Today I am using my new fountain pen the Hongdian M2 EF with Diamine Twilight
What's in your pocket today?
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Lanbitou 3059 EF, Platinum Citrus Black
Pelikan M800 black-red fountain pen/J.Herbin Cafe Des Iles ink.
Kaweco Brass Sport EF, Diamine Golden Brown
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Green striped Pelikan 140, fine 14k nib + cheerful Waterman Florida blue ink
2012 Franklin-Christoph B&B Essential (B) with Stipula Musk Green
AimlessWanderer
Remember to forget me!
I'm obviously not writing enough at home. Well, I have been putting marks on paper, but only with pencil in a puzzle book. I had need of a fountain pen earlier, and all three inked pens had dried feeds. I got the Baoer 388 working with just a bit of spittle on the nib slot. The Diamine Ochre was back flowing properly within half a dozen words.
The two Parkers will probably need their nibs wafting under a slow running cold tap, then a paragraph or two of writing. That usually wakes them up just fine, and they'll usually keep awake for at least a few days after too..
The two Parkers will probably need their nibs wafting under a slow running cold tap, then a paragraph or two of writing. That usually wakes them up just fine, and they'll usually keep awake for at least a few days after too..
Newly Milan Pen Show acquisition, Pelikan 140 from '52-'53
Pilot 912 Soft Fine Medium, Pilot Iroshizuku fuyu-syogun. It's a great ink - a fast drying, water resistant bluish grey.
Sailor 1911 Maki-e Hinageshi by master Kosen Oshita. But, Sailor messed up here. The clip covers part of the Maki-e and can't be turned as it has to sit in a groove on the cap. Poor design. Apart from this it is a very nice decoration and nice soft writer.
Freshly serviced by the Sheaffer vacuum filler guru, the wonderful Gerry Berg! 
What do you guys write down with your pens on a regular day? This is a serious question I have. They only pen use I see in my life, is writing down a shopping list every few days. For this I use a pencil or some cheap ballpoint pen. I don't keep journals nor do I write letters. And at the office everything is digital.
At work, most of my notes are hand written; records of meetings, diary entries, etc. At home, journals and fiction.
Journal and I write all my engineering notes by hand at work. I also found that the process of writing things by hand, I can remember things better.
AimlessWanderer
Remember to forget me!
I keep a small pocket sized notebook for grocery shopping, and will jot down in it whenever I see something running low, or get an urge for something different. I have a second book for non-grocery shopping, which helps me quell or offset spontaneous urges, as well as record gift ideas for people in the family.
Most of the ink just goes in an A4 pad, whose purpose is just for thinking out loud. It is not a journal to be kept for posterity, or ever read my others, just to address my thoughts in the moment, particularly if I have any king of project on the go, immediate life challenge, or anything else that gets my mind racing or straying off the beaten track.
Work notes, signing orders at work
