What MBs are you using today?

[rsx]

Ah, today its my old 146, midnight black ink, and smooth as silk EF nib by Michael Masuyama. Thanks Mike!

[InsuranceMan]

Hello, I'm a new guy on this forum. I use a Classique Rollerball and a Meisterstuck144 with a medium nib.

 

I'm using a cell phone camera. Sorry for the blurry photos.

[thygreyt]

Hey there!! Welcome!

[Wolverine1]

Got 2 MB 149 filled up for today. One with a medium nib, the other with a medium-fine nib, both pens had their nibs smoothened and adjusted by John Mottishaw.

[Ghost Plane]

Hello, I'm a new guy on this forum. I use a Classique Rollerball and a Meisterstuck144 with a medium nib.

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I'm using a cell phone camera. Sorry for the blurry photos.

Welcome!

[thygreyt]

For the next week or so i'll be again using my Leonardo...

 

Every time i ink it i fall in love again.

[zaddick]

Running a fill of ink through my old, trusty 12. Wanted tomake sure it is working fine before selling it off to another user. Still to thin for me to fall in love with.

[pmhudepo]

It's been a while since I posted something on this forum... but don't worry, have been using fountain pens regularly!

 

The past few weeks I've used three 149s:

 

 

One F nib (18K tri-tone nib, late plastic feed, brass threads, 2-piece section), with Private Reserve Dakota Red -- very good for adding notes to printed documents.

One M nib (14K two-tone nib, split ebonite feed, brass threads, 2-piece section) with MB Permanent Grey -- this is a very nice combination; I truly enjoy writing with it!

One B nib (75 year special edition) with Iroshizuku Asa-gao ink -- nice stubbish broad nib, can do a decent bit of italic writing with it.

[thygreyt]

[Pravda]

Awesome!

[Cyrille81]

 

Really nice. I will first time ink mine in the coming days I think with Shakespeare velvet red. What is the ink you use with your Leonardo? Nice bottle!

[Pravda]

I would use the Leonardo ink or Ancient Copper if I had that pen. Maybe Lavender Purple or Carlo Collodi too

[Cyrille81]

I would use the Leonardo ink or Ancient Copper if I had that pen. Maybe Lavender Purple or Carlo Collodi too

 

I would like to have the Leonardo ink unfortunately I have not.

[Pravda]

 

I would like to have the Leonardo ink unfortunately I have not.

I found Diamine Ancient Copper to be a very close substitute for Leo. That's why I got it, as my Leo started to run down past the ½ mark.

[PAKMAN]

I have my 149 and Oscar Wilde inked up right now.

[thygreyt]

The bottle is by caran d'ache, it's gorgeous and useful... I bought it empty and transfered sailor shigure into it.

 

The pen glides beautifully with it. I'm going to have it inked for the next 2-3 weeks until the next pen arrives.

[Freddy]

Diplomat w/a soft fine '72

Dumas #9 nail medium '96

333 1/2 flexie extra-fine 3 1/2 Au '38

244 semi flexie bb '50

Pens are filled with the blues.

 

Fred

 

"I propose a toast to those who were lost on the mission and

to those who have passed away since."

 

~ Richard Cole 101 yo --- Jimmy Doolittle's copilot April 18, 1942

[penmanila]

my faithful everyday companion for the past four years:

 

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Really nice. I will first time ink mine in the coming days I think with Shakespeare velvet red. What is the ink you use with your Leonardo? Nice bottle!

I use Diamine 150 yr Anniversary Terracotta. I've found it to be a closer match to the limited edition MB Leonardo original as opposed to Ancient Copper.

[sandy101]

I've been using my WE Shakespeare today.

 

I handed it to a friend - who has a few FPs of his own. I told him it was a screw cap - so he duly unscrewed the piston, and before I could say anything uncrewed the cap...

 

Exit one inked friend to get cleaned up.

 

Fortunately it was MB's Royal Blue which washed out fine. Thing is, I thought to myself, "Should I hand it to him uncapped (it doesn't post)?"

 

Looks like I picked the wrong answer.