What pen(s) are you using today?

[Misfit]

24 minutes ago, PickledRaisins said:

Decided to have some fun and pulled a Leprechaun-sized pen off of the stack of unused pens that are still in the box. Inked it up with Diamine Appletini for some green in the day. Benu Pixie in Aqua Glow.

 

Very cute pixie. I have the Plum Cream version. It was so hard to choose the color.  

[Misfit]

Today’s pen is the True Writer Origin with silver tone cap and green body. I put a Nemosine 1.1mm stub nib in it. It’s filled with Kaweco Palm Green ink. 

[rodia77]

I like a lot what I see (and read) in this thread today. And I've finally found a good reason to use this Pelikan 4001 Dark Green to boot!

 

 

The pen is also a connection: I bought it when I lived in Ireland.

[JasonR]

53 minutes ago, PickledRaisins said:

Decided to have some fun and pulled a Leprechaun-sized pen off of the stack of unused pens that are still in the box. Inked it up with Diamine Appletini for some green in the day. Benu Pixie in Aqua Glow.

 

I hear “appletini” and think JD from Scrubs.  

[jmccarty3]

Today I was using one of my operational Pilot Custom 823s, a clear model with a medium nib, inked with Iroshizuku Asa-gao. This is a magnificent pen, and I only hope that it doesn’t crack as three others of this model have. 

[Scribs]

Today's pens are the Leonardo MZG 'Masterpiece' in rosewood ebonite, EF, inked with Leonardo Passion Red (both the pen and the ink are always a joy to use), and Pilot Justus 95, F with Pilot Black, which continues to please.

[ParramattaPaul]

4 hours ago, PickledRaisins said:

Decided to have some fun and pulled a Leprechaun-sized pen off of the stack of unused pens that are still in the box. Inked it up with Diamine Appletini for some green in the day. Benu Pixie in Aqua Glow.

 

Is it supposed to look like that?

[InkyProf]

This morning, trying out a re-nibbed grey-marbled Pelikan 100N (mostly postwar, except possibly the cap), with J. Herbin Gris Galet. I restored this pen last year, including straightening a slightly bent 14k monoline script nib, which now writes very well -- but is also too broad and wet for everyday use for me. (It's not marked but writes like a broad or a very wet medium, maybe what Pelikan used to call a "MM.") I recently took the nib unit apart and replaced the 14k nib with with a F or EF "CN" nib, of which I picked up a few from Rolf Thiel inexpensively. (CN=chromium-nickel steel alloy; the grade isn't marked here either.)

 

It writes very well and is pleasantly soft and springy, and the Gris Galet, new to me, is lovely too. It reads as a slate blue, or as a relatively saturated grey with a blue edge, rather than as a greyed-out blue, like some "blue-blacks." Finally, I can use and enjoy this!

 

 

[Cjtamu]

Working on cataloguing the last few I have inked. Decided to use this one today. Pelikan Calculation of Times with 18C medium nib inked with Edelstein Sapphire. Purchased about 6 weeks in uninked condition with box, papers, etc. from Dromgoole’s. Had not seen one in the wild until I walked in and Larry smiled ha ha ha. Nib is softer and writes a finer line than our other modern Pelikan nibs. Very pleasant to write with. It is a HEAVY pen. Was I think very divisive amongst Pelikan aficionados when it came out. 

[inkstainedruth]

So far today it's been the Red Diplomat Magnum, M nib, which I had recently gotten a converter for at B/W.  Meant to use it yesterday only that ended up not happening, because I filled it with Platinum Classic Forest Black IG ink for St. Patrick's Day, but forgot to do that until the evening, after I got home from choir rehearsal.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[PAKMAN]

Sheaffer GF Crosshatch Imperial

[Amberjack]

1 hour ago, Cjtamu said:

Working on cataloguing the last few I have inked. Decided to use this one today. Pelikan Calculation of Times with 18C medium nib inked with Edelstein Onyx. Purchased about 6 weeks in uninked condition with box, papers, etc. from Dromgoole’s. Had not seen one in the wild until I walked in and Larry smiled ha ha ha. Nib is softer and writes a finer line than our other modern Pelikan nibs. Very pleasant to write with. It is a HEAVY pen. Was I think very divisive amongst Pelikan aficionados when it came out. 

It looks heavy!  That is a stunning pen.

 

Love Dromgoole’s!

 

 

Today I’m back to the Waterman Charleston, inked with 1950s Skrip Royal Blue.  

[inkstainedruth]

Wow.  I hadn't caught the "heavy pen" part in the original post....  Well, that's another pen that will get crossed off the wish list, then.... 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Cjtamu]

22 minutes ago, Amberjack said:

It looks heavy!  That is a stunning pen.

 

Love Dromgoole’s!

 

 

Today I’m back to the Waterman Charleston, inked with 1950s Skrip Royal Blue.  

Thank you. Dromgoole’s is wonderful, been going there since I was a child. While the pen is heavy it balances very well for me so the weight isn’t burdensome. 

[Mark from Yorkshire]

My new toy a Parker 51 aero in green / turquoise. It landed so it got used as my journal pen for today

[JasonR]

3 pens for me today

Conway Stewart 55 with Diamine Blue Velvet

Nahvalur Original Stub  with Conklin Israel 75th Blue

Asvine J16 - wearingul Hades

 

 

i really prefer the Asvine Stub to the Nahvalur but I’m trying to give it a little more usage before I decide whether or not to part with it.  

 

[Ceilidh]

18 hours ago, jmccarty3 said:

Today I was using one of my operational Pilot Custom 823s, a clear model with a medium nib, inked with Iroshizuku Asa-gao. This is a magnificent pen, and I only hope that it doesn’t crack as three others of this model have. 

Your posts about the cracking 823s are concerning. I have only one, but it's a favorite, so fingers crossed.

[lionelc]

sailor 1911 standard in black, iroshizuku kiri same

[Scribs]

59 minutes ago, Ceilidh said:

Your posts about the cracking 823s are concerning. I have only one, but it's a favorite, so fingers crossed.

 

Agreed, I have three 823s (one in each 'colour'), they all write like a dream. So far I've had no issues, and I will be deliberately avoiding taking them apart in the hopes of not inviting trouble.

 

Today's pens have been;

Sailor Pro Gear (bright yellow) MF, inked with Pilot Black

Pilot Justus 95 F, also inked with Pilot Black

Kaweco AL Piston (navy) EF, still inked with Robert Oster Detox. Love the ink capacity we get with the piston model.

[antares1966]

Today (and for the next few weeks) it's the Leonardo Momento Zero in Alga (green), steel F nib, and Pelikan Edelstein Aventurine.