Bottom arc of pens are from the Kakuno "family" set, each color has a different nib face design (L-R Pink, Blue, Green, Red, Cyan). Top pen is a typical Kakuno EF.
What can I say, they're fun. The world needs more fun. What's life without whimsy?
Unfortunately the "family" pens aren't available with EF nibs but this does let me finally branch out and try the other sizes.
#MorningPages 17 May 2024 #EverydayIsAHoliday 29th of Floréal hnr White Mustard #Notebook Chronicle Go-To w/ Mohawk paper, dotted & Col-o-ring #FountainPen Lamy LX Au Black, M nib #ink J. Herbin Caroube de Chypre #OracleCards Secret Pocket Oracle #CardOfTheDay 78 Shield - protection, isolation, defensive barrier; 54 Bee - hard work & productivity, taking action, good communication, social interactions; 67 Star - hope, sudden sense of clarity & vision, inspiration
Trying out two of the Sailor de Mannen fude nib, 45 degrees and 55 degrees. 55 degrees is very smooth, almost too smooth and I didn't like the Pelikan Moonstone. I enjoyed the 45 degrees nib, not too scratchy or thick. Noodler red black ink is nice too.
It finally happened - my Opus 88 Omar #fountainpen (well, eyedropper) ran out of ink after using it for my whole #hex24 this year. It is a big pen and the body is almost all ink reservoir, apparently holding 4ml, plus I was using an EF nib. I have never before used all of the ink before getting bored and changing inks. Noodlers Black in this one hence it looking a bit filthy.
Luckily I have my Kaweco Sport piston filler as backup. A lot smaller of course.
Pues al final me decanté por una pluma Lamy Safari, a pesar de sus cartuchos propietarios (soy más de tintero :P)
Una pluma "de batalla", pero que va super bien sin subirse de precio, y con plumines intercambiables, por si me canso del grosor "F" o si lo acabo doblando.
Muy contento por ahora, me alegra volver a poder escribir en pluma! ^•^
Completely unscientific comparison between two editions of the same #FountainPenInk
Pic 1,2:
Waterman Blue-Black NOS (likely early 2000s)
Retro 51 Lincoln / FPR ultraflex 14k
Pic 3,4:
Waterman Mysterious Blue (c. 2020)
Opus 88 Jazz / Regalia Crossflex
Both on Tomoe River 52gsm original
Old ink leans teal if looking closely, and the sheen looks redder. The new ink is more straight up dark blue, and the sheen looks more gold. Purportedly reformulated ~2015. #FountainPen
#FPQuestion of the day:
What was the worst experience you ever had with pens, ink, writing, or stationery? How would you advise people to avoid having a similar experience? #FountainPen
So my #FountainPen no buy because of new floors is now because of new hoose! From the city, to the coast, to a wooded dell in the middle of nowhere in less than five years. As I’ve aged, my ability to tolerate others has diminished to the point of non-existence! That’s why our new neighbours are mostly deer, foxes and badgers ☺️
Got this fountain pen ink erasing pen a few weeks back. I have been so distracted and busy that I haven’t tried it yet. Will remedy that today 🥰 #FountainPen#StationeryAddict
Recently I started to travel a lot again and I don't really have motivation and time for drawing practice.
Today though I managed to get some:
This time I was experimenting with quick sketch. Instead of really looking at proportions between shapes I started with one shape and based whole drawing on circles with specific ratios.
That's why the nose it too big :bongoCat: It's easy to get lost when you loose reference and try to go faster with #drawing#art#watercolor
I also gave up on #fountainpen
Because I did not use it for two weeks straight it got dry and stopped working. I think the brush is better for me :blobcatcoffee: