Don't Just Tell Us About The Pen You're Using, *show* Us! - 2015

[Nanor]

http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a512/ronanbrowner/mabie%20todd%20swan%20stub_zpshtwodx8u.jpg

[tmenyc]

 

A little Yama-Dori nib creep

 

Tringle -- another pretty Gold Starry, later one this time, but that's a lot of nib creep! I've seen that on French pens more than others, and wonder if their QC on the feeds and nib/feed fit just wasn't as good in later years. We definitely need a French pen bake-off one of these days; next time I've got the photo equipment and the pens in the same place, since I have two Bayards, a Gold Starry, a Unic, and maybe another.

 

Tim

[Hector67]

This is a fun pen!

[attika89]

http://kepfeltoltes.hu/150303/P1250595_1_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg

 

http://kepfeltoltes.hu/150303/P1250592_1_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg

 

And I took a shot of some ink bottles too today

[tringle]

Tringle -- another pretty Gold Starry, later one this time, but that's a lot of nib creep! I've seen that on French pens more than others, and wonder if their QC on the feeds and nib/feed fit just wasn't as good in later years. We definitely need a French pen bake-off one of these days; next time I've got the photo equipment and the pens in the same place, since I have two Bayards, a Gold Starry, a Unic, and maybe another.

 

Tim

Tim,

 

I always like nib creep, it helps me to remember what ink I have filled my pen with.

 

Troy

 

 

I really like the advertising, and colors on the boxes of the 20's - 30's Gold Starry.

 

[tringle]

http://kepfeltoltes.hu/150303/P1250595_1_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg

 

http://kepfeltoltes.hu/150303/P1250592_1_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg

 

And I took a shot of some ink bottles too today

Wow, very nice pen!

[attika89]

I really like the advertising, and colors on the boxes of the 20's - 30's Gold Starry.

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Vintage boxes are cool!

 

Wow, very nice pen!

I thought you might like it. Haha!

[amberleadavis]

http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a512/ronanbrowner/mabie%20todd%20swan%20stub_zpshtwodx8u.jpg

 

I was getting ready to tell you that I LOVE how broad the nib is and it love it with your handwriting.

[Nibbler]

 

Its actually Pilot's clever ploy to make metal look like carbon fibre.

Yes, I should have guessed that really!

[Nibbler]

Today a bamboo dip pen I bought in Italy in the summer. I've never really tried dip pens, but I like the feel of this on the paper - it is smooth but has a bit of feedback. I'm going with the Diamine Imperial Blue.

 

 

 

[amberleadavis]

Okay, I love it. Now what are the two purples?

[Nibbler]

Okay, I love it. Now what are the two purples?

Thank you. It's all Imperial Blue, which has quite a bit of red in it, so is more of a purply blue - I think the camera (phone) has picked up the red more than one sees in reality - this seems to disappear as the ink dries, which I really like. So it starts out purple and ends up blue.

[da vinci]

This is a fun pen!

Very nice Hector

 

A very precise line. I am a fan of the "medium side of fine" nib width of the MB fine nib

[da vinci]

http://kepfeltoltes.hu/150303/P1250595_1_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg

 

http://kepfeltoltes.hu/150303/P1250592_1_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg

 

And I took a shot of some ink bottles too today

Attika, that looks like a lovely firm not flex nib? If you dont mind how old is the pen? Does it have a cork piston seal?

[DET]

[tringle]

http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a512/ronanbrowner/mabie%20todd%20swan%20stub_zpshtwodx8u.jpg

Oooh I like the wide nib...

[tringle]

Today a bamboo dip pen I bought in Italy in the summer. I've never really tried dip pens, but I like the feel of this on the paper - it is smooth but has a bit of feedback. I'm going with the Diamine Imperial Blue.

 

 

 

Wow, very cool pen and love the purple inks..

[tringle]

Vintage boxes are cool!

 

I thought you might like it. Haha!

Any impromptu review of the 510?

[Nibbler]

Wow, very cool pen and love the purple inks..

Thank you very much!

[amberleadavis]

Thank you. It's all Imperial Blue, which has quite a bit of red in it, so is more of a purply blue - I think the camera (phone) has picked up the red more than one sees in reality - this seems to disappear as the ink dries, which I really like. So it starts out purple and ends up blue.

 

Ah, I thought the first one was Ebony Purple which has a yellow / green sheen.