Thread: Any Fountain Pen Users?

I'm pretty sure Mick may make a good point, I recall a thread on the fountain pen network (all one word) talking of fountain pens for lefties, and quick drying ink can be a solution...

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

I'm pretty sure Mick may make a good point, I recall a thread on the fountain pen network (all one word) talking of fountain pens for lefties, and quick drying ink can be a solution...

I abjectly reject that good sir. I have not yet once, made a point good enough, to satisfy my love of all things sharp!


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

I abjectly reject that good sir. I have not yet once, made a point good enough, to satisfy my love of all things sharp!


Mick

You make good, solid points all the time, you're a good 'leveler' ...

Ah you only say that because you see me stringing everyone aloing all the tiome...String Aloing...String line...Leveler...Yeah poor I know...


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

Ah you only say that because you see me stringing everyone aloing all the tiome...String Aloing...String line...Leveler...Yeah poor I know...


Mick

Yep poor, I think Carl might be attempting or at least trying out "serious".
But he is right that you cut through a lot of the bull poo.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

Yep poor, I think Carl might be attempting or at least trying out "serious".
But he is right that you cut through a lot of the bull poo.

Well...I guess I stand complimented then. Thank you.


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

Well...I guess I stand complimented then. Thank you.


Mick

You are welcome.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

Yep poor, I think Carl might be attempting or at least trying out "serious".
But he is right that you cut through a lot of the bull poo.

I DO have a serious side you know, but normally it's hidden under all my incredibly sharp wit...

This is my little collection of daily use pens.



All are filled with Noodlers inks, and I have smoothed all of the (fine) nibs on the Lamys safaris (the 8 pens on the left) using 0.5 then 0.3 micron lapping film.

The Nibs were more then acceptable out of the box but after about ten minutes work on each their performance were transformed!

The clear pen is a Noodlers Ahad with a fine two tone nib from Goulet pens and the last pen is my fathers engraved parker 45 with a fine 14K nib.

Inks are (in order left to right): Fox red; Hunter green; The violet vote, Luxury Blue, La reine mauve; Upper Ganges blue; Rachmaninov; Lexington Gre(a)y; Bay state blue (BSB), and; Coral Sea Blue.

Not shown is a black Lamy safari with a fine (smoothed) nib filled with Noodlers “the heart of darkness” (which seems to behave just a little beter then the standard bullet proof black)

The eternal nature of these inks satisfies the very vain notion that my words are worthy of being consigned to posterity. The BSB, although not eternal, is in my rotation because I just love the colour.

I had nearly given up on the Rachmaninov as it was very dry, hard to start and dried out if left uncapped for any period of time, but it has been working flawlessly since the last fill. I attribute this to not completely washing away all of the “pen flush” that I used to clean the pen before filling.

The Ahab was purchased specifically for the BSB which I could not get to work in any of the lamys. The original flex nib was not to my liking as it was too fine unflexed, however the two-tone nib is superb. It truly is “smooth with a hint of feedback”. I couldn’t fully comprehend what such a description entailed until the instant I put the pen to paper!

The pen works flawlessly with the BSB and has a reasonable ink capacity, which is good because the colour is so addictive that I can’t stop myself from doodling on every bit of blank paper.

I have had the Coral sea Blue for a while and still cannot decide if I like the colour (a blue-green-grey). It’s vintage look suits the pen and being an Australian exclusive it appeals to my patriotism (or perhaps that should be parochialism).

These are my highlighters and vintage pens waiting for restoration.



The highlighters are platinum preppy’s which use (and need to be refilled) with Noodlers highlighter ink.

The vintage pens belong to my father and his father, which I have appropriated as both are retired.

The first vintage is may grandfathers parker 51 Aerometric in burgundy, it has the breather hole about a third of the way along the barrel which IIRC makes it circa 1953. The cap has been lost and the sack in the filler has a hole in it such that it won’t take any ink. The nib is gold and appears to be medium to broad.

The second is my grandfathers Wahl-Eversharp skyline in garnet modern stripe. The ink sack has disintegrated and it has a 14k gold nib with a reasonable amount of flex in it (although the tines are badly misaligned).

The last is my fathers engraved parker duofold. It has a broad 14K gold #10 nib with a little bit of flex in it (which may just be a result of age and fatigue). There is a fairly serious crack in the barrel at the threads and the ink sack has a hole in it.

Thanks for looking.

Kind regards,

Neal