How Many Pens Do You Have Inked?

[KrazyIvan]

Inked pens dropped to nine. Had to flush two that ran out of ink today.

Reminds me I should flush the dregs of Scabiosa out of my Perspective. Dilemma: am in a royal blue mood, but that's going to mean cartridges. Should I resist?

You can't resist the power of the Dark Side.

[tiffanyhenschel]

For the first time in a very long time, I am down to only nine inked.

MB 149 BB in Racing Green
MB 139 med in Midnight Blue
MB 149 fine in Yama Budo
Edison Herald fine in Old Manhattan
Edison Morgan med in Toffee Brown
Edison Premiere flex in Yama Budo
Homo Sapiens fine in FPN Starry Night
VP Raden xf in Shin Ryoku
Lamy 2000 SS in Akkerman 15

[jar]

Feel much better, back down to just two inked; flush the OMAS Mezzo and put it away.

[cwent2]

You do not fancy Yama Budo I see lol

[Gulfcoast]

A mere 3 pens inked. I feel so insignificant.....

[thagbert]

Lamy Vista - F - Noodler's 54th Massachusetts
TWSBI 580 - F - Noodler's Habanero
TWSBI Mini - Stub 1.1 - Noodler's Purple Heart
Pilot Prera Clear - F - Noodler's Cactus Fruit
Pilot Prera Slate Gray - M - Sailor Jentle Ultra Marine
Pilot Prera Lime Green - M - Noodler's Bad Blue Heron
Pilot Prera White - B - Noodler's Bad Green Gator
Waterman Phileas - M - Waterman Black
Jinhao 500 B - Noodler's Cactus Fruit
Pelikan M200 F - Diamine Syrah

That's ten pens!

So far, writingrav and john both have the most pens inked at 24!

[writingrav]

[QUOTE=thagbert;21436
So far, writingrav and john both have the most pens inked at 24![/QUOTE]

Well, not that its a contest, but I'm even more nuts than that. The 24 count is what I carry in my daily carry case that goes with me in my briefcase to work home or wherever. But sometimes I can't take it to say a meeting so I have two inked in my shirt pocket. That makes 26.
Since I never listed, here goes: In the case:
Edison Pearlette - Noodler's Black Swan in Australian Roses
Twsbi Vac 700 -J. Herbin Cacao du Brasil
Bexeley 802 - Iroshizuku fuya syogan
Shaeffer Prelude- Noodler's Midnight Blue
Twsbi 580 - Private Reserve Chocolat
Pelikan 200 - Edelstein Topaz
Lamy 2000 - Noodler's Liberys Elysium
Conklin Mark Twain Crescent Fillier- J. Herbin Perle Noir
Pelikan 100 Akkerman Hopjesbruin
Sailor Sappora - Irushizuku fuya-gaki
Gate City New Dunn - Diamine Twilight
Twsbi Micarta - Noodler's Brown
sLamy Safari - Organic Studios Cobalt
Pilot Custom 74 - Noodler's Purple Heart
Italix Parson's Essential - Rohr&Klinger Alt Goldgruen
Faber Castille Loom - J. Herbin Hematite Rouge
Edison Nouveau Encore - Lamy Torquoise
Edison Beaumont Pneumatic Filler - Organics Studio Join or Die
Taccia Staccato - Noodler's Apache Sunset
Visconti Rembrandt - Noodler's Sequoia Green
Parker 45 - J. Herbin Gris Nuage
Parker 45 - Private Reserve Fuchsia
Parker 45 -Diamine Apple Glory

In my pocket
Twsbi Mini - Noodler's Colour Royale
Pilot Metropolitan - Noodler's Heart of Darkness

Whew! For whoever is interested

[thagbert]

writingrav, were this a contest, you would definitely win!

Nice collection by the way!

[fountainpenkid]

A mere 3 pens inked. I feel so insignificant.....

Quality and enjoyment, not quantity. I've been collecting for 2 years and still only have 7 pens.

[liapuyat]

I have nine pens inked - and am trying to work it back down to six. It only happened because I received two new pens recently, and I just HAD to ink them up and add them to the current rotation.

[dsolmei]

I usually have two pens inked at a time. One pen is inked with black or blue-black (today, a Parker "51" with Noodler's black) and a second pen inked with something crazy (today, a Lamy Safari with Pelikan Edelstein turmaline). One for business, one for pleasure.

I think I need to get a Visconti Alchemy. One of the nibs would write with the business ink and the other would write with the pleasurable ink. Thus, the Visconti Alchemy has the potential to be the mullet of the fountain pen world. However, this would be the most expensive mullet ever -- anyone got a spare 5K?

[mhphoto]

Thirty eight inked in the room I'm in. I'd have to root around the bedroom desk to find the rest, but my wife would not find that an acceptable excuse for waking her up.

[snedwos]

No bottle of royal blue, sadly. It's in England with my brother, along with the Havana. I went ahead and installed a cartridge without flushing, and am getting an interesting purple!

[snedwos]

A mere 3 pens inked. I feel so insignificant.....

Quality and enjoyment, not quantity. I've been collecting for 2 years and still only have 7 pens.

Yes, but how many *have you* owned? About 40 now?

For me, quantity *is* enjoyment.

[79spitfire]

Five at the moment (the lowest number in a while!)

[Daniel]

One!








Oh no ........ wait .........







Less than ten!

[fountainpenkid]

A mere 3 pens inked. I feel so insignificant.....

Quality and enjoyment, not quantity. I've been collecting for 2 years and still only have 7 pens.

Yes, but how many *have you* owned? About 40 now?

For me, quantity *is* enjoyment.

I guess it can go either way. It is a subjective matter for the most part. I've had 27 pens so far...

[chad.trent]

Since I got my Lamy 2000 it's been the only pen I've had inked, and the only one I carry.

My other pens are threatening to sue me for neglect...

One?!?

Yep. I still own quite a few. Not sure how many. Maybe 40? But I love the 2000 so much it's hard to reach for anything else over this one. I'm making plans to get the stainless steel version now, and if I do the number of inked pens will jump to 2.

[klpeabody]

I always have way too many pens inked at once. I keep saying I'm going to downsize and ink only one at a time, and then I get a pen pal letter....so I have an ink party and start writing. At the moment, it's 7. I just cleaned 2 last night, so it was 9. Honestly, I don't know what I'm thinking trying to keep only 1 pen inked. It's almost ridiculous, actually, because it simply never happens. It's a fantasy. Yeah, I fantasize about being a minimalist. Is that pitiful?

[dowdyism]

Ten right now and undergoing a concerted effort to get down to four. That may prove to be impossible.