How many pens do you keep inked up?

I was just curious as to how many of your pens do you fine folks keep inked up at any given time? All of them? Just a few?

Depends. Usually four or five.

Just one at a time for me. Sad, isn't it?

Three or four.

Steve

Between one and three. Today, one.

Typically at least two and no more than six. If I'm traveling, it might get down to one. Today it's five.

Except that I cheat. I don't count several Pilot Varsities which sit around half forgotten until I pick one up on a whim, and find that it still starts right up after several months.

Two.

One here.

I had 2 inked once and one of them leaked and dried up. Now just one

All one of them.

I try to keep two inked wait its three. red, black, blue.

Too many, I really should empty and flush several that aren't being used regularly. But I do carry several with me most days.

Four: but the fourth is my newspaper pen and is not used for anything else.

One or two typically but have a couple pens with Pendleton Brown. Once I get those back i'm sure the'll be inked immediately

Currently four. I rotate use of each and don't see the point of having a pen that isn't ready to write at any time.

Each has a different color ink for different uses.

I have eight at the moment. I'm pretty new to the fountain pen hobby and bought several inexpensive Chinese pens within a couple of months time. I'd ink up most of the pens I had and wrote with one or another of them during the day. When I reached about 20 pens, I forced myself to clean and store most of them. Ideally, I'd like to have no more than 4 or 5 inked and ready to write. Then when one runs out of ink, I'll clean it and decide whether to re-ink it or choose one that is stored to put to work.

Just two usually. And those last me a month or longer most times.

Just a few so they don't dry out through non-use. And a couple in the truck. And a few more that I inked up and haven't finished the ink yet. Plus a couple Vanishing Points. And three at home for my journal. And ...

About 20 or so and I use them all.

Only two these days. I lose track of what's inked and then spend hours cleaning them out.

Not too many. Only 13, plus my 7 Pilot Varsities that rarely see use.

Here's my current line-up. The Sheaffer 440 is about empty and the 78G and Viewpoint will be flushed shortly if I don't get them used up soon.