What pen(s) are you using today?

[InkyProf]

15 hours ago, Scribs said:

Tomorrow must surely be a little more satisfying . . . 

 

Thank you! It already is, thanks to a good night's sleep and the reliably enjoyable Parker 51 (Aerometric demi in plum, <F>, Waterman Mysterious Blue). A good reminder always to have one 51 filled and at the ready.

[Mr. Pink]

3 hours ago, InkyProf said:

 

thanks to a good night's sleep and the reliably enjoyable Parker 51 (Aerometric demi in plum, <F>, Waterman Mysterious Blue). A good reminder always to have one 51 filled and at the ready.

Yup, I'm getting a good night's sleep due to the Parker 51, too  -  ever since I gave it away.

[irrigger]

This week it is a Montblanc 149 with a double broad filled with Quink Blue-Black and to go with it a Pelikan M1000 fine filled with Montblanc Irish Green.

[Amberjack]

Waterman Charleston, smooth and wet writer, even on so so paper.  1950s era Skrip Permanent Royal Blue.

[Penguincollector]

5 hours ago, InkyProf said:

 

Thank you! It already is, thanks to a good night's sleep and the reliably enjoyable Parker 51 (Aerometric demi in plum, <F>, Waterman Mysterious Blue). A good reminder always to have one 51 filled and at the ready.

  I have a 51 F desk pen that I keep full of blue ink. Right now it’s Private Reserve American Blue. It’s nice to have at the ready.  Today I am using my Azure Vacumatic F, inked with vintage Quink Washable Royal Blue. 

[InkyProf]

1 hour ago, Penguincollector said:

a 51 F desk pen

 

It has escaped me until now that there are 51 desk pens! I've always wondered: do desk pens dry out more quickly than capped FPs? (I don't have one and haven't handled one, but I imagine, maybe falsely, that they would rest in their holders more loosely than in a cap with a clutch, and thus be more prone to dryout.)

[Scribs]

@InkyProf I am pleased to hear you are back enjoying your pens!

 

Today's pens have been;

 

Lamy 2000 (L.E. brown version) EF, inked with Iroshizuku Hana-ikada

Otto Hutt design 07 (sterling silver, pinstriped) EF, inked with Pilot Black

Nakaya Dorsal Fin 2 Aka-tamenuri, SF, inked with Pilot Black

Nakaya Piccolo Writer Aka-tamenuri, F, inked with Platinum Blue Black.

[lamarax]

2 hours ago, Scribs said:

Nakaya Dorsal Fin 2 Aka-tamenuri, SF, inked with Pilot Black

 

I wants it. Badly*. Post pics 😄

 

 

*...maybe in Kuro-tamenuri

[Scribs]

9 minutes ago, lamarax said:

 

I wants it. Badly*. Post pics 😄

 

 

*...maybe in Kuro-tamenuri

 

How do I know you won't wave a magic wand at the pics, and I suddenly find myself without the pen?

 

I'm expecting one in Kuro-tamenuri probably by the end of the year . . .

[lamarax]

14 minutes ago, Scribs said:

How do I know you won't wave a magic wand at the pics, and I suddenly find myself without the pen?

 

An anti-teleport barrier has been put into place between Berlin and Athens, for good reason :3

 

[Penguincollector]

3 hours ago, InkyProf said:

 

It has escaped me until now that there are 51 desk pens! I've always wondered: do desk pens dry out more quickly than capped FPs? (I don't have one and haven't handled one, but I imagine, maybe falsely, that they would rest in their holders more loosely than in a cap with a clutch, and thus be more prone to dryout.)

  It does dry out a bit on me if it’s almost empty, but if it likes the flow of the ink (mine prefers inks that lean towards the wet side, but not too much), it’s ready to go until the fill runs really low (like it’s just in the collector)- then I just put one drop of water on the feed and blot it- good to go. I always have water available at my desk for pens that need a jumpstart. 

[Misfit]

Today’s pen of the day is the TWBI Diamond Mini AL Silver with 1.1mm stub nib filled with Levenger Smokey. 

[InkyProf]

20 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

  It does dry out a bit on me if it’s almost empty, but if it likes the flow of the ink (mine prefers inks that lean towards the wet side, but not too much), it’s ready to go until the fill runs really low (like it’s just in the collector)- then I just put one drop of water on the feed and blot it- good to go. I always have water available at my desk for pens that need a jumpstart. 

 

Thanks! Good to know.

[USG]

Asvine C80<F>

Bungubox Pigment First Love Eternal

Clairefontaine

 

 

[USG]

13 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

I always have water available at my desk for pens that need a jumpstart. 

 

Vintage Jump Starter  

 

[InkyProf]

My desk is busy enough that I make a point of not keeping water on it, with the exception of a cup of coffee, tea, or water on my coaster (which sits in a spot that I’ve trained my arm to avoid), because I’m terrified of spills. But this does make me think that a small jar of water, with a lid, could be convenient!

 

This morning’s pen was the Montblanc 149, still with MB Toffee Brown, today on Fabriano paper, which I had stopped using for a while in favor of Midori notebooks. Wow, it’s rough. Feels like turning off the highway onto a dirt road. I have a couple more pads of this but probably won’t restock once they’re gone.

 

 

[Penguincollector]

2 hours ago, InkyProf said:

. But this does make me think that a small jar of water, with a lid, could be convenient!

 

 

 

 

  This is what I do- I keep a small bottle of distilled water in my ink cabinet. It looks like a contact lens solution bottle, can’t remember where I bought it, but there should be an equivalent on Amazon or somewhere you can buy reusable travel bottles. 

[Penguincollector]

4 hours ago, USG said:

 

Vintage Jump Starter  

 

 😆 yes! 
 

[Penguincollector]

18 hours ago, lamarax said:

 

An anti-teleport barrier has been put into place between Berlin and Athens, for good reason :3

 

  You are hilarious, @lamarax! 

[CSSD]

Today's Pen ...... the same one I've been using daily since February 2nd when I bought it:  

      Dryden Deluxe

 

Here on The PenNetwork I've found a couple of comments about Dryden:  that it is Chinese, and maybe German, and perhaps even American ??? 

    I got a great deal (less than $20) and couldn't resist.  When I received it I got it loaded up with one of the supplied cartridges and got to writing.  And I've been incredibly impressed ever since.

 

It always writes as soon as nib touches paper, never any hesitation, never any "dry," never any skip.  I've been using two notebooks, each has 120gsm paper. 

    The writing feel is very very smooth.  The pen gets a daily "write" session, just a line or two in each notebook.  "Fantastic" is a word that gets a lot of use, and it definitely applies to this Dryden.  I am very impressed and happy.