pens I used today...

[VertOlive]

TWSBI Mini Demonstrator fine point inked with Organics Studio "Join or Die".

Sheaffer Calligraphy pen with "F" nib and Diamine Red Dragon.

Dip Pen with Mitchell #6 and Pelikan Edelstein Turmaline...

[TerraNoir]

Pilot Plumix with a black proprietary cartridge AND Noodler's Ahab with Noodler's Heart of Darkness... AND my Kaweco Sport.

[snedwos]

Lamy Studio F + Diamine Graphite
TWSBI 540 B + watery Noodler's 54th Massachusetts
Lamy Al-Star M + Diamine Havasu Turquoise

[Tracy Lee]

At work today - the Visconti Rebecca Moss RoseQuartz Hampton (14K-M) with watered MB Alfred Hitchcock which makes the barrel look darker.
I was going to flush out the pen last night but after sucking up some water it still looked plenty dark enough to write with. The ink is very close to Noodler's Tiananmen if a little more pinkish.


9626

You watered down Hitchcock? Blasphemy!!! :-)

[00Photo]

Played with this all day at work. Edison Collier with Diamine Florida Blue on R by Rhodia.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7396/12372970784_0559119e4a_b.jpg

[Bogon07]

At work today - the Visconti Rebecca Moss RoseQuartz Hampton (14K-M) with watered MB Alfred Hitchcock which makes the barrel look darker.
I was going to flush out the pen last night but after sucking up some water it still looked plenty dark enough to write with. The ink is very close to Noodler's Tiananmen if a little more pinkish.


9626

You watered down Hitchcock? Blasphemy!!! :-)
don't slice me up in the shower or push me down a staircase. It is only watered down cause I wanted to use the remnants.

Used a bunch of pens this morning at home doing some InCoWriMo work. Mainly Visconti.

00Photo- I miss the crimson glow on the grip section you had with the other ink.

[VertOlive]

Konrad w/54th Massachusetts

[Mags]

A Montblanc Mozart today. It was a little fun :)

[Sailor Kenshin]

Played with this all day at work. Edison Collier with Diamine Florida Blue on R by Rhodia.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7396/12372970784_0559119e4a_b.jpg


That is beyond beautiful.

[kia]

Played with this all day at work. Edison Collier with Diamine Florida Blue on R by Rhodia.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7396/12372970784_0559119e4a_b.jpg


That is beyond beautiful.


That it certainly is. I wasn't sure about it until I saw 00Photo's pics. Absolutely wonderful. I got an email from Edison (being on their sub list), and the new added color Collier looks like it will be exactly opposite, all pearly blue with the white swirled in. I love these Colliers!

Oh, almost forgot, my pen used for today is my red vanishing point with med nib with John Mottishaw cursive italic grind, and Heart of Darkness ink. Had to some some legal stuff again.

[Bogon07]

To start the working week a Delta Musei Vaticani with undiluted MB Alfred Hitchcock.
9740

[Tracy Lee]

To start the working week a Delta Musei Vaticani with undiluted MB Alfred Hitchcock.
9740

Excellent choice x2.

[VertOlive]

Putting out the letters today:

Platinum 3776 w/music nib armed w/ Pelikan Edelstein "Turmaline"
Montverde Prima 1.1 stub and R&K "Alt Goldgrun" (how do you make the umlaut?)
Hero 715 and Organics Studios "Join or Die"
Lamy Safari FP with Noodler's "Rome Burning"

Really suspect I choose inks based on how amusing the name is....

[Kaputnik]

No pictures, but I just returned from an unexpectedly extended trip on which I had two fountain pens, a Pilot Vanishing Point, medium nib, and a Namiki Falcon, SM nib. Also brought a Parker Jotter with a Monteverde gel refill, a Fisher Space Pen, and a couple of mechanical pencils. The fountain pens got the most use, but one must be prepared.

[KrazyIvan]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7348/12439969565_f1ee1bc472_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/12439969565/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/12439969565/) by IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr

[VertOlive]

My new Duke Bamboo arrived in the mail today with 5 InCoWriMo letters. I answered them all with this pen inked with J. Herbin Lie de The:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f261/sparrowe/Mobile%20Uploads/DUKE.jpg (http://s49.photobucket.com/user/sparrowe/media/Mobile%20Uploads/DUKE.jpg.html)

[cwent2]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7388/12198964283_6d36d81d90.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/99367074@N04/12198964283/)
DSCN1226 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/99367074@N04/12198964283/) by cwent2 (http://www.flickr.com/people/99367074@N04/), on Flickr

A no name kit pen Bogon07 dubbed the C Wood Special - inked w/ noodlers 54th Massachusetts.

[Toffer]

My new Duke Bamboo arrived in the mail today with 5 InCoWriMo letters. I answered them all with this pen inked with J. Herbin Lie de The:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f261/sparrowe/Mobile%20Uploads/DUKE.jpg (http://s49.photobucket.com/user/sparrowe/media/Mobile%20Uploads/DUKE.jpg.html)

Now that's nice, just had to look for one, pretty cheap. May have to get one! How does it write, overall impressions?

[Bogon07]

Cwent2 - HP Lovecraft may say that is a singular looking pen, the C Wood Special !

VertOlive - some nice grain in your Duke Bamboo. By the way DeAtramentis has a scented Bamboo ink (it is a lighter green, not sure about the scent though)

Today's work pen is my very first Visconti the Blue WallStreet 14K-M with Noodler's AirCorp BlueBlack.
http://fpgeeks.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9764&stc=1

[VertOlive]

Toffer, it writes very well. The nib is just steel, but smooth, like a medium fine point, if that makes sense. It glided right over my rough G. Lalo paper without skipping, yet not too wet. It's a big boy- 7" posted, 5" without the cap. Even in my small hands, it felt balanced either way. There is a nice little opal-ish accent on the cap, but the resin mentioned on the website as blue and white near the nib is plain black. It really does appear to be bamboo with a laquer finish. Good looking pen, not too pricey: $45 from hisnibs.com.

[writingrav]

My new Duke Bamboo arrived in the mail today with 5 InCoWriMo letters. I answered them all with this pen inked with J. Herbin Lie de The:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f261/sparrowe/Mobile%20Uploads/DUKE.jpg (http://s49.photobucket.com/user/sparrowe/media/Mobile%20Uploads/DUKE.jpg.html)

Very nice, Very tempting.

[imaginerhetoric]

Today my new Lamy Safari came in with J. Herbins poussière de lune & I've been savoring my second ever real fountain pen!9765

[kaisnowbird]

Two pens at work today: Visconti Van Gogh Maxi Tortoise (F) and Italix Parson's Essential Black (F Italic).

Busy day at the office. Had to interview a job applicant first thing in the morning and emptied the Visconti's converter right there taking notes. It was a good start to the morning.

There'll be an early breakfast seminar tomorrow. Ah~ more note taking - I'm looking forward to it. :)

[KrazyIvan]

My new Duke Bamboo arrived in the mail today with 5 InCoWriMo letters. I answered them all with this pen inked with J. Herbin Lie de The:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f261/sparrowe/Mobile%20Uploads/DUKE.jpg (http://s49.photobucket.com/user/sparrowe/media/Mobile%20Uploads/DUKE.jpg.html)

I have had that one in my eBay watch list for a few months now. I like the look of it.

[Bogon07]

Visconti/Kaweco (M) with Noodler's Blue Eel.
http://fpgeeks.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9780&stc=1

[kaisnowbird]

9781

Pity that the photocopier cannot pick up the lovely blue that's swishing inside the barrel. Still my favourite demonstrator (until I splurge on something else).

[VertOlive]

Today my new Lamy Safari came in with J. Herbins poussière de lune & I've been savoring my second ever real fountain pen!9765

Congrats on #2! I do hope you enjoy it. And such a nice ink, good call!

[Bogon07]

At work today is the Noodler's Ebonite Jade PineCone with Noodler's Sequoia Green
http://fpgeeks.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9869&stc=1

[VertOlive]

4 letters w/"The Duke". DeAtramentis' Safari

[reprieve]

Today is a Nakaya kinda day:
Nakaya Neo Standard shiro-tame fox, BB stub nib, Montblanc Swift Seaweed
Nakaya Piccolo shiro-tame string-rolled, soft medium nib, R&K Alt Goldgrün
Nakaya Naka-ai kuro-tame, B stub nib, Sailor Fuji-musume

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7340/12499857443_8a9a1db120_z.jpg

[KrazyIvan]

Today is a Nakaya kinda day:
Nakaya Neo Standard shiro-tame fox, BB stub nib, Montblanc Swift Seaweed
Nakaya Piccolo shiro-tame string-rolled, soft medium nib, R&K Alt Goldgrün
Nakaya Naka-ai kuro-tame, B stub nib, Sailor Fuji-musume

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7340/12499857443_8a9a1db120_z.jpg

:jaw:

UGH! Those are BEAUTIFUL!

[fountainpenkid]

Got the TWSBI Classic working again--the nib just needed to be pressed down to set it properly..now it writes pretty well.

[Bogon07]

At work today Pelikan Place de la Concorde 18K-F with Noodler's BlueEel
http://fpgeeks.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9903&stc=1
hmmpff - this angle doesn't show any of the pearlisation at all.

[Goldfish]

At work, Nussbaum Jon Ross filled with Platinum Pigment Blue, Pel 210 with 0.6mm CI filled with Apache Sunset.http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/14/e9apetu9.jpg

[TerraNoir]

Backstreet's back alright! *ahem* Sorry! A Platinum Preppy [free pen!] with the bad boy of inks...Noodler's Baystate Blue!
Jinhao x750 with Noodler's Ottoman Rose

and and wait for it...

Lamy Vista with Diamine Chocolate. I totally broke my Noodler's streak.

[kaisnowbird]

Freshly inked today:
1. Parker Vacumatic Major Gold, F nib, J Herbin Terre de Feu;
2. Duller by Dietrich Lub, F nib, no brand green international standard cartridge.

[KrazyIvan]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2889/12522843984_7e6542c1fb_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/12522843984/)
Today's handwritten note brought to you by Parker and #diamine Asa Blue. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/12522843984/) by IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr

[velo]

At work today Pelikan Place de la Concorde 18K-F with Noodler's BlueEel
http://fpgeeks.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9903&stc=1
hmmpff - this angle doesn't show any of the pearlisation at all.

My favorite Pelikan.

[kia]

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j111/kiavonne/Pens/Z%20Other%20Stuff/coconut_zpsd5a28b80.jpg (http://s78.photobucket.com/user/kiavonne/media/Pens/Z%20Other%20Stuff/coconut_zpsd5a28b80.jpg.html)

[VertOlive]

Charcoal Lamy Safari/ Somekindabrown Ink

Too many brown ink samples and I lost track....

[TerraNoir]

Lets... I've gone a bit pen crazy since I finally got a nice Flexy nib from Noodlers!

Konrad Acrylic Flex pen with J. Herbin Lie de The
Pilot Metropolitan M nib with Lamy Green

and...the wicked twin Konrad Demonstrator with a #6 Goulet Fine nib with Diamine Red Dragon.

[Lehrer]

Wrote a letter to a friend in Germany using my Lamy CP1 1.1mm with Noodler’s Ottoman Azure. I did my Georgian and Russian language practice with with my Pilot Falcon SEF (with Diamine Sargasso Sea) and my Lamy 2000 EF (with Omas Black). Graded 100 German II tests with my TWSBI Diamond 580 broad inked with Noodler’s Nikita, too.

[Tracy Lee]

Writing letters today and using these
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/16/aje8yte9.jpg

[VertOlive]

Hero 715/ OS Join or Die
Monteverde Prima/ Iroshizuku Kosumosu (Pink letter to a grump!)
Duke Bamboo/ J Herbin Lie de The'

[Bogon07]

Today's work pen - Sailor Pro Gear Imperial Black (M) with Waterman Mysterious Blue.
The whole pen comes out as a black blob on the photocopier. It can't handle the black chrome metalwork at all.

[Scrawler]

These are the pens I am using today. I got up very early in hopes that I could get letters written to my mother, before whatever today's disaster was going to be absorbed my time.
http://i751.photobucket.com/albums/xx153/FPWriter/feb16-2_zps3e43a4b3.jpg

http://i751.photobucket.com/albums/xx153/FPWriter/feb16-1_zps2605c58c.jpg


Edit: the plain black one is a Waterman W2 from around 1943 and is as close as I have to a daily writer (Solferino)
the overlay one is an Aikin Lambert eyedropper from around 1907 (Simplisties Violet)
the green one is a 1927 Aikin Lambert (Treveste Turquoise)

[Aleks]

http://distilleryimage11.s3.amazonaws.com/9a52bf1095f011e38bdf124f524ee003_8.jpg

All mail post LA Pen Show will showcase this beauty :D

[VertOlive]

Levenger True Writer with signature stub nib. Sea Glass version. Sailor Blue ink.

[kaisnowbird]

Duller by Dietrich Lub, Schmidt F nib, no-brand green cartridge;
Parker Sonnet Dark Grey Lacquer, 18K F nib (loving it!), slightly diluted PR Ebony Purple;
Pilot Vanishing Point (yellow), Mottishaw Broad CI, mixed blue ink.

[lisantica]

My "new to me" Parker 51, Ariel Kullock variety:

[fountainpenkid]

Aurora 98 G.F cap. I took the whole thing (except for the piston mechanism) apart and put silicone grease everywhere I saw fit. I hope I have fixed the leaking problem.

[Bogon07]

Working with a Visconti Millennium Arc Red (18K-M) & Visconti Purple

http://fpgeeks.com/forum/images/attach/jpg.gif

[Scrawler]

Working with a Visconti Millennium Arc Red (18K-M) & Visconti Purple

http://fpgeeks.com/forum/images/attach/jpg.gif

Oh, Argh and various other choking sounds. How beautiful.

[Bogon07]

Working with a Visconti Millennium Arc Red (18K-M) & Visconti Purple

http://fpgeeks.com/forum/images/attach/jpg.gif

Oh, Argh and various other choking sounds. How beautiful.

There was a very beautiful orange/amber version on eBay recently.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Visconti-Millennium-Arc-Two-Limited-Edition-Amber-18-kt-M-nib-/111273320545?clk_rvr_id=588866063984&nma=true&si=03xA6yyyuVQY2KoT0LxB59cf7BE%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557#ht_139wt_1329

and the third version a pale blue doesn't look too shabby either.

[VertOlive]

http://distilleryimage11.s3.amazonaws.com/9a52bf1095f011e38bdf124f524ee003_8.jpg

All mail post LA Pen Show will showcase this beauty :D

Aleks, what pen is this please?

[Jon Szanto]

http://distilleryimage11.s3.amazonaws.com/9a52bf1095f011e38bdf124f524ee003_8.jpg

All mail post LA Pen Show will showcase this beauty :D

Looks like somebody spent some time at Brian Gray's tables. Congrats!

[Aleks]

this beauty is an Edison Menlo (b) ... and yes Jon Szanto, i did spend time with the Grays :D

[Kaputnik]

A.G. Spalding mini fountain pen. Needs to be posted to make it long enough to write with. Montblanc Royal Blue Cartridge.

Parker 45 with Noodler's Bad Green Gator.
10062

[chojo]

A.G. Spalding mini fountain pen. Needs to be posted to make it long enough to write with. Montblanc Royal Blue Cartridge.

Parker 45 with Noodler's Bad Green Gator.
10062

Ah the 45 my very first fountain pen now sadly in need of a new nib after an unexpected swan dive from my desk! Using a parker sonnet and platignum no nonsense today and having tremendous fun with both.

[Bogon07]

At work with the big hose - Visconti Cosmos BlackStardust (23K-Stub) with Visconti BlueBlack

[Tracy Lee]

I used my Stardust today too! Great minds think alike. :-)

[broadoblique]

My new Bexley Columbus Pen Show (celluloid). Big and beautiful.
From top: M400, M805, Columbus

10086

[bluefeathers]

:faint: Whoa, Lisantica, what a beauty! I can't think of anything better than a gorgeous pen + Obelix and Asterix!

[bluefeathers]

9781

Pity that the photocopier cannot pick up the lovely blue that's swishing inside the barrel. Still my favourite demonstrator (until I splurge on something else).

What color is that lovely blue? Is it one of the blue tealish colors you settled on?

[Tracy Lee]

Both of my eyedroppers were empty so new samples went in both. The Fusion 82 got Organic Studios Leaves of Grass, and the Dolce Vita oversized got the Iroshizuku Fuyu-gaki. Leaves of grass is growing on me. Does Fuyu-gaki mean tomato soup in Japanese? It's . . . . an interesting color. And bleeds through Rhodia for goodness sake!!
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/20/na6a7yqy.jpg

[Kaputnik]

A.G. Spalding mini fountain pen. Needs to be posted to make it long enough to write with. Montblanc Royal Blue Cartridge.

Parker 45 with Noodler's Bad Green Gator.


Ah the 45 my very first fountain pen now sadly in need of a new nib after an unexpected swan dive from my desk! Using a parker sonnet and platignum no nonsense today and having tremendous fun with both.

The 45 is a lovely pen, but the nib that I've got is just a bit broader than ideal. Very smooth and reliable, but not so good for writing small in a small notebook.

Carrying the 45 again today, and also my favorite Pilot Vanishing Point, fine nib, De Atramentis Aubergine ink.

[chojo]

Today is a beautiful deep red jinhao x450 with J Herbin Lierre Sauvage and the ever dependable Lamy Al-Star 1.5mm Italic with basic blue. I still can't get over what great value these x450's are.

[Bogon07]

Both of my eyedroppers were empty so new samples went in both. The Fusion 82 got Organic Studios Leaves of Grass, and the Dolce Vita oversized got the Iroshizuku Fuyu-gaki. Leaves of grass is growing on me. Does Fuyu-gaki mean tomato soup in Japanese? It's . . . . an interesting color. And bleeds through Rhodia for goodness sake!!
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/20/na6a7yqy.jpg
I love the look of the acrylic/resin in your Fusion82. Does it have a stub nib ?
I've seen Fuyu-gaki interpreted as Winter Persimmon. Noodler's Summer Tanager is another orange that bleeds through Rhodia and feathers like crazy.

[Tracy Lee]

Bogon, yes, the Fusion is a stub and a pretty good one for a steel nib! ;-) The pen is a little short for me, and light, but I do use it fairly regularly. It is a great pen for using samples because of the easy conversion to eyedropper. I haven't ever put a converter in the darned thing!! But yes, this winter persimmon is really something else. It really reminds me of cream based tomato soup. Also a winter food.

[kia]

Today I wrote a letter using my Edison Nouveau Encore in Turquoise Lagoon with Pendemonium's Violet Vote Periwinkle Edition ink on Amalfi paper.

[VertOlive]

Bogon, yes, the Fusion is a stub and a pretty good one for a steel nib! ;-) The pen is a little short for me, and light, but I do use it fairly regularly. It is a great pen for using samples because of the easy conversion to eyedropper. I haven't ever put a converter in the darned thing!! But yes, this winter persimmon is really something else. It really reminds me of cream based tomato soup. Also a winter food.

I like this ink. I wrote a letter with a dip pen today and savored the "Tomato Bisque" look.

[00Photo]

Oh just this old thing........ literally, it's old.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7290/12689020243_bd84464ab3_o.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5516/12689362794_d8cd94060f_o.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3684/12689021063_e0466fa5d2_o.jpg

A WAVERLEY! For being new old stock, it sure had alot of weird gunk in it. There was what appeared to be dried up Vaseline on the section threads and the inside was "rusted" for lack of a better term. I spent quite some time cleaning it before inking it up.

[kaisnowbird]

1. Parker Sonnet Dark Grey Lacquer, M, PR Ebony Purple
2. Monteverde Artista Crystal, M, ink from a no-brand Green cartridge
3. Pelikan M320 Ruby, M, Toucan Black

Shipping tracking shows that my new pens have arrived in Sydney, hopefully they will clear custom quickly.

[Jon Szanto]

Oh just this old thing........ literally, it's old.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3684/12689021063_e0466fa5d2_o.jpg


Dude.

That is a pen very worthy of your hand - did you get it from Deb? I swear, that looks like a dip pen nib grafted into a fountain pen. People with handwriting like yours make me vacillate between awe and anger! :) I hung out with Michael Sull a while at the LA Pen Show, and he did my wife's name in Spencerian. Also saw him as part of a presentation on flex nibs by John Mottishaw. So beautiful.

Thanks for sharing. I'll not show my handwriting around here!

[Bogon07]

to start the week at work :( Visconti Girotondo per il Meyer (B) with Visconti Sepia :)
http://fpgeeks.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10153&stc=1
The resin isn't quite as turquoise/mint green as I expected. It is a fascinating pen to rotate with an impressive mixture of swirling & streaked colours.

[VertOlive]

Some new inks in the lineup today:

TWSBI Mini demonstrator w/ MontBlanc Leonardo Red Chalk. A very good coice for the fine point.

Lamy Safari w/ Noodler's Burma Road. Love that ink!

[Bogon07]

Some new inks in the lineup today:

TWSBI Mini demonstrator w/ MontBlanc Leonardo Red Chalk. A very good coice for the fine point.

Lamy Safari w/ Noodler's Burma Road. Love that ink!
One of my favourites too. However you need Mandalay Maroon as well in keeping with the geographical theme.

[00Photo]

I inked up my Waterman 14 with Diamine Syrah and then wrote an incowrimo letter with it!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7358/12733801415_d11443d5dd_o.jpg

[Lady Onogaro]

Used my TWSBI Classic Mini for a letter.

[picautomaton]

Oh just this old thing........ literally, it's old.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7290/12689020243_bd84464ab3_o.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5516/12689362794_d8cd94060f_o.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3684/12689021063_e0466fa5d2_o.jpg

A WAVERLEY! For being new old stock, it sure had alot of weird gunk in it. There was what appeared to be dried up Vaseline on the section threads and the inside was "rusted" for lack of a better term. I spent quite some time cleaning it before inking it up.

please tell which blue ink you are using, looks spectacular!

[Tracy Lee]

to start the week at work :( Visconti Girotondo per il Meyer (B) with Visconti Sepia :)
http://fpgeeks.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10153&stc=1
The resin isn't quite as turquoise/mint green as I expected. It is a fascinating pen to rotate with an impressive mixture of swirling & streaked colours.

Very lovely pen!! Does this one have a steel nib, or gold?

[00Photo]

A WAVERLEY! For being new old stock, it sure had alot of weird gunk in it. There was what appeared to be dried up Vaseline on the section threads and the inside was "rusted" for lack of a better term. I spent quite some time cleaning it before inking it up.

please tell which blue ink you are using, looks spectacular!

It is Diamine Florida Blue.

[TerraNoir]

The Line up today is!

My Noodler's Konrad Acrylic Flex Nib (I'm in love with this pen!) with J. Herbin Lie de The
Pilot Metropolitan with Diamine Majestic Blue
And last but not Least My TWSBI 580 Rose Gold with Private Reserve Orange Crush

[Bogon07]

to start the week at work :( Visconti Girotondo per il Meyer (B) with Visconti Sepia :)
http://fpgeeks.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10153&stc=1
The resin isn't quite as turquoise/mint green as I expected. It is a fascinating pen to rotate with an impressive mixture of swirling & streaked colours.

Very lovely pen!! Does this one have a steel nib, or gold?

Just the bog standard Rembrandt/VanGogh/Dali smmmooooooth steel - B in this case. However I think the M is a touch better.

Working today the Delta BlueJay (14K-EF) with Delta BlueJay blue ink (probably normal Delta blue with a fancy label)

[Bogon07]

Working hard today is the Delta Arctic Swirl 00/23 (14K-Stub) with Delta Black.
Displaying some attractive blue staining from Noodler's Liberty's Elysium after it threw up a few weeks ago.

[kaisnowbird]

Hi Mr Bogon, very nice Delta Arctic Swirl. From the picture, the pearlescent part looks exactly like mother of pearl. That Visconti Girotondo per il Meyer looks like jolly good fun, almost sweet enough to eat.

This baby arrived on Monday and today it's inked with a diluted PR Ebony Purple mixed with a little Waterman Serenite.

10196

[Bogon07]

Nice lookin' Sailor Mr Kaisnowbird. Appears very similar to my new ProGear ImperialBlack.
"diluted PR Ebony Purple mixed with a little Waterman Serenite." you are a real ink alchemist :cool:

The Arctic Swirl has really pearlescent white bits and when you turn the pen the black ribbon stripes cast what looks like shadows through it.
I think Chatterley also has a version with gold coloured hardware.

[Tracy Lee]

Working hard today is the Delta Arctic Swirl 00/23 (14K-Stub) with Delta Black.
Displaying some attractive blue staining from Noodler's Liberty's Elysium after it threw up a few weeks ago.

Oh no, it stained? Will pen fliush help with that? It worked to clean up some ink stains on the section of my HS Bronze. Still, it really is beautiful and the cool silver accents fit with it better than the gold, I think. Excellent choice.

[Bogon07]

Working hard today is the Delta Arctic Swirl 00/23 (14K-Stub) with Delta Black.
Displaying some attractive blue staining from Noodler's Liberty's Elysium after it threw up a few weeks ago.

Oh no, it stained? Will pen fliush help with that? It worked to clean up some ink stains on the section of my HS Bronze. Still, it really is beautiful and the cool silver accents fit with it better than the gold, I think. Excellent choice.
Yep, on the edge of the cap and in the section threads where the cap screws on. I rather like the look of it now - reminds me of that really blue ice you occasionally see. I removed a lot of staining with some pen flush thoughtfully provided in a sample tube by GPC when I ordered Liberty's Elysium. Did Brian Goulet see into the future ? :tinfoil3:

On the blue theme at work today with a Visconti Opera Master Blue Typhoon (1.3 Stub) with Noodler's Blue Eel.
This pen just does not feel any bigger than the standard Opera, it must be well balanced or something. Anyway who cares some mysteries are best left unsolved.

[KrazyIvan]

Working hard today is the Delta Arctic Swirl 00/23 (14K-Stub) with Delta Black.
Displaying some attractive blue staining from Noodler's Liberty's Elysium after it threw up a few weeks ago.

Oh no, it stained? Will pen fliush help with that? It worked to clean up some ink stains on the section of my HS Bronze. Still, it really is beautiful and the cool silver accents fit with it better than the gold, I think. Excellent choice.
Yep, on the edge of the cap and in the section threads where the cap screws on. I rather like the look of it now - reminds me of that really blue ice you occasionally see. I removed a lot of staining with some pen flush thoughtfully provided in a sample tube by GPC when I ordered Liberty's Elysium. Did Brian Goulet see into the future ? :tinfoil3:

On the blue theme at work today with a Visconti Opera Master Blue Typhoon (1.3 Stub) with Noodler's Blue Eel.
This pen just does not feel any bigger than the standard Opera, it must be well balanced or something. Anyway who cares some mysteries are best left unsolved.

What cap jewel does that have?

[tandaina]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/27/uge8uqe4.jpg

[Bogon07]

Working hard today is the Delta Arctic Swirl 00/23 (14K-Stub) with Delta Black.
Displaying some attractive blue staining from Noodler's Liberty's Elysium after it threw up a few weeks ago.

Oh no, it stained? Will pen fliush help with that? It worked to clean up some ink stains on the section of my HS Bronze. Still, it really is beautiful and the cool silver accents fit with it better than the gold, I think. Excellent choice.
Yep, on the edge of the cap and in the section threads where the cap screws on. I rather like the look of it now - reminds me of that really blue ice you occasionally see. I removed a lot of staining with some pen flush thoughtfully provided in a sample tube by GPC when I ordered Liberty's Elysium. Did Brian Goulet see into the future ? :tinfoil3:

On the blue theme at work today with a Visconti Opera Master Blue Typhoon (1.3 Stub) with Noodler's Blue Eel.
This pen just does not feel any bigger than the standard Opera, it must be well balanced or something. Anyway who cares some mysteries are best left unsolved.

What cap jewel does that have?
Well spotted Daakusaido, those Jedi powered eyed-balls have served you well.
It is a LapisLazuli gem.

[KrazyIvan]

Working hard today is the Delta Arctic Swirl 00/23 (14K-Stub) with Delta Black.
Displaying some attractive blue staining from Noodler's Liberty's Elysium after it threw up a few weeks ago.

Oh no, it stained? Will pen fliush help with that? It worked to clean up some ink stains on the section of my HS Bronze. Still, it really is beautiful and the cool silver accents fit with it better than the gold, I think. Excellent choice.
Yep, on the edge of the cap and in the section threads where the cap screws on. I rather like the look of it now - reminds me of that really blue ice you occasionally see. I removed a lot of staining with some pen flush thoughtfully provided in a sample tube by GPC when I ordered Liberty's Elysium. Did Brian Goulet see into the future ? :tinfoil3:

On the blue theme at work today with a Visconti Opera Master Blue Typhoon (1.3 Stub) with Noodler's Blue Eel.
This pen just does not feel any bigger than the standard Opera, it must be well balanced or something. Anyway who cares some mysteries are best left unsolved.

What cap jewel does that have?
Well spotted Daakusaido, those Jedi powered eyed-balls have served you well.
It is a LapisLazuli gem.

Oh nice. Just looked it up and it looks like a nice deep blue. I may have to get one if I ever get a Visconti.

[Scrawler]

Today is a Conklin P50 with the Toledo #5 nib. This photo does not really show it relative size, but it is very large.

http://i751.photobucket.com/albums/xx153/FPWriter/ConklinP50_zps1f390350.jpg

[Bogon07]

Ending the week with a Visconti Red Stripe Hampton/Verona (stilographic nib) with Visconti BlueBlack
so smooth I don't care there is no line variation

[Kaputnik]

Too many pens inked at the moment, four of them. I generally try to keep it to three or fewer.

Oh well, here are two of them. Top is an Edison Hudson, 1.1 mm stub, Montblanc Irish Green ink. It's a pretty good pen, but I want to like it more than I actually do. Beneath it, one of the cheaper Sheaffer Imperials. I replaced the old squeeze converter with a modern piston type, and filled it with Noodler's Violet Vote. Works very well.

[kaisnowbird]

Nice lookin' Sailor Mr Kaisnowbird. Appears very similar to my new ProGear ImperialBlack.
"diluted PR Ebony Purple mixed with a little Waterman Serenite." you are a real ink alchemist :cool:


Thanks Bogon!
My Sapporo Raspberry would be quite a bit thinner and a touch shorter than your Imperial Black (or I'd like to call it Pro Ninja :ph34r:).

BTW, that Red Stripe Hampton with stilographic nib is very sweet. How does it fill? Power-filler or CC?

[Mags]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/02/a9ahajuh.jpg a MB Mozart is pressed in to Sunday service.http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/02/y5e6yzyr.jpg

[Avalona]

Pilot Prera (pink!), M nib, with Pelikan Edelstein Sapphire (which is a lot less interesting than I'd expect a $22 ink to be. I don't even find it a particularly striking royal-ish blue. I'll be sticking with my bottle of Rohrer and Klingner's Konigsblau once I finish the sample vial).
And once that ran out of ink, Pilot Metropolitan (gold with zig-zags) with De Atramentis Dianthus, which I really, really like the colour of... and then I discovered that I have a near-exact dupe for in the form of Rohrer and Klingner's Solferino. Maybe once I use up that bottle.
And as always, yellow Lamy Safari, M nib, with Noodler's Georgia Peach. I use it to note page numbers. :D

[VertOlive]

Platinum 3776 fine point Koi w/ Mont Blanc Leonardo Red Chalk (courtesy of an FP Geek Doer of Good).

[Bogon07]

Nice lookin' Sailor Mr Kaisnowbird. Appears very similar to my new ProGear ImperialBlack.
"diluted PR Ebony Purple mixed with a little Waterman Serenite." you are a real ink alchemist :cool:


Thanks Bogon!
My Sapporo Raspberry would be quite a bit thinner and a touch shorter than your Imperial Black (or I'd like to call it Pro Ninja :ph34r:).

BTW, that Red Stripe Hampton with stilographic nib is very sweet. How does it fill? Power-filler or CC?
thanks Kai, it is a DRPF.

[kia]

Been getting reacquainted with my Genkai the past couple of days. I'd forgotten how nice it is to write with, in spite of its huge size. It just works so well for my tired fingers.

[Bogon07]

Lamy Silver-Lilac Al-Star (EF) with Diamine Maroon.

[Tracy Lee]

Classic Pens Jupiterhttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/04/mybapeme.jpg

[VertOlive]

Yay for Kyoto Circa Discs--my fave color!

Took my Lamy Charcoal Safari to class tonight, inked with OS "Join or Die"

[00Photo]

This fun Guider Ebonite. I'm trying to get all the ink out of my extra incowrimo pens and just flushing all that ink out is no fun. Might as well use it for doodles!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7320/12919805733_0faf246135_b.jpg

[00Photo]

Not quite ready to use yet.......

Almost there.....

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3735/12940723355_8b18cfa1ed_b.jpg

[VertOlive]

Still answering InCo's:

TWSBI Mini FP demonstrator inked with Iroshizuku Fuyu Gaki "Winter Persimmon"

Monteverde Prima stub nib w/ Iroshizuku Kosumosu

Levenger True Writer w/ Sailor Blue--finally found the ink to make this pen behave!

[Faustine]

I am currently using a Pilot Prera - in the past I tended to not use the Preras as much, thinking they were too fine, and preferring my Lamy Safaris instead. But I've been using the Prera for a week straight now, and actually have NO LAMYS INKED - how weird is that!? I really love how smooth this Prera M nib is with this ink. Here is my orange demonstrator Prera with Pilot Iroshizuku Tsutsuji (Azalea) ink.

http://distilleryimage2.ak.instagram.com/49c532ec94d511e3af6f12ed66271252_8.jpg

[00Photo]

Got her writing now!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7455/12942673525_088ec6e029_b.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7389/12942783923_18cc7aceeb_b.jpg

[Bogon07]

00Photo that is a nice bright blue ink.

At work the neon yellow Lamy Safari (EF) with DeAtrimentis Black-Blue.

[Malcolm]

A Conway Stewart 100 Series, in bronze, with Diamine Ancient Copper.

[tiffanyhenschel]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/07/nasarese.jpg

This is a typical daily carry for me at work:

Vanishing Point, xf with blue/purple mix
Homo Sapiens, f with blue/purple mix
Edison Herald, f with MB Racing Green
Double Ended Edison Pearl, xf on both ends, pink in one end and Shin Ryoku in the other

[Bogon07]

tiffanyhenschel - nice selection of pens. Including a lovely Randan(?) Vanishing Point & a HomoSapiens along with Chronodex too.


Today's work pen - Visconti Rebecca Moss Voyager (14K-M) with Iroshinzuku Kon-peki

[bluefeathers]

What ink is that, 00Photo? it looks almost electric! My eyes hurt! ;o
Here's the lovely new Pelikan I'm using today with MB toffee ink. I'm calling it the 'little green monster':

10290

[VertOlive]

What ink is that, 00Photo? it looks almost electric! My eyes hurt! ;o
Here's the lovely new Pelikan I'm using today with MB toffee ink. I'm calling it the 'little green monster':

10290

More about this pen, please? Photos too?

[VertOlive]

Platinum 3776 fine point "Koi" / MB Leonardo red chalk.

Lamy Safari / OS' Join or Die.

[tiffanyhenschel]

Platinum 3776 fine point "Koi" / MB Leonardo red chalk.

Lamy Safari / OS' Join or Die.

That Koi pen is on my want list. It's beautiful.

[tiffanyhenschel]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/07/du6emy8e.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/07/sege6a4e.jpg

[bluefeathers]

VertOlive, I shall oblige! Happily, since I took about a million pictures of it. The pen is the first re-issue of the M101N 'brown tortoise' (from 2011), but they're still around. I got mine on sale from Casa della Stilografica, and the sale's still going on. Here are some more pics:

10292
10291
10293

[VertOlive]

Very tantalizing colors, bluefeathers!

[Kaputnik]

Some beautiful pictures here. I can't come up to that standard, unfortunately.

I've got a total of four pens inked, but since I got this one back on Monday with the nib reground, I can't stop using it. Montblanc Noblesse with Montblanc Midnight Blue ink.

[tiffanyhenschel]

Some beautiful pictures here. I can't come up to that standard, unfortunately.

I've got a total of four pens inked, but since I got this one back on Monday with the nib reground, I can't stop using it. Montblanc Noblesse with Montblanc Midnight Blue ink.

A favorite pen is beautiful and a treasure no matter its value to others. I'll bet that nib and ink are a gorgeous combination.

[tiffanyhenschel]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/08/epyqy6ut.jpg
I'm headed to the farmer's market and the feed store this morning, so I need something that can take some bumps and bruises and come out unscathed.

TWISBI Mini, fine nib, blue/purple ink mix

[Tracy Lee]

This, among others. Love this Hitchcock Red, finally opened a bottle to run through one of my favorite stubs. This pen was off for repair for three long months. Welcome home, Stantuffo!
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/09/anuzegy5.jpg

[VertOlive]

This, among others. Love this Hitchcock Red, finally opened a bottle to run through one of my favorite stubs. This pen was off for repair for three long months. Welcome home, Stantuffo!
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/09/anuzegy5.jpgYour photo looks so...Hitchcock. Only thing missing is the shower curtain!

[Bogon07]

Oh no Tracy Lee you've spilt about $5 worth of ink :nono:

Today's work pen is the under appreciated Lamy NexxM (F) with ?
My ink journal says Tocan Aqua but it looks like Noodler's Gruene Cactus so I suspect some slackerism in updating the journal. :angry:

[00Photo]

I cleaned up this curious pen. The Hackmo Pen. It has a huge trough for the feed. I think it was meant to write with mud apparently based on the feed size LOL.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7447/13049481113_1b23a4a031_o.jpg

[Bogon07]

Visconti RebeccaMoss Azure FlatTop (14K-F) with Diamine Soft Mint.

[Bogon07]

Today is the GoldSwirl Verona (18K-F) with Noodler's Cactus Fruit Eel.
This pen is a total bastard to photograph/photocopy it is very hard to capture the golden swirl in the smokey dark grey acryloid(?).

[fountainpenkid]

Parker Vacumatic 1st gen Standard in silver pearl!
It is an early opaque barrel type, with a wonderful signature of a certain Milton F Simon on it. It also has the correct USA PARKER nib on it. It is actually quite a bit shorter than the later 1938 standard I have.

[VertOlive]

The big boy--Duke Bamboo with JH "Lie de The" ink.

Levenger True Writer w/ Sailor Blue [the only ink it seems to like]

[tandaina]

Wartime 144 with steel BB nib. Writes like a dream but too back heavy posted.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/12/e9u8epag.jpg

[tiffanyhenschel]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/12/juna8epa.jpg
Edison Morgan in tortoise celluloid with a sweet 18k fine nib. The barrel appears dark because it is an eyedropper filler.

[tiffanyhenschel]

Wartime 144 with steel BB nib. Writes like a dream but too back heavy posted.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/12/e9u8epag.jpg

That nib brings out nice shading in your ink.

[tandaina]

It does! That's Lie de The which I love in any pen!

[RuiFromUK]

Pelikan M800 Broad Italic nib with Mont Blanc Honore de Balzac ink

[Cookies]

Wartime 144 with steel BB nib. Writes like a dream but too back heavy posted.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/12/e9u8epag.jpg

The ink and pen are gorgeous. Lie de The is one of my absolute favorites.

[Cookies]

I cleaned up this curious pen. The Hackmo Pen. It has a huge trough for the feed. I think it was meant to write with mud apparently based on the feed size LOL.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7447/13049481113_1b23a4a031_o.jpg

Any chance you remember what ink this is?

[Toffer]

The big boy--Duke Bamboo with JH "Lie de The" ink.

Levenger True Writer w/ Sailor Blue [the only ink it seems to like]

How are you finding the Duke? Was trying to decide whether I should purchase one.

[Bogon07]

Working with the Visconti Kaweco (14K-M) with Noodlers Blue American Eel

[Titivillus]

Grey Parker 51 with MB BLue-black ink. Still my go to pen.

[VertOlive]

The big boy--Duke Bamboo with JH "Lie de The" ink.

Levenger True Writer w/ Sailor Blue [the only ink it seems to like]

How are you finding the Duke? Was trying to decide whether I should purchase one.


Toffer, everything I posted about it a while back is still true:

Still a smooth, steady writer. Really flies over Tomoe River paper.

Still eye-pleasing, a definite masculine look to it. Love staring fixedly at the bamboo parts and the little opal-ey accent on the cap.

Still strikes me as a well-made, but not pricey pen and I'm very happy with it.

[shudaizi]

Aurora 88 (large - modern, F nib), inked with MB-MB.

[Scrawler]

I cleaned up this curious pen. The Hackmo Pen. It has a huge trough for the feed. I think it was meant to write with mud apparently based on the feed size LOL.

<snip>
I would love to try writing with this pen. You have pointed out something interesting about primitive feeds. They were designed with the ink of the times in mind, and to be able to supply a nib that naturally flexed. Inks in the early 1900s were dryer and less free flowing than modern inks. They did not have surfactants and detergents in them. That means that if you use some modern inks like most Diamine or most Noodlers in such a pen, they will become very wet writers and even drippy.

[Bogon07]

Working with a Pilot Metropolitan Animal(M) today loaded with DeAtramentis Bamboo

[00Photo]

I cleaned up this curious pen. The Hackmo Pen. It has a huge trough for the feed. I think it was meant to write with mud apparently based on the feed size LOL.


Any chance you remember what ink this is?

The ink is Diamine Ancient Copper.

[Malcolm]

Had Ancient Copper in my Bronze CS 100. Now moved on to Deep Dark Green. Lovely. :)

[writingrav]

Working with the Visconti Kaweco (14K-M) with Noodlers Blue American Eel

How did I never know such a thing existed. I love it and am now on a search.

[Avalona]

TWSBI Mini, F nib, with R&K's Solferino
TWSBI 540, F nib (I think), with Sailor Sky High. Until I decided that it really needed a good cleaning.
TWSBI 540, amber, XF nib (I think - why were none of these nibs labelled? Ugh), with what I think was Diamine Soft Mint, which I didn't use so much as unscrew the nib to clean it (it's been a very long time since I used it) and got 3/4s of what was left in the barrel all over my hands and desk. Go me. Now I have greenish hands.

[Scrawler]

I started to write letters today with my Conklin, but it started to get balky for some reason, so I went back to my everyday pen which is a late 1930s Waterman 32 with Roar @ Klingons Solferino.

[kaisnowbird]

Only two inked today:
1. Lamy Al-Star LE Matte Black, EF nib, mixed forest green colour ink;
2. Visconti Van Gogh Maxi Tortoise, F nib, mostly Waterman Serenity blue.

[Tracy Lee]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/17/qu7avamu.jpg

Visconti Mazzi Dragon and RM Flat top. Because rainy days and Mondays always get me down. These slay the blues.

[Bogon07]

Working with the Visconti Kaweco (14K-M) with Noodlers Blue American Eel

How did I never know such a thing existed. I love it and am now on a search.
This thread might be a good place to start.
http://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread.php/5631-Vintage-Kaweco-Sport-pens


At work today Kaigelu316 with Toucan Umber.

[writingrav]

Working with the Visconti Kaweco (14K-M) with Noodlers Blue American Eel

How did I never know such a thing existed. I love it and am now on a search.
This thread might be a good place to start.
http://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread.php/5631-Vintage-Kaweco-Sport-pens


At work today Kaigelu316 with Toucan Umber.

If you come across another let me know

[Bogon07]

Writingrav - I was going to wish you good luck but it seems you've already come across one.

At work today the new Amber Visconti Voyager (14K-F) with Visconti Purple. Super smooth nib:).
Tracy Lee, I think this one is similar to one of your Voyagers ?

[Tracy Lee]

Writingrav - I was going to wish you good luck but it seems you've already come across one.

At work today the new Amber Visconti Voyager (14K-F) with Visconti Purple. Super smooth nib:).
Tracy Lee, I think this one is similar to one of your Voyagers ?

It is precisely like one of mine! Great pen. I do love the Voyager line.

[Bogon07]

Writingrav - I was going to wish you good luck but it seems you've already come across one.

At work today the new Amber Visconti Voyager (14K-F) with Visconti Purple. Super smooth nib:).
Tracy Lee, I think this one is similar to one of your Voyagers ?

It is precisely like one of mine! Great pen. I do love the Voyager line.

Do you know which sort of Voyager it is ?
It had a different type of acryloid to the usual Kaleido material.

[Tracy Lee]

Writingrav - I was going to wish you good luck but it seems you've already come across one.

At work today the new Amber Visconti Voyager (14K-F) with Visconti Purple. Super smooth nib:).
Tracy Lee, I think this one is similar to one of your Voyagers ?

It is precisely like one of mine! Great pen. I do love the Voyager line.

Do you know which sort of Voyager it is ?
It had a different type of acryloid to the usual Kaleido material.

Not exactly. I do know its not a kaleido voyager. I have one of those, looks quite different.

[Bogon07]

Aurora Optima green auroloide (14K-M) with Visconti Turquoise

[Bogon07]

Noodler's Acrylic Konrad Rattlenake & Adrenaline (Flex) with Noodler's Habanero.
I'm surprised at how similar it is to the Delta Arctic Swirl (should be renamed Vortex) except for the lack of ribboned stripey acryloid.

[tandaina]

So. I was bad. I wasn't supposed to buy any pens but this one Montblanc 334 1/2 with a wartime steel nib just sort of fell into my lap... And it was an OB nib. That's like my favorite after OBB...

(Surprise was that it is a *right foot* oblique, not left as I am used to. Oops. Now I get how you "don't rotate your pen" people feel trying to use an oblique! Weird, but I'm adaptable and already gotten pretty comfortable.)

Sorry for the messy writing.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2811/13294080893_524c1bd97c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/84377112@N05/13294080893/)
Sing love (http://www.flickr.com/photos/84377112@N05/13294080893/) by JoAndRoses (http://www.flickr.com/people/84377112@N05/), on Flickr

[Crazyorange]

So. I was bad. I wasn't supposed to buy any pens but this one Montblanc 334 1/2 with a wartime steel nib just sort of fell into my lap... And it was an OB nib. That's like my favorite after OBB...

(Surprise was that it is a *right foot* oblique, not left as I am used to. Oops. Now I get how you "don't rotate your pen" people feel trying to use an oblique! Weird, but I'm adaptable and already gotten pretty comfortable.)

Sorry for the messy writing.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2811/13294080893_524c1bd97c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/84377112@N05/13294080893/)
Sing love (http://www.flickr.com/photos/84377112@N05/13294080893/) by JoAndRoses (http://www.flickr.com/people/84377112@N05/), on Flickr

I thought you were selling pens for a saddle? How's that going? ;)

[VertOlive]

Noodler's Acrylic Konrad Rattlenake & Adrenaline (Flex) with Noodler's Habanero.
I'm surprised at how similar it is to the Delta Arctic Swirl (should be renamed Vortex) except for the lack of ribboned stripey acryloid.

Argh, that is the pen they were supposed to have sent me but I got what geeks here call Pythons and Pearls. I switched to a regular Goulet fine nib and am conducting field trials today loaded with Noodler's Dragon's Napalm.

Also used my Plumix with Pelikan Edelstein Turmaline.

[tandaina]

So. I was bad. I wasn't supposed to buy any pens but this one Montblanc 334 1/2 with a wartime steel nib just sort of fell into my lap... And it was an OB nib. That's like my favorite after OBB...

(Surprise was that it is a *right foot* oblique, not left as I am used to. Oops. Now I get how you "don't rotate your pen" people feel trying to use an oblique! Weird, but I'm adaptable and already gotten pretty comfortable.)

Sorry for the messy writing.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2811/13294080893_524c1bd97c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/84377112@N05/13294080893/)
Sing love (http://www.flickr.com/photos/84377112@N05/13294080893/) by JoAndRoses (http://www.flickr.com/people/84377112@N05/), on Flickr

I thought you were selling pens for a saddle? How's that going? ;)

I sold a bunch and made my husband very happy... Suppose I should sell another couple. :P

[kaisnowbird]

Aurora Optima green auroloide (14K-M) with Visconti Turquoise

Damn, major eye candy.

[00Photo]

New acquisition. 1988 Parker Sonnet.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7245/13367408583_c21b2967fb_o.jpg
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3772/13367405133_19a19eb4ea_o.jpg
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7195/13367639944_ed07116424_o.jpg
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2821/13367260175_ca0036b03c_o.jpg
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3793/13367399813_3d2a038a09_o.jpg
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7458/13367634124_a1c6057ef6_o.jpg

[kia]

Well, it's the middle of the night with a bout of insomnia, but yesterday I inked up my 3776 Century Bourgogne for the first time with Noodler's North African Violet, also a first try for this color.

[kaisnowbird]

New acquisition. 1988 Parker Sonnet.


Beautiful writing, lovely pen. What ink was that? The shading is delightful.

[reprieve]

Pelikan M205 Duo in shiny green with a Binder music nib and Noodler's Forest Green

[00Photo]

New acquisition. 1988 Parker Sonnet.


Beautiful writing, lovely pen. What ink was that? The shading is delightful.

That is Visconti Blue.

[Bogon07]

Back at work with a Fiorenza Lux bordeaux (M) with Noodler's Redblack.
A smallish pen with a small nib. 135mm capped, 121mm uncapped, 158mm posted

[kaisnowbird]

I like its threads at the front. Lovely material too.

[Bogon07]

I like its threads at the front. Lovely material too.
Yes it is a nice material although the photocopier had trouble doing it justice. Maybe not quite the same depth of luster as a Visconti but then again the Fiorenza Lux cost much less.
The threads at the front while not a problem when writing are a pain when refilling via the converter as they have to be submerged in ink and cleaning them is a bit tedeous.

Today's work pen is the fuscia Delta Fusion82 (18K-B) with Noodler's Violet. The photocopier tried in vain to capture the loveliness of this material and it really needs to be rotated to be appreciated.

[00Photo]

Photocopier art pro tip:

If you take a super bright led flashlight and point it at the object it will bring out the depth in semi-transparent materials. :D

[Bogon07]

Photocopier art pro tip:

If you take a super bright led flashlight and point it at the object it will bring out the depth in semi-transparent materials. :D

I could look a bit suspicious doing that at work. :spy:

[KrazyIvan]

You could say you are trouble shooting it if anyone gets suspicious. ;)

[VertOlive]

Monteverde Prima 1.1 inked with Noodler's Burma Road. Love that color!

[writingrav]

Mostly used the Visconti Kaweco Sport with Organics Studio Join or Die

[Bogon07]

Working today with a Noodler's Jade PineCone Ebonite Konrad (original flexnib) with Noodler's Sequoia.

[00Photo]

It's Saturday night so of course I'm partying! Homo Sapiens cleaning party!

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7061/13499211874_4347cb9e5a_b.jpg

[kaisnowbird]

Woooo even your ink stain is pretty.

[Bogon07]

Monday at work with the Pilot Metropolitan Animal (White Tiger) & DeAtramentis Bamboo scented ink.
The smell of this ink makes the back of my neck feel cold -weird. Maybe I will refill with either Lexington Gray or Fuyu-syogun when it runs out.

[reprieve]

Lamy 2000, broad nib, Diamine Händel
Edison Menlo in tortoise lucite, medium nib, Noodler's Walnut
Pilot Metropolitan in black dots, medium nib, Pilot Blue-black

[00Photo]

Spent the day doing some grinding on these:

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2840/13525061485_a0b9d5a13f_b.jpg

[D.C. Wright]

Gate City New Postal (massive ink capacity), with a reground medium nib - stub, by Richard Binder (Principal in Gate City).
D.C.

[Bogon07]

Back to the Kaigelu316(M) with Toucan Umber.
A great value pen, an impressive nib with a kangaroo on it too & you get to do some weight training while you are writing.

[snedwos]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/02/7yvutura.jpg

[00Photo]

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2888/13576043065_5e4864be80_b.jpg
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7329/13576106833_8bef57f425_b.jpg

[Bogon07]

00Photo the Diamine Red Dragon appears to display some feathering on Rhodia paper !

In the office today - Conway Stewart 73 Rose Striatus/Burgundy hatched (14K #4) with Waterman Serenity Blue

[lisantica]

My new to me Joe Cali:

[dannzeman]

10643

My 149 with a 0.4mm cursive italic at 30,000ft.

[Sailor Kenshin]

Insane jealousy. ;)

[Kaputnik]

L-R: Moore Junior, Esterbrook SJ, Esterbrook mechanical pencil. Both pens have Namiki Blue ink. The pencil uses 1.1 mm leads.

[KrazyIvan]

I have been replying furiously to all the letters I have received over the past three to four months. I was using the Lamy CP1 in a 1.1 mm nib with Montblanc Toffee Brown the most. Next it was the Sheaffer Javelin, also filled with MB Toffee Brown with a medium stub. I must not have cleaned that one very well last I used it because it changed the ink to an almost black color. :(

[Tracy Lee]

This is how it is starting, we'll see how it ends. . . http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/07/2a9epa5e.jpg

[Bogon07]

This is how it is starting, we'll see how it ends. . . http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/07/2a9epa5e.jpg
Looks like the beginning of a double Delta day. :)

[kaisnowbird]

Beautiful Deltas, Tracy Lee.

I happen to be using my Delta Animals Collection - Dolphin for the first time today. Its 18k EF nib was not behaving - dry ups and poor startups. Then i remembered that the pen was NOS that never got flushed before the first inking.

I have since given it a warm soapy rinse and a gentle spreading of the tines (they were very close). It seems to have improved quite a bit.

[RuiFromUK]

Swan 3160 semi-flexible medium stub nib with Graf von Faber-Castell Moss Green ink.

[VertOlive]

In the midst of a "Total Pink Out" here, storming the postal stream with a 10 letter wave of Pink Ink from my Edison Nouveau Premiere in Cherry Blossom!

Already "Out of Stock" at Goulet...

[RuiFromUK]

Swan self-filler 3160 with a medium semi flexible stub nib and Graf von Faber-Castell Moss Green ink. Same as yesterday. I think I made this pen my new daily writer.

[Brisboy]

Ohto rook while out and about this morning. Reform 1745 that arrived this afternoon for this evening. I'm enjoying it so far. Slight flex in the nib which is nice. :thumbup:

[tiffanyhenschel]

It's been a colorful day today:
Edison Nouveau Premiere
Edison DE Pearl
Edison Encore
Edison Morgan
Franklin Christoph Model 65 desk pen http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/09/bazypysu.jpg

[snedwos]

Niec to see the 65 in perspective, I've been wondering which of the fc deskpens I wanted. Probably going to settle on the 65 and spend the difference on the Masuyama nib. At some point.

In my bag today:

Parker Vacumatic -- RK Alt goldgrün
Waterman Perspective -- Diamine merlot
TWSBI 540 -- Iroshizuku Take sumi
Noodler's Ahab -- BSB

the ahab was going to be my main writer. But it doesn't work on my notebooks. Craaaaaazy feathering, and bleedthrough. In my Webbie, no less.

[tiffanyhenschel]

Yea, BSB in an Ahab would be a gusher!

If you like the feel of your Beaumont, you will probably prefer the 65 over the 66.

[Bogon07]

Niec to see the 65 in perspective, I've been wondering which of the fc deskpens I wanted. Probably going to settle on the 65 and spend the difference on the Masuyama nib. At some point.

In my bag today:

Parker Vacumatic -- RK Alt goldgrün
Waterman Perspective -- Diamine merlot
TWSBI 540 -- Iroshizuku Take sumi
Noodler's Ahab -- BSB

the ahab was going to be my main writer. But it doesn't work on my notebooks. Craaaaaazy feathering, and bleedthrough. In my Webbie, no less.
Maybe try a different nib in the Ahab perhaps a non-flex one.
The flex nib in mine has a very sharp point which tends to rip & tear the paper fibres promoting feathering & bleedthrough.


Back to the Kaigelu 316 with Toucan Umber.

[00Photo]

Playing with a Edison Collier filled with Kobe Ink #13.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7322/13729824223_740c82211b_b.jpg
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3820/13729779585_a390025bbc_b.jpg
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3716/13730190044_6c553dd77d_b.jpg
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7245/13730203024_0e9a890b48_b.jpg
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5068/13729831343_ecd2a0f612_b.jpg
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3831/13729784825_933d3a4459_b.jpg

[Lince]

00Photo, above post a XXf or an XXXF full flex?
Are you turning the pen around for the hairlines?

[00Photo]

It is a XF Full Flex and yes, I flip it over to the duo-point XXF topside for the flourishes. I'm tricky like that. :D

[Alex2014]

Hi. New here. :) For today I chose to use (a) my M800 M nib (b) Nakaya Long Cigar aka-tamenuri FM ground nib, (c) Lamy Studio Red Royal 1,1 italic (d) Aurora Ipsilon de luxe M nib. Some of my FP's in nicely colored Mexican pottery from Oaxaca:

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[Mags]

Hi. New here. :) For today I chose to use (a) my M800 M nib (b) Nakaya Long Cigar aka-tamenuri FM ground nib, (c) Lamy Studio Red Royal 1,1 italic (d) Aurora Ipsilon de luxe M nib. Some of my FP's in nicely colored Mexican pottery from Oaxaca:

10762

Very colourful pottery, wonderful pens and I expect complimentary and stunning inks being used. Have a super day and thanks for posting.

[Apprenti]

Hi. New here. :) For today I chose to use (a) my M800 M nib (b) Nakaya Long Cigar aka-tamenuri FM ground nib, (c) Lamy Studio Red Royal 1,1 italic (d) Aurora Ipsilon de luxe M nib. Some of my FP's in nicely colored Mexican pottery from Oaxaca:

10762


From a Nakaya nut, can we see the Nakaya please? I love the kimono, but I love the pens more :D

[Alex2014]

From a Nakaya nut, can we see the Nakaya please? I love the kimono, but I love the pens more :D

It's a Nakaya Cigar Decapod in the picture. Also in aka-tamenuri. Here it is, compared with a Danitrio Grand Trio (Mae West) "Taotetsu", my last acquisition.
Thanks for messaging.

10767

[Apprenti]

Very nice, I love the way the red shows through :)

[snedwos]

Successfully transplanted a spare fine vac 700 nib into the Ahab. Carry on.

[VertOlive]

The only pen I've used since its arrival last week: Edison Nouveau Premiere in Cherry Blossom...

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f261/sparrowe/EdisonCherry.jpg (http://s49.photobucket.com/user/sparrowe/media/EdisonCherry.jpg.html)

[tiffanyhenschel]

Successfully transplanted a spare fine vac 700 nib into the Ahab. Carry on.

How is this working for you after a few days?

[Apprenti]

The only pen I've used since its arrival last week: Edison Nouveau Premiere in Cherry Blossom...

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f261/sparrowe/EdisonCherry.jpg (http://s49.photobucket.com/user/sparrowe/media/EdisonCherry.jpg.html)

Wow, I think men will have to be very secure in their masculinity to use that pen! Actually, I quite like it, though it is a tad girly for me ;)

Got a new Mac coming by the end of next week, after the last one died. Will post pictures of my (IMO) lovely pens then :)

[da vinci]

http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af344/996nick2009/Mobile%20Uploads/1522dc5b-015b-407d-aaba-cb6ee7c79cad_zps163d948b.jpg (http://s1022.photobucket.com/user/996nick2009/media/Mobile%20Uploads/1522dc5b-015b-407d-aaba-cb6ee7c79cad_zps163d948b.jpg.html)

[00Photo]

Used this one that's been sitting in a drawer for several years. A friend of mine made this out of Jerusalem Olive Wood and it had a standard kit pen nib that just would NOT WRITE. I gave up and resigned it to a drawer. I botched a repair of one of my antique store finds and saw that the nib was the same size as the kit pen nib. I put it in, and tuned the nib a bit and now, it writes!

The ink is Pelikan Blue Black.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3747/13806588375_1247829120_b.jpg

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3751/13806585215_1cb7a503d5_b.jpg

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5542/13806583635_c520014562_b.jpg

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5100/13806921474_c6505f4489_b.jpg

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3742/13806923314_34c9cd3c0b_b.jpg

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7127/13806605313_de2a569d98_b.jpg

[vistafan]

The only pen I've used since its arrival last week: Edison Nouveau Premiere in Cherry Blossom...

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f261/sparrowe/EdisonCherry.jpg (http://s49.photobucket.com/user/sparrowe/media/EdisonCherry.jpg.html)

I need that pen!!

[Bogon07]

At work today - Piper Empire Autumn Brown(M) with J.Herbin Lie de The.
This pen has an exceptionally heavy cap, it totally unbalances the pen when posted. Nice writer when used unposted.

[KrazyIvan]

Used this one that's been sitting in a drawer for several years. A friend of mine made this out of Jerusalem Olive Wood and it had a standard kit pen nib that just would NOT WRITE. I gave up and resigned it to a drawer. I botched a repair of one of my antique store finds and saw that the nib was the same size as the kit pen nib. I put it in, and tuned the nib a bit and now, it writes!

The ink is Pelikan Blue Black.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3747/13806588375_1247829120_b.jpg

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3751/13806585215_1cb7a503d5_b.jpg

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5542/13806583635_c520014562_b.jpg

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5100/13806921474_c6505f4489_b.jpg

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3742/13806923314_34c9cd3c0b_b.jpg

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7127/13806605313_de2a569d98_b.jpg

Sweet! I have that same kit pen but it is made from wood off the U.S.S. Constitution. My brother got it for me when he did a road trip up into Canada and made a stop in Massachusetts on the way. I would like to replace the nib on it, so I will be looking out for a nib like that one. :D

[vistafan]

The only pen I've used since its arrival last week: Edison Nouveau Premiere in Cherry Blossom...

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f261/sparrowe/EdisonCherry.jpg (http://s49.photobucket.com/user/sparrowe/media/EdisonCherry.jpg.html)

I need that pen!!

I can't stop looking at that pen. Does the picture capture its true colour?

[Bogon07]

The only pen I've used since its arrival last week: Edison Nouveau Premiere in Cherry Blossom...

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f261/sparrowe/EdisonCherry.jpg (http://s49.photobucket.com/user/sparrowe/media/EdisonCherry.jpg.html)

I need that pen!!

I can't stop looking at that pen. Does the picture capture its true colour?

Vert Olive how does your pen compare to pictures and video from the Goulets ?


http://www.inknouveau.com/2014/04/new-edison-nouveau-premiere-in-cherry.html

Whoops - just noticed your latest post in the Edison Family thread.
Maybe they should offer a pale version like your photo along with the regular more intense one.
Then Brian G could be doubly apologetic and have Rachel promote it.

Still using the Autumn Brown Piper Emporium(Empire) with Lie de The.

[vistafan]

The only pen I've used since its arrival last week: Edison Nouveau Premiere in Cherry Blossom...

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f261/sparrowe/EdisonCherry.jpg (http://s49.photobucket.com/user/sparrowe/media/EdisonCherry.jpg.html)

I need that pen!!

I can't stop looking at that pen. Does the picture capture its true colour?

Vert Olive how does your pen compare to pictures and video from the Goulets ?


http://www.inknouveau.com/2014/04/new-edison-nouveau-premiere-in-cherry.html

Whoops - just noticed your latest post in the Edison Family thread.
Maybe they should offer a pale version like your photo along with the regular more intense one.
Then Brian G could be doubly apologetic and have Rachel promote it.

Still using the Autumn Brown Piper Emporium(Empire) with Lie de The.

Thank you:) I agree. Whilst I do like the hot pink, I love the paler pink in this photo!

[Scrawler]

The only pen I've used since its arrival last week: Edison Nouveau Premiere in Cherry Blossom...

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f261/sparrowe/EdisonCherry.jpg (http://s49.photobucket.com/user/sparrowe/media/EdisonCherry.jpg.html)

Nice.

[Scrawler]

Today I did not feel like working, and it was snowing, so I took the day off and wrote letters using a Waterman #32, a Waterman #3 and a Parker Televisor.

These are the #32 and #3

http://i751.photobucket.com/albums/xx153/FPWriter/W3-1_zpsb47a8afd.jpg

no pics of the Televisor, but I will get around to it.

[Bogon07]

Working the Delta fuscia Fusion82 (B) with Noodler's Violet. I forgot to check the ink level when I packed it for work last night.....thank goodness it is half full.

http://fpgeeks.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10510&stc=1&d=1395739773

[VertOlive]

Working the Delta fuscia Fusion82 (B) with Noodler's Violet. I forgot to check the ink level when I packed it for work last night.....thank goodness it is half full.

http://fpgeeks.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10510&stc=1&d=1395739773

Yum.

[Mags]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/18/geqe9yby.jpgi used some pocket pens again today. My Jitterbug and Kaweco Sport.

[Sailor Kenshin]

I flushed and filled the beater Super 21 I picked up last week, and it may be ugggglyyy, with its shrunken hood, but it writes like a dream so far.

[Adrian]

10917

I love using this 1905 Waterman's in hard chased rubber.

[snedwos]

Sweet! I have that same kit pen but it is made from wood off the U.S.S. Constitution. My brother got it for me when he did a road trip up into Canada and made a stop in Massachusetts on the way. I would like to replace the nib on it, so I will be looking out for a nib like that one. :D

I was tempted to buy one of those last weekend...

[da vinci]

http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af344/996nick2009/imagejpg1_zpsf27d0cce.jpg (http://s1022.photobucket.com/user/996nick2009/media/imagejpg1_zpsf27d0cce.jpg.html)

[Bogon07]

Jinhao599 (M) with Noodler's #41 Brown.
Even though it looks like a Safari it does not unfortunately have a Lamy style nib.
The red is not quite as orange as the photocopy suggests.

[serpent]

11009writing with my mini demonstrators today. 1-Stipula Passaporto running on Ama-Iro 2- Pilot Petit 1 which I modded with a Kaweco F nib running on Diamine Sapphire. Even un-posted these are great to write with.
weird uploading pic flipped it.

[kaisnowbird]

Jinhao599 (M) with Noodler's #41 Brown.
Even though it looks like a Safari it does not unfortunately have a Lamy style nib.
The red is not quite as orange as the photocopy suggests.

:blink: I had to look twice to before my brain started to register the pen in that photo. I thought:"Not a Safari and not the Hero copycat either. What isssit, precious? What isssit?" (:p - have LOTR on my mind.)

Performance wise, how does this one compare to the real Safari?

[VertOlive]

Used my new Monteverde Prima in the new Purple edition inked with Iroshizuku Yama Budo. Another 1.1 stub nib.

[Bogon07]

Jinhao599 (M) with Noodler's #41 Brown.
Even though it looks like a Safari it does not unfortunately have a Lamy style nib.
The red is not quite as orange as the photocopy suggests.

:blink: I had to look twice to before my brain started to register the pen in that photo. I thought:"Not a Safari and not the Hero copycat either. What isssit, precious? What isssit?" (:p - have LOTR on my mind.)

Performance wise, how does this one compare to the real Safari?

They are not particularly precious at two for under $11 shipped including converters & cartridges :dirol:

It worked a bit like a Safari I forgot to flush and clean before use. A bit of an inconsistent line at times. However last night I shimmed it & gave it a quick scribble on micromesh and it works fine - actually a fine-medium nib. The plastic is not as scratch resistant as the Safari ABS & could tend to be a bit brittle by the feel of it. We will see after some more use.

Hilariously Jinhao even copied the Lamy converter where you turn the piston too. Same round rod with two flat sides.

Bought a new pen on the way to work too.

[ypsilanti]

TWSBI as a weapon? Just went through airport security, where my VAC700 gave some concern. On scan, the stem of the plunger looks like a knife. So I got to show off the VAC700 (and Diamond 580). Happy to share my pen passion with the folks at Homeland Security!

[Avalona]

Pelikan Pelikano Junior with Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue (still trying to empty out a long cartridge for reuse). Only blue or black ink pen I had around. I figured the purple that I have in my other pens wasn't appropriate for government papers (there's a lot of forms to fill out after your father dies, I've found out).

[00Photo]

I got a sample of Diamine Salamander that I put in my Mabie todd Swan.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7039/14022050433_22be0e3666_b.jpg

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7077/13998845192_f0877b0f32_b.jpg

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7303/13998844702_23f449621f_b.jpg

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2913/14002034975_283ddfa3ed_b.jpg

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https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2926/13998842542_6cc53614db_b.jpg

[cwent2]

Hector

Between your fantastic photography and beautiful hand writing you make any ink look stellar!

Lovin it!

Cw

[Scrawler]

TWSBI as a weapon? Just went through airport security, where my VAC700 gave some concern. On scan, the stem of the plunger looks like a knife. So I got to show off the VAC700 (and Diamond 580). Happy to share my pen passion with the folks at Homeland Security!

This is rather funny, because I was once held up for over an hour at parliament, for trying to get in with a black Rotring 600 (the original model). The guards wanted me to show them how this disguised pistol worked. During interrogation I made the mistake of using phrases like "the cartridge goes into. . .". It was not until an older supervisor came in, who knew what a fountain pen was, that I was eventually allowed to enter. To save the possibility of future misunderstanding they simply banned pens from a certain section, so on subsequent visits, no matter what fountain pen I have, I must hand it in to security. This despite the fact that one may only enter that section with a written permission slip.

[ypsilanti]

TWSBI as a weapon? Just went through airport security, where my VAC700 gave some concern. On scan, the stem of the plunger looks like a knife. So I got to show off the VAC700 (and Diamond 580). Happy to share my pen passion with the folks at Homeland Security!

This is rather funny, because I was once held up for over an hour at parliament, for trying to get in with a black Rotring 600 (the original model). The guards wanted me to show them how this disguised pistol worked. During interrogation I made the mistake of using phrases like "the cartridge goes into. . .". It was not until an older supervisor came in, who knew what a fountain pen was, that I was eventually allowed to enter. To save the possibility of future misunderstanding they simply banned pens from a certain section, so on subsequent visits, no matter what fountain pen I have, I must hand it in to security. This despite the fact that one may only enter that section with a written permission slip.


They banned pens?? I assume you're still permitted to use a pencil. The point mustn't be too sharp, of course.

[Scrawler]

TWSBI as a weapon? Just went through airport security, where my VAC700 gave some concern. On scan, the stem of the plunger looks like a knife. So I got to show off the VAC700 (and Diamond 580). Happy to share my pen passion with the folks at Homeland Security!

This is rather funny, because I was once held up for over an hour at parliament, for trying to get in with a black Rotring 600 (the original model). The guards wanted me to show them how this disguised pistol worked. During interrogation I made the mistake of using phrases like "the cartridge goes into. . .". It was not until an older supervisor came in, who knew what a fountain pen was, that I was eventually allowed to enter. To save the possibility of future misunderstanding they simply banned pens from a certain section, so on subsequent visits, no matter what fountain pen I have, I must hand it in to security. This despite the fact that one may only enter that section with a written permission slip.


They banned pens?? I assume you're still permitted to use a pencil. The point mustn't be too sharp, of course.

I have never tried to take a pencil in, but I just asked someone who works there and she tells me that pencils are now banned too, but as they are less likely to show up on the scanners if hidden in an inner jacket pocket it is feasible that someone could get a pencil in. However I would never try because I value my continued ability to enter that chamber and would never knowingly do anything that would put that privilege at risk.

[TMac]

Used my new Monteverde Prima in the new Purple edition inked with Iroshizuku Yama Budo. Another 1.1 stub nib.

Any chance you can post a photo? I have one on order that seems to be taking forever (8 days) to leave the seller. Can't wait to see it.

[VertOlive]

Used my new Monteverde Prima in the new Purple edition inked with Iroshizuku Yama Budo. Another 1.1 stub nib.

Any chance you can post a photo? I have one on order that seems to be taking forever (8 days) to leave the seller. Can't wait to see it.


All I have is the Goulet pic:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f261/sparrowe/purpleprima.jpg (http://s49.photobucket.com/user/sparrowe/media/purpleprima.jpg.html)

I now have two of these--my first one is turquoise, both in 1.1 stub nib. Just really enjoy these Primas! The photo is quite true to the actual color.

[Bogon07]

Used my new Monteverde Prima in the new Purple edition inked with Iroshizuku Yama Budo. Another 1.1 stub nib.

Any chance you can post a photo? I have one on order that seems to be taking forever (8 days) to leave the seller. Can't wait to see it.


All I have is the Goulet pic:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f261/sparrowe/purpleprima.jpg (http://s49.photobucket.com/user/sparrowe/media/purpleprima.jpg.html)

I now have two of these--my first one is turquoise, both in 1.1 stub nib. Just really enjoy these Primas! The photo is quite true to the actual color.
My Prima is a green swirl also with the 1.1 stub, such an enjoyable pen to use.
The Goulet Pen Co has some of the best photographic representations of the true colour of pens around. This typifies Brian's attention to detail.
At one stage they were the only site to show the real colour of the Imperial Blue Lamy Studio while everyone else just used Lamy's incorrectly toned stock photo.