Most popular everyday user

[alfredop]

Lamy Studio with EF nib.

 

Genny

[pvdiamon]

After numerous pen purchases and using a variety for "everyday," I've now been using the inexpensive Sheaffer No Nonsense with a fine Italic nib and for the first time had compliments on my writing! Otherwise I've been using a Lamy Accent with custom nib (fine that now writes like a fine).

 

John

[J English Smith]

I think now it's going to be my Pilot vanishing point - love it.

 

I am also using a Parker Sonnet, Pelikan Level 5, Lamy 2000, Waterman Laureat and Parker Profile/1M.

 

I get nervous if I carry more than 2 at a time tho...

[meanwhile]

I don't think a Rotring 600 and a Parker Vector belong in the same class, but at times, either has been my primary daily writer. Also a Pilot Knight, which I think would fall into the "good, mid-range" category" as would my Rotring 700, Initial, and Newton. Probably my only daily writer that escapes the "mid-range" label is my Namiki Bamboo.

 

How did I end up with so many daily writers? It looks like I have one for each day of the week!

 

I have to agree with Splicer, I don't think a Rotring 600 belongs in the class where you put it. Nonetheless that's my main carry pen with me. Bulletproof, smooth writer (after I wrote with it for a while), and good balance.

 

The 600 is definitely good, and it's definitely mid-range in price. And it certainly isn't a Pelikan, Montblanc, or Japanese pen. If it feels lonely it can huddle with the Pelikan Go, which is actually damned close to being a replica of a 50's wing nib Meisterstruck... "Oh, yah, the Italian penz is so disorderly.."

 

[meanwhile]

I would like to put up a follow on poll to this one with named pens from the categories that scored most. Most of these are easy:

 

M800 (including 5's, etc)

M600

M200

1911 and 1911M

VP

 

But what should the representative Italian pens be?

 

[goodguy]

OMAS PARAGON!!!

[David Shafer]

My mains are the Caran d Ache Ivanhoe, Cross Apogee, and Lamy Accent Brilliant.

 

David

[Margana]

Four Pilots, one Sailor, one Pelikan and a Monteverde (all modern pens) make up my current rotation.

 

In looking at the current voting totals and the undoubted preference for Pels and Japanese pens, I can see why the suggestion that a Japanese pens forum might be of interest. We sure have a lot of folks enjoying their charms.

[parrothead56]

Blue Carbonesque VP with Binder stub italic first, then OMAS Paragon with B nib.

[blak000]

Lamy SS Studio, fine nib

[SallyLyn]

OK since you won't let me say.... PARKER "51"

 

I love my inexpensive Heros, (616, 110, 200A, 800) and you can still pickup new Parker 45s so I guess they are modern. All are smooth writers and I won't fret if I drop or misplace. I can afford several and a bunch of ink.

 

Life is Good!

[meanwhile]

Any more Italian pens???

[KG4KAH]

Good Day All,

 

Here's a vote for something else. I have an MB 146 in my rotation, but, when it comes to daily writers it's either my Lamy Safari or Rotring Initial. Both are rugged, dependable, and replaceable should they be misplaced. I like the Rotring when sitting at my desk, but the Safari is my go anywhere pen.

 

Regards,

 

Wade

[Tricia]

My Bexley Sheherazade is a pen I always have inked and on my desk. I reach for it often and love to use it each and every time. It's a lovely lovely pen.

 

 

[pilgrim]

like a lot of you:

 

VP (Black Carbonesque with Broad nib)

Lamy 2000

 

and a pair of pel 200 is also always somewhere near.

[Kelly G]

The modern pen in my pocket of late has been a fine nibbed Waterman Carene - black w/gold trim.

[Sallent]

Waterman Expert Fountain Pen and a Monteverde Regatta

 

The Waterman Expert is my every-day pen, it is sturdy, reliable, conservative, and handy

 

My Monteverde Regatta is big and heavy, colorful, and writes better than most fountain pens i have ever used!

[handlebar]

Any more Italian pens???

 

 

Ditto!!

 

I use either an Omas Paragon or Mlord or a Visconti Van Gogh for daily use.

 

JD

[born t]

Any more Italian pens???

 

 

Ditto!!

 

I use either an Omas Paragon or Mlord or a Visconti Van Gogh for daily use.

 

JD

 

 

And my go-anywhere pen is a black/gold Omas Paragon with a flexible copperplate nib --fine enough for even the smallest forms, very expressive for letters/notes, and unique, hard-to-forge line variation for signatures.

 

 

[Precise]

My most-used and most carried pen is my Pilot Vanishing Point - Fine Nib. Prior to that it was the same but Medium nib. I switched to Fine because the relatively dry line doesn't bleed on the cheap paper that I encounter every day. I carry this pen for several reasons:

 

* It's not too heavy

* I love the push button convenience

* It writes smoothly and reliably - never misses

 

My most perfect pen is my Pelikan M800 - Fine. Oddly I don't use it as much as it deserves because I'm often tinkering with some cheaper and newer acquisition.

Edited September 18, 2015 by Precise