What pen(s) are you using today?

[Misfit]

I used the Kaweco Frosted Light Blueberry pen with BB nib fitted with a cartridge of Kaweco Paradise Blue ink. 

[Stompie]

[InkyProf]

Today I've been using a black Omas 556/F Extra with Stipula Musk Green, and now an Ariel Kullock Parker 51 aerometric in green and black rippled ebonite with a GT Lustraloy cap, filled with Diamine Misty Blue.

[Ceramicist]

I just inked my Bayard Niveauclair 850 with my new Colorverse Year of the Horse, and I'm really enjoying both the pen and new ink. The ink reminds me of Montblanc Red Chalk. 

[inkstainedruth]

Today it's been the Red Shadow Wave Vac, F nib, still with its usual fill of Waterman Mysterious Blue; and the Pelikan M120 Iconic Blue, M nib, still with Pelikan 4001 Blue Black.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[AkitaMom]

Today it is my Black Pelikan 600 inked in Diamine 1864 Blue Black.

[Misfit]

Today’s pen is the Monteverde MP1 Mocha Mousse with 1.1mm stub nib filled with Diamine Chocolate ink. 

[Amberjack]

I have no business inking another pen, but…

 

I just received the bottle of Bungubox Kingfisher I ordered, so…

 

Edison Beaumont, steel medium nib.

Love, love this ink!  
 

I’ll do a review.soon.

 

 

 

 

[USG]

Asvine C80<F>

Bungubox First Love Pigment

Cosmo Snow

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[nm4]

Visconti Rembrandt in marbled blue with a Visconti calligraphy 1.5mm italic nib that is buttery smooth.  Inked up with Diamine's Majestic blue it's very wet and smooth...and the wetness brings out the sheen in Majestic blue.

 

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[InkyProf]

Today I'm back to my BCHR Parker Jack Knife 20 1/2 inked with non-IG Montblanc Midnight Blue, with a Pelikan 400N backup.

 

This pen is interesting (to me). The nib has been through a lot: the right left tine appears to have been bent and straightened at some point in the past, leaving a slight rise and fall along along the edge of the slit that isn't mirrored by the left right tine. The amount of tipping also differs on the two tines, maybe as a result of long use in an left oblique position wearing down the point asymmetrically. But it's also beautifully flexible, and If I hold it as if it were a right oblique, and I'm careful, and I'm lucky, I get a really lovely, flowing line. (If I'm not, I get skips, hard starting, and a little railroading -- you can see a couple of quick skips at "Fox" and "The" below, though this sample was pretty smooth overall.) As I've been using it recently I've sometimes wondered if a really skilled nibmeister could do something to improve it, but I also feel like, meh, it's more than a century old, it gets to be cranky, and I should adapt myself to it rather than the other way around. Respect your elders, right? 

 

 

[USG]

11 minutes ago, InkyProf said:

Today I'm back to my BCHR Parker Jack Knife 20 1/2 inked with non-IG Montblanc Midnight Blue, with a Pelikan 400N backup.

 

This pen is interesting (to me). The nib has been through a lot: the right tine appears to have been bent and straightened at some point in the past, leaving a slight rise and fall along along the edge of the slit that isn't mirrored by the left tine. The amount of tipping also differs on the two tines, maybe as a result of long use in an left oblique position wearing down the point asymmetrically. But it's also beautifully flexible, and If I hold it as if it were a right oblique, and I'm careful, and I'm lucky, I get a really lovely, flowing line. (If I'm not, I get skips, hard starting, and a little railroading -- you can see a couple of quick skips at "Fox" and "The" below, though this sample was pretty smooth overall.) As I've been using it recently I've sometimes wondered if a really skilled nibmeister could do something to improve it, but I also feel like, meh, it's more than a century old, it gets to be cranky, and I should adapt myself to it rather than the other way around. Respect your elders, right? 

 

 

 

Very Nice Vintage pen InkyP.... 😀👍   I appreciate the writing sample.😀

I know you're busy, do you have time for a nib shot?

Is that your Midori paper?

[InkyProf]

For you, always, @USG!

 

For the record, I edited the original post to correct my description of the tines. Maybe we should call them port and starboard, or pilot and copilot side.

 

Anyway, here’s a shot from the top that shows some of the asymmetry in the tipping and one that shows the old bend in the left/port/pilot side tine. The weird thing is that the tipping on the right tine, which looks narrower from the top, is also taller/higher (by a lot) if you look at the nib head-on. Couldn’t get my camera to focus on the tipping when held in that orientation, though.

 

Edited to add: yes, my little 10cm square sheets are always from the Midori desk pad. 🙂

 

[ParramattaPaul]

Belliver from Conway Stewart.

 

[Ceramicist]

3 hours ago, InkyProf said:

Today I'm back to my BCHR Parker Jack Knife 20 1/2 inked with non-IG Montblanc Midnight Blue, with a Pelikan 400N backup.

 

This pen is interesting (to me). The nib has been through a lot: the right left tine appears to have been bent and straightened at some point in the past, leaving a slight rise and fall along along the edge of the slit that isn't mirrored by the left right tine. The amount of tipping also differs on the two tines, maybe as a result of long use in an left oblique position wearing down the point asymmetrically. But it's also beautifully flexible, and If I hold it as if it were a right oblique, and I'm careful, and I'm lucky, I get a really lovely, flowing line. (If I'm not, I get skips, hard starting, and a little railroading -- you can see a couple of quick skips at "Fox" and "The" below, though this sample was pretty smooth overall.) As I've been using it recently I've sometimes wondered if a really skilled nibmeister could do something to improve it, but I also feel like, meh, it's more than a century old, it gets to be cranky, and I should adapt myself to it rather than the other way around. Respect your elders, right? 

 

 

Lovely pen and writing sample, and I always appreciate your musings.

[Misfit]

Today’s pen is a Jinhao 82 in Peacock blue with F nib filled with Diamine Aurora Borealis. 

[InkyProf]

1 hour ago, Ceramicist said:

Lovely pen and writing sample, and I always appreciate your musings.

 

Thank you! It's always nice to know I'm not just being a pedant or a bore (both of which are fields in which I have advanced degrees 😉).

[jchch1950]

Lamy Safari Mango with Lamy blue ink cartridge. 

[JasonR]

Conway Stewart 100 with Diamine Blue Velvet.

[USG]

9 hours ago, InkyProf said:

For you, always, @USG!

 

For the record, I edited the original post to correct my description of the tines. Maybe we should call them port and starboard, or pilot and copilot side.

 

Anyway, here’s a shot from the top that shows some of the asymmetry in the tipping and one that shows the old bend in the left/port/pilot side tine. The weird thing is that the tipping on the right tine, which looks narrower from the top, is also taller/higher (by a lot) if you look at the nib head-on. Couldn’t get my camera to focus on the tipping when held in that orientation, though.

 

Edited to add: yes, my little 10cm square sheets are always from the Midori desk pad. 🙂

 

 

Thanks, I see what you're saying about the port tine....😀

Pictures of a century old nib are always welcome...😀👍