How Many Pens Do You Have Inked?

[RayCornett]

Usually I have 3-4 pens inked. However, I have been needing to get back into writing and drawing. I have a custom ink I mix myself and really love. I thought...........hmm,,,,,,not liking to waste ink, maybe inking up a BUNCH of pens will force me to draw and write more so the ink doesn't go to waste drying up in the pens! So,,,,,I inked 60 pens yesterday. I do like having so many options for pen and nib size.

How many pens do you have inked?

[datainadequate]

Since the last time we had this discussion (http://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread.php/17318-How-many-pens-inked-up-at-one-time-and-how-to-keep-them-from-drying-out) my count has risen to 24. All with different inks. I'm now including two calligraphy pens I'd forgotten about in the last count.

[jar]

Three, all with the same ink.

[sgtstretch]

I have 10 inked currently, all with different inks.

[Freddie]

At the present time fourteen all filled with the Blues..........

Fred
who is listening to WKCR 89.9.... Daybreak Express....In A Sentimental Mood....Ron Carter,Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner

[catbert]

Ten pens, eight inks.

[ethernautrix]

Thanks to Pelikan Hub, I've brought three pens into the action: two Pelikans and a Danitrio.

And thanks to watching a bunch of YouTube videos, particularly Leo's pentificating (street sketching in New York City), inked up the Pilot CH912 (PO) with Platinum Carbon Black to entice myself to try drawing again.

[RayCornett]

I guess I don't recall bringing this up here before...

[Jerome Tarshis]

In this crowd I feel a little austere. Normally I'd like to have two or at most three pens inked, and my idea is that one is the primary pen of the moment and the other is for when Pen A runs out of ink in a public place.

Now I have four inked, but that's because one is a new acquisition and I'd like to compare its nib with a few other nibs I'm already familiar with.

[datainadequate]

I guess I don't recall bringing this up here before...

My apologies, my reply was badly worded. I should have said "the last time this was brought up here."

[Nomdeplume]

too many and never 'enough'

[fountainpenkid]

7 at the moment, all with different inks! It is really too many but the ink variety is too fun.

[BillPorter]

Three at the moment with three different inks (though two are green inks). I had gotten up to about 10 and went on a cleaning spree. Got down to one, a Pilot Metropolitan with Pilot Blue ink. It was soon joined by a Visconti Van Gogh with a Visconti Green cartridge and a Waterman Phileas with Waterman Tender Purple. I'm about to load Ancient Copper into something, maybe my Eco.

[mulrich]

I usually have two inked at a time and never more than three.

[picautomaton]

Four pens inked, all with slip on caps. Using them at work and screw on caps slow me down for the quick notes I need to take.

[ssharma1618]

At 6 currently and attempting to maintain it xD


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[gregamckinney]

Seven, but two are just about out of ink, and won't be refilled when they are empty.

Best Regards, greg

[bjmoose]

Currently - 6 (I think...), with different ink.

[dankdan63]

Howdy- just thought I'd jump in to say, I'm down to 3 pens inked (two eyedroppers from India that will NEVER run out of ink, and a 3776 Century). For me that's like, a record or something. Usually I have around six to ten.

I just got a Pilot Custom Heritage 912 but either I got a defective pen or don't own an ink it like so it's sitting in a box and I'll address it at my convenience.

Anyway- I'm using this as an opportunity to document I only have 3 pens inked (haaa...). Who knows if or when that'll happen again.

dan

[Hawk]

Three at work, one in my pocket (to and from work) and 4-8 for whatever and whenever.

[Sandy Fry]

Six. 3 with blue/black, 1 each of purple, red and orange.

David

[Blue Note]

At the present time fourteen all filled with the Blues..........

Fred
who is listening to WKCR 89.9.... Daybreak Express....In A Sentimental Mood....Ron Carter,Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner
Carter, Rollins and Tyner, that's a trio I'd love to see live.

Four currently inked, all Japanese. Pilot CH 92, Pilot Custom 74, Namiki Falcon and Sailor 1911L. Kon Peki, Sailor Jentle Sky High Blue, Sheaffer Black, Edelstein Saphire. Oh, forgot, Lamy Safari Dark Lilac with Lamy Dark Lilac ink.

[WmEdwards]

Three at the moment: Pelikan M805 (f) with Iro Take-Sumi; Delta Dolce Vita (B) with Iro Asa-Gao; and a Vac 700 (1.1 stub) with an Edelstein (the green one with the name I can never remember). I find I never use more than 2 or 3 at a time, but I always want more, anyway. :D

[jar]

Four today, one with a different ink in it even.

[Scrawler]

I used to be one of those people who always had six pens in use with different colours for my work. I would like to pass my accumulated software and knowledge on to a new generation and retire, so I have had no reason to design software for a while. As a consequence I now only have one, a Parker Moderne filled with Tsutsuji, in use.

[Woody]

Just 4 today. But I could get by easily with 2. Two blue and a couple with teal.

[stewpot]

Probably about 3-4 at any one time. Usually keep one loaded with a blue, one with a red, one with a brown and then one with a 'lively' colour (aquamarine, purple, orange etc).


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[jar]

Four now and with all different inks.

[VertOlive]

Normally 8, but I'm trying to get ready for a move so I'm down to 4. As the inks run out I'll store them until I'm down to 2. For some reason, I cannot write my pen pals with a single ink color...

[Runnin_Ute]

Right now it is 10-12 range. Two with Pelikan Blue-Black, nine with other colors.

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[wingwiper]

Probably a dozen at least, but all various type nibs. Flex, needle, cursive italic, music, oblique, BBB........I do a lot of writing.

[Lady Onogaro]

I've got maybe a dozen inked, but that's because I just got back from the Dallas Pen Show and wanted to write in all my new inks. Well, that's my excuse anyway.

[jar]

Now up to five. The sky is falling!

[inklord]

Ten, with 8 inks. But most of these pens are multiples of the same model save nib (4 F-C pocket 66, 4 Lamy 2000, 1 Sailor 1911L, 1 Peli M400)

[gbryal]

8: 2 Pelikans, a TWSBI, a Cross, a Ranga, a KaWeCo, a Jinhao, and a Pilot.

My inking statistics are always skewed by piston pens because they don't ever go dry.

[Kaputnik]

It's up to five now, which is really pushing my maximum for practicality, especially since I decided some time ago that my Pilot Varsities and Esterbrook Dip-Less sets don't count. I rarely use the Varsities, but frequently use the Dip-Lesses.

But when I do have this many pens inked, I cycle through them often enough to assure myself that none of them are drying up. And one or two should be empty again fairly soon.

[chopmonkee]

Sweet Jesus... right now it's more than twenty inked up, and I just received some more diamine, and I'm so annoyed I refilled a couple last week, so I won't be able to try any new flavours for a while :(

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[xtyc]

I was over 20 which is overwhelming . As I clean them, I'm setting aside for a while. But I like several nib and color options at any time.....

[ethernautrix]

Seven.

[grainweevil]

Made an impulsive purchase of a box of Dollar demonstrators and inked them up rainbow fashion just for the fun of it, so currently an unusual fourteen.

[datainadequate]

Made an impulsive purchase of a box of Dollar demonstrators and inked them up rainbow fashion just for the fun of it, so currently an unusual fourteen.

I'm really tempted to buy a box of those too...

[Freddie]

Nowadays.............A baker's dozen and filled with the Blues

Fred

[fqgouvea]

Six or seven... I tend to carry three in my pocket each day, but when grading season comes along I tend to want one per question. Of course, as per modern sensitivities, none of them is red.


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[ethernautrix]

Eight.

[grainweevil]

Made an impulsive purchase of a box of Dollar demonstrators and inked them up rainbow fashion just for the fun of it, so currently an unusual fourteen.

I'm really tempted to buy a box of those too...

Not entirely sure I'd recommend them, unless you find a really good deal. They do tend to dry out pretty readily, and at least half needed some attention to their nibs. But they're good fun.

Meanwhile things have gone a bit awry here in Weevil Burrows, and there seem to be nineteen pens inked. I swear the inklings must be adding new ones during the night...

[catbert]

Wrote a couple dry today, so ... nine.

[fountainpenkid]

Eight, six of them piston fillers!

All with different inks.

[datainadequate]

Made an impulsive purchase of a box of Dollar demonstrators and inked them up rainbow fashion just for the fun of it, so currently an unusual fourteen.

I'm really tempted to buy a box of those too...

Not entirely sure I'd recommend them, unless you find a really good deal. They do tend to dry out pretty readily, and at least half needed some attention to their nibs. But they're good fun.

Meanwhile things have gone a bit awry here in Weevil Burrows, and there seem to be nineteen pens inked. I swear the inklings must be adding new ones during the night...

Lowest price I've seen so far for the Dollar demonstrators is 90p each. Not quite sure if that's a good enough deal that I'd want to spend time tweaking and fixing, although it might be good practice for me (having only just dared to start gently tweaking the nibs on my Lamys).

If get your inklings under control, perhaps you could share your methods :)

[grainweevil]

90p each is not bad - I was hoping to be able to direct you to the deal I found, but the seller put the price up. They're maybe not the easiest nibs to learn adjustment on though. Incidentally, if you haven't come across it already, I found the single most enlightening resource on nib adjustment is Richard Binder's workshop notes PDF (http://www.richardspens.com/pdf/workshop_notes.pdf). Well worth a read.

As for the inklings, they were rounded up and warned that Iroshizuku drinking privileges will be revoked if necessary. So I'm back down to fourteen (and seriously considering not including the Dollars in the count in future).

[Sailor Kenshin]

Made an impulsive purchase of a box of Dollar demonstrators and inked them up rainbow fashion just for the fun of it, so currently an unusual fourteen.

Yup, that was me, a while back. Then it was down to nine. And then I got six new inks. And just ordered five more. I see an Inktopolis on the horizon.

[Zolt4n]

Mostly two, one filled with a black and the other with a blue ink. That is pretty much all I need for work.

[youstruckgold]

Mostly about 3; but at the moment.... about 18

[Bogon07]

probably 30+

[Runnin_Ute]

Eight right now. From Apache Sunset to Voorhout Violet.

An Esterbrook J, three Pelikans, two TWSBI'S, a Lamy and a P51.
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[sgtstretch]

7 pens currently.

[monbla 256]

​Currently I have 6 pens inked, two in my pocket the others on my desk.

[ethernautrix]

Six.

[jar]

Now up to six.

[fqgouvea]

I'm not sure, but at least six.


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[pollyskips]

5 EDC and 4 at least on my desk


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[Iowa]

10 that I carry, 11 if I count my desk pen. All with different inks.
Btw, that also my total number of fountain pens.

[jar]

Up to seven now. I'm a wreck.

[inklord]

Currently I'm inking, emptying, cleaning and refilling my rotation pens so fast, the number is blurry...

[Jacoby190]

Currently I have 4 pens inked: Waterman - Expert Medium nib Gold trim on Black, Conklin - Crescent Filler Mocha swirl Fine Nib, New Visconti - Homo Sapiens Bronze oversized extra-fine nib, and a New Pelikan - Souverän M400 Tortoiseshell Brown Extra-fine nib. All have either Noodler's Black or X-Feather. 😁

[mehandiratta]

Currently I have 10 pens inked....

[DaveT]

Today is a down day. Only 3 are inked up.

Twsbi mini - Shaeffer Skrip red
Twsbi Eco - J Herbin Cacao du Bresil
Platinum 3776 - Platinum Blue/Black

[Runnin_Ute]

9 right now

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[migo984]

Inked 10 pens yesterday, to celebrate autumn.....



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[mcorrea]

I'm up to 5 today. I have been trying to stay at four: two stubs/italics for my everyday bullet journal writing, one fine for filling forms, etc. and my trusty pocket pen. However, this week I received a new pen, so I had to ink it up to test it. I'm still using the same color ink for a week and changing every Monday so I can easily navigate my bullet journal. The new pen is now inked in next week's color.

Matias

[Llewellyn]

All of them - 30 that I use for journalling and 3 in my work bag plus a couple of desk pens.

[caribbean_skye]

21 at home, and an additional 8 at work


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[Woody]

Wow. A bakers dozen for most people. 3 for work. And I usually have one that I test nibs with.

[benjitzu]

12 at the moment as I just cleaned out several. All different inks and nib sizes (can't help myself).

Usually have between 12 and 20 with different inks. I have so many pens and inks I love I can't help but ink them up all the time. It makes meeting notes, letters, and Norma daily writing quite colorful and visually awesome (to me, of course).

[catbert]

https://s16.postimg.org/dbxu4lszp/IMG_0041.jpg

Finally wrote these dry over the weekend, so ... nine.

[ethernautrix]

Holding at six.

[Kaputnik]

Down to four, which is kind of a decision point. I could wait until I've emptied two more. On the other hand, this is where I always think of ones that I haven't used in a while, and tell myself that five or even six really isn't that many.

On the other other hand, I have a repaired pen that should be coming in sometime in the next few days, so that will be back to five again right there.

[jar]

Down to five. Still too many.

[grainweevil]

If I'm not counting the Dollars (pens, not currency) it's down to five. Briefly today, during a catastrophic converter failure in the Sonnet, it was down to four. Moral of that tale is if the converter looks as old as the pen, and the pen is 22 years old, then you should probably not cross your fingers and trust the converter is okay...
:facepalm:

[pollyskips]

7 inked up today !
L-R Sheaffer Imperial nib in custom resin, Pheasant feather in resin with Dayacom German medium nib, TWSBI Diamond 580 1.1 stub nib, Pilot Namiki Falconhttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161103/35e18c1b5054046acaaff37ea63fb8e7.jpg SF nib, Lamy Safari dark lilac medium nib, Omar Mezzo 360 medium nib and Waterman Edson medium nib.


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[datainadequate]

Up to 28. All with different inks. Whenever I get a new ink I just can't resist inking up a pen with it.

I do have to admit now that 28 is way too many. I'm considering following migo984's approach of selecting 10 inks that match the feel of the season. Those, plus a black, should give me enough variety, but make sure each inked pen gets used regularly.

Update: The danger with this approach is discovering that one doesn't have 10 inks that are sufficiently wintery, so going to buy a couple more, then getting a couple more on top of that to get the free postage. :wink:

[ethernautrix]

Twelve.

Thanks to Mrs. KWZ's sending a bunch of ink samples to us in Wrocław in time for our Fountain Pen Day meeting Friday! (Taking the rest of the samples to the Madrid Pen Show. KWZ Inks represent!)

[fountainpenkid]

Six. Too many for purely utilitarian use, I'm finding.
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I had 7 inked until this one fell out of my hand and met its final, ku-jaku-everywhere demise. Will be sending this on to Lamy USA.
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[Runnin_Ute]

Currently 10

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[jar]

Still four but not the same four but the same four converters.

[southpaw52]

I have 12 pens inked, 5 of them are Esterbrooks, 1 Sheaffer, 6 Waterman

[blopplop]

5 inked and in use. 1 Stipula Etruria, 1 Conid Bulkfiller, 3 P-51's.

[ethernautrix]

Down to seven.

[jar]

Still four and still the same converters but still a different set of four.

[Kaputnik]

I just wrote my Delta dry (that somehow vaguely reminds me of American Pie) which takes me down to four. And I'm temporarily resisting the temptation to ink something else up before I write another pen dry.

On the other hand, it is kind of tempting to fill my one American Mabie Todd Swan to go with my only English one, which is already inked.

[pollyskips]

11 pens inked at the moment. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170325/e94e2e461bcf16d7254a09398670ba00.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170325/95deb3355a57e7377a91ebadef6e0378.jpg


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[jar]

Three today but I will likely put one away.

[VertOlive]

Just the one, everything else is still stored after moving. But I have a new bottle of Edelstein Smoky Quartz to make me feel like there's some variety.

[KKay]

I have ten pens inked up, with ten different inks going. I'd like to get it down to nine, but I am finding that hard to do.

[BayesianPrior]

Four at the office (all Lamy Studios which match the ink: black, blue, red, and salamander for the stainless steel) but those don't count because they live at the office.

Four at home (two Pelikans and two Pilots).

[Wuddus]

I currently have four of my five pens inked up, and feel that's too many. I don't know how people keep track when they're in double figures. I've vowed to myself not to ink any more until I'm down to two - one piston filler, and one other.

Long term I want no more than three inked at any time - one pocket pen, one piston filler for general scribbles, and one comfortable desk pen for writing long letters (and only filled when I'm doing that). Any more is simply inking stuff up for the sake of it (for me personally), and risking drying out, clogging pens and wasting ink.

[Runnin_Ute]

Right now it is 10 or 11. Rarely less than 8 or more than 12.

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[azkid]

Almost all of them: 9 of 12. But I am new at this and they are new to me... Kind of hard to resist when I want to see how they write. Right? Also, I am testing (too many) ink samples.

With the suddenly large collection of pens, and my capricious opinions about most of them, I am already considering thinning the herd.

[Wuddus]

With the suddenly large collection of pens, and my capricious opinions about most of them, I am already considering thinning the herd.

I'm at the stage of knowing I have too many (five plus one on the way) but haven't really decided which are my least favourite yet.

[notsim]

I have set a limit of 5, with the hopes of staying within said artificial limit to try and curb my negligence in cleaning

[mhosea]

Today, it's zero. Haven't been writing lately for some reason, and they were drying out.

[Giant_Pens_Are_Silly]

12. That's as many as I can fit into the old dice cup on my desk that I use as a pen holder.

[mhosea]

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[chalkdust]

2. My recent Noodler's Boston Safety, with X-Feather; and my happy birthday to me gift of a copper Kaweco Liliput with Kaweco Royal Blue. And a very happy birthday it is!

[ethernautrix]

It turns out that I had been very fickle. I'd have two or three favorites for a year or two and two or three or six others that I rotated in and out of service fairly often. Meanwhile, I have eight or ten, twelve Platinum Preppies and such like pens -- that I don't count -- with not-black inks.

Since January this year, I've challenged myself to ink up no more than four (or five) pens and only top-off the ink -- no more frequent sessions of pens-and-inks fussing.

So far so good. Except for a short period of quick additions after buying some inks at Pen Show Poland, and then quickly rotating them into the Preppies, I've been fairly consistent.

I've been aiming for four (cos pen case holds four), but this month it's five (I don't necessarily treat the two Pilots as case-pens), cos I fitted the Platinum UEF nib into the sidelined unpolished shu Nakaya PIccolo Cigar.

SHORT ANSWER: Five: three Nakaya Piccolo Cigars (kuro, heki, unpolished shu) and two Pilots (CH912 (PO) and Falcon (SEF)).

I think this might be a permanent team.

But never say never.

[Jon Szanto]

But never say never.

Good. Your minimalist tendencies mean nothing to me! If I had to answer the question, it would simply be "Scads". ;)

[ethernautrix]

But never say never.

Good. Your minimalist tendencies mean nothing to me! If I had to answer the question, it would simply be "Scads". ;)

Remember, I don't count the Platinum Preppies. There's a Pilot Kakuno in there, too. And, what is it? A couple of Pilot Parallels. I have plenty of "play" pens. Hee.

[Wuddus]

Mine has crept back up to five, but I can blame our good friend Scooby for that. :D I have my three primary pens inked, plus a couple of others with Mystery Ink #17.

[VertOlive]

Exactly three. But really four-ish.

[Runnin_Ute]

8 or 9 right now.

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[NibsForScript]

I just counted ten, no eleven.

[SIR]

Exactly three. But really four-ish.

We have so much in common <3 .

[JulieParadise]

48. But that is only because there is a pen meet up scheduled today and another one in two weeks where I want to take most of my pens to. Having them inked up makes it easier for others to get a feeling how they write.

Usually I only have 3-4 (max. 5) pens inked up: A Pilot Falcon SEF never leaves the team, always filled with a very dark to black colour. The other pens then have to come in pairs, e.g. a Pelikan M300 Black BB + an M320 Pearl M or an M200 Clear 1.1 mm + M400 White Tortie F.Architect or a Pilot Elite 0.8 mm + an E95s F or so.

I always use a very dark/black writing pen for consistency in my journal/planner + a broad nib with a "pop" colour for headlines etc. and another fine nib for longer writing. A perfect match then is to have pens which work with their respective inks plus all colours harmonizing.

[Gobblecup]

I have 13 pens inked right now and I have no excuses! :p

[adhoc]

I’m currently at three, which is my usual. I like to have a kugel grind handy, at least one italic and at least one stub oblique.

[azkid]

I am now at a point where I can't keep all 7 (or 8) from drying out. :/ I think I would be best off with 3 inked -- one with my go to black, one with blue, and a sample I am trying.

[FredRydr]

...How many pens do you have inked?


Today, these 12, three short of a full rack. They're all inked and in my rack on my desk, with four triple-pen cases nearby when selecting some for the road.


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Left to Right: Esterbrook J - 9555 nib; Pelikan M250; Aurora Optima; Pelikan M400; Sheaffer Balance OS - super flex EF nib*; Pelikan M400; Pelikan M700; Sheaffer Snorkel*; Conid Minimalistica - smooth F*; Montblanc 146 (early '60s); Pelikan M200 Cafe Creme; Conklin 40 gold overlay crescent-filler.

Six are filled with ink mixes from vials that junglejim sent to me to test.

*These three are favorites and always filled with an ink assigned to each. Balance with MB Toffee; Conid with Diamine Sargasso Sea; Snorkel with whatever darkish red that I want to have handy. I really need to assign a black to a pen.

[Rapidray]

Four total, 2 Lamy and 2 Pilot...

[FredRydr]

...these 12, three short of a full rack. They're all inked and in my rack on my desk, with four triple-pen cases nearby when selecting some for the road....

And today, I packed them all in cases for writing at a picnic table in a nearby park. My "kit" from left to right consists of postcards, an old advertising blotter (well-used), postage stamps, the dozen pens in my prior post in Pelikan triple cases, a list of pens' ink fills, and modern and vintage writing paper, notecards and envelopes, including wartime V-Mail and USPO aerogrammes. A few of you will see the result. :)

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[FredRydr]

And one more make thirteen.

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[wingwiper]

...these 12, three short of a full rack. They're all inked and in my rack on my desk, with four triple-pen cases nearby when selecting some for the road....

And today, I packed them all in cases for writing at a picnic table in a nearby park. My "kit" from left to right consists of postcards, an old advertising blotter (well-used), postage stamps, the dozen pens in my prior post in Pelikan triple cases, a list of pens' ink fills, and modern and vintage writing paper, notecards and envelopes, including wartime V-Mail and USPO aerogrammes. A few of you will see the result. :)

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[although]

I've currently got four inked up. Two of them are old sheaffer desk pens, a touchdown and a snorkel. They are always inked up, because, well, they are right there on the desk... And the little kaweco sport, it's always inked up because it's the goto knock around pocket pen... That only leaves one slot for all the others to fight over.

I think I need a new system :(

[Driften]

I am at 19 pens inked right now and number 20 should show up on Monday. For a while I was down to 15 inked, but I bought four Viscontis in August and didn't clean any pens out. Maybe I should go though and see what isn't getting used and clean a few more out.

[FredRydr]

... didn't clean any pens out. Maybe I should go though and see what isn't getting used and clean a few more out.
Yeah, you gotta watch that.

[Runnin_Ute]

I think it is 8 or 9 today.

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[mhosea]

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[Joygernaut]

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Small collection but I use them all frequently.


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[Empty_of_Clouds]

Hard to imagine this when thinking back over the last couple of years, but I have 7 pens with ink in them right now. Or, to put it another way, I only have 7 pens left. All the rest are, mostly with regret, sold or given away.

Just re-inked my Pelikan 400nn. Odd how that one didn't get sold though, considering the popularity of the brand and that it came from a very reputable source.

My pens are:


A custom alumilite (from what now seems like the defunct somethingwritepens.com) filled with Iroshizuku Kon Peki and sporting a medium italic (FPNibs.com) Jowo #6.
A Pilot Custom 823 fine filled with Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo (hasn't been out of rotation since purchase!).
A Pilot Custom Heritage 912 FA filled with Sailor Kin mokusei.
A Pilot Decimo fine filled with KWZ IG gummiberry (an ink that has revived my use of this pen).
A Lamy 2000 extra fine filled with Noodler's BSAR (that's going to change soon).
A Waterman's 52 fine filled with Pilot Blue-Black.
A Pelikan 400nn extra fine filled with Diamine Delamere green.


Am considering adding one pen to the list. Just cannot decide what. My very short short list is:


Eboya - their website is a nightmare for non-Japanese speakers, but I have friends in Japan who may help if I go this way.
Aurora Optima Nero Perla - seems a little ordinary for the price.


I've had to be harsh to omit so many good makers, for a variety of reasons (cost-utility mainly).

[SIR]

In addition to this thread's original question, may we also know how many pens are not inked and what percentage of an owners pens are inked or uninked?

I have more pens inked than uninked but it's almost 50/50.

[junglejim]

One, always just one. I'll fill the pen up and write until it's empty. It gives me a good idea of what the ink can do under different writing conditions and paper. Then on to another pen and ink combination. Currently inked is the Pilot Metro with the stub nib and KWZI Honey. Three pens are uninked so I have 25% inked.

All the Best.

[azkid]

Several pens just ran out.

Let's see, 22 functioning pens, 11 inked, or 50%.

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[SIR]

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What are the two green 'uns at the bottom of the left hand set?

They look nice...

[azkid]

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What are the two green 'uns at the bottom of the left hand set?

They look nice...Those are two of my E. Faber Permapoints. The nibs on both were beyond help so I replaced them with new ones: Knox on one, and some generic Iridium one on the other.

I like how the pattern and the end caps a lot. And they write pretty nicely now, with no lack of flow, but I suspect all the original nibs were rather subpar. They were rather poorly regarded in their day. :)

[Kulprit]

I made the mistake of counting not too long ago. I don't remember the number (and it's surely changed since then) but it was over 30 pens inked. Fact is, only a very small number of my pens are ever uninked.


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[jodylud]

Currently 17

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[Nevermore]

I find this thinking and strategy quite endearing

[azkid]

Thanks to Inktober drawings and writings I've run three more pens out of ink. Whew.

[suzy01]

I have 5 pens inked which is my whole collection [emoji23] I keep ordering more JinHao 750s so I can carry more colours

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[AzJon]

My pens, like the Sith, are only inked in twos. No more, no less.

[southpaw52]

I have 9 Esterbrooks inked, 4 Waterman inked, 1 Lamy inked, 1 Wahl Eversharp Skyline, 1 Wahl Eversharp Oxford iked 1 Pelikan inked, 1 Bentley,

[Eddie Southgate]

Today I have a MONTBLANC Monte Rosa with a DM nib with some 60 or so year old Skrip and a Senator Regent with a Broad nib with some 15 year old Visconti in some form of Sepia/ Brown . I am going Cemetery prowling and will be taking notes on graves for a cousin in Texas who has family buried in a small family Cemetery in McEwen Tennessee and the Monte Rosa can write small in the cheap / small notebooks that I always have in my pocket . The Senator is just a joy to write with and I always try to have one or more with me . I have my first Pelikan on the way from Germany (1950-1954 set ) so I will be inking that when it gets here . That's it right now, usually only have two or three at most inked at any one time .

Eddie

[azkid]

I am now down to 14 inked. I hope to run a few more out soon, with a target of 5 from now on. This is just too much to manage.

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[Kaputnik]

I just got down to three, if you don't count one Esterbrook Dip Less desk pen (which really isn't a fountain pen, but keeps ink in the well), and a few Pilot Varsities which I probably won't bother refilling any more once they're empty.

Parker Vacumatic with Namiki Blue.

Pilot Custom Heritage 92 with Pilot Blue-Black.

Lamy 2000 with De Atramentis Document Blue.

But I'm thinking of inking another pen today, as you can never have too much blue ink available.

[skipwilliamsnj]

Usually 5-8, as 8 is what fits in my pen holder. Keeps things manageable and allows a good variety of nibs, pen personas, and ink colors.

Skip



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[azkid]

Usually my answer is 12-14 which is exhausting.

I've finally cut the number down to 6, yay!

Looking forward to emptying a few more.

[suzy01]

Only one that I use. I'm dreading looking at the others because the ink in them has been untouched for almost a year [emoji17]

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[Jerome Tarshis]

Considering that any of us can choose to answer the question, this seems not to be a very popular thread. I am answering it today only because I've got (what is for me) an unusually large number of pens inked: four. Parker 51, fine nib, Aurora black. Parker 51, fine/medium, Pelikan brilliant black. Lamy Profil 81, a really generous medium, Pelikan royal blue. Montblanc SlimLine, a painfully fine fine nib, Skrip jet black. Normally two pens inked are quite enough, one being a backup for when the other runs out of ink.

Without being specific, I can say that four is a small proportion of all the fountain pens I own. Some of them languish uninked for quite a long time.

[FredRydr]

I had sixteen pens inked until two and maybe a third succumbed to SITB (see ink subform), so I'm down to thirteen.

[Deb]

Six in my wrap and two on the desk.

[amk]

Usually three or four, but today it's ten as I'm off to a pen meet!

[countrydirt]

I'm working diligently to get my inked pens down to a manageable level. I'm down to 4 - Italix Parsons, Wing Sung 699, Lamy 2000 and Lamy Studio All Black. I expect it will be the end of the week before I get down any further.

I'd love to get down to 2 - one for my journal writing and left at my desk and 1 to carry for planning and daily writing.

[GreyFool]

My minimum is 11 pens inked at any time, 6 in my office, and 5 on the move with me.

Currently, the total of inked pens is 12, which means that I'm very reasonable :angel:

[Mags]

Currently a Lamy Aion, A Moonman, A Conid bulkfiller, Pelikan M1000, Cross Peerless 125 (sailor nib version), Montblanc 149, Sailor KOP and a MB Mozart in my wallet.