Survey: Do you post the cap while writing in fountain pen?

[Garrowp]

Post if possible as I don't want to lose the cap.

[Scrawler]

I post on pens that have a screw thread for the purpose, if it does not unbalance the pen.

[discopig]

I post just so I don't misplace the cap.

[Inkydinkydog]

99% of the time.

[abritdownunder]

Only with smaller pens, like the Pelikan M200. With that exception to the rule, I never post.

[michaelcockerham]

Only post on my Kaweco Sports. Otherwise never.

[ribbit]

I never post-makes the pens too back heavy.

[shuuemura]

I only post my Sheaffer Legacy I and Sailor Pro Gear pens.

[Lyander0012]

Yep, chronic poster here. Then again, if it's a pen that becomes extremely unbalanced when the cap is on the barrel end (hello, TWSBI), I just carry the cap in my off hand. That might have something to do with my not using it as much nowadays, plus the fact that the nib's a 1.5 cursive italic, but there you have it.

[Wish]

I used to post, but now I don't. Not even on a Lady Duofold or other more petite pens. Not sure why, though.

[Scrawler]

This pen is designed to be posted. I have put an international standard cartridge next to it to show scale. Would you post it? Could you write with it posted.

 

http://i751.photobucket.com/albums/xx153/FPWriter/oxf-1_zps6416de77.jpg

 

 

http://i751.photobucket.com/albums/xx153/FPWriter/oxf-2_zps38a2a298.jpg

[themadstork]

Nope, I've got small hands even a my Lamy safari feels too backweighted for me when posted.

[fountainpagan]

Never, even with a Kaweco Sport's size pen.

[BernieC]

No posting.

[queenofpens]

Usually.

 

I have a couple that are pretty, sculptural designs, but too top-heavy when posted. And I have several German children's pens that are designed to not post, having a cap that is oddly shaped or has a protrusion to keep them from rolling off the desk.

 

But most I post, partly from old habit - that's the way I learned in school long ago - and partly from new habit - that way I'm less likely to lose the cap down the chair cushions or in the clutter on my desk.

[Aysedasi]

I generally post all the time, if the pen's design permits permits it. I find pens far more comfortable to wield when posted.

Edited April 16, 2014 by Aysedasi

[Sallent]

I will not buy a pen I can't post. I have big hands, but I prefer pens of classic design, size, and form, and as such all my pens would be considered "medium/small" by today's battleship-sized pen standard. Therefore, I post all my pens. If the pen don't post, I'm not interested.

[Scrawler]

I will not buy a pen I can't post. I have big hands, but I prefer pens of classic design, size, and form, and as such all my pens would be considered "medium/small" by today's battleship-sized pen standard. Therefore, I post all my pens. If the pen don't post, I'm not interested.

Yes, I know what you mean. That monstrosity I posted above is 8.75 inches long when posted.

[The Grim Sheaffer]

never

[ethernautrix]

Depends on the pen. I don't post my Nakayas or Danitrios, but I do post my Pelikan Toledos.