Fantastic Fountain Pens

[Mendel]

The following pens are my "go to" pens. They consistently write nice with any of the inks I use (Diamine, PR, Levengers):

Parker:
51 Burgundy
Thank you Brian!

Pelikan:
M200 Green Marble Fine Nib
This pen is excellent!!!

Platinum:
Blue Plasir Fine Nib
Fantastic pen for the price!

Pilot:
Metropolitan Medium Nib
Another fantastic pen for the price.

TWSBI:
Diamond 540 Sapphire Blue Fine and Extra Fine Nibs
I am the originator of Team TWSBI!

Visconti:
Van Gogh Starry Night Medium Nib
Very smooth, but I need a fine nib.

Kaweco:
Blue Ice Sport Medium and Extra Fine Nibs
Love it!

Lamy:
Safari Charcoal Extra Fine, Fine, and Medium Nibs
Safari Red Fine and Extra Fine Nibs
Vista Demonstrator Extra Fine Nib
All of these write well.

Levenger:
​True Writer Classic Black Marble Fine Nib
True Writer Classic with Medium Stub Nib
Very smooth.

Monteverde:
White/Blue Regatta with 1.1 Stub Nib
I love this pen!

Nemosine:
Navy Fission with Medium Italic Nib and Extra Fine Nib
Heavy pen but writes well.

Important note: My Franklin Christoph BB Collegia and Bellus fountain pens are now part of this list. brianw helped me resolve my issues with them

 

[celestino]

Mendel, it seems like you are really enjoying your pens!

 

[brianw]

And to think Mendel has only been into FP's since October.... Nice collection there Mendel, except for 1 or 2.....

 

[ChefJohnBoy-ardee]

Wow, October... Nice!

 

[andrew98]

Yeah. He went off the deep end fast! I can't imagine going through that myself...

-Andy

 

[Dave258]

Very nice collection Mendel, enjoy them!

 

[jzuzphreek]

So where's Gilligan's list of favorites?

 

[Mendel]

So where's Gilligan's list of favorites?

Gilligan's favorite pen is the Monteverde Regatta.

 

[syngent]

I love my MV 1.1, but the cat loves the vintage pelikan

 

[jzuzphreek]

I love my MV 1.1, but the cat loves the vintage pelikan

Specially when it's loaded with Elysium right?