What do you write with?

[Siggie]

I love love love nice pens.
Some of my friends and family understand why I adore them and how I could spend so much money for a pen and others think I'm insane for spending so much on "just a pen" when "for a few cents a Bic would write just as well".

What do you guys think? Any pen lovers or more specifically fountain pen lovers amongst you?

What is your preferred writing instrument?

Here are the pens I own... I'd have a lot more if I wasn't a poor student.




*small correction... the Pelikan is the Souveran m200.

[Sip]

[clubbin714]

Very nice selection Siggie.

I love fountain pens. I love the way the pen lays down a bright bead of ink with the slightest pressure. I love the feel of quality paper, and the sound of the nib as I write, scratching ever so faintly. I love writing letters. I especially like getting letters back, which happens sometimes.


I own about five pens, none of them particularly valuable.


1 Namiki vanishing point (retractable)
1 Montblanc Meisterstuck pen/pencil
1 vintage Majestic in a brown 'ladder' lattice plastic, with a lever fill
1 vintage Esterbrook lever-fill, black
1 polished-brass Diplomat, that came with a matching pencil


Plus a couple of cheap Sheaffers and Parkers, of the $5-$10 drugstore
variety.


I also have a couple of dip pens, which I have not really done much with.

[Siamanto]

I love fountain pens. I love the way the pen lays down a bright bead of ink with the slightest pressure. I love the feel of quality paper, and the sound of the nib as I write, scratching ever so faintly. I love writing letters. I especially like getting letters back, which happens sometimes.
....
I also have a couple of dip pens, which I have not really done much with.

I appreciate your developed sensitivity and taste for quality!

Also, how else could we scratch our Love's name on our arm?

[One-Way]

Man, I'll be lucky if I even have a pen. Right now, I got a Pilot G-2 07. I'll end up losing it tomorrow.

[Siamanto]

Man, I'll be lucky if I even have a pen. Right now, I got a Pilot G-2 07. I'll end up losing it tomorrow.

If I were you, I would offer Siggie the most unique and unforgettable fountain pen, so she can...

[Siggie]

so I can what?

[Siggie]

Man, I'll be lucky if I even have a pen. Right now, I got a Pilot G-2 07. I'll end up losing it tomorrow.

I used to lose pens a lot too... I haven't lost any of these because they're too special to forget. You're more careful with them because they are worth more. People don't tend to ask to borrow them either.

[Soysauce]

I have one that looks like the 3rd one.. but the end lights up..

[ddd]

I have a monthblanc pen set, don't know the model, but I don't regularly use it.

I did use my cross (non-fountain) for about 7 years until it ran out of ink. How it lasted 7 years? I have no idea.