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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.

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LJ has fixed it's "improvements," so here are the writing samples. They're from the pens in my last photo post, which I'll add here for a reference, the samples were done in order from the top. -- Leon

 

Oh, yeah -- for those of you who've never set type by hand, "pied" is what happens when you drop type.

 

Attika -- lovely writing, I'm more than envious of your talent.

 

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Troy, do you know this woman? :P

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@skysora that ink is Diamine China Blue

I really like you handrwiting too! :happy:

Yes, I need more lemon pledge......

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http://i.imgur.com/YU08Lej.jpg

 

 

 

 

That's odd, all of the Pilot 78Gs my wife and I bought were dead-smooth right from the start; I add that the B and BB pens are rapidly becoming favourites of mine.

 

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The snail has a reason to be scared, unfortunately!! My calculations aren't leading me where I would like them to, this week, and I don't have much more time to work on this project :(

That's no good =/ I'd offer to lend a hand, but I can't promise I'd be of much use :P Looks way different from the math I'm working with for my projects.

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Just discovered this astonishing thread.

 

Shot of my working tools in the field. Nakaya Portable Cigar Kuro-tamenuri with a Seven Seas Writer and the just arrived Gfeller Kip cover. Very very satisfied with this daily set of tools.

 

http://www.ricecracker.net/files/nakaya_flatiron.jpg

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Just discovered this astonishing thread.

 

Shot of my working tools in the field. Nakaya Portable Cigar Kuro-tamenuri with a Seven Seas Writer and the just arrived Gfeller Kip cover. Very very satisfied with this daily set of tools.

 

http://www.ricecracker.net/files/nakaya_flatiron.jpg

That's quite the setup! And quite the shot! I can't see why anyone wouldn't be satisfied :)

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Just discovered this astonishing thread.

 

Shot of my working tools in the field. Nakaya Portable Cigar Kuro-tamenuri with a Seven Seas Writer and the just arrived Gfeller Kip cover. Very very satisfied with this daily set of tools.

 

http://www.ricecracker.net/files/nakaya_flatiron.jpg

 

 

Welcome aboard! Good photo, is that the Flatiron Building in the background?

 

Leon

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Welcome aboard! Good photo, is that the Flatiron Building in the background?

 

Leon

 

Yep! I work on that block. As far as an early evening spot to write a few pages, it does not suck.

 

Doug

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@Amberleadavis-are most if your nibs stubs?

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Just discovered this astonishing thread.

 

Shot of my working tools in the field. Nakaya Portable Cigar Kuro-tamenuri with a Seven Seas Writer and the just arrived Gfeller Kip cover. Very very satisfied with this daily set of tools.

 

http://www.ricecracker.net/files/nakaya_flatiron.jpg

Great stuff and scene!!!

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... Shot of my working tools in the field.

 

http://www.ricecracker.net/files/nakaya_flatiron.jpg

Great photo, possibly a game changer here by showing not only the pen and ink you are using, but context of use. Thanks for sharing, and welcome to the thread.

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That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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Just a cheap $7 writing journal at Walgreen's but it's around 300+ pages and thin letter lining which I love. Works amazing with the VP.

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Yep! I work on that block. As far as an early evening spot to write a few pages, it does not suck.

 

Doug

"it does not suck" LOL, In my neck of the woods productivity has driven us to a dusk to dawn work environment, early evening shots are welcome! Thanks for sharing and i must say you have great taste in assembling your tool kit, nicely done.

If you think everything is going well... you obviously have no idea what is really going on!

 

 

 

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Great photo, possibly a game changer here by showing not only the pen and ink you are using, but context of use. Thanks for sharing, and welcome to the thread.

Good point DC!

 

Ricecracker, great contribution, thanks :thumbup:

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Just discovered this astonishing thread.

 

Shot of my working tools in the field. Nakaya Portable Cigar Kuro-tamenuri with a Seven Seas Writer and the just arrived Gfeller Kip cover. Very very satisfied with this daily set of tools.

 

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Beautiful photo! Welcome to the thread! :thumbup:

 

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Just discovered this astonishing thread.

 

Shot of my working tools in the field. Nakaya Portable Cigar Kuro-tamenuri with a Seven Seas Writer and the just arrived Gfeller Kip cover. Very very satisfied with this daily set of tools.

 

http://www.ricecracker.net/files/nakaya_flatiron.jpg

 

 

Wow, are we allowed to express some mild jealousy?

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