When I did my Currently Inked record at the start of January 2024, I had a massive 24 fountain pens inked. I bought so many pens at the end of 2023, and so inked them all up to try them out, which is why I had so many inked up at once. At the end of the month, I’ve managed to get that number down to 21, but obviously that’s still a lot of pens, and not all of them have been getting as much use as I’d have liked. 

However, there are several pens I’ve been using pretty consistently throughout the month, so I thought I’d post about them. 

The pens that tend to get the most use every month are the ones that I have inked up with plain black ink, as that’s the colour I use in both my morning pages journal, and my Hobonichi Weeks. I try to have at least two different pens inked with black ink, and then I’m not using the same pen every day, and this month the main ones were my black and white Pokemon Pilot Kakuno that I got for Christmas, and my Cult Pens Exclusive Silver Kaweco Sport. Both of them had black ink cartridges in, and I actually wrote the Pilot Kakuno dry, so I need to clean that out and swap it for another pen that I’ll ink up with black for next month. 

Two of my other most used pens this month were two of my TWSBI Ecos, one in Persian Green, inked with Diamine Meadow, and the other Creme with Rose Gold, inked up with Diamine Peach Haze. I’ve been using the green TWSBI Eco to work on my handwritten novel project (I swap out the ink colour every two chapters, and Diamine Meadow is the current colour I’m using), and the cream TWSBI Eco is just one of my current favourite pens, so I’ve been using it for notes a lot, just because I want to use it!

In terms of non-fountain pens, my two most used pens have coincidentally both been brown/neutral pens, which isn’t my usual aesthetic! I’ve been using this Agenzio ballpoint pen every day to fill in my One Line A Day journal. I previously reviewed the pink version of this pen, but my sister bought me the oatmeal version, and I’ve been really loving it! 

I’ve also been using this Uni-ball One mini pen in coffee brown, and it’s such a great little writer! I’ve been using this in my Moleskine notebook, since the paper in it isn’t great for fountain pens, and even though it’s more of a gel-style pen, I’ve had no major problems with ghosting or bleed through. I’ll probably do a proper review soon, but I love the chunkiness of it, and how comfortable it is to hold. I have a couple of full size Uni-ball One pens on the way too, so I’m curious how they will compare.

So what pens and inks have you been using most this month? How many pens do you keep inked at once and do you use them all often?