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

[carretera18]

..... And in my world, no question is stupid or dumb, it's how us observers learn something new.

 

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[carretera18]

No it is some DIY ink from China that I bought to play with dip pens, but I have Lie de The somewhere on my "to purchase" list because brown ink is great! That Osmiroid pen looks fun to write with

 

I am sorry to hear about your loss. I hope you find your passion for writing back. Is that your italic writing in your avatar? Please post more!

 

That looks really cool!

 

disillusion,

 

Yes, that's my italic handwritig on avatar.

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oehUvL7GRko/Uegnk9k6J_I/AAAAAAAAAcU/FgDlngCGIw8/s400/photo+(4).JPG

 

Unfortunately my Platinum fountain pen with music nib (grounded by John Mottishaw) has gone with the thieves. Here's a old post on my blog: http://diariodamaionese.blogspot.com.br/2013/07/when-interests-converge-quando-os.html

 

regards

[SujiCorp12345]

Attila, those are great photos! What a nice "family" you have there!

 

Last weekend I was in meetings and carried with me a 1930s Doric. I felt pretty smart in my nerdy way and enjoyed using this old classic to take notes. It lays down a gorgeous line with fantastic line variation, and the MB Toffee Brown matches the base color of the barrel pretty nicely.

 

Looks great! What mm stub is the nib?

[Sinistral1]

Carretera18:

 

My car was stolen and recovered about 5 years ago. She suffered only the indignity and some cosmetic damage and was soon back on the road. However, I had my purse and other things in her that are now a distant memory and a dull, fading ache. I think my first expensive, non-calligraphy fountain pen, a Waterman Gentleman in Burgandy lacquer with a sweet writing fine nib was in a bag of Christmas card materials in the boot, along with my helicopter mechanic tool bag filled with tools given to me over the years by friends and family, my military dog tags, and a "snoopy" tool I had to use to open the panels and cowlings on my ships when I worked on them. That silly little wrench was priceless to me, and I know would never be guessed in the "Guess This Mysterious Object" thread here on FPN! The thief stole objects (and probably tossed my mentioned treasures), and I lost tangible pieces of my past, but this morning I woke up still breathing, so he didn't take my present. It does get better and hurt less.

[Houston]

 

Last weekend I was in meetings and carried with me a 1930s Doric. I felt pretty smart in my nerdy way and enjoyed using this old classic to take notes. It lays down a gorgeous line with fantastic line variation, and the MB Toffee Brown matches the base color of the barrel pretty nicely.

 

 

 

That is perhaps the sweetest Wahl I've ever seen. You do make us drool, DC.

[dcpritch]

Looks great! What mm stub is the nib?

 

Thanks, and great question - I just measured with digital calipers and the tip on this factory nib is 1.03mm. The wider downstrokes on the sample (with flex) are mostly in the 1.7mm range.

 

The best part of this nib (for me) is the smooth corners which allow easy writing at normal speeds. I don't get the precision one would expect from a cursive italic nib, but neither do I get any scratchiness. It also provides some flex. Here's a closer photo of the nib, hopefully showing what I am trying to describe:

 

 

 

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Sinistral and Carretera18, you are both making me think about the possibility of losing pens or other "tangible pieces of my past", which are objects, versus losing things of far more worth. It is good for me to reflect that these things we enjoy so much - and which occasionally attain great worth - are inanimate and that which is lasting has to do with friends and family. I suppose that is why one reason I enjoy FPN so much - it allows me to blend my enjoyment of arcane writing instruments with friends far and near, and FPN would be much less without folks like you.

 

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Houston, thanks!

[Sinistral1]

David:

 

I was thinking about you last night - I went to an estate/antique auction in North Saint Paul where literally hundreds of pens were sold in boxes. Shoe boxes, I mean. It was a last minute thing and I didn't have time to look closely, but I know I saw pens that I've only heard about. I was told the former owner of the pens was a member of the Twin Cities pen club and that his entire basement was full - thousands!

 

At one point a lot that I was told had one each of every Parker 51 ever made started at $700. The auctioneer peered into the box and probably thought these are a bunch of old, dusty pens - who in their right mind would pay more than $700 for them. He said he couldn't understand it, but what the heck! The box of Parker's sold for $900, with no guarantee that any of them were actually able to write.

 

Just thought you and others here might enjoy (or shed a tear or two) my auction adventure story.

[Tanzanite]

David:

I was thinking about you last night - I went to an estate/antique auction in North Saint Paul where literally hundreds of pens were sold in boxes. Shoe boxes, I mean. It was a last minute thing and I didn't have time to look closely, but I know I saw pens that I've only heard about. I was told the former owner of the pens was a member of the Twin Cities pen club and that his entire basement was full - thousands!

At one point a lot that I was told had one each of every Parker 51 ever made started at $700. The auctioneer peered into the box and probably thought these are a bunch of old, dusty pens - who in their right mind would pay more than $700 for them. He said he couldn't understand it, but what the heck! The box of Parker's sold for $900, with no guarantee that any of them were actually able to write.

Just thought you and others here might enjoy (or shed a tear or two) my auction adventure story.

Did you buy any?

[Ebu]

I was lucky enough to get the Visconti Van Gogh "Pollard Willows" as an individual pen, rather than the complete Van Gogh set.

 

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/840/d54s.jpg

 

 

 

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/849/x8pa.jpg

[Sinistral1]

No. I am so new to the world of pens, old or new, that I would have been a very poorly informed consumer. Plus, you had to buy the lot, and I would have only wanted one here and one there. I went to see all the pens, not yet having been to a pen show, and to see if there were any hard to find Waterman eyedroppers, but I didn't see any. Sigh.

[AAAndrew]

Second day of work. You know it's official when you update your Linked-in profile.

 

 

 

The difference is even greater in real life.

 

[MusterMark]

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Inked_Today/slides/20140613_175534.jpg

It's a close tie between the OS Balance and the 51. Btw, I love the way you respond to posts with handwritten notes! Great idea!

[amberleadavis]

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Inked_Today/slides/20140617_162226.jpg

[amberleadavis]

BTW, I didn't know it is bungUbox not bungbox. oops. I also didn't know how to spell Coral.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Inked_Today/slides/20140617_132424.jpg

 

Oh, and Coral ink will not be on my buy list.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Inked_Today/slides/20140617_151253.jpg

[amberleadavis]

However, Alaric is making lots of us want BungUBox Tears of a Clown for it's shading. On color alone, Red Dragon is more interesting. It's all about the sheen.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Inked_Today/slides/20140617_132453.jpghttp://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Inked_Today/slides/20140617_132331.jpg

[amberleadavis]

For that matter, check out the sheen of the Moss green.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Inked_Today/slides/20140617_133034.jpghttp://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Inked_Today/slides/20140617_132308.jpg

[carretera18]

Carretera18:

 

My car was stolen and recovered about 5 years ago. She suffered only the indignity and some cosmetic damage and was soon back on the road. However, I had my purse and other things in her that are now a distant memory and a dull, fading ache. I think my first expensive, non-calligraphy fountain pen, a Waterman Gentleman in Burgandy lacquer with a sweet writing fine nib was in a bag of Christmas card materials in the boot, along with my helicopter mechanic tool bag filled with tools given to me over the years by friends and family, my military dog tags, and a "snoopy" tool I had to use to open the panels and cowlings on my ships when I worked on them. That silly little wrench was priceless to me, and I know would never be guessed in the "Guess This Mysterious Object" thread here on FPN! The thief stole objects (and probably tossed my mentioned treasures), and I lost tangible pieces of my past, but this morning I woke up still breathing, so he didn't take my present. It does get better and hurt less.

 

 

*********

 

Sinistral and Carretera18, you are both making me think about the possibility of losing pens or other "tangible pieces of my past", which are objects, versus losing things of far more worth. It is good for me to reflect that these things we enjoy so much - and which occasionally attain great worth - are inanimate and that which is lasting has to do with friends and family. I suppose that is why one reason I enjoy FPN so much - it allows me to blend my enjoyment of arcane writing instruments with friends far and near, and FPN would be much less without folks like you.

 

*********

 

Houston, thanks!

 

Sinistral1 and Dcpritch,

 

FPN is a amazing place because we can fraternize with people who like pens and can also share experiences of life.

 

I admit I was very upset when he was assaulted, but I thanked God when I woke up the next morning and saw my wife and my children. At this time reinforced my certainty that my real treasures were there with me and the material losses were just that, material losses.

 

And trying to play a little with the situation, I realized that my pens were more important than my car, my laptop and cell phone for me.

[carretera18]

Coming back to post some calligraphy work on my blog. Handwriting Clarice Lispector's "The dream" poem with my handmade bamboo dip pen and Gillot nib.

 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2zyL1LLD0NY/U6EIMm28TuI/AAAAAAAAAnM/06mShd3DhbM/s1600/bamboo.JPG

 

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[carretera18]

 

Thanks, and great question - I just measured with digital calipers and the tip on this factory nib is 1.03mm. The wider downstrokes on the sample (with flex) are mostly in the 1.7mm range.

 

The best part of this nib (for me) is the smooth corners which allow easy writing at normal speeds. I don't get the precision one would expect from a cursive italic nib, but neither do I get any scratchiness. It also provides some flex. Here's a closer photo of the nib, hopefully showing what I am trying to describe:

 

 

 

 

This pen is a gem! Lovely line variation!

 

And I love MB Toffee brown ink too.

[Coop]