Top 5 pens I used this week

I do not expect this to be a regular event but I decided to post the top 5 pens I used this week. Simple... right? Sure! These are not necessarily the top 5 pens that I would grab in case of fire, but these were my work horses for the week. This week.

Top to Bottom
-My beloved Montblanc (used mostly for note taking)
-Pilot G-3 (used for my main to do list in a Foray Notebook)
-Sheaffer Cartridge (green ink for whatever)
-Parker 51 (when I have to write something smart)
-Pilot G-6 (with a .4 Sarasa navy blue refill for my notebook as well)

Here are the business ends. I know everyone has their own opinions of what are good pens. For me- price has nothing to do with it, I judge on how they write, how they feel and how reliable they are to me. What's great is that we all have our top 5's. Some people might might have a top 1! More power to you.

Another week in the books, have a great weekend everyone.

Seth

Guest Pen Cup #3 (and you will hate me.)

(Deep Breath) OK, So my mother-in-law is a frequent reader to my blog and noticed that I posted a few guest pen cups in the past (going out to a friend or family member and shooting their pens.) Fun idea and it changes things up a bit. I knew she had a cup at her house that at some point I wanted to get to and here it is.

When we all gathered together for Christmas this year, I was a little confused when I opened up a perfectly wrapped box and this cup was sitting in the bottom staring at me. My first reaction was "great, she brought the cup so I can shoot it" then my wife slapped me in the head and let me know it was actually a gift...for me...to keep. (Another.Deep.Breath.)

I haven't done anything other than stare at it for the past month. It's been sitting on my desk like an out of place shiny gem in a pile of old rocks.

I lied...I inked the Meisterstück. I had some burgundy ink that was a perfect match, and there was a Waterman roller ball that is not in the photos that I use as well.

I won't go into the details on each pen. I will use that for my daily posts as I put these into rotation. I don't know if the decision to give this gift was a difficult one or not but I am still trying to figure out how to thank her properly for this. Sometimes putting something in a box and handing it to someone else to keep is much more than a gift. Good Pens.