What Pen did you clean out today?

[Karmachanic]

26 minutes ago, jchch1950 said:

A pen repairer told me he uses acetone to repair cracks in celluloid pens. It is safe to use to clean fountain pens?

 

I'd suggest the made for that purpose Liquitex

[Mark from Yorkshire]

Apparently so according to t’nterweb 

[Penguincollector]

Teal Moonman 80s. 

[SLinkster]

Cleaned out an old no-name eyedropper into which I've hacked a zebra G nib. I enjoy the fine line the nib produces with a very light hand but I've been having trouble finding an ink that plays well in this particular frankenpen. Into time-out it goes for a while.

 

I also rinsed and disassembled for thorough cleaning a Jinhao 992 eyedropper. It'll go into the drawer as well.

 

I currently have an embarassing number of pens loaded. I'm trying valiantly to write dry at least two every week until I get it down to a couple of daily writers and a handful for doodling. With limited success. 

[inkstainedruth]

Yeah, having too many pens inked up at the moment is a problem for me, too -- and I just added to that Friday evening, with the pen I tried Edelstein Rose Quartz in, at the Pittsburgh Pelikan Hub....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[SLinkster]

17 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

having too many pens inked up at the moment is a problem for me, too -- and I just added to that Friday

Dallas pen show is this weekend. I'll have some hard pen choices to make on Sunday when I get home, no doubt. 

[PAKMAN]

3 minutes ago, SLinkster said:

Dallas pen show is this weekend. I'll have some hard pen choices to make on Sunday when I get home, no doubt. 

I'm deciding what to ink up to pocket carry for the Dallas Pen Show! Trying to clean out everything else because I know I will have several new pens to ink up when I get home! 

[katfish]

Pelikan, Navhalur, Kaweco, Lamy, TWSBI

[PAKMAN]

Gvfc Guilloche Black

Pelikan M800 Raden - new from pen show , then filling with ink

Parker DoriVac new from pen show and then filling with ink

[SLinkster]

Saturday going into Sunday I cleaned my pen show purchases: Pelikan 120 Green-Black; Parker vacumatic; Mont Blanc Classique.

 

Of the three, the Parker was the crustiest, full of dried up blue ink. The MB was sort of like an archaeology project, every time I dipped the nib in fresh water it shed a different color 🌈

 

Yesterday I cleaned out two Parker 45s and a Lamy AL-Star.

 

I have an Airmail and a couple of Charlie pens on deck for tomorrow.

 

This is me making a concerted effort to reduce the number of inked pens from absolutely embarrassing to manageable. This project is not helped by three pens acquired, two pens repaired, and one pen won as a door prize over the weekend... 

[inkstainedruth]

Yesterday it was one of the Noodler's FPCs, which apparently needs to have the o-ring replaced on it as well....   Total mess (ink was Birmingham Pens Point Park Fountain Turquoise, which ended up all over my hands, and on the bathroom counter, and on various tissues and Q-tips as well...).

Next on the block is probably going to be the Estie SJ nurse's pen, which decided over the weekend to burp ink (modern Quink Permanent Blue) into the cap.  And then got all over the cap and barrel threading, and my hands, when I was trying to take notes about what I saw in which booth in an antiques mall on Saturday.... 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

[SLinkster]

Pilot pocket pen with posting nib. Not loving how fast the Iroshizuku asa-gao evaporated! I used it three days ago to write a couple of pages, checked the converter before I put it away and saw it was about half full. Today the thing was dry as a bone, no ink in the cap or the converter, just crusty ink on the nib and sludge in the converter. Weirdest thing ever. 

[RobNYC]

Today I cleaned out a Parker Duofold AF.

[Runnin_Ute]

These.

 

Took something between 30-60 minutes. And I have two Vacumatic fill (Emerald Pearl and a 51 Demi) filled with water and set in a paper towel in a shot glass nib down. This was tonight.  There were a few Pelikans earlier in the week.  

Seven inked, may be eight before the night is over. Some of those in the photos have been waiting a while 

[PAKMAN]

Pelikan M800 with lizard skin binde from Shawn Newton

Parker 51 sharkskin stub Kullock 

[Penguincollector]

Blue lacquered Platinum BelAge

[MarcoA63]

Waterman 42 gold overlay

[SLinkster]

Two old lever fillers with which I've been using ink samples. I think that makes a total of four for the week of I count a friend's cheap Chinese piston filler and a "disposable" FP that I found in a box of junk that came out of the desk when I retired from my last office job in 2013. Poor thing has been baking in the garage for 10 years but cleaned up nicely.

 

To celebrate, I inked up a new-to-me MB Classique with Herbin Bleu Myosotis. Thanks to @Penguincollector for the ink suggestion! 

[Penguincollector]

47 minutes ago, SLinkster said:

To celebrate, I inked up a new-to-me MB Classique with Herbin Bleu Myosotis. Thanks to @Penguincollector for the ink suggestion! 

  I hope you and your pen like it!

[RedPie]

Cleaned and inked up  my Waterman Phileas.... with Sailor Blue Black. 😁