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Ferris Wheel Press – the Carousel in Fine (0,7, which should coubt as a medium), with J Herbin scented Bleu plénitude ink. https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/98c49e91-c103-4744-b9d9-324313984553.jpeghttps://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/6f4cdfa1-72c3-4262-8dca-8dd2d5afee52.jpeg
My Pelikan 4001 Blau Schwarz bottle ran out so I bought a bottle of Parker Quink Blue Black. I don’t think I like it as much, it feathers and bleeds much more and the colour is not as dark. It’s not a bad ink but I’ve got 57ml of it to go haha. The Pelikan ink is just terrific in my opinion. It is very well behaved and...
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I brought a TWSBI Go with a fine nib a while ago....
Hey everybody! I am not sure if this is super helpful to anyone but I just wanted to share that you can use a fountain pens for the essay section of the AP Literature exam. I just finished with it and I used my Lamy 2000 M nib with Lamy Black ink. I experienced limited feathering, no bleed through, and limited ghosting. Overall,...
First fountain pen of my life. Parker Vector with “Medium” nib. I’ve already had it for two weeks, and although this was only meant to try out fountain pens, I think I’ll keep it, since the nib is a great compromise between being smooth while not being fussy with office paper. Already chewed through a cartridge. Only bad...
So a while ago I thought that I would get a Lamy fountain pen to see if it would help with my handwriting....
White oak, walnut, and Baltic birch ply. 3d printed pen dividers. It’s heavy and pen dividers are slick, so it doesn’t travel, but it’s held up really well....
Ordered this made from a then-fellow Redditor a few years ago, haven’t come across anything that writes better yet. I’ve found the extra weight helps increase the legibility of my handwriting....
I own a rainbow of beautiful colors, mostly from Diamine, but what I really miss a a truly black ink for formal days. I have a big bottle of Parker Quink Black, but I almost never use it as it’s actually a middle-to-dark-gray ink even with my flowiest pens....
Manufacturers always say never to mix inks unless they’re selling you a range of mixable inks, yet I have never had a problem when refilling pens that weren’t 100% clean. What are the worst reactions you ever got from mixing inks on purpose or by accident?
'Nother Pen Disorder...
Got this one when getting into the hobby a couple of decades ago. I think this might be my first gold nib, and one of only a couple left in my collection. Stainless steel styling and outer profile not too far off from a Parker 75, and the squeeze fill mechanism is actually a deeply seated converter very similar to Parker...
I don’t know how your elementary school worked but we used to write on paper with a x-height line and a ascender line. As you can see I still need those lines lol. I wonder why these are not the standard lines you get on your lined paper. They are much better then the single big ones. The total line height is only slightly...
So it’s only sort of nice, and this one is only my “first nice pen” in the sense that my first nice pen was another blue marbled Phileas in M. That pen walked off somewhere, and this one is the replacement. It’s still a nice writer, but the nib is just not quite as nice as the one it replaced....
Ranga Abhimanyu Brass
This is almost certainly a late 1940s model, though maybe early 50s. The lever fills were phased out for all but black after the war. Re-sacced this one many years ago, IIRC with the polysac out of a Sheaffer converter, but I’m not inclined to crack it open to verify. Conical 14K triumph nib in a western F/M. Smooth with a...
Alright, kiddos. Play time is over. And by “over,” I specifically mean the opposite of that, and it’s time to play with pens and photography equipment....
Look at it! Behold the butyl overmold on the comically oversized cap! See the screen printed lines like a 90s basketball sneaker! Feel the forced ergonomics of the weird section! Examine the submarine portholes of an ink view window!...
Spring is here, the air is clear, and the boid is on the wing. So here’s a pen that’s cheap and absoid, a pastel plastic thing....
This isn’t “proper” alt text, but the quotes at the bottom got a bit illegible as I ran out room, so…...
I’m in an oddball mood this morning, so the quote is from Simon and Garfunkel’s “America”. The original is “Kathy,” the spelling liberty just fit my mood. Same for the mixed styles and colors in the text....
The pen was a gift. I already have a charcoal Safari, a gray Al-Star, and another demonstrator, so I thought I’d try something different with this one. The nib was yanked from a $4 Lamy Joy knockoff on Amazon, but it fit perfectly and writes very well. Inked it up with a twenty year old bottle of Pelikan brown. Keep small...
Figured I would dust off one of my Vacumatic pens today so I could share a pic. It’s got a gold EF nib and is currently inked with Quink Black. The color is “Golden Pearl,” my favorite of the stacked celluloid color options. It’s date code is “7” which could mean '37 or '47....
As ever, y’all, forgive the potato-quality image....
