What pens are we carrying today?

Luscombe · Mar 10, 2013

Not exactly in my pocket today but I will have it by the end of the week. A Danitrio Cum Laude. They are discontinuing these. Check out the review here http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/334858-Pen-Review-Danitrio-Cum-Laude-(Cumlaude).

I have no affiliation with the seller or reviewers. I have always desired a Danitrio.

Gary

John in Covina · Mar 13, 2013

That is a steal @ $75!

John in Covina · Mar 13, 2013

I been using my Pelikan 200 in the amber transparent and the broad nib. It is a smooth writer but need to write bigger than usual.

John in Covina · May 29, 2013

Clear Demonstrator Lamy Allstar with fine point and using Lamy blue ink!

Shangas · May 29, 2013

1900s Waterman eyedropper.
1950s Conway Stewart squeeze-filler.

Steven180 · May 30, 2013

Bexley 2007 Owners Club with Monte Blanc Jonathon Swift

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Bexley Summer Storm Corona with Noodler's Ellis Island.

STEVIEBOY1 · May 30, 2013

It's good to see that so many people still use fountain pens as I do. We had to use them at school and I have used them ever since. I do not have great handwriting even now, but using a proper fountain pen does seem to improve things somewhat and I enjoy using it. I am traditional and still enjoy writing letters rather than doing everything by e-mail etc.

Ball points were frowned upon by many of our school teachers and one master used to make us write lines after school for using ballpoints. (Using a fountain pen, very tedious it was too!)

Shangas · May 30, 2013

I must promise never to use a ballpoint not never ever ever again.
I must promise never to use a ballpiont not never ever ever again...

GHT · May 30, 2013

When I went to Grammar School in 1957, my father gave me his Osmiroid fountain pen. I still use it today. The only problem is getting replacement bladders, but I have found an amazing source, in India. I can't be arsed to photograph it to show you, it's not worth a lot,
financially, but to me it's priceless. Here's something very similar on E-bay. http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgu...qnUbezO6ad0AWP3IHQAQ&ved=0CEMQ9QEwBg&dur=3343

STEVIEBOY1 · May 31, 2013

GHT said:
When I went to Grammar School in 1957, my father gave me his Osmiroid fountain pen. I still use it today. The only problem is getting replacement bladders, but I have found an amazing source, in India. I can't be arsed to photograph it to show you, it's not worth a lot,
financially, but to me it's priceless. Here's something very similar on E-bay. http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgu...qnUbezO6ad0AWP3IHQAQ&ved=0CEMQ9QEwBg&dur=3343

Yes, I have used an Osmiroid in the past, I recall that it was very good, not sure what happened to it. No doubt left it at one of my places of work, or perhaps someone "walked off with it".

STEVIEBOY1 · May 31, 2013

Shangas said:
I must promise never to use a ballpoint not never ever ever again.
I must promise never to use a ballpiont not never ever ever again...

Yes, it would have been something like that.

<I was going to say that it was "something along those lines", but just saw an awful cringeworthy pun in that !>

(By the way I note an interesting spelling of Ballpoint on the 2nd row.)

Rgds.

John in Covina · Jun 14, 2013

I have been writing on some cheap Walmart yellow pads and it is playing havoc with my Esterbrook, switched to My Lamy Allstar Safari (The Aluminum body ones) in a broad nib. This has conquered the paper so far.

HudsonHawk · Jun 15, 2013

John in Covina said:
I have been writing on some cheap Walmart yellow pads and it is playing havoc with my Esterbrook, switched to My Lamy Allstar Safari (The Aluminum body ones) in a broad nib. This has conquered the paper so far.

Is there a better value in pens than the Lamy Safari? I've got five or six of them, and love them.

John in Covina · Jun 15, 2013

The Safari and the Alstar are quite good, I have a clear and the Aluminum one, both are nice. i have given them as gifts in the past.

I haven't tried the Noodlers pens yet but have heard some good things so they might be a good value. I Liked the Rotring Core in a Broad nib, ugly but a good writer. Pilot had their Knight which was about $10 bucks more than the Lamy, it was a good writer. Pelikan's Go fountain pen and the M75 were great as starter pens, but had to find in the US.

The student pens from Europe are a unique niche, often worth exploring.

Shangas · Jun 16, 2013

My pen of late has been my 1940s English Parker Duofold.

Pinhead · Jun 16, 2013

I'll tip my hand.

I've met fountain pen aficionados and I do appreciate a fine pen. (I was the only kid in grade school to use a fountain pen (a common drug-store variety) because I was weird, like that.) However, I work in sub-zero and 120°+ environments. I require a manly, man's man pen.

Probably the last one I'll ever need (until I lose it or a customer pockets it):

http://countycomm.com/stainlesspen.html

HudsonHawk · Jun 17, 2013

Pinhead said:
I'll tip my hand.

I've met fountain pen aficionados and I do appreciate a fine pen. (I was the only kid in grade school to use a fountain pen (a common drug-store variety) because I was weird, like that.) However, I work in sub-zero and 120°+ environments. I require a manly, man's man pen.

Probably the last one I'll ever need (until I lose it or a customer pockets it):

http://countycomm.com/stainlesspen.html

By the simple nature of how they work, fountain pens can be ill-suited for certain environments. When I am in the field, I need ink that is instant and waterproof. I use a Sharpie ultra fine. Fountain pens are also cumbersome to use on an airplane. I have no trouble preparing properly and taking one along for the ride, but don't try to use it in the air.

Pinhead · Jun 17, 2013

HudsonHawk said:
By the simple nature of how they work, fountain pens can be ill-suited for certain environments. When I am in the field, I need ink that is instant and waterproof. I use a Sharpie ultra fine. Fountain pens are also cumbersome to use on an airplane. I have no trouble preparing properly and taking one along for the ride, but don't try to use it in the air.

Sharpies freeze instantly when exposed to very cold weather and bleed severely on wet paper. The Fisher pressurized refills have never frozen on me (if I keep them in my pants pocket), and work, somewhat, on wet paper, but they only produce globs when the environment is very hot.

I always have backup pencils ::shudder:: on hand (Everyone knows the old joke about the US and Russian space program's approach to writing instruments!).

HudsonHawk · Jun 17, 2013

Pinhead said:
Sharpies freeze instantly when exposed to very cold weather and bleed severely on wet paper. The Fisher pressurized refills have never frozen on me (if I keep them in my pants pocket), and work, somewhat, on wet paper, but they only produce globs when the environment is very hot.

I don't know about freezing weather, I work more in the heat than the cold. But I've never had a problem with a Sharpie getting wet.

I always have backup pencils ::shudder:: on hand (Everyone knows the old joke about the US and Russian space program's approach to writing instruments!).

I use a pencil often, as I sometimes need to make corrections and adjustments. I like the mechanical kind, of course. I've been using the same one for nearly 30 years almost daily.

Pinhead · Jun 17, 2013

HudsonHawk said:
I like the mechanical kind, of course. I've been using the same one for nearly 30 years almost daily.

There you go! I still prefer my Staedtler lead holders (only when I know I won't lose them forever if I drop them), from when I did some drafting in the pre-computer days.

I can tell a guy that's been around the block a few times if he recognizes what they are.

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