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

[GClef]

  On 2/6/2013 at 3:53 PM, spyder said:

 

Look at you--writin' with ink to match your pen and whatnot...and using a 9128 to boot!

All I can say is...it's about time! Took you long enough.

[Uncle Red]

 

 

Boy, the Zhulong is not shown to it's best here.

Edited February 6, 2013 by Uncle Red

[zoniguana]

[peterpen53]

  On 2/6/2013 at 4:41 PM, akustyk said:

http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag32/akustyk/IMG_20130206_103713_zpsb647b9cf.jpg

 

Try to hold the pen at a 45º degree angle to the writing line. You might also want to turn the paper so that your hand can move comfortably along the writing line, with your elbow as the pivot. You can't be very much off. The effect of the italic nib is clearly showing.

Edited February 6, 2013 by peterpen53

[dcpritch]

  On 2/6/2013 at 1:06 AM, akustyk said:

 

I really like that 149 with the pb2 nib!

 

  On 2/6/2013 at 2:17 AM, Chris Chalmers said:

Wonderful writing coming from everyone here - and amazing pens too!

I forgot to say in this pic that the ink is MB Oyster Grey! Enjoy!

 

Chris, isn't MB Oyster Grey a cool ink?! I didn't like it the first time I used it, and then I let it sit in my ink stash for more than a year before I tried it again, but now I seem always to have a pen inked with it. Beautiful nib on that 149 - wow!

 

  On 2/6/2013 at 8:05 AM, GClef said:

  On 2/6/2013 at 7:55 AM, mhphoto said:

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/photobucket-5173-1360137822733_zpsa5421783.jpg

 

Manny, its always the little details, ya know?! You can make any ol' pen something special with that writing of yours.

And I owe you a reply on another matter, coming soon!

 

  On 2/6/2013 at 9:08 PM, peterpen53 said:

  On 2/6/2013 at 4:41 PM, akustyk said:

 

... You can't be very much off. The effect of the italic nib is clearly showing.

 

Peter's right, its easy to tell you are using a modified nib. Great work!

 

 

Here's what I inked up today and posted elsewhere on FPN. Ink is Private Reserve Spearmint.

 

[akustyk]

  On 2/6/2013 at 9:39 PM, dcpritch said:

  On 2/6/2013 at 1:06 AM, akustyk said:

 

I really like that 149 with the pb2 nib!

 

  On 2/6/2013 at 2:17 AM, Chris Chalmers said:

Wonderful writing coming from everyone here - and amazing pens too!

I forgot to say in this pic that the ink is MB Oyster Grey! Enjoy!

 

Chris, isn't MB Oyster Grey a cool ink?! I didn't like it the first time I used it, and then I let it sit in my ink stash for more than a year before I tried it again, but now I seem always to have a pen inked with it. Beautiful nib on that 149 - wow!

 

  On 2/6/2013 at 8:05 AM, GClef said:

  On 2/6/2013 at 7:55 AM, mhphoto said:

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/photobucket-5173-1360137822733_zpsa5421783.jpg

 

Manny, its always the little details, ya know?! You can make any ol' pen something special with that writing of yours.

And I owe you a reply on another matter, coming soon!

 

  On 2/6/2013 at 9:08 PM, peterpen53 said:

  On 2/6/2013 at 4:41 PM, akustyk said:

 

... You can't be very much off. The effect of the italic nib is clearly showing.

 

Peter's right, its easy to tell you are using a modified nib. Great work!

 

 

Here's what I inked up today and posted elsewhere on FPN. Ink is Private Reserve Spearmint.

 

This is a beautiful stub! And gorgeous writing.

[akustyk]

  On 2/6/2013 at 5:52 PM, Uncle Red said:

 

 

Boy, the Zhulong is not shown to it's best here.

I love this 52! And surely you know how to use it. My 149 is just too fat for me. I use it unposted, and the length is perfect. It's just too fat. A pity because it's flawless, otherwise.

[mhphoto]

  On 2/6/2013 at 5:52 PM, Uncle Red said:

 

Oh man, that's one good looking pen… There was an auction I was following a few days ago for one similar (heck, it might be the same one), and if we weren't about to close on a house I would've been spending a lot of money to get it.

[JohnMarra]

Thanks for the welcome back ... I am really enjoying getting more involved in this community. Today, I have been writing with a Rotring 600 with their awesome 18K nib. I have also inked up a Torelli 51 Mandarin that has a beautiful, broad, round nib. The SS cap needs a little TLC with the polishing cloth. Inks in these are from Organics Inks in Cobalt (blue) and Uranium (green). I'm a nuclear guy ... how can I not use Uranium ink?

 

 

Uncle Red - The GvFC Elemento is an awesome pen. The section/covert or is expelled from the pen by turning the blind cap. The whole unit comes out for filling/cleaning. The nib on mine is actually finer than I normally use, but it has a surprising flex to it.

[Chris Chalmers]

 

 

Enjoy!!!

[Prvt. Toter]

Uncle Red, Sorry about that, the Esterbrook has a 9128, I have a few Esterbrooks, but my favorite holds the 9048 nib with the unique frosted band... a writing sample below of the 9128 usng the Skrip #22 writing fluid of similar vintage.

 

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o318/Huntbuck/ESTENIBSHOT_zps0f27455c.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o318/Huntbuck/George9128_zpse62bde2a.jpg

[Stompie]

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj229/Popsjill/pens/DSCN1113_zps64632488.jpg

[JohnMarra]

  On 2/7/2013 at 7:24 AM, Stompie said:

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj229/Popsjill/pens/DSCN1113_zps64632488.jpg

wow Stompie, that is some seriously classy handwriting ... makes a 'block printer' want to change my ways!

[Uncle Red]

 

I emailed Teri at Peyton Street pens that her pictures hadn't done justice to the pen but mine are worse. Here's a close up of the nozzle.

 

[Uncle Red]

[MusinkMan]

  On 2/7/2013 at 7:24 AM, Stompie said:

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj229/Popsjill/pens/DSCN1113_zps64632488.jpg

 

That's some pretty killer writing there, Stompie! Digging it a lot, bro!

[MusinkMan]

  On 2/7/2013 at 12:59 AM, Chris Chalmers said:

 

 

Enjoy!!!

 

Ohhhhh Ohhhhh That green marbled pen....Ohhhh I want one....

 

Very nice writin' too, Chris!

[Kyouju]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8237/8453447329_38e5132443_c.jpg

Fable01 by Kyouju-san, on Flickr

 

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8095/8454539836_b0cd920564.jpg

Fable02 by Kyouju-san, on Flickr

 

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8388/8453446813_3fdc584e92_z.jpg

Fable03 by Kyouju-san, on Flickr

 

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8387/8454539592_c3a82b0718.jpg

Fable04 by Kyouju-san, on Flickr

[Chris Chalmers]

  On 2/6/2013 at 9:39 PM, dcpritch said:

  On 2/6/2013 at 1:06 AM, akustyk said:

 

I really like that 149 with the pb2 nib!

 

  On 2/6/2013 at 2:17 AM, Chris Chalmers said:

Wonderful writing coming from everyone here - and amazing pens too!

I forgot to say in this pic that the ink is MB Oyster Grey! Enjoy!

 

Chris, isn't MB Oyster Grey a cool ink?! I didn't like it the first time I used it, and then I let it sit in my ink stash for more than a year before I tried it again, but now I seem always to have a pen inked with it. Beautiful nib on that 149 - wow!

 

  On 2/6/2013 at 8:05 AM, GClef said:

  On 2/6/2013 at 7:55 AM, mhphoto said:

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/photobucket-5173-1360137822733_zpsa5421783.jpg

 

Manny, its always the little details, ya know?! You can make any ol' pen something special with that writing of yours.

And I owe you a reply on another matter, coming soon!

 

  On 2/6/2013 at 9:08 PM, peterpen53 said:

  On 2/6/2013 at 4:41 PM, akustyk said:

 

... You can't be very much off. The effect of the italic nib is clearly showing.

 

Peter's right, its easy to tell you are using a modified nib. Great work!

 

 

Here's what I inked up today and posted elsewhere on FPN. Ink is Private Reserve Spearmint.

 

 

I meant to reply to your comment about the MB Oyster Grey earlier.....blame it on scrambled brain cells!

I have half a dozen grey inks, got a 'thing' about them some time ago - and love the MB and the Omas, and the Sailor....and the one Iroshizuku I have........but in my vintage 149 the MB is stunning - and the nib is such a juicy writer too.....shading in grey! Could be a song title!

 

Your Pelikan and green ink is just breath-taking...las is your handwriting!!! Go to the top of the class - leave your books where they are!!!

[esterbex]

  On 2/7/2013 at 9:44 PM, Kyouju said:

 

 

 

 

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8387/8454539592_c3a82b0718.jpg

Fable04 by Kyouju-san, on Flickr

 

That's a standing O for the story and the handwriting! Positively stellar!!!