Usually 2, with variation between 0 and 3.
How many pens do you keep inked up?
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Thanks for the input thus far. Now that I'm beginning to acquire a few more pens, I'm thinking that I should only keep a few inked up at any given time. I want to keep at least 2 or 3 inked up so that I can have a backup if I'm out on the go and one of them dries up or runs out of ink.
Usually two. One with blue ink and one with green ink. Right now that's a TWISBI 580-AL with a fine PB stub nib and a Lamy 2000 with a medium PB stub nib. A 51 Vac fine point is next up.
2
Black ink and Blue ink.
Black ink and Blue ink.
Right now I have 3 inked up, and a Montblanc rollerball. When I finish the 1, I won't reink it for a while. I will keep one black, one green and the montblanc is blue.
I have quite a few. I had a lot of samples and filled as many pens as I could to get through the samples. Now that I'm narrowing things down to what I like and don't, I'm just trying to write dry as many of the pens as I can to figure out which of the pens I want to keep in a consistent rotation. That's been a tough one. Think I'm hovering around 8 fountain pens and three rollerball pens. Two Mont Blancs, four TWSBI, a Pilot Fermo, and a Sheaffer No-Nonsense. For rollers, there's two Karas Kustoms Bolts and a Karas Kustoms Retract. Somehow, I manage to use all of them fairly regularly.
I try to keep 4-8 pens inked at all times. At least half of those with be works loaded with blue or blue-blacks inks for work and the remaining pens are loaded with whatever colors I fancy for personal use.
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I'm going to give this a little bump.
Lately, I've been only keeping 2 or 3 inked up at one time. I start to lose track of my pens if I keep anymore than 4 or 5 inked up. Plus, I'm finding that I'm more apt to cleaning the pens in a timely manner if I'm not having to take a few hours cleaning a bunch of pens. Or, letting some pens sit there with dried up ink in them until the rest of my inked pens are ready to be cleaned.
Lately, I've been only keeping 2 or 3 inked up at one time. I start to lose track of my pens if I keep anymore than 4 or 5 inked up. Plus, I'm finding that I'm more apt to cleaning the pens in a timely manner if I'm not having to take a few hours cleaning a bunch of pens. Or, letting some pens sit there with dried up ink in them until the rest of my inked pens are ready to be cleaned.
Just two, my Parker 51 which is my daily driver and my Namiki Falcon for when I feel like pretending to be fancy.
Usually I try to keep it at 3 pens but at this point I currently have 7 inked pens so I am not really succeeding there 
Rhody
I'm a Lumberjack.
One
Currently sitting at 9, although I've had 12 inked at times. I was up to 11 last week, but I decided to drop a couple of fines rather than refill. Plain nibs get boring. 
Bare minimum I keep inked is 6, a pair of fine & medium demi 51s, an old style M200 medium, a F-C Model 02 with a steel broad SIG, a F-C Model 40 with a steel Masuyama broad stub, & a Scriptorium custom with a steel Masuyama broad italic.
Bare minimum I keep inked is 6, a pair of fine & medium demi 51s, an old style M200 medium, a F-C Model 02 with a steel broad SIG, a F-C Model 40 with a steel Masuyama broad stub, & a Scriptorium custom with a steel Masuyama broad italic.
I try to keep it down to one or two but almost a brazillion it seems right now.
Usually 5 to 8 as I write in at least my 3 journals daily.
I started out with many more (10 to 12) and after several dried out, I settled on the daily journals and the occasional letter / post cards.
Also I wanted to practice my writing several times a week and know my pens, inks and papers, this seems to working out much better
Gene
I started out with many more (10 to 12) and after several dried out, I settled on the daily journals and the occasional letter / post cards.
Also I wanted to practice my writing several times a week and know my pens, inks and papers, this seems to working out much better
Gene
2-4 and they tend to dry out, not a lot of writing at the moment. Changed jobs a while back and busy training & traveling.
2 as a general rule; one for work and one for play. On rare occasion 3 (like last week during the blind ink review)
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I have 9 inked up right now.
For work,
TWSBI 580 Diamond, fine nib, Sailor Jentle Black.
TWSBI 580 Diamond, broad nib, Sailor Jentle Blue.
Faber-Castell E-Motion Pearwood Black, broad nib, Sailor Yama-Dori.
TWSBI Eco White, fine nib, Sailor Irori.
EDC
Ranga Model 4C Custom, broad nib, Diamine Eau De Nil.
Jinhao X750, Sailor Sei-Boku (for signatures).
Jinhao Diamond Mini, 1.3 Stub nib, Robert Oster Fire & Ice.
Home Use
Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age Stub nib, Visconti Blue.
Delta Dolcevita Oro, Medium nib, Aurora Blur-Black.
Too many, I know. But I do try to use each one everyday.
For work,
TWSBI 580 Diamond, fine nib, Sailor Jentle Black.
TWSBI 580 Diamond, broad nib, Sailor Jentle Blue.
Faber-Castell E-Motion Pearwood Black, broad nib, Sailor Yama-Dori.
TWSBI Eco White, fine nib, Sailor Irori.
EDC
Ranga Model 4C Custom, broad nib, Diamine Eau De Nil.
Jinhao X750, Sailor Sei-Boku (for signatures).
Jinhao Diamond Mini, 1.3 Stub nib, Robert Oster Fire & Ice.
Home Use
Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age Stub nib, Visconti Blue.
Delta Dolcevita Oro, Medium nib, Aurora Blur-Black.
Too many, I know. But I do try to use each one everyday.
