What pen(s) are you using today?

[lionelc]

conway stewart 85l blue herringbone diamine registrars - a great combination after i modified the nib to a broad and cleaned the feed

[Misfit]

5 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

@Misfit, here it is, in all of its Ultra Green ink glory:

 

Thank you for the photo, very cool. 
 

Today’s pen is the Jinhao 82 light green with a Nemosine 1.1mm stub nib filled with Diamine Ultra Green. 

[welch]

Pelikan 140. Just spotted the pin far back in a cup on my desk. 

[Scribs]

Platinum 3776 Mt. Fuji Unkei Kinu Gumo SF inked with Akkerman Stormachtig Blauw, and Nakaya Dorsal Fin 2, SF inked with Pilot Black.

[AmandaW]

I'm still using a new Kaweco Perkeo Iridescent Pearl with a fine nib and Diamine Misty Blue.  The nib is very fine, I don't yet know if that's being ehanced by the ink because that's new for me too. The translucent pearlescent white that sometimes seems palest blue looks so pretty with the silvery nib. The translucency is subtle, the converter creates bluish shadows inside, nothing more obvious than that.  Loving it.

[USG]

10 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

 

 

That's a very formal looking pen... 😀👍Nice ! 😀

 

[USG]

Momento Majohn <F>

Waterman Violet ink 

Tomoe River-S

 

 

[H. Herdick]

Conid Bulkfiller demonstrator from 2012, number 15 of the 60 fountain pens made. 18K Conid nib. Written on very cheap paper, hardly any bleed. Unlike Rhodia paper, a beautiful, even wet line here. I am in love with this pen again. It writes very precisely. Irish Green ink by Montblanc.

[boilermaker1975]

Really like the Tender Purple ink.

 

[inkstainedruth]

So far today it's been the red Diplomat Magnum, M nib, still with Platinum Classic Forest Green (an IG ink); and the Violet Safari, B nib, still with Lamy Turquoise.  I have the Pelikan M120 Iconic Blue, M nib, still with Pelikan 4001 Blue Black, in case I have to write any checks today (I know there will likely be at least one, since our friend -- who's been insulating our attic and upgrading the wiring up there -- is here at the moment).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

ETA: Add the Violet Safari, B nib, still with Lamy Turquoise.  The Diplomat was used for today's morning pages entry; while the Safari was used for today's NaPoWriMo prompt.

[InkyProf]

This morning, the Ban-Ei urushi eyedropper with Dominant Industry Romania Red.

 

Now I've switched to the Omas 361C whose cork piston seal I replaced yesterday and this morning -- my first time doing a cork replacement on a piston! -- and which is now filled with Lamy Petrol, I think, although this looks a lot more like Lamy Blue-Black to me. Anyway, it fills well, doesn't leak, and is really interesting to write with, both on the flexy and the rigid sides.

 

[Edited to add: that was definitely Lamy Blue-Black, which I should really label, or put in my "giveaway" box, since the very sight of it makes me fall asleep. It has been removed from the Omas and replaced with Lamy Petrol, which was in a different drawer.]

[Scribs]

2 hours ago, boilermaker1975 said:

Really like the Tender Purple ink.

 

 

That pen is looking nice. The chances are high I might end up getting one for myself some day if I keep seeing pictures like this. For now it's more important I get a better grip on the size of my collection. Please enjoy your pen for me as well as yourself! 

[inkstainedruth]

@boilermaker1975 -- Yeah, me too.  I've been running it through the Parker Ciselé 75, F nib for a while now.  Suspect that's going to be the top of the shopping list (as opposed to the "repairs" list) for the next pen show I make it to....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Scribs]

20 minutes ago, InkyProf said:

This morning, the Ban-Ei urushi eyedropper with Dominant Industry Romania Red.

 

Now I've switched to the Omas 361C whose cork piston seal I replaced yesterday and this morning -- my first time doing a cork replacement on a piston! -- and which is now filled with Lamy Petrol, I think, although this looks a lot more like Lamy Blue-Black to me. Anyway, it fills well, doesn't leak, and is really interesting to write with, both on the flexy and the rigid sides.

 

How did you learn how to do this kind of repair work, have you got that spiral bound repair manual I remember hearing about a decade or so ago?

[InkyProf]

I have a few books (Marshall & Oldfield, Richard Binder, and Frank Dubiel), but I also spend an inordinate amount of time reading old threads on FPN, annoying the generous people in the repair forum with my questions, acquiring tools, and, above all, practicing on less precious pens that I pick up in various places, including eBay. (I do also watch YouTube videos, generally to get a better visual sense of things, rather than for instruction per se, since I know enough to recognize that such videos sometimes offer advice that would not pass muster with professional repairers.) My skills feel very rudimentary to me, but compared to where I was even a year ago, I also feel like I've learned a lot. 

[the_gasman]

For some time I had been wanting a Kaweco Sport Piston FP but couldn't justify the £130 but I was lucky to pick one up on Ebay for £85. However, the F nib it came with was too fine and too dry to enjoy writing with it. After about 4 weeks' ownership I finally plucked up the courage to [inexpertly] use my Dremel to file away the pre-formed recess on the feed so that it would accommodate a Mabie-Todd Swan #3 14ct gold nib (which has a modicum of flexibility).

The result blends the convenience of a modern piston-filler with the utter luxury of using a wonderful vintage 14ct gold nib

I'm over the moon (without the help of Artemis 2).

David.

[USG]

Pen BBS 480 <F>

Pelikan 4001 Violet (rehydrated)

Tomoe River 68

 

 

[flodoc]

Today's pen is a Visconti Kaleido Voyager w/14k M nib in burgundy marbled acrylic filled with Yama-budo ink.

[Misfit]

Today I used the Jinhao 82 clear with glitter, f nib, filled with a sample of Kobe Cosmo Blue to mark off my list at the grocery store. 
 

The pen of the day is the Lamy Vista with the NASA worm logo on the cap, 1.1mm italic nib, filled with Birmingham Lunar Dust ink. 

[Misfit]

2 hours ago, flodoc said:

Today's pen is a Visconti Kaleido Voyager w/14k M nib in burgundy marbled acrylic filled with Yama-budo ink.

Your pen is a beautiful shade of burgundy. So beautiful!