Don't Just Tell Us About The Pen You're Using, *show* Us!

[Sketchy]

dcpritch, My grandfather wore that expression a lot. Just recently I saw a newspaper article about him which said that his cantankerousness was a put on. I don't know, I was always very careful around him. My grandmother, his young reporter bride, more than made up for that disconnection.

 

The space I left blank is looking through a gateway, sans gate, into a small, overgrown garden. My initial idea was to draw something completely out of place, like a cityscape but I'm finding the blank space thought provoking so I may leave it blank.

 

Everybody, MAN! you people can write! I'm in awe.

[Uncle Red]

http://www.inknouveau.com/2012/06/noodlers-libertys-elysium-update.html

 

[psychdude]

[SweetieStarr]

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l279/T-Caster/DSC_0814_2.jpg

 

How did you make that?!

[Freddy]

[plistumi]

[BikerBabeDK]

 

[subbes]

 

The poor quality of my iThing camera must make it seem like I work in some dark cave lit only by a spluttering reed-light. In reality, I have fluorescent lights and a window!

[trueblue]

I'm really bad about contentedly existing here as a lurker, a few days ago the ever fabulous ethernautrix gave me a little push to post to this thread. So, here are a couple of sketches drawn with TWSBIs.

 

The first is from a photo of my grandfather taken after crash landing his Jenny (or more accurately the U.S. Army's) in 1918 when he landed illegally to take his young newspaper reporter bride for a joyride. JonSzanto saw the photo and suggested it would make a good sketch. It was drawn with a TWSBI 540, fine nib and PR Chocolate.

 

 

This second sketch is looking out my front gate using a Micarta with a steel Conklin nib, fine, from a, sadly, broken Conklin "Antique". When I bought the Micarta it came with a gold colored broad nib that never seemed to want to flow well. Since I wanted a silver colored nib in there anyway I swapped and this combination is perfection! I love this pen because I can throw it in my pants pocket and not worry about what's going to happen to the finish as it's tough and I figure any scarring will only enhance it's rough and tumble image.

 

 

Sketchy, the sketch of your grandfather is fantastic!

[Uncle Red]

[KrazyIvan]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8155/7370884030_5c17849ab4_z.jpg

FPN Thread by IvanRomero, on Flickr

 

I actually meant to post this yesterday but did not. The Studio arrived yesterday.

Edited June 14, 2012 by KrazyIvan

[subbes]

[dcpritch]

[Uncle Red]

[dcpritch]

[00Photo]

 

I really like the bright color of the Edelstein Mandarin because I use different colors in my paperwork to delineate data sets and information. It's a bit brighter than than the J. Herbin Orange Indien I had been using.

[KrazyIvan]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7219/7373450712_e1a13f8f0e_z.jpg

First Edison Pen by IvanRomero, on Flickr

[KrazyIvan]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8148/7373479418_b294e1bb27_z.jpg

fpnthread by IvanRomero, on Flickr

*buy just one pen*

Edited June 15, 2012 by KrazyIvan

[reprieve]

 

 

 

The Nakaya and the Pilot are today's workhorses while the Sheaffer and the Visconti are today's "fun" pens. The Visconti is a new addition; thanks to Bryant, I was able to snag one of the few steel trim power fillers, which is a delightful filling mechanism, and this 1.3mm nib is über-smooth! I was really skeptical about the Homo Sapiens until I wrote with it--it feels wonderful and balances perfectly in my hand.

[el.Fakir]

http://i1010.photobucket.com/albums/af224/halidak/Pen%2000%20-%20Handwriting/2012-06-15_001.jpg

 

http://i1010.photobucket.com/albums/af224/halidak/Pen%2000%20-%20Handwriting/2012-06-15_002.jpg

 

I forgot to mention that details of the contest can be found in Fountain Pen Geeks website.

Edited June 15, 2012 by halidak