The Carry, I

So what gets you through your day? What is it you find yourself loading into your bag when you leave for the day? A meeting? Or however long you have no idea…

This is what my bag revealed to me today—not the actual bottles, no they’re just what’s in the pens; but the pens and paper weigh enough…

The Carry: 2017 06 03 What’s in *your* bag?

From the back, on the left, we have…

(1) TWSBI Eco, clear demonstrator, with a steel, 1.1mm stub nib, loaded with Noodler’s Golden Brown ink.

twsbi_eco_bold_1-1_stub_clear_01 — TWSBI Eco x 2; bottom left is a 1.1mm steel stub, with Noodler’s Golden Brown ink, and top right, is a bold nib with Sailor Jentle blue.

(2) Another TWSBI Eco, clear demonstrator, with a steel, broad nib, loaded with Sailor Jentle Blue ink.

(3) The wonderful Edison Collier in burnished gold, with a two-tone steel, 1.1mm stub nib. This pen is routinely eyedropper filled, with J. Herbin Perle Noire. Cannot sing its praises highly enough. Buy one people, you won’t regret it.

collier_burnished_gold_04 — Edison Collier in burnished gold

(4) Sailor 1911L in black and gold, with a 21K gold, bold nib, and Sailor Kiwa-Guro Nano Black Carbon ink.

sailor_1911l_bold_05 — Sailor 1911L in black and gold, with a 21K gold nib, bold, and Sailor black carbon ink.

(5) Platinum Century 3776 with a 14K gold, music nib, and J. Herbin Perle Noire black ink.

platinum_3776_music_03 — Platinum Century 3776 with a 14K gold, music nib, and J. Herbin Perle Noire black ink

And on the right, from the back…

(6) On the blue, Life Noble Report A4 pad (ruled, I can’t stand blank and dot squares), is a Platinum Plaisir in shiny gun-metal, with a medium, steel nib; but now it’s loaded with Sailor Sky-High blue ink, and the cartrdiges are for out of office emergencies.

platinum_plaisir_gunmet_med_01 — Platinum Plaisir in shiny gun-metal, with a medium, steel nib

(7) On the Amarcord A5 Venetian leather journal, are the four Platinum Balance brood, in Green (medium, steel nib, J. Herbin Vert Pre); Red (fine, steel nib, J. Herbin Rouge Hematite); Blue (medium, steel nib, Platinum blue ink cartridge); and black (fine, steel nib, J. Herbin Perle Noire).

platinum_balance_range_01 — The Platinum Balance Four!

(8) Platinum Cool, clear demonstrator, with a fine, steel nib, and loaded with Sailor Jentle Blue ink.

platinum_cool_cleardemo_fine_01 — The Platinum Cool, with a fine, steel nib. I think here, it was loaded with sailor Jentle blue ink.

The bag also contains an artisan-made, wooden ballpoint from England, with a Cross, broad, black refill, and a Uni-Ball Kuru Taga 0.7mm mechanical pencil (very nice, I might write something about that one day).

Why, oh why do I need all that? Who the Hell knows? But it’s fun isn’t it?