How Many Pens Do You Have Inked?

[although]

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

I think I need a new system

[Driften]

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

[FredRydr]

... didn't clean any pens out. Maybe I should go though and see what isn't getting used and clean a few more out.

Yeah, you gotta watch that.

[Runnin_Ute]

I think it is 8 or 9 today.

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[mhosea]

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[Joygernaut]

Small collection but I use them all frequently.


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[Empty_of_Clouds]

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

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

My pens are:

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

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

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

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

[SIR]

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

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

[junglejim]

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

All the Best.

[azkid]

Several pens just ran out.

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

[SIR]

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

They look nice...

[azkid]

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

They look nice...

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

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

[Kulprit]

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


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[jodylud]

Currently 17

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[Nevermore]

I find this thinking and strategy quite endearing

[azkid]

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

[suzy01]

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

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[AzJon]

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

[southpaw52]

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

[Eddie Southgate]

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

Eddie