pens I used today...

[azkid]

Waterman Hemisphere with de Atramentis Pigeon Blue

[SlowMovingTarget]

1. Lamy 2000 (EF), Pilot Blue-Black
2. Edison Collier (F), Noodler's Ink Roller Eel
3. Jinhao x750 Shimmering Sands, Goulet Steel Nib (F), Noodler's Ink Roller Eel
4. 20yo Parker Jotter for scale, Monteverde blue refill.

[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.

[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.

[Malcolm]

Moonman N6...



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

[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
445.jpg

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

[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.