Makeshift inkwell

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imagination cap on.. 2 of the those decorative coat hooks, might be rigged to hold a pen in horizontal position, similar to the victorian dip pen holders.

Great idea!

[NotPiffany]

I leave them open. My metallic dip pen ink (which is homemade too, by the way) is made up of fine metallic particles so if a little dust got in you'd never notice. They dry out like a watercolor cake and you add water as needed.

 

So you possess that gorgeous handwriting, you make vintage nibs available to all at really reasonable prices, and you make your own ink?

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So you possess that gorgeous handwriting, you make vintage nibs available to all at really reasonable prices, and you make your own ink?

 

Yes, I seem to be the quintessential Dip Pen Geek. http://bestsmileys.com/writer/1.gif

 

BTW: Metallic dip pen ink is fine metallic powder (at any craft store), gum Arabic and water.

[Enai]

So you possess that gorgeous handwriting, you make vintage nibs available to all at really reasonable prices, and you make your own ink?

 

You forgot about the paper hoarding.

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So you possess that gorgeous handwriting, you make vintage nibs available to all at really reasonable prices, and you make your own ink?

 

You forgot about the paper hoarding.

 

Ah, the paper... sometimes THAT seems like the best part.