What Was Your Forever Pen?

[corniche]

Lamy 2000.

One of these days I'll have to try one of those; I dont have too many Lamys at all, really, but at least the 2000 looks decent, (the safari is too juvenile looking for me to appreciate - no offense to the Safari club).

 

 

- Sean

[MGLX]

Currently I use a Kaweco Dia2 Amber Edition with a Bock 076 1.1 Italic nib.

 

The level of satisfaction is enormous. I carry three pens, but I rarely use any other since I got this one.

 

Size, weight, balance, nib, design. I would rather have it in blue, but, other than that, for now its the pen, every other has to compete with.

Edited August 28, 2020 by MGLX

[Antenociticus]

Mine surprised me. It's a Delike New Moon 2 in Dark Rose with a mini fude nib. I bought it expecting a drawing pen, but find it perfect for writing. Comfortable, pretty and well behaved in every respect. I have many more valuable pens, but this one has captured my heart.

 

The pattern is abstract, of course, but from the moment I saw a picture of it I thought of my roses. I have been collecting and growing heritage roses for over twenty years, even moving to a country property so I would never run out of space for them. I did run out of energy a few years ago so my garden has become rather wild, but still there are flowers everywhere - old roses are tough critters.

 

I've got the green and blue versions of that pen, though I swapped out the EF nib on one of them for a Delike M. They're really good pens! So good that I've been thinking of getting the "roses" version, too.

[PAKMAN]

I love so many of my pens and think of them as pens I would never sell but one in particular sticks out in my mind, my M800 Pelikan Blue Stripe.

[inkstainedruth]

I'm not sure I could narrow the list down to just one....

I would say that my Plum Demi 51 is probably my favorite pen, but it goes in and out of rotation, the same way a lot of other pens (including other 51s -- both Aerometrics and Vacs) do. Second would probably be the Red Shadow Wave Vacumatic, because I ran that pen continuously for several years, just refilling as necessary.

But the nice thing is that I don't HAVE to narrow it down to just one. I can pick and choose as needed: different nib widths, different fill systems, different size pens; new, older, vintage -- it's all good. Having different pens in rotation at any given time means that I can also have different ink colors -- something permanent for signing checks, fun colors for journaling, maybe a nice sepia brown for drawing, something benign to put into vintage pens with sacs or the capillary fill 61s....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[ridiculopathy]

Mine would be the Nakaya Piccolo with Enjoying the Moon Cat maki-e because it brings back memories of my early FP journey. It was my first urushi/ebonite/maki-e pen and quite a rush since I pretty much jumped to it from a #3776. I made a rookie mistake by getting a Broad nib “to try something new”. Being used to Japanese Mediums and Fines on narrowly ruled paper, I was disappointed at how messy my handwriting looked with the lack of white space. But then, the redemption arc: I slowly started appreciating Broad nibs for the ink properties they could better demonstrate, and I learned how to adjust my handwriting based on nib size and paper line width. My Nakaya’s been perma-paired with Diamine Autumn Oak, which matches it perfectly, for a few years now.

[A Smug Dill]

I made a rookie mistake by getting a Broad nib “to try something new”. Being used to Japanese Mediums and Fines on narrowly ruled paper, I was disappointed at how messy my handwriting looked with the lack of white space.

 

 

I haven't "reached" that point of trying to adjust my expectations to accommodate broader nibs yet. To me, if shading and sheen isn't evident in writing with a particular ink known for such characteristics, then either my fifty-year-old eyes are not good enough (and the proof would be that I can see those nuances when wearing a magnifying visor, or looking at the page under a loupe), or the nib is too "wet" for what befits an Extra Fine nib.

[pajaro]

I think one's forever pen is one that emerges after some indeterminate time and one is always going back to it or it is always inked and ready, where other pens, possibly just as good as writers, come and go. The forever pen is one which is simpatico, which works with one's style and one's life. It might also have great sentimental value.

[ENewton]

Pajaro, I think you have identified a number of factors that can be in opposition to each other.

 

In my case, one pen makes me feel happiest, whether I am writing with it or not, another is most practical for everyday use, and a third has such great sentimental value that, even though I have at least ten pens that I would rather use, I consider it a "forever pen."

[Mangrove Jack]

I think one's forever pen is one that emerges after some indeterminate time and one is always going back to it or it is always inked and ready, where other pens, possibly just as good as writers, come and go. The forever pen is one which is simpatico, which works with one's style and one's life. It might also have great sentimental value.

Exactly.

[The_Beginner]

I think one's forever pen is one that emerges after some indeterminate time and one is always going back to it or it is always inked and ready, where other pens, possibly just as good as writers, come and go. The forever pen is one which is simpatico, which works with one's style and one's life. It might also have great sentimental value.

In essence, it's the one pen that you have that you can always depend on, you default to it. You can have many that you love just the same but this particular one has a special place in your heart that no matter what no other pen can replace.

[A Smug Dill]

In essence, it's the one pen that you have that you can always depend on, you default to it. You can have many that you love just the same but this particular one has a special place in your heart that no matter what no other pen can replace.

 

 

I don't quite get the "always depend on" bit. I have easily dozens of pens I can "always depend on", such that there is no "default" pen that I'd use. My Pilot 'Hannya Shingyo' has a special place in my heart and my collection, but it certainly isn't the pen with which I do the most writing or use most often.

[The_Beginner]

well there ya go bud that's in essence a forever pen

[DrDebG]

I am extremely fortunate. I have 3 "forever" pens:

 

Franklin Christoph Panther with a Masuyama 14k medium cursive italic nib.

 

Montblanc Unicef LeGrand with OB nib.

 

Montblanc Special Edition JFK with BB nib.

 

A runner up would be my Delta Horsepower with FC SIG nib.

[The_Beginner]

Awesome The MB SE JFK looks amazing glad that's one of your forever's bud

[Tseg]

My Sailor King of Pen Pro Gear. My third pen ever bought but has really stood the test of time for me. It was supposed to be my last pen . Interestingly, unlike some pens that write like machines with any ink or paper, this soft-nibbed Broad is a bit particular and railroads with some dryer inks with certain strokes (unless constantly using super-light touch combined with tempered stroke speed at all times). While such a “feature” has turned me off on some other pens, I find being discerning with inks endearing with this pen. With the right inks, my writing hand becomes one with the paper with this pen.

Edited August 30, 2020 by Tseg

[The_Beginner]

Would you mind posting a picture of its writing would love to see it!!

[txomsy]

For over 25 years, my favorite pen was a black Montblanc Slimline that came with me wherever I went.

 

For pleasurable writing, I'd say it is an early 20th Century, Salz Bros., Peter Pan ebonite ring-top eyedropper with a flex nib, but this one being vintage, I do not feel comfortable carrying it around everywhere.

[Bookman]

 

 

I'm still in the early part of my forever. But until a future purchase knocks the king off the hill, this is my forever pen—Edison Collier.

[corniche]

Hi all,

 

I just have to wonder if we all (or the majority of us) interpreted this post incorrectly? The title question asks, "what was" and we're answering in the present tense; myself included.

 

 

- Sean