POTD: What pen/pencil are you using today?

woodsrider · Post by **woodsrider** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:46 am

No pic today (already at work), but the POTD is a Mont Blanc JP Morgan LE with Noodler's Air Corp Blue-Black ink. I really like the color of this ink; it's a nice complement to the JPM.

GregPQ · Post by **GregPQ** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:44 pm

Nakimi (Pilot) Vanishing Point (Medium nib) with its converter filled with Waterman's Purple ink. A great combination.

Greg

smoothshaver · Post by **smoothshaver** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:48 pm

Ice blue Pilot VP, medium nib, Diamine sapphire blue ink.
Dark gray Parker Frontier, XF nib, Visconti blue.
Pilot 78G, M nib (more of a fine, actually), Waterman Florida blue cartridge.

southpaw · Post by **southpaw** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:14 am

Yesterday and today's pen has been a Pelikan M620 Athens with a delightful fine nib.

Images have a bit more purple in the blue than they should, but I'm still figuring out GIMP.

Post by **ichabod** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:46 am

I kind of like this little pencil of the month club idea. Of course, for $9 a month I'd not expect too many luxury items.

smoothshaver · Post by **smoothshaver** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:29 pm

southpaw wrote:Yesterday and today's pen has been a Pelikan M620 Athens with a delightful fine nib.

Images have a bit more purple in the blue than they should, but I'm still figuring out GIMP.

Another nice pen, Michael. Kind of a semi-demonstrator. I like the idea of being able to see the inner workings in a pen that has some color and pizazz.

GregPQ · Post by **GregPQ** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:37 pm

southpaw wrote:Yesterday and today's pen has been a Pelikan M620 Athens with a delightful fine nib...

Images have a bit more purple in the blue than they should, but I'm still figuring out GIMP.

Forget GIMP, what camera did you use, if these are photos that you took yourself. Great macro shots!

Greg

Squire · Post by **Squire** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:44 pm

Yeah, what camera and settings.

southpaw · Post by **southpaw** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:22 pm

Greg and Squire,

I am humbled and surprised! My photography skills aren't much. The camera is a Nikon CoolPix 4800ED. Settings were no flash, macro on, zoomed in a bit, exposure increased to +0.7. Now, what that means in terms of ISO or F-stop or whatever, I have no idea!

Take care,
Michael

Oh, almost forgot to add today's pen, a Stipula Novecento Rex.

And here's it's wonderful fine nib:

Julius_Rodman · Post by **Julius_Rodman** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:29 pm

It will NOT be my MB LE Poe fountain pen.

It suffered a trauma such that it snapped the ink reservoir right off from the portion buried well inside the cap.

I'll take it to the MB Boutique in town when I really feel like it.

BAH!!!! I knew this was doomed from the start...

Great nib and design, but a cheap piece of garbage plastic...

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Kent

D.Irving79 · Post by **D.Irving79** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:12 pm

jesus, i need a new pen. im using my grandfathers cross pen/pencil set.

southpaw · Post by **southpaw** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:28 pm

Sorry to hear about your loss, Kent. On a positive note, MB CS is pretty good (provided you're ok with their fee) from what I hear and they'll likely have your pen back to you as good as new for ~$55 iirc. Hope it works out well for you.

Here's one that's been getting a lot of pocket-time lately and it very convenient: a Pilot Sesenta (it's a Decimo LE version).

The retractable nib is quite handy for quick notes. Here's a close-up that's overexposed to show the details in the barrel:

Julius_Rodman · Post by **Julius_Rodman** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:56 pm

[quote="southpaw"]

Sorry to hear about your loss, Kent. On a positive note, MB CS is pretty good (provided you're ok with their fee) from what I hear and they'll likely have your pen back to you as good as new for ~$55 iirc. Hope it works out well for you.

Here's one that's been getting a lot of pocket-time lately and it very convenient: a Pilot Sesenta (it's a Decimo LE version).

Thank you. Encouragement is needed at times like these...

I bought a Pilot vanishing point a few months ago. Well worth the small fee paid for it.

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Kent

Larry T · Post by **Larry T** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 4:25 pm

Hi Micheal, I miss the old gang at FPN, I don't post much over there any more. I still love my pens, though. I'm using the Signum Nova I won in the Stylus crossword contest. Nice to "see" you!

Larry

southpaw · Post by **southpaw** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:13 pm

Hi Larry,

Good to "see you too." I know what you mean and am in a similar situation. Keep on enjoying your pens and shaves!

Take care,
Michael

dlloyd9999 · Post by **dlloyd9999** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:07 am

Acme Design Studios Homer as the Vitruvian man fountain pen with Noodlers Ottoman Azure. Nice combo, plus I needed a laugh this week.

Rufus · Post by **Rufus** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:45 pm

Today I have two inked: a Visconti Copernicus loaded with Waterman's Florida Blue and a Parker 75 in SS Cisele from the late 1960's loaded with Parker Quink Blue-Black

ShaveNut · Post by **ShaveNut** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:32 pm

My wife works for Montblanc, so our writing instruments and time pieces etc... are all that brand. She gets a whopper of a discount on their products.

smoothshaver · Post by **smoothshaver** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 5:54 pm

I happened across this old thread and thought it might be revived.

Today I'm mostly using a red Esterbrook J, with a (fine) 9461 nib. Since the nib is a bit too fine for my liking I filled the pen with Private Reserve tanzanite ink, known for its free-flowing nature. We'll see how that goes.

Squire · Post by **Squire** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 7:03 pm

Parker Duofold (modern repo) green marble with a medium italic nib.

SMF

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