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

[tringle]

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A little BeingPelikan submission. M600 filled with light...

Attila

 

You know if your focus is on Pelikan's and you want to send me the Turcsany, I am ok with that deal.

[amberleadavis]

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[skysora]

[amberleadavis]

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[NotRosie]

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[amberleadavis]

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[amberleadavis]

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[blackcat99]

TWSBI 1.1 Stub nib

[infinitum]

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I tried to get a shot of the pens as well as the cover of the second notebook, in case anyone is interested

 

Pens and inks used:

 

Estie with PR Tanzanite

Sailor Pro Gear with Iroshizuku Ku-jaku

Lamy Safari (F nib) with Diamine Ancient Copper

[infinitum]

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I've just realized how inconsistent the swirls on my t's are... Oops :/ I'm no master penman hehe

 

The page actually held up quite well to the flex - no ghosting to the other side, even! Four bucks well spent

Edited August 20, 2014 by infinitum

[disillusion]

A bit of practice.

 

I just got a Reform 1745 that I won on a PIF and I can't write as pretty as you with it !!

Thanks! It is a nice little pen that writes well and should encourage you to do more practice

 

 

I know .. and I am trying. I have a couple of obstacles that I must overcome in the process. I am left-handed and a side/underwriter .. so I have to work on not smearing ink .. which leads me to what I am currently working on .. writing SLOWER. To overcome sloppiness .. I need to slow down. I also am trying to write in cursive a little more. I don't think I want cursive to be my "always" writing style .. but I need to practice it and make it look good as well. Once I get the slower, steadier more consistent writing down, then will come working on moving the arm more and not so much the fingers. I have taken to writing my notes and things, then taking a picture and uploading it to evernote as opposed to just typing it in the app.

 

If you have anything to add to me current "curriculum" .. I am open to suggestions.

 

 

As far as the eyedropper question ..

 

I have not tried it and I can't really find any information on it. There are no rubber sealing rings around the body threads .. they do however make a good seal at the section joint. Speaking of the section, the internal (back-half of the section) is metal .. so I *THINK* it would be possible, but keep in mind, that the ink would come in contact directly with metal.

Going slow is always a good idea. Your handwriting in your posts look quite nice already! With some slow, steady and mindful practice you will gain the muscle memory that allows you to speed up. If you want to work on your cursive, I would recommend taking a look at the free books available at IAMPETH (if you don't know about them already). There are also resources especially for left-handed writers. I also found the Spencerian drills here very useful for practicing to write with my arm. Hope that helps!

 

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He's reading some web page on his laptop in the park on a cold day in SF.

Amazing as usual!!

[infinitum]

A bit of practice.

WOW! I wish I could do that... Must... Practice... Penmanship...

[Jodyw]

 

Going slow is always a good idea. Your handwriting in your posts look quite nice already! With some slow, steady and mindful practice you will gain the muscle memory that allows you to speed up. If you want to work on your cursive, I would recommend taking a look at the free books available at IAMPETH (if you don't know about them already). There are also resources especially for left-handed writers. I also found the Spencerian drills here very useful for practicing to write with my arm. Hope that helps!

 

 

 

Disillusion,

Thanks for the links! I did know about IAMPETH .. but the speed drill will help. I know it will just take time. When I was writing with a roller ball/gel .. I didn't really care much. I then moved to needle points and I noticed that I started caring about how it looked. Then I moved to a Varsity FP and noticed that I was even MORE concerned how it looked. Now that I have some nice pens in my collection, I am really interested in writing better.

 

Funny how that works.

[tinysnail]

Right now: Hero 616 with Diamine Marine. And here's a snail!

 

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[inkeverywhere]

WOW! I wish I could do that... Must... Practice... Penmanship...

 

I am told by many people I have neat hand writing but your's is to die for. Greg

[Jodyw]

Today's Pen Selection .. Though, I think I am going to load my Monteverde Impressa with the Private Reserve American Blue (Fast Dry) and use that as the 3rd pen in my 3 pen pouch .. replacing my Jinhao 159 with Waterman's Absolute Brown.

 

I got the fast dry because I am a Lefty and I wanted to test it against the Pilot Iroshizuku (currently Ku-jaku). In my testing with my EF NIB, even though it is NOT listed as fast drying, the Pilot ink is 95%+ dry and not smear-able in 5 seconds or less on premium paper (HP 32lbs Laser Jet and Rhodia). This is VERY workable for me!

 

 

[attika89]

Attila

 

You know if your focus is on Pelikan's and you want to send me the Turcsany, I am ok with that deal.

Troy, do you know this woman?

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@skysora that ink is Diamine China Blue

I really like you handrwiting too!

Edited August 21, 2014 by attika89

[infinitum]

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[LWJ2]

I was planning on posting some writing samples today. LiveJournal has, however, improved itself, so I can't upload photos. [mumbling and bad language here] I'll be talking with a friend about hosting something on his server, I guess. [Looks at Budget and pats it on the head, lying and saying 'there, there, things will get better.' Budget has a respirator, multiple stab and gunshot wounds and broken kneecaps. Maybe I'm not lying after all.]

 

So, that whinged about; Cybaea; Amber Lea; Tringle and Uncle Red, thank you for your kind words.

 

Jadehawk, thank you also. May I suggest getting a good saw? If you can use a handsaw, old Disstons are available on E-bay for reasonable prices, avoid heavily corroded ones, the teeth will break. I bored with Forstner bits, which make a flat-bottomed hole; I recommend them whole-heartedly; mine are Fischer's, purchased from Woodcraft. Harbor Freight has a tabletop 4" belt sander (takes 4 x 36 inch belts) that does a decent job. It's not a Delta or Powermatic, it's also less than a hundred bucks. The most important thing is safety in a shop, nobody wants to be nick-named "One-thumb," "Lefty," or "Nine-fingers."

 

Ta for now,

 

Leon

[mejdrich]

Just returned from a trip to Cooperstown, NY. If you were unaware (which, unless you have a <or, soon to be> 12u ballplayer in your house, you probably are), Cooperstown, while the home of the baseball Hall of Fame, is also the name for the Disney of 12u baseball, Cooperstown Dreams Park.

 

While there, of course, we shot over to the HOF (the reason most hit C-Town)...

 

Two amazing observations to us FP using folks:

 

1) The hall has a ton of documents from baseball's past - almost all written with an FP or a pencil... Man, it is amazing how writing from the late 1800's, when preserved, looks just like much of the writing we see on this thread.... It really doesn't hit home until you see the documents themselves (and, to be fair, it was mostly contracts and scoresheets)... Mostly (99%) all were written in black ink (or, faded black/blue maybe)...

 

2) I expected to see little in the way of line width variation (for whatever reason) - wow, was I off the mark... Nothing BBB (stub), but the rest varied from needle point all the way to stub; truly every width was represented...

 

Sorry for the interlude - it just struck me as I came back to visit the thread.

Edited August 21, 2014 by mejdrich