikan 4001 dark green) some more, along with my silver-green Lamy AL-Star (with GvFC Hazelnut Brown), because I needed a second ink color for annotations.

Dark green and hazelnut brown look very pretty together - those are two very lovely inks.

[Mannyonpil]

Today I have been using a Perfecto II, an Esterbrook Relief 2-L, and an Asa Nauka.

 

Life is good.

[Freddy]

 

Fred

[max dog]

Pilot Custom 912 FA. Montblanc Toffee Brown.

[mallymal1]

[simonoid]

Today I have

• Lamy Safari charcoal Fine nib and Robert Oster Fire and Ice.
• Nemosine Singularity .6 Stub nib and Robert Oster Fire and Ice.
• Waterman Kulter Phileas Fine nib and Noodler's Purple Wampum.

[tgoto]

Nice pens!

Is that the 45 you recently got?

[mallymal1]

Nice pens!

Is that the 45 you recently got?

 

Yes it is. I'm really pleased with the way it cleaned up.

 

Took about an hour of flushing and soaking, to sort out the nib/feed/section. Time well spent.

 

While the water was doing its thing, I gave the cap and barrel a good polish. There was quite a bit of crud so I used Simichrome, and it did the trick. There is some very light scratching, but that's usual and ok.

 

The nib turns out to be a Fine, and writes well enough. A very good user pen.