pens I used today...

[Kaputnik]

I hadn't used these pens in quite a while, but inked them up to let a friend try italic nibs. He returned them in a couple of days, and ordered a Lamy Joy for himself. Since these still have ink in them, I may as well use it up, and am finding that I still like the pens, although I don't think either will make its way back to daily user status.

The Kaweco has a 1.1 mm nib, and a Montblanc Royal Blue cartridge. The Plumix nib is just marked <M>, but it's a slightly rounded italic of similar width. A purple Pilot cartridge in it.

The pencil is just there to keep the Plumix from rolling over, but it's a good pencil.

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[KrazyIvan]

The Pilot Lucina got inked yesterday.39272

[Freddie]

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[Freddie]

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[Freddie]

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[Kaputnik]

I use my Esterbrook Dip-Less desk pens frequently, but hadn't had one of their pocket pens inked in quite a while.

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Esterbrook J transitional. 2442 Falcon nib. Akkerman Shocking Blue ink.

[azkid]

Cool Esterbrook. I'd love to see what the ink and nib writes / looks like if you get a chance.

[Kaputnik]

Cool Esterbrook. I'd love to see what the ink and nib writes / looks like if you get a chance.

I'm no calligrapher, but here's a little sample. The ink is a very rich dark blue, but it's hard to capture that in a photograph. The nib is a slightly oblique stub that writes quite smoothly if you get the rotation and angle just right. No noticeable line variation.


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[azkid]

Love the poem [emoji1], pen, ink and nib! Thanks. Interesting about the minimal line variation. I didn't use my red Esterbrook but spent a little time buffing out the haze and, wow, these pens sure clean up nicely.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180524/ffa60ec4558d65c760d2e86bba22e5ef.jpg

[Kaputnik]

My red Esterbrook J transitional just ran out of ink. So I've flushed it, and filled this Esterbrook SJ, 9788 nib, with Pilot Blue-Black.

And this Esterbrook Dip-Less is always on my desk (well, writing area). 9450 nib, Noodler's Walnut. About all I use Noodler's for any more is these Dip-Less wells and refilling Pilot Varsities.

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[Freddie]

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[Analogriter]

I’m of my favorite pencils.


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[Analogriter]

I hadn't used these pens in quite a while, but inked them up to let a friend try italic nibs. He returned them in a couple of days, and ordered a Lamy Joy for himself. Since these still have ink in them, I may as well use it up, and am finding that I still like the pens, although I don't think either will make its way back to daily user status.

The Kaweco has a 1.1 mm nib, and a Montblanc Royal Blue cartridge. The Plumix nib is just marked <M>, but it's a slightly rounded italic of similar width. A purple Pilot cartridge in it.

The pencil is just there to keep the Plumix from rolling over, but it's a good pencil.

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One of my favorite pencils.


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[Jon Szanto]

Get it done, people!

https://i.imgur.com/C1jetecl.jpg

[Empty_of_Clouds]

Those are some handsome Moore's, but did you have to drag politics into it? :p

[FredRydr]

Get it done, people!...
Jon, is it true that The Noblest Motive is the Public Good? <sigh!> Wouldn't it be grand if San Diego was handing a vintage Moore to everyone who shows at the polls? "I'll have that Tuscan L-96 please."

[tooth]

Last night I finished a minor restore on this Schaffer Student. So naturally it's in my pocket today.

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Was totally impressed how smoothly it writes, thinkin' I'll keep this one in service for a while.. amazing for a pen made in the 20's.

[Jerome Tarshis]

A greater variety than usual:

MonteRosa 042 filled with Pelikan Edelstein Olivine
Parker 51 Aero filled with Pelikan 4001 brilliant black
Aurora reissued DuoCart filled with Aurora black

[azkid]

I've pretty much only used the same five or six pens in the new year. For today...

1948 Parker 51 Custom, black, fine. Quink Black having run it out of Lamy Black which is quite a bit drier. Quink works so well with this pen. My work pen today.

Pilot Stargazer, black, fine. J. Herbin Poussiere de Lune, a lovely dark purple similar to Diamine Damson but much wetter. Sadly, I found it feathers badly on my bullet journal paper. Fine for letter writing. I don't think I will get a bottle after all. The search for purple ink continues...

[Deb]

Looking around my desk there's my Ford Patent Pen, a Moonman that looks rather like a Duofold and a 1920s Blackbird.

[DumDum]

https://i.imgur.com/dFesaHgl.jpg

[Kaputnik]

Not just pens, but I like the vintage Autopoint pencil at the top. Using it with a 1.1 mm B lead. Below it, an Eversharp Skyline with Namiki Blue ink, and a Pilot Custom Heritage 92 with Montblanc Midnight Blue.

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[eclectic]

Is the Aurora worth thr money?
Smooth nib?
Kind regards,
Shawn

[Fermata]

Apologies for this self-indulgent ramble in what should be a brief ‘what I used today’ but I thought I would talk you through my thoughts on why I like this little pen, a 1936 Parker Moderne and especially on how the pen fits in Parker pen history and also what it might have meant to the original owner.

The Moderne is a small pen, although it fits my big hands in that the blind cap rests on that little hinge of flesh between your forefinger and thumb, I am sure it has a better scientific name but you have all looked down at the spot that I mean so I hope that I have got my point across.

When I look at an old pen I try and imagine its history could have been. This pen would not have been an expensive pen when new, perhaps the cheapest Parker in the display cabinet and therefore not chosen by a social climber who wanted to impress at the office, it may have been a first school pen, I will settle for that. A Christmas gift for someone just starting Big school.

The condition of the pen suggests that it actually didn’t suit them too well, perhaps they wanted something more colourful. The pen has not seen much use, the imprints are nice and clear, there is no brassing on the clip, no scratches anywhere on the pen and the nib is like new. An original nib on an 84 year old nib that is perfect is a nice find.

I have owned the pen about 10 years, I bought it at the same time as a Junior Duofold which is just a little older, much smarter and more substantial, but I like the Moderne which is a world away from the Parker 51 and yet only a few short years separates the two. The Moderne and the 51 couldn’t be more different from the filling system, the cap design and the way that the nib works, giving flex and style. This pen is the biplane to the jet age 51.

[Deb]

I love pre-war Parkers; they're so well made and such a pleasure to work on. Modernes sell well, too.

[penwash]

The peeps at the fountainpens subreddit are trending a showcase of Pilot gold nibs.

This is my joining the fun :)

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[Radonactionservices]

I've pretty much only used the same five or six pens in the new year. For today...

1948 Parker 51 Custom, black, fine. Quink Black having run it out of Lamy Black which is quite a bit drier. Quink works so well with this pen. My work pen today.

Pilot Stargazer, black, fine. J. Herbin Poussiere de Lune, a lovely dark purple similar to Diamine Damson but much wetter. Sadly, I found it feathers badly on my bullet journal paper. Fine for letter writing. I don't think I will get a bottle after all. The search for purple ink continues...

Have you tried Diamine Imperial Purple? It is, by far, my favorite purple, especially in EF and F nibs.


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[azkid]

Have you tried Diamine Imperial Purple? It is, by far, my favorite purple, especially in EF and F nibs.

Haven't tried that one yet, thanks for the heads up. Was thinking of trying Grape too. I have a couple other Purple samples in the queue to try out.

Meanwhile, I've been using my Golden Pearl Vacumatic all day after further reshaping the nib closer to F. It came to me worn flat and writing like a B.


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[JosephFranklin]

Eversharp Skyline, Esterbrook mechanical pencil, and Stipula Passaporto. I didn't actually use the Fisher Space Pen (yet), but it was there in case it was needed.
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Simple amazing!

I like these pens, and I think I need to add them to my collection.
I work as a translator and mostly spend all my time on a computer and the Internet.

But whenever I need to write something down, I always take out one of my beauties. This is a special ritual for me.

[FredRydr]

I've been using my long-neglected Wahl-Eversharp Equipoise in Tunis Pearl celluloid with EF flex nib. I filled it with Montblanc bordeaux ink from the old 50ml bottle.

I'm going to cheat and use Syd's online image of an Equipoise in Tunis Pearl. I think it is one of the prettiest celluloids.

http://www.pensburymanor.com/pensburymanor/Equi-Poised_Pens_files/droppedImage_7.jpg

[Chuck Naill]

I am certainly enjoying this, my first English pen, a CS 84 that I got from Deb. :)

Yes, the US postal service is being intentionally slowed. It took not much time to arrive in the US from Scotland, but stayed in Chicago for over a month.

[Kaputnik]

Used my second most strikingly unique fountain pen, this Pilot striped MYU, with De Atramentis Document Brown ink. My most strikingly unique fountain pen is the non-striped version of this, currently not inked. YMMV for what makes a pen's appearance striking.

[azkid]

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Mid-20s Duofold Junior with Waterman Bleu Mystère turns out to be a great combination. I really love writing with this pen. Something satisfying about the grip and the pleasant nib feedback.

[silverlifter]

XXL Day:


1939 Parker Vacumatic Maxima - MB Midnight Blue IG
1937 Sheaffer Balance Premier - KWZ IG Blue #3



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Black Pen Society! :spy:

[azkid]

Wow, gorgeous pens!

[silverlifter]

Wow, gorgeous pens!

Heh. I can only wish that I look half that good at that age! :)

[guyy]

Modern 146 with an OBB. These modern obliques just don’t stack up to the vintage.

[Tleek]

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Here’s what’s in my pen pouch at the moment.

Eversharp Symphony pen/pencil-Sheaffer Green

Noodlers Ahab- Noodlers Habanero

Metropolitan- Sheaffer Red

Waterman Carene- Noodlers Black

Esterbrook J- Quink Black

Sheaffer Triumph- Sheaffer Blue

[Kaputnik]

Parker 180 with De Atramentis Gaius Julius Caesar, Mabie Todd Swan 3150 with Namiki Blue.

The Fisher Space Pen is just along for the ride, but if I do want a ballpoint for something, it's there.

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[penwash]

One of the very few modern pen model that I actually "hunt". Finally got one.

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[azkid]

Waterman Hemisphere with de Atramentis Pigeon Blue

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[SlowMovingTarget]

Lamy 2000 (EF), Pilot Blue-Black
Edison Collier (F), Noodler's Ink Roller Eel
Jinhao x750 Shimmering Sands, Goulet Steel Nib (F), Noodler's Ink Roller Eel
20yo Parker Jotter for scale, Monteverde blue refill.



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[Chuck Naill]

I used a LAMY Vista with a fine nib and Serenity Blue has plus a Parker 45 BP and a black gel refill.

[azkid]

Been using the Pilot Metropolitan (F) with Private Reserve DC Supershow Blue. Not my favorite color but it works great with the pen.

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[Freddie]

A pair of Pelikan 100Ns pif..Helios bf..Owa fresh cork pif
filled with the Blues
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Fred

[azkid]

Ooo, those pens are beautiful, @Freddie

Duofold Jr. exclusively, again today. Waterman Bleu Mystère ink.

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[Malcolm]

Moonman N6...

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A tad on the small side, but manageable. Great nib.

[NumberSix]

Still rocking my newly-received Sheaffer Targa (14k M), with Waterman Serenity Blue

Yesterday, I was not loving the nib on my Clairefontaine notebook. It felt too spidery. But I switched over this morning to a Moleskine Cahier, a notebook I usually reserve for pencils and felt tips like the Paper Mate Flair and Sharpie Pen. (I prefer this paper for writing, but it sucks for the vast majority of FP and RB inks I have tried -- and even some gels.)

Two pages in, and the Targa is an absolute joy to use. Natch. The lines are a smidgeon thicker, and the nib slides across the paper with a delicious smooth feedbacky feel.

[Freddie]

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[]Omas Ogiva 556 monotone 750/1000 Au nib PIF
Eversharp Gold Seal Doric 1st generation personal point LF
Eversharp Skyline Gold-Filled Cap and Trim Dark Burgundy LF
Pelikan 100N Green/Black Binde PIF
Sheaffer Touchdown Triumph Gold-Filled Cap and Barrel Pneumatic Filler 2-T Conical nib

Fred

[Warren]

Playing with my new Wing Sung 601. Seems to switch between wet and dry at the drop of a hat. It might be the ink or a tiny sweet spot, but I suspect it's also because the tines seem crammed very tightly together - like the WS 3013 I have. Have to find where I put that shim.

[Freddie]

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Waterman 7 Ripple Keyhole vent nib LF
Wahl Gold Seal Flat-Top A superb color of Jade Personal Point nib LF

Fred
My head is bloody but unbowed I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul
William E. Henley

[azkid]

Pelikan 140, EF nib
Ink: Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Black

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[christof]

A pair of Pelikan 100Ns pif..Helios bf..Owa fresh cork pif
filled with the Blues
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Fred

Wow! These are very nice pens - specially the blue one. Is this the Helios?
C.

[Freddie]

A pair of Pelikan 100Ns pif..Helios bf..Owa fresh cork pif
filled with the Blues
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Fred

Wow! These are very nice pens - specially the blue one. Is this the Helios?
C.

Yes.

Fred

[Veena]

I used my new Lamy bronze AL-Star EF. I bought some Diamine Ancient Copper to go with it but have not used the ink yet.

[pajaro]

Parker 51 aero metric Midnight Blue medium, Sheaffer Imperial inlaid nib burgundy ef, Scripto late 1950s squeeze filler, Sheaffer Dolphin black with gold filled cap ef with button filler converter.

[HerrFlik]

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Jinhao 599 With Diamine Fire Embers.

Yesterday I had a large leak of Viper Green and instantly blamed the pens quality. Turned out the ink cartridge had split so as an apology to the pen I used it exclusively today :p

[Kaputnik]

Two things which I do not appreciate quite in proportion to their reputation.

The Parker 51 has never really caught on with me, although I've tried different versions. I just emptied and flushed out a different one which had the nib reground as a stub, another thing that has never caught on with me.

Okay, make that three things.

Anyway, this one, an aerometric with an ordinary medium-ish nib, writes quite nicely and reliably, I must admit. I've filled it with De Atramentis Document Blue, and will not flush it out until it runs dry. But I may not refill it for some time.

And the other thing is the book, although I suppose I finally shall get through it this time. I've lost patience with it on previous attempts. I know it's a literary classic, I understand that it's satire, and crude humor doesn't bother me. It's more the casual cruelty that I don't care for. I'm finding, though, that if one can get past that, there is much of interest, at least as an insight into a different age and different ways of thinking.

[guyy]

Today’s pen is a Canadian Duofold Lapis special with a stub nib.

On Rabelais: It was a different age. Is it _Discipline and Punish_ that opens with a blow by blow description of some early modern miscreant being drawn and quartered?

[azkid]

Esterbrook SJ with 9314-M Relief nib.

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[Sandy]

I've been using a Visconti Van Gough Crows in a Wheatfield. It got some flow issues - I'm tinkering with the paper and ink combinations to see if I can get it working right. A really wet ik (Waterman or C'DA next) to see if that makes a difference.57293

[Freddie]

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Parker: Vacumatic Major 2Q37 in Silver Pearl celluloid Striped D-J / Grip Section Speedline
Filled with the Blues

Fred

[Freddie]

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Parker 75 Milleraies C/C with MRO nib
Cleo Skribent Classic PIF


Fred

[Freddie]

Montblanc Diplomat 149 PIF
Omas Ogiva Vision PIF
Pelikan 140 White Trim PIF
Bexley Original Lime Pearl Minker Nib BF
Bexley Flat-Top Jungle Green C/C


Fred
A veteran is someone who at one point wrote a blank check made payable to
The United States of America for an amount of up to and including my life.
That is honor and there are way too many people in this country who no
longer understand it.

[Chuck Naill]

So far I've used both 1942 Parker 51 FP's.

[guyy]

Used a Pelikan 400NN to write a letter.

[Freddie]

Visconti Voyager Demonstrator Au 750/1000 Trim Power Filler LE '00
Ancora Cielo Demonstrator Vermeil Trim Vacumatic Fill LE '98
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Fred
"Hey,hey, hey you. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean, because, remember
no matter where you go, there you are."

Buckaroo Banzi............

[Freddie]

Astra Nova Faceted Dodecagon{ S.A.F.I.S.} Sr Size BF 1930s
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Fred
"Everytime you think television has hit its lowest ebb ... a new program comes along to make you wonder where you
thought the ebb was." Art Buchwald

[Freddie]

Williamson Jr Size Made in Torino, Italy Blue Pearl celluloid BF 40s
Parker Vacumatic Jr Size Burgundy Pearl celluloid Lockdown 30s
Columbus Safety Fresh Cork 1920s
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Fred
enjoyin' Balvenie Single Malt Whiskey

Alex T. which movie ... Blessed Are The Pure In Heart
~ Requiescat In Pace ~

[fountainpenkid]

Williamson Jr Size Made in Torino, Italy Blue Pearl celluloid BF 40s
Parker Vacumatic Jr Size Burgundy Pearl celluloid Lockdown 30s
Columbus Safety Fresh Cork 1920s
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Fred
enjoyin' Balvenie Single Malt Whiskey

Alex T. which movie ... Blessed Are The Pure In Heart
~ Requiescat In Pace ~
Love the Williamson/Parker duo--would love to see more comparison of them, visual or otherwise!

[pajaro]

Ever the unusual.

[Freddie]

Parker Vacumatic Burgundy Pearl D-Black - Jewel 2-T Nib Speedline
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[Freddie]

[B]Goldring made in East Germany PIF Enjoyable every day writer
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Fred

[fountainpenkid]

This Optima is damn striking but wow what a terrible first vintage steel nib experience! Will definitely have to get it tuned...and have the filler (currently a BUTTON!) converted into the intended vacuum design.
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[digitalsedition]

I've been using these today. Kaweco Supra and a pen from Little Pen Designs.

https://i.postimg.cc/Ss2gNdmw/IMG-2773.jpg

[Chuck Naill]

Several holiday cards with a new Wing Sung 601 “flighter”.

[An old bloke]

Conway Stewart 36.

[bunyip]

Tabo V
Aurora 88P
Aurora 88K (Aquila)

[SlowMovingTarget]

I happen to have pens inked up with the first four bottled inks I ever got.


Opus 88 Demonstrator (F), Pilot Iroshizuku Asa-Gao
Twsbi Vac 700r (F), Pilot Iroshizuku Shin-Ryoku
Lamy 2000 (EF), Noodler's Ink Dark Matter
Noodler's Ink Charlie (M/F), Noodler's Ink Manjiro Nakahama Whaleman's Sepia


A beautiful blue, happy green, startling black, and serene sepia.

[Freddie]

A pair of Opus 88 ED pens Omar and Bella
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Fred

[FredRydr]

I used almost all of these pens today, all inked, to write letters, postcards and Christmas cards. The smaller rack on the right has pens for Christmas cards, with three Pelikans with B cursive italic nibs and filled with shimmer inks, and a Sheaffer Nostalgia stub filled with Penman Sapphire to defeat envelopes that aren't fountain pen ink friendly.


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[Chuck Naill]

Mostly the "fligher" Wing Sung 601. Also ran were the Lamy Vista, Lamy Al-Star, and the fligher vintage Parker 45 BP with black Parker gel refill.

[Seattleite]

Parker Vacumatic Burgundy Pearl D-Black - Jewel 2-T Nib Speedline
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Fred

A fairly key Vac. Blue Diamond with the striped section is something you don't see every day. Gee, might as well be Burgundy to put it over the top! 1939?

Bob

[Malcolm]

Sheaffer 1996 Holly...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50820712947_59824ddcd0_b.jpg

...paired with a Franklin Christoph 02.

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[rgperedo]

Both lovely in different ways, but that Sheaffer is very very cool!

[pajaro]

Green 1996 Sheaffer Holly set. A green Touchdown set with Holly caps and box. I saw a pen like this, green Touchdown offered and made my own set. Working on burgundy too.

[Chuck Naill]

Not that anyone is reading, but I used a flighter 601, P45 BP, Lamy Al Star, '42 Parker 51, and a company advertising pen.

[AlohaPens]

Read. :)

(My pen today: Stipula Etruria Magnifica in Miele Selvetico)

[amk]

Today all Pelikans
White tortoise m400
Regular m400
and a Pelikano

[carlos.q]

Pelikan M600
MB 149
.... and I can't find the Lamy 2000 I was using. :facepalm:

[FredRydr]

... and I can't find the Lamy 2000 I was using. :facepalm:
I never did find mine, and that was 15 years ago. I'm tempted to replace it...one of these days.

[penwash]

The green Townsend and the caramel-brown-reddish Cascade.

[Freddie]

[B]Parker 61 Flighter C/C filler Made in GB.
[/B58325

Fred
The blaze in my neighbour's hayrick warms the tea in my samovar.
Old Russian Proverb

[penwash]

A potential buyer asked me for a sample writing from his Waterman Stalwart:

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[Cyril]

I used all of the pens today and did a photo too.
My exercising pens that I inked randomly

[An old bloke]

This gem from Worchester Pen Co. 59563

[FredRydr]

My '47 Sheaffer Sentinel DeLuxe Vac-Fill restored last year by Ron Zorn, filled with faux MB Racing Green, a recipe (https://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread.php/18823-Who-wants-to-make-their-own-Montblanc-Racing-Green-ink?p=236225&highlight=racing#post236225) formulated through the combined effort of Chrissy and me, and mixed by junglejim.

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[MTHall720]

Monteverde Giant Seqouia and Cross Solo. I like the performance of the Cross but I wish it didn't have the plastic body. Smooth writer.


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[Malcolm]

Pelikan M205. Medium nib, Diamine Oxford Blue.

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[Malcolm]

Opus 88 eyedropper fill with shut off valve, broad nib, inked with Iroshizuku tsuki-yo.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51296959525_65bf91c105_b.jpg

[SlowMovingTarget]

I wrote dry my Franklin Christoph Model 46 (F SIG). It had Pilot Iroshizuku Asa-Gao

Also written with today:

Pilot Custom 74 (F), Pilot Blue-Black
Moonman C1, (F?), Noodler's Ink Manjiro Nakahama Whaleman's Sepia
Twsbi Eco (F), Pilot Iroshizuku Yama-Budo

[BlkWhiteFilmPix]

My 1992 Montblanc 144 Classique FP with fine nib to fill out tags for two framed prints I'm submitting to an exhibit in Kansas City.

[BayesianPrior]

Aurora 88 Large with 18k CI nib (thanks okami!) - Pilot Blue-Black
Ranga 3 with steel EF Kaweco nib - Sailor Irori
Cleo Skribent Classic with steef F nib - Sailor Blue-Black

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[Radonactionservices]

Bexley Poseidon Magnum II demonstrator with Waterman Serenity Blue for work notes.


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[fountainpenkid]

Soennecken 111 Superior in light tortoise. Now fully restored by Brad Torelli. Got to watch the whole filler restoration in person and learned a bunch about the tricky nature of working with these pens. I wish I had taken a picture of the click piston mechanism in action; it is incredible.
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[silverlifter]

Soennecken 111 Superior in light tortoise.

That is a very handsome pen.

[mizgeorge]

That is a beautiful pen :)

[fountainpenkid]

Soennecken 111 Superior in light tortoise.

That is a very handsome pen.


That is a beautiful pen :)

Thanks! It is of course more stunning to behold in person. Both the 111s I've owned have celluloid and a hand-feel that feels somehow a cut above other celluloid pens I've handled (OMAS, Montblanc 14X, Parker Vacumatic etc. )

[Malcolm]

Superb.

[Malcolm]

Platinum 3776 Shungyo with a Broad nib...to use Noodlers Black Swan in Australian Roses.

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[whorne]

Just got a TWSBI Precision so trying that out with Birmingham Bourbon Ink.

[Malcolm]

Today, I'm running a Made in England, Parker 45 Convertible, with a Medium gold nib. Have it inked with Diamine Classic Red.

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