What pen(s) are you using today?

[InkyProf]

Hmm, I thought that each of these manufacturers’ housings were compatible only with their own nibs. But I don’t handle complexity well. 🙂 And I’ve been wrong before, once or twice (a day).

[PAKMAN]

Montblanc 220 with a flexible nib filled with Montblanc Seasons Greeting scented brown ink. 

[Penguincollector]

10 hours ago, InkyProf said:

It's been a Herbin kind of day: so far, I've used (and finished and cleaned out) a green-hatched Conway Stewart 58 (J. Herbin Vert Empire), written a couple of pages with the Parker 61 Flighter (after diagnosing and successfully addressing a minor but annoying leak a couple of weeks ago in collaboration with the pen's restorer: still inked with J. Herbin Vert de Gris), and now am using the Onoto Heritage (J. Herbin Bleu Verrerie).

 

The last I'm using in a new notebook, a Nakabayashi Yu-Sari notebook in B5 size. I'd never bought a B5 notebook until last month, and didn't really have a good understanding of the size until I picked this one up in person in a store in NYC; I've used A4 for academic notetaking and writing because it's closest in format to the lined chemistry notebooks that had been my standby for decades (but which are horrible for FPs). So far, though, I think B5 might be even better for my purposes than A4. It's large enough to feel like a proper page to someone who's used to A4 (or 8.5 x 11), but it's just a little smaller (slightly under 7 x slightly under 10 inches), which means that if I'm taking notes while reading a PDF on my laptop, as I often am, the notebook and laptop together don't take up quite as much desk space. There also seems to be a wider selection of notebooks in B5 than in A4, overall. So... I think this is my new approach. 

 

  I love B5 notebooks, I agree that it’s a good size. Yu-Sari is an excellent paper as well. 

[Misfit]

20 hours ago, Ceramicist said:

Still on the lookout for the Cranberry Flourish for you! I noticed SpeerBob has one in rollerball on eBay. You might want to message him and let him know you're interested in the fountain pen version in the event he comes across one. I've bought from him in the past and he's a very reputable seller. 

I thought I saw one, but it was $90. Too much for a used True Writer in my opinion. I’ve bought many pens from Speerbob. It’s always good for those who have not, to read the positive comments. 
 

Today I used a True Writer Northern Lights with M nib filled with Levenger Sugar Plum ink. 

[Al-fresco]

A Leonardo Momento Zero Grande with a steel 'elastic' nib.  I fell in love with the 'Girosole' patterned resin when I saw it a few years back and drove over to Shrewsbury specifically to buy one.  It came with a 1.1 stub nib that I didn't get on with, I exchanged it for a Leonardo elastic nib and now it's a perfect everyday writer.

 

[MarcoA63]

@inkstainedruth I have bought a black & red shown in another thread.

I have a black & green and an M405 Streseman. Next up will be black & blue, 2026 though 🙂

[Ceramicist]

3 hours ago, Misfit said:

I thought I saw one, but it was $90. Too much for a used True Writer in my opinion. I’ve bought many pens from Speerbob. It’s always good for those who have not, to read the positive comments. 
 

Today I used a True Writer Northern Lights with M nib filled with Levenger Sugar Plum ink. 

Agreed, on both accounts.

 

Yesterday, I used my True Writer Origins inked with L'Artisan Pastellier's Vert Moyen Mousse to write Christmas cards and letters. I did have an issue with the pen earlier when I removed it from the case. The nib had somehow worked its way upwards from the section so that I was unable to push in the cartridge converter. Not sure how this happened since I've used the pen a few times before with no problems. My husband was able to push the nib back into the section and claims it is a screw-in but I felt like it was a friction fit. Anyway, problem solved, but have you ever had this happen?

[JasonR]

Vintage Conway Stewart 100 with Diamine Blue Velvet today...

[InkyProf]

Today, giving the first real workout to the FPD pen, the Radius x Stilo & Stile Settimo in Radici, with a "flex F" steel nib, inked with KWZ Old Gold.

[inkstainedruth]

Today it's been the sterling Ciselé Parker 75, F nib, still with Waterman Tender Purple (for the journal entry that didn't happen yesterday  -- I just skipped yesterday morning because it didn't work out (two estate sales followed by coming home and having breakfast); and the Pelikan M120 Iconic Blue, M nib, still with Pelikan 4001 Blue Black.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Misfit]

13 hours ago, Ceramicist said:

Agreed, on both accounts.

 

Yesterday, I used my True Writer Origins inked with L'Artisan Pastellier's Vert Moyen Mousse to write Christmas cards and letters. I did have an issue with the pen earlier when I removed it from the case. The nib had somehow worked its way upwards from the section so that I was unable to push in the cartridge converter. Not sure how this happened since I've used the pen a few times before with no problems. My husband was able to push the nib back into the section and claims it is a screw-in but I felt like it was a friction fit. Anyway, problem solved, but have you ever had this happen?

 No, I haven’t. The nib unit does screw in. However there is a housing in it with the nib and feed friction fit. 

[Misfit]

Today’s pen is the Kaweco x Cult Pens exclusive Apple Green with 1.1mm stub nib filled with Kaweco Palm Green ink. 

[flodoc]

Today's pen is a Pelikan M730 w/18k F nib and Montblanc Black ink.

[Ceramicist]

11 hours ago, Misfit said:

 No, I haven’t. The nib unit does screw in. However there is a housing in it with the nib and feed friction fit. 

That explains it but still not sure how it happened. 

[InkyProf]

Still using the Radius Settimo with KWZ Old Gold for reading notes; for journaling and composition notes, it's the green-striated 1950s Faber-Castell 884 F with Rohrer & Klingner Verdigris.

[JasonR]

Traveling today so I brought my Kaweco x Blueblack Art Collection w/14k EF.  It’s a bit temperamental with a J Herbin ink I can’t remember the name of.  

[Misfit]

Today’s pen is the Kaweco Classic Sport in Red with 1.1mm stub nib filled with Noodler’s Grinch Garnet ink. 

[AmandaW]

Today's pen is a favourite. It's a black Kaweco Perkeo with a posting nib (customised by fpnibs). Currently filled with Kaweco Caramel.

[AkitaMom]

It's my Dunhill inherited from my Dad, inked in Mont Blanc Mont Blanc Midnight Blue.

[Al-fresco]

A 1989 Montblanc 149.  Never could get on with it until I took it to the 2024 Northern Pen Show where John Sorowka diagnosed a slightly misaligned nib & feed.  A few minutes of fiddling and it's been a joy to use ever since.