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My first "real" pen came in the mail today. Can't even tell if I like it or not because I'm so excited to have it! :D

 

 

With practice comes skill...I really need to practice

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Once I had the new sac and J-bar installed, the Wearever Pennant became the newest inhabitant of my breast pocket.

 

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Wearever Pennant repaired! by Tracker-Backer, on Flickr

 

The picture was the first test (after which I pulled the section/sac to show at least that part of the repair), using Sheaffer blue; the pen is now flushed and filled with Pelikan turquoise.

 

(And I picked up the first test message from an old friend who used to be my typewriter dealer. Haven't seen him in decades, since he closed his typewriter shop.)

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Posted Image was once a bottle of ink

Inky, Dinky, Thinky, Inky,

Blacky minky, Bottle of ink! -- Edward Lear

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(Mabie Todd Swan SM1-60 ..... J. Herbin Rose Cyclamen)

 

Btw:

Yes it is the same ink, the first half is the last ink leftover in the pen.

It was there quite a while.

The second half is fresh refilled.

Makes quite a different.

 

@Raths

Forget to mention, keep on posting :)

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Good morning everyone !

 

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Great sketches, Prvt. Toter; bugs, fish, birds and elephants matching your ink colours!

 

00Photo, I’m impressed by your catch at the pen show. Great flexers! I’ve never been to a pen show, but I hope I can visit one at least once in my lifetime. I guess a visit to the collections of some of you people also would be quite an experience!

 

There are so many interesting pens in the world that I haven’t ever heard of. One of those are the newly shown Bülow pens from Raths and zoniguana.

 

Today I’m playing with my “birds” again. I’ll never get bored as long as they are with me.

 

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line.. Nice sketch and set of "birds". I wish I could write as neat as you.

 

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line, when I see drawings like yours, done with pen and ink, I feel sort of guilty about having similar pens but being totally bereft of artistic talent. It makes me think about what I could be doing with my pens. Beautiful work! :thumbup:

 

Oh well, despite my current feelings of inadequacy brought on by the beautiful pen work on display here, I'll show a couple of pictures in hopes you ignore the writing and focus on the instrument:

 

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How small of all that human hearts endure,
That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.

— Samuel Johnson

 

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(Faber Castell Osmia 223 - F ..... Diamine China Blue)

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Not a pen, but a mechanical pencil. In this case a vintage Pelikan 450 tortoise with a 1.1mm lead size, courtesy of a fellow FPN member. I am using it for my take-home architecture final exam. Sorry for the crummy photo, it was taken on my iPhone.http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a629/Kevin_Keller/photo_zps277a2ac7.jpg

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Hello,

Recently I thought about trying an oblique nib, just to experience what they are like for line variation.

I acquired this beautiful dark green Parker Duofold, but I'm not really sure how I should be using it.

 

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I would appreciate any information or advice about using this sort of nib.

It is such a solid, well made pen that I'd like it to be a daily working-companion.

 

 

Many thanks and best regards,

Steve.

 

P.S. Hello Uncle Red. Yes, that PR Electric DC Blue is my work-horse blue, I call it my 'Serious Blue'.

It produces a beautiful dark magenta sheen as well.

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(Viking Soft Click Pencil 0.7mm)

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(Mont Blanc 264 - OBB ..... Rohrer & Klingner Verdigris)

 

Oblique nibs does not give you an advantage with respect to line variation.

They only shift the broad stroke towards the horizontal.

 

But be aware that most modern oblique nibs won't give you any advantage or difference.

When using one of these modern spherical oblique nibs you most likely won't notice any visual difference.

As when the nib itself has no stubby character there will be also no visible variation, no matter if it is oblique or not (and also no broad stroke shift as there is no broad stroke).

IMHO on a modern spherical nib an oblique cut make no sense at all, as there is no line variation or broad stroke shift and it writes in almost every position (due to the spherical shape) so there is also no advantage for the people which have this misholding of the pen.

 

BTW: Pelikan discontinued the oblique nibs recently, as almost nobody demanded this kind of nib anymore (and it makes no sense on spherical nibs)

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line, when I see drawings like yours, done with pen and ink, I feel sort of guilty about having similar pens but being totally bereft of artistic talent. It makes me think about what I could be doing with my pens. Beautiful work! :thumbup:

 

Oh well, despite my current feelings of inadequacy brought on by the beautiful pen work on display here, I'll show a couple of pictures in hopes you ignore the writing and focus on the instrument:

 

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Oh, so nice!

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Pterodactylus:

I forgot to say that I coloured the drawing with water-soluble pencils and a waterbrush. Sometimes I use a diluted ink and brush/q-tip, too.

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Pterodactylus, that's a great looking Osmia - awesome find! :thumbup:

 

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The barrel of this Parker has fantastic clarity with very little ambering. I was going to put this pen up for sale but when I pulled it out and began writing with it again I decided ... naw, I can't sell this thing!

 

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How small of all that human hearts endure,
That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.

— Samuel Johnson

 

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