Show your pens!

[Surf Monkey]

Here are some of mine:

First, from top to bottom, a Cross Century from the mid 70s that I inherited from my mom, a Fisher Bullet Space Pen and a bunch of Retro 51 ballpoints in various finishes.

Next, a collection of fountain pens. These are the pens I use most. From left to right, a Noodler's Flex Nib in Poltergeist Pumpkin, a LAMY Studio Palladium, a Waterman Charleston, a TWSBI Diamond, a Waterman Cerene Deluxe in Prussian Blue and two Pilot Capless/Namiki Vanishing Points.

 

[davelog]

I must have dyslexia, I was quite taken aback by the first glance at this title.

 

[Surf Monkey]

I must have dyslexia, I was quite taken aback by the first glance at this title.

Yeah, I think I'd be in trouble if I'd actually started a thread with the title you think you saw...

 

[mrjaguar]

yeah, my first response was to re-read the title. cause I was sure it couldn't say p3n1s.

I must have dyslexia, I was quite taken aback by the first glance at this title.

 

[SilverBear]

I never clicked so fast before!




... I'm a fan of pens.

 

[garryt]

Love the twsbi, been tempted for ages on one of these........

 

[Surf Monkey]

You should go for it! The TWSBI is an outstanding pen.

 

[AlmightyGod]

Someone swiped my Space Pen off of my desk when I worked at a real job. I loved that pen. It would write on wet paper & upside down.

 

[garryt]

Thanks,

How's the Carene, I like them as well?

I'm currently having a love affair with Chinese fountain pens. Remarkable vfm and quality.

 

[jimbalny]

them be sum fancy pens.

ill show you mine if you show me yours!

like my pens?

 

[Surf Monkey]

I see some pen-like objects in that shot, but no actual pens.

 

[MagnusEunson]

I have a number of space pens and various pens from military and embassy visits across the world.

Nothing nice except maybe this one overpriced Carbon Fibre Mont Blanc that was given to me. My father passed me some fountain pens along w/ watches but I don't really know much about them. Something I will have to remedy I guess. -Magnus

 

[Surf Monkey]

Space pens are great. I'm not normally a big fan of ballpoints, but Fisher has the best ballpoint technology by a long shot. The best thing about them is that they also make standard "Parker style" refills that you can use in just about every ballpoint pen body out there.

 

[gramakittycat]

I am an avid pen collecter and jumped on this ! I do some restoration though a few years back i had to shelve my pen hobby;now I am slowly resurecting it.I am not good to post pics but my pens are vintage most from the 1901 to mid-1950s era.Alot of Shaefer snorkel and touchdowns and a good number of gold rolled and assorted pen accessories old ink bottles etc.I also am a member of the Fountain Pen Network forum in addition to ECF.Nothing like an excellent fountain pen to write with!

 

[leannebug]

Must confess..
Doctor pens are not safe around me


Sent from the beach

 

[Religion]

I'm left-handed and English is written to the right, so keyboards were the best invention ever. I do admire all of your pretty pens, though.

 

[Surf Monkey]

They make left handed italic cursive fountain pens, actually...

 

[leannebug]

I'm left-handed and English is written to the right, so keyboards were the best invention ever. I do admire all of your pretty pens, though.

do you make your checkmarks backward too? My (right-handed) DD does hers like mine!




Sent from the beach

 

[Religion]

I can't wrap my head around how a pen can be anything but ambidextrous. The language decides how we write, no?
Na, checkmarks are like everyone else
At least I wasn't killed for being lefty or even forced to be righty, like my parents' generation.
I have learned a few alphabets that were much more pleasant to scribble (switching alphabets on a computer is a drag, though).

 

[Surf Monkey]

I can't wrap my head around how a pen can be anything but ambidextrous. The language decides how we write, no?

It's just because italic pens have a slanted tip. Slants one way for right handers, the other for left. The overall writing experience is the same as writing with a "normal" pen.

The best thing about working with a fountain pen is that you don't have to apply any pressure. You let the pen rest in your fingers, holding it just tight enough not to let it slip out of your hand and then glide the nib over the paper like a little paint brush. Many left-handers have found this to be a superior experience when writing because they don't have to "death grip" the pen in an un-natural way. As a right hander I find that I can write with a fountain pen for at least twice as long as I can with a ballpoint before my hand/arm gets tired.