What pen(s) are you using today?

[Penguincollector]

13 hours ago, USG said:

Hi PGC 

Just a couple of things. 

1- Any chance of a nib shot of your Mixy?

2- Every time you mention your CP1 with that gold nib I'm jealous.  I should have picked one up when they were less expensive.

3- Would love to see a pic of that Lamy Bronze with Wearingeul Brain rose gold shimmer.

 

 Here are couple of pictures of the Mixy flighter, which is the predecessor of the 15/Jotter. It’s a Jotter with a cool clip- which I absolutely love. I added the link swatch/ writing of Lamy Bronze underneath. 
 

very plain steel M nib

 

cool clip, very of its time, I think. 
 

 

  The LAMY gold nibs were really inexpensive at Endless Pens for a while, I think it was right before Mitsubishi bought LAMY. I missed out on the rose gold and am so sad about it. It’s worth keeping an eye out for a secondhand Studio or other pens that come with the gold Z nibs. 

[nm4]

Just inked up my Nakaya long writer in Aki Tamenuri.   Bliss.  I don’t love medium nibs in general but the soft medium and light pen team up to make a true precision instrument.     
 

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[Misfit]

Today’s pen is a Kaweco Smooth Sage with BB nib filled with Pelikan Edelstein Aventurine green ink. 

[torstar]

On 12/22/2025 at 5:47 PM, inkstainedruth said:

Yeah, I was pretty PO'd about that.  And the fact that I heard from PAYPAL before I heard from *either* eBay *or* the vendor didn't exactly improve my mood.... 

And the worst part was that was the *only* seller in the US who had it listed, and the ONLY seller who claimed to have the pen who had 100% positive ratings.  Well, NOT ANY MORE....  And of course, for me?  The worst part is that I REALLY wanted the pen (it was a cool design).  It was almost worse than the time I got jerked around by a seller (also in NYC) who I'm not allowed to "name and shame" under the rules here for something that was (1) supposed to be SET (sorry, but *I* know where to look to find Parker date codes!); and (2) a graduation gift for my husband's niece when she graduated from high school as class valedictorian.  In that case I filed a dispute, which was adjudicated in my favor in a matter of hours (got to keep the "set" and got my money back) -- but was NOT allowed to give feedback as a result.  So in the second instance?  You bet your life I was providing "feedback" on that seller no matter WHAT eBay claimed -- because *I* wasn't the one who "cancelled" the transaction....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

 

I hear you. Always let them know.

 

Purchased a great batch of pens 20 years ago and am thoroughly enjoying them as i approach my senior years.

[Misfit]

Today’s pen is the Kaweco Ice Sport Red with 1.1mm stub nib filled with Diamine Blue Edition Ho Ho Ho red ink. 

[PennyTheDog]

Drawing and writing today with my favorite pen: a Sailor 1911L

[AmandaW]

I'm still using the TWSBI Royal Jade F with Sailor Tokiwa-matsu.  It's been my Pen of the Week...

 

[InkyProf]

Today, it's been a Pelikan day: I think my M405 Stresemann (4001 Blue-Black) and 400NN tortoise (Teranishi Guitar Night Time Soda) are both running low, so I'll see if I can get through them and maybe the Omas by the end of the year.

[JasonR]

Today it's been a Conway Stewart 15.   About a month ago I dropped it and it broke in half.  The barrel was easy enough to mend, but the nib not so much.   I've never tried my hand at nib-repair and frankly couldn't see much wrong with the alignment under a loupe, but it was catching on the paper pretty severely.  I was frustrated enough with my inability to salvage it that I had to clean it and put it away where I wouldn't see it, but something made me bring it back out today.  I finally noticed that my previous attempts to smooth it must have worn away enough of the tipping to leave tines exposed completely.   I decided to grind down the tines and ended up with a very smooth, fine cursive italic that I'm just over the moon with.  The pen has no real significant value as a relatively common CS variant, and in a nickel finish even less so, but it had great sentimental value as my favorite writer with just the right amount of feedback.  I tried with several different inks and landed with J Herbin Perle Noire.

[nm4]

Just inked up a Rosetta Vulcan with a Franklin Christoph steel EF nib.  I’d never tried the nib before and am shocked how good it is!  

 

I bought it 4 years ago and just tried it for the first time.   As with all of my other FC products it does not disappoint!  
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[Misfit]

1 hour ago, AmandaW said:

I'm still using the TWSBI Royal Jade F with Sailor Tokiwa-matsu.  It's been my Pen of the Week...

 

I love your photo. Wishing you a Merry Christmas.

[Misfit]

Today’s pen is the Kaweco Ice Sport in Green with B nib filled with Diamine Blue Edition Mistletoe green ink. It was my first Ice Sport. It showed up as a Last Chance at Jet Pens. 
 

For the second year, I’ve been alternating my page a day A5 notebook with green and red ink. I didn’t repeat a pen, but inks were repeated. Last year, I ended that on the 25th. It will depend on how fast I get a pen I got for Christmas filled on whether I use a pen with red ink tomorrow, or a new pen with whatever ink I choose. 
 

Merry Christmas!

[Penguincollector]

 I’m starting my 12 days of Xmas (we watch a lot of Futurama) with my Pilot 78g BB inked with Sailor Shikiori Miruai that has some Pennonia gold shimmer added. I’m alternating between green and red as well, inspired by @Misfit. I will probably swatch some inkswith the Sailor Hocoro if I feel up to it, feeling a bit run down tonight. 

[Misfit]

@Penguincollector I’m glad I could inspire you. I’ve ended up with lots of pens with ink. But hey, that’s what they are for. 

[Gloucesterman]

13 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

I’m starting my 12 days of Xmas (we watch a lot of Futurama) with my Pilot 78g BB

Great "old" pen. I still have several ... somewhere, but no BBs. 

Thanks for the reminder. I will have to find and start using one again.

[inkstainedruth]

So far today it's been the Parker Vector Shrek "Puss in Boots" pen, M nib, still with Robert Oster Bishop to King.  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Penguincollector]

5 minutes ago, Gloucesterman said:

Great "old" pen. I still have several ... somewhere, but no BBs. 

Thanks for the reminder. I will have to find and start using one again.

  They’re so good! It’s such an unusually wide nib for Pilot. I always meant to buy another in a finer size, but never did while they were in production. I think I might try to get a 78g+ that they make for the Chinese market eventually. 

[Misfit]

I opted to stay with the red and green theme. Today’s pen is a Pilot Kakuno with a red cap and gray body, M nib, filled with Waterman Audacious Red.

 

Last December, it was red and green. This December, it has been green then red. Which is to say Christmas 2024 I used red ink, and this year it was green ink. 

[AmandaW]

I'm using a Kakuno too.  It's a pink Madoromi fine nib, inked with Iroshizuku Tsukushi. 

 

 

 

[Ceramicist]

39 minutes ago, AmandaW said:

I'm using a Kakuno too.  It's a pink Madoromi fine nib, inked with Iroshizuku Tsukushi. 

 

 

 

Oh wow! What a gorgeous pen!