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(Waterman 45 BCHR safety pen ..... P.W.Akkerman Oranje Boven)

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Stolen: Aurora Optima Demonstrator Red ends Medium nib. Serial number 1216 and Aurora 98 Cartridge/Converter Black bark finish (Archivi Storici) with gold cap. Reward if found. Please contact me if you have seen these pens.

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I will post pics of my flex nibs tonight

Pens are like watches , once you start a collection, you can hardly go back. And pens like all fine luxury items do improve with time

 

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I'm good with a fancy Capitol L, and a easy full flex nib gives me a real great full English Mustache.

 

Too bad I don't practice.

 

I think if you were to get a stiff italic calligraphy pen and book, it would help you learn how to draw the letters properly.

 

You have to learn to draw the letters properly.

 

 

Those who know like quick snap back and a narrow line, more than a fat letter.

 

Just because a nib will spread 5 X a light down stroke don't mean you got to spread to the max every time. 4 X a light down stroke would do just fine, and not threaten to spring the nib.

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

Ransom Bucket cost me many of my pictures taken by a poor camera that was finally tossed. Luckily, the Chicken Scratch pictures also vanished.

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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How are you doing that? Did you go back and shade? Or does putting more pressure on a pencil (or maybe sharpening it a special way) really accomplish that?

 

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb345/Andybiotics/P1070919.jpg

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How are you doing that? Did you go back and shade? Or does putting more pressure on a pencil (or maybe sharpening it a special way) really accomplish that?

 

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb345/Andybiotics/P1070919.jpg

 

 

Just a regular pencil written in the same way as you would with a flex nib with pressure on the down stroke. No tricks.

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb345/Andybiotics/Writing%20Samples/P1020494j-1reversedcolour.jpg
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One can learn something new...defiantly never learned anything like that in my school.

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

Ransom Bucket cost me many of my pictures taken by a poor camera that was finally tossed. Luckily, the Chicken Scratch pictures also vanished.

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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(Mont Blanc 342 - B ..... Caran d'Ache Storm)

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Shuggy, any idea what flex your Swan pen has?

Semi-flex, 'flexi'/maxi-semi-flex, or easy full flex???

 

It makes a difference to what sort of flex one can expect to have and use.

Semi-flex and 'Flexi' spread their tines 3 X a light down stroke.

 

Easy Full flex, 4-5-could be 6 X a light down stroke.

 

Each flex set requires half the pressure of the flex above it. Regular Flex, Semi-Flex, 'Flexi' and Easy full flex.

 

I studied Swan pens for 6 weeks, while I chased too slow to catch any. Just about the time when I said I'd bite the bullet and get a restored easy full flex nibbed Swan, I found a German easy full flex pen, so never got a Swan.

 

Some day...one of the Pretty colorful Swans......I have enough black and gold pens....said that a couple of years ago....and picked up another four or five black and gold pens since. :headsmack:

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In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

Ransom Bucket cost me many of my pictures taken by a poor camera that was finally tossed. Luckily, the Chicken Scratch pictures also vanished.

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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Your so right. My Waterman "Flexible" gold nib split right down the middle.The tines spread on these gold nibs they do not flex like steel, therefore under prolonged use they will fail. Alway remember gold has no tensile strength

http://imageshack.us/a/img20/796/flexresponse01.jpg

 

(Waterman 45 BCHR safety pen ..... P.W.Akkerman Oranje Boven)

They came as a boon, and a blessing to men,
The Pickwick, the Owl and the Waverley pen

Sincerely yours,

Pickwick

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This was a very helpful thread for me. Thank you!

I have these inks available for trade: Noodler's Widow Maker, Noodler's Borealis Black, Noodler's Baystate Blue, Noodler's X-Feather, Noodler's Bad Blue Heron, Noodler's Apache Sunset, Private Reserve Avacado Green, Private Reserve Black Cherry, Private Reserve Electric DC Blue, Private Reserve Velvet Black, Private Reserve Naples Blue, Waterman Inspired Blue, Private Reserve Ebony Green, Diamine Syrah, Chesterfield Emerald (Diamine Emerald), Chesterfield Tourmaline (Diamine Umber), Chesterfield Archival Vault (Diamine Registrar’s)*Iron Gall

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georges zaslavsky Museum Piece

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ok here are my flex nibs comparisons

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/georges2/pens%20%20and%20pen%20reviews/m800m1000comparison.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/georges2/pens%20%20and%20pen%20reviews/parkerflex.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/georges2/pens%20%20and%20pen%20reviews/mbcomparisons.jpg

Pens are like watches , once you start a collection, you can hardly go back. And pens like all fine luxury items do improve with time

 

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(Pelikan 140 - OF ..... Mont Blanc Oyster Grey)

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(Mont Blanc 264 - OBB ..... Noodler´s Golden Brown)

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Height*.... you missed the T. ;)

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Shuggy

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Shuggy, any idea what flex your Swan pen has?

Semi-flex, 'flexi'/maxi-semi-flex, or easy full flex???

 

It makes a difference to what sort of flex one can expect to have and use.

Semi-flex and 'Flexi' spread their tines 3 X a light down stroke.

 

Easy Full flex, 4-5-could be 6 X a light down stroke.

 

Each flex set requires half the pressure of the flex above it. Regular Flex, Semi-Flex, 'Flexi' and Easy full flex.

 

I studied Swan pens for 6 weeks, while I chased too slow to catch any. Just about the time when I said I'd bite the bullet and get a restored easy full flex nibbed Swan, I found a German easy full flex pen, so never got a Swan.

 

Some day...one of the Pretty colorful Swans......I have enough black and gold pens....said that a couple of years ago....and picked up another four or five black and gold pens since. :headsmack:

 

I don't have the pen to hand at the moment so will need to check when I get home. At a guess the line varies from about 0.5mm to maybe 2-3mm, but it requires a reasonably firm downstroke to do this. The flow is amazingly wet - it almost leaves a fat 'bead' of ink on the paper, so much so that I have to be really careful about smudging.

 

The nib felt scratchy at first, but this disappears if I use the correct techniques outlined by some of the helpful posters here.

 

Some of the writing on here is amazingly beautiful - I can see that I have an awful lot to learn.

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