What pen(s) are you using today?

[inkstainedruth]

7 hours ago, OCArt said:

@Vintage_BEYes! The Pelican school pens are fantastic, they have a more ball-shaped tip so are more tolerant of a variety of angles. In the Pelikano Junior pens this feature is even more pronounced.  Lamy makes a "K" for Kugel nib that is similar. 

 

We keep a Pelikano Junior pen that I've converted to an eye-dropper on the kitchen table and use it daily for the crossword, lists, etc.

I had a Pelikano that I bought at a pen show a few years ago for five bucks.  The nib was a nail, but an amazingly smooth nail.  Sadly, a while back the pen broke -- snapped right at the connection between the ink window and the rest of the barrel.  I keep hoping against hope that there is some way for me to salvage the nib and feed and put them onto another pen, because it was a GREAT writer....

Today for me it was the Dusty Rose Laidtone Duovac, F (?) nib, with vintage Quink Microfilm Black.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstaineddruth

[amberleadavis]

I gave away some of my Pelikanos that had broken caps, but I gave them to someone who was making pens. I hope he uses them to make cool new pens because those nibs are awesome.

[PAKMAN]

Ariel Kullock blue Sharkskin Parker 51 with custom Kullock sterling cap and Danny Fudge stub nib!

[Doug C]

4 minutes ago, PAKMAN said:

Ariel Kullock blue Sharkskin Parker 51 with custom Kullock sterling cap and Danny Fudge stub nib!

That is one Kool Kullock....!!

[essayfaire]

14 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

I gave away some of my Pelikanos that had broken caps, but I gave them to someone who was making pens. I hope he uses them to make cool new pens because those nibs are awesome.

I could try 3D printing caps...💡

[Helen350]

MaJohn A1 (Black Matte) with VP nib unit - Broad.  Ink:  J. Herbin 1670

TWSBI Swipe - Med. nib.  Ink:  Dryden Designs Decadent Purple

Duke P3 - Med. nib.  Ink:  Dryden Designs Unforgiving Black

[amberleadavis]

3 hours ago, essayfaire said:

I could try 3D printing caps...💡

 

I'll see if I have any more.

[Carguy]

6 hours ago, PAKMAN said:

Ariel Kullock blue Sharkskin Parker 51 with custom Kullock sterling cap and Danny Fudge stub nib!

That is a beauty! I have an orange one and a black one, but would love to have a blue one….

[lionelc]

platinum 3776 oshino fine with platinum blue black - great for work days

have had a buildup of platinum cartridges, trying hard to get them used up

[CRASHtheGREY]

Today I used a Noodler's Ahab with Noodler's Manjiro Nakahama and my Opus 88 Koloro green and orange with Noodler's Army Green. Oh, and a Noodler's Charlie with Noodler's 1984 for some notes.

[Helen350]

HongDian N7 Peacock - F. nib.  Ink:  Dryden Designs Sky Blue

Pilot Kakuno - M. nib.  Ink:  J. Herbin 1670

 

[essayfaire]

21 minutes ago, Helen350 said:

HongDian N7 Peacock - F. nib.  Ink:  Dryden Designs Sky Blue

Pilot Kakuno - M. nib.  Ink:  J. Herbin 1670

 

Which color Herbin?

[AmandaW]

I wrote today's journal entry with a coral Pilot pocket pen filled with Van Dieman's Tassie Salmon.

 

[Pale.Ink.Tom]

I reached another milestone. My first Pelikan M800 Souveran arrived yesterday. Although I write with loose and fluid hand I had to pry apart my fingers at 2am this morning... or sleep with it!!

 

Also arrived my 1969 edition, ( #859 of 1500), travel notes by Anthony Trollope.

 

P.I.Tom

 

[Pale.Ink.Tom]

1 hour ago, AmandaW said:

I wrote today's journal entry with a coral Pilot pocket pen filled with Van Dieman's Tassie Salmon.

 

I'm quite a fan of Tassie Salmon as well Amanda. Much better suited to your beautiful coral Pilot P pen than my red M800 though.

Perhaps I'll try Edelstein Garnet instead. What do you think?

P.I.Tom

[AmandaW]

18 minutes ago, Pale.Ink.Tom said:

Perhaps I'll try Edelstein Garnet instead. What do you think?

I have yet to try Edelstein Garnet because I thought it may be too saturated / intense for my taste. I don't mind being corrected on that. I do think @Misfitis a fan.

 

Your Pelikan M800 is indeed a looker. And the book.

[Pale.Ink.Tom]

Thanks Amanda.

Trollope (Mr and Mrs) spent time in New South Wales where son, Frederic and family, were farming. I'm sure they did a great deal of exploring while in Aus.

They found themselves in the thick of a cold, wet winter in New Zealand and spent much of their journey in the mud! To read quaint local travel stories of the great Victorian novelist, particularly since I've read so many his books, is quite a treat.

I'm currently reading the final book of "The Pallisers" series.

I have a bottle of Lamy Topaz and I find that quite intense and saturated. I really don't know my inks well though.

 

Cheers, P.I.T

 

 

[mallymal1]

4 hours ago, Pale.Ink.Tom said:

I reached another milestone. My first Pelikan M800 Souveran arrived yesterday. Although I write with loose and fluid hand I had to pry apart my fingers at 2am this morning... or sleep with it!!

 

Brilliant. 

 

Love the way you say "My first..."   👍

[Misfit]

5 hours ago, Pale.Ink.Tom said:

I'm quite a fan of Tassie Salmon as well Amanda. Much better suited to your beautiful coral Pilot P pen than my red M800 though.

Perhaps I'll try Edelstein Garnet instead. What do you think?

P.I.Tom

I have a bottle of this ink. I like it, but then it was my Dad’s birthstone.  If you’d like, I can post a photo of the ink.

[Misfit]

I used a dark brown Pilot Prera, M calligraphy nib, filled from a sample of Iroshizuku Ina-Ho.  Also used a Monteverde Mountains of the World Fuji, 1.1mm stub nib, filled from a sample of Kobe #35 Mount Suwa Leaf Green.  And I use a Monteverde Mountains of the World Everest, with a 1.1mm stub nib, filled from a sample of Kobe #77 Himalayan Blue which is an ink I think I’d like a bottle.