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Today has seen me using my Montblanc Origin Classique, F, inked with Herbin Ambre de Birmanie, along with my Nakaya Dorsal Fin 2, SF, still inked with Pilot Black.

 

@InkyProf If I ever need a pen repairing I know who I will ask first!

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10 hours ago, the_gasman said:

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.

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That is a great achievement there, well done!

 

I have yet to find a Kaweco without flow problems.

I recently purchased mini hacksaw blades, ground the blade thinner but not too much so I did not lose the serrations. Now I use that blade to cut that channel wider on any pen that has ink flow issues and it seems to work well.

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Today, started with the Omas Extra 361C, filled with Lamy Petrol, and have now switched to a postwar grey-marbled Pelikan 100N with a fine vintage CN nib and Herbin Gris Galet. Later I'll use the Ban-Ei urushi eyedropper with Dominant Industry Romania Red, since I've found that the easiest way to work with this pen, if it's not leaving the house, is to keep the shutoff valve open and use it at least a little every day.

 

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Kicked off the day with the Asvine J16 with J Herbin Emerald of Chivor.  I swapped the nib for a double broad Franklin Christoph SIG and it’s glorious. 

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So far this morning it's been the Parker Vector "Computing Services" pen, M nib, still with Organic Studios USS Constellation (the special, LE show ink from the B/W Show this spring.  But I have to write at least one check today, so for that it will be the Pelikan M120 Iconic Blue, M nib, still with Pelikan 4001 Blue Black.  

Not sure yet what pen I'll be using for today's NaPoWriMo prompt -- either of those, or something else entirely....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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6 hours ago, Stompie said:

That is a great achievement there, well done!

 

I have yet to find a Kaweco without flow problems.

I recently purchased mini hacksaw blades, ground the blade thinner but not too much so I did not lose the serrations. Now I use that blade to cut that channel wider on any pen that has ink flow issues and it seems to work well.

Last night, I was over the moon; this morning I crashed back down to earth.

What, yesterday evening, had been a generous flow of ink for two sides of A5 paper, this morning showed early rail-roading that then dried up completely.

Close inspection reveals an excessive and inconsistent gap between nib and feed. I feel that more careful sculpting of a Kaweco feed might make the pair work more successfully but I probably wield my Dremel with all the finesse of a lumberjack performing neurosurgery!

David.

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6 hours ago, Tashi_Tsering said:

Louis Cartier pen (with Cartier Oval lighter)
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 Oh, that’s a lovely set! 

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 25 currently inked pens:

Parker Duofold Centennial IM, RO Rose Gold Antiqua

MontBlanc Bohème Noir F, MB Midnight Blue 

Pelikan M800 needlepoint, Kuretake Shikon

MontBlanc Noblesse M, KWZ Sheen Machine 2

Wahl-Eversharp Bantam F, FC Lapis Lazuli 

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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2 hours ago, Penguincollector said:


 Oh, that’s a lovely set! 

Thank you!

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I am really liking Turquoise. I think I might like the Lamy Turquoise better than Monteverde Caribbean Blue, but this is certainly a nice ink.

 

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My top pens

1. Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age

2. Onoto Faraday

3. Onoto Magna Ebonite

4-9. My Pelikans ( three 800s, two 805s, one 809)

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Today’s pen is the Retro 51 x Goldspot Blue Lagoon Ombré with 1.1mm stub nib filled De Atramentis 225 Years the US Constitution ink. 

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Today's pen is a Bexley Orange Cable Twist (310/1000) with 14k M nib and Birmingham Pen Lampshade ink.

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Today's pens have been Wing Sung 930, F, inked with Akkerman Stormachtig Blauw, and Visconti Homo Sapien Traveler, F, inked with Diamine Pansy.

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An Italian morning, for good and ill: using a SAFIS "The King" pearl green piston-filler, late 1940s?, fine or extra-fine Astura Nova 14k nib, filled with Stipula Calamo Musk Green, while trying to find out why an eagerly anticipated package from Italy has gone astray.

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1936 Sheaffer Balance Vac Fill Oversize

Pens are like watches , once you start a collection, you can hardly go back. And pens like all fine luxury items do improve with time

 

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   I let the outdoors choose my ink colour from my inked pens today, and it chose a Jinhao 82 mini M inked with Diamine Overcast.  This little pen was a Xmas gift from a pen friend, as was the ink. It’s been a delightful writer so far. 

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 25 currently inked pens:

Parker Duofold Centennial IM, RO Rose Gold Antiqua

MontBlanc Bohème Noir F, MB Midnight Blue 

Pelikan M800 needlepoint, Kuretake Shikon

MontBlanc Noblesse M, KWZ Sheen Machine 2

Wahl-Eversharp Bantam F, FC Lapis Lazuli 

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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19 hours ago, flodoc said:

Today's pen is a Bexley Orange Cable Twist (310/1000) with 14k M nib and Birmingham Pen Lampshade ink.

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Very cool. I have a love for old Bexleys. 

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3 hours ago, Doug C said:

Very cool. I have a love for old Bexleys. 

I have several from the early 90s through mid 2000s. All are excellent writers.

 

3 hours ago, Doug C said:

Very cool. I have a love for old Bexleys. 

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42 minutes ago, flodoc said:

I have several from the early 90s through mid 2000s. All are excellent writers.

 

Me too. Mostly Owners Club or Deluxe. 

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