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

[AAAndrew]

Well, Coop, we're glad they all did as they should have. Glad to have you here.

 

And also happy (though not equally) to receive a little package in the mail today.

 

 

These are so cute!! The top nib is one of the tiny Esterbrook 354 nibs, the bottom is a regular-sized Esterbrook 048 Falcons, and the middle nib is the tiny little Leon Isaac's Glucinum No. 6, what I'm calling the Baby Falcon.

 

I have another Leon Isaac box from what I'm pretty sure is the 20's. Just look at the typography of the two boxes. If the smaller one (the Baby Falcon) wasn't at least designed in the mid-late 1880's I'd be surprised. Now, they could have used the same label design up through the aught's, but I just have a feeling it's from the 1890's. Even the nib's number on the nib itself is in what I always think of as "Cowboy/Western Dead or Alive Poster" font.

 

 

Short of finding any information about Leon Isaac, and when his works were purchased by Turner and Harrison, I'll just have to guess.

 

It's also interesting that on the label both nibs (the other is a larger version of the Esterbrook 126 Double Spring) are labeled "Falcon Pen Works."

 

And I'm working to see if any of my scientist nieces can get some chemist friend to test if these really do contain "Glucinum" which is an old term for Beryllium. I would kind of like to know if I'm writing with a toxic substance or not.

 

[edited to add] Just one added item. I'm sure these are from the 1890's. I just found a reference for an independent Leon Isaac's Co in 1889, but by 1905 they were being made by Turner and Harrison. And by 1910 a different font was used. So, I'd say sometime in the 1890's, up through the "aughts".

Edited December 14, 2015 by AAAndrew

[eliweisz]

All well that ends well, but your story made me shiver a bit. Take care!

[SNAK]

Wow that is such an elusive beauty....

Thanks Vaibhav, and I got that pen for less than a TWSBI would be, because it has a weird kink at the end of the barrel. But what's important is the writing end, right? And I like how it writes for me.

I like how that violet ink looks on your yellow paper. A combination I've never thought about before.

 

SNAK, Pira, and Eli, thank you for the comment on my last sketch.

 

Today, I have two seemingly unrelated events:

 

1. I just finished grinding a large Penman nib to my liking, a Medium Cursive Italic with sharp distinction between thin and thick, sharp enough to render Majuscule Gothic capitals

 

2. I have an Esterbrook nib collar with a steel Wearever nib. Don't ask. I didn't put it there, and can't fathom how that can be a good idea

 

So I put 1 and 2 together.

 

Now I have an Esterbrook collar with a Penman Cursive Italic nib which I can use on any Esterbrook pens (way superior to the body where the Penman nib came with).

Writing sample:

 

How did you disassemble the Esterbrook nib unit? I have a knock out block and everything, but always felt scared to play with Estie nib units as the plastic ring around the feed and nib seems quite soft and fragile. Any tips you could suggest please?

 

@SNAK, I really hope we'll see that green striated MB in action soon!

 

 

http://kephost.com/images/2015/12/14/551acf18087cbbafca41dea235b6997d.jpg

M805 Stresemann EF - Maruzen Athena Nihombashi Midori - TR paper

I'll see what I can do with the MB142. Your wish is my command, Master Wizard (I still can't get my head cleared of that Gandalf photo from a while ago with pink blush and aqua eyeshadow you posted!)

 

I am so glad to hear that everything turned out well for you. Thank goodness for all those people and coincidences that came together to save you. Happy anniversary to you.

[migo984]

@SNAK, I really hope we'll see that green striated MB in action soon! http://kephost.com/images/2015/12/14/551acf18087cbbafca41dea235b6997d.jpg

M805 Stresemann EF - Maruzen Athena Nihombashi Midori - TR paper

That's one of my favourite inks. It looks lovely in my Vintage Green Franklin Christoph Model #20. I'm a fan of Nihombashi Kirin too.

[penwash]

SNAK: In this particular case, I didn't care about the old nib in the Estie collar. So I just yank and wiggle it out of the collar using a plier, only the nib. I didn't try to take the collar out of the feed. But using a section block may not work because the collar is very thin and most likely is narrower than the nib. If I were to do it again (and I probably will) I'd try gripping the collar with a rubber-wrapped plier and try to tap the feed out slowly just enough that you can pull the nib off.

 

Soaking in water before definitely helped.

[mehandiratta]

That's my all time favourite pen...

[mehandiratta]

@SNAK, I really hope we'll see that green striated MB in action soon!

 

 

http://kephost.com/images/2015/12/14/551acf18087cbbafca41dea235b6997d.jpg

M805 Stresemann EF - Maruzen Athena Nihombashi Midori - TR paper

Wow I love your hand and that ink... Beautiful pic...

[mehandiratta]

It's the way god wanted... God bless us all...

And I am happy that you are alright now..

[mehandiratta]

Well, Coop, we're glad they all did as they should have. Glad to have you here.

 

And also happy (though not equally) to receive a little package in the mail today.

 

 

These are so cute!! The top nib is one of the tiny Esterbrook 354 nibs, the bottom is a regular-sized Esterbrook 048 Falcons, and the middle nib is the tiny little Leon Isaac's Glucinum No. 6, what I'm calling the Baby Falcon.

 

I have another Leon Isaac box from what I'm pretty sure is the 20's. Just look at the typography of the two boxes. If the smaller one (the Baby Falcon) wasn't at least designed in the mid-late 1880's I'd be surprised. Now, they could have used the same label design up through the aught's, but I just have a feeling it's from the 1890's. Even the nib's number on the nib itself is in what I always think of as "Cowboy/Western Dead or Alive Poster" font.

 

 

Short of finding any information about Leon Isaac, and when his works were purchased by Turner and Harrison, I'll just have to guess.

 

It's also interesting that on the label both nibs (the other is a larger version of the Esterbrook 126 Double Spring) are labeled "Falcon Pen Works."

 

And I'm working to see if any of my scientist nieces can get some chemist friend to test if these really do contain "Glucinum" which is an old term for Beryllium. I would kind of like to know if I'm writing with a toxic substance or not.

 

[edited to add] Just one added item. I'm sure these are from the 1890's. I just found a reference for an independent Leon Isaac's Co in 1889, but by 1905 they were being made by Turner and Harrison. And by 1910 a different font was used. So, I'd say sometime in the 1890's, up through the "aughts".

Andrew I love your writing

[mehandiratta]

Today I am using Japanese Beauty....

Pen: Pilot Capless (Black with Gold Trim)

Ink : Sailor Jentle Oku-Yama

Paper : JK Cedar - 100 gsm

[perfaddict]

That's my all time favourite pen...

 

Wonderful, isn't it? After my Shaeffer Legacies, its my next favourite pen. The extra weight of the stainless steel version seems to be tempting me lately

[Coop]

[eliweisz]

Sheaffer Crest Tuckaway, late 1940s

 

Some lousy writing (scanned, a bit dark):

Edited December 15, 2015 by eliweisz

[cptdean]

Montblanc 146 all day today.

 

 

[jay.is.here]

 

Today I am using Japanese Beauty....

Pen: Pilot Capless (Black with Gold Trim)

Ink : Sailor Jentle Oku-Yama

Paper : JK Cedar - 100 gsm

 

beautiful pen... black and gold..wow.. so shiny..

[attika89]

I'll see what I can do with the MB142. Your wish is my command, Master Wizard (I still can't get my head cleared of that Gandalf photo from a while ago with pink blush and aqua eyeshadow you posted!)

 

 

That's one of my favourite inks. It looks lovely in my Vintage Green Franklin Christoph Model #20. I'm a fan of Nihombashi Kirin too.

It is an amazing ink! I had no luck trying the others though.

 

Wow I love your hand and that ink... Beautiful pic...

Thank you so much!

 

 

I hope you'll be "alright" for a long time!

 

Sheaffer Crest Tuckaway, late 1940s

 

Really nice! I really want to own a Sheaffer with a conical nib like that! I don't even know how long it's been on my list...maybe next year I'll jump on one

[eliweisz]

Really nice! I really want to own a Sheaffer with a conical nib like that! I don't even know how long it's been on my list...maybe next year I'll jump on one

Thanks. I've got three Triumph (aka conical, tubular, sheath) nibs, but just can't have enough of them Each one with its own character. You'll love these nibs.

[jabberwock11]

My wife is a nurse who works nights, and we have one car and one motorcycle. What this means is that when she works during the week, rather than the weekend, I walk my daughter to school. Her school is only about a mile and a half away, so it's no big deal, but it gives us a little bit of time to entertain ourselves. We generally make up stories, my daughter will give me the premise and I will flesh out the details. If she wants the story to go in a different direction, she just stops me and says, "No, this is what happens." or something of that nature. I am working on putting her favorite story to paper to give to her as a Christmas present.

 

When I get stuck on a part or start to get distracted I write little weird quotes (writing for children is more complex than writing for adults. You have to keep them engaged, without speaking down to them, and still make the story interesting for the adult reader). Lately I have been using a Pilot Plumix for those in between writings. I like the pen, but let me just say that this pen looks EXACTLY like a flat worm! It made me imagine how Hunter S. Thompson might react to the sight of the pen, and resulted in a series of Fear and Loathing quotes.

 

 

Pen: Pilot Plumix

Ink" Pilot Black

Paper: Piccadilly Notebook

 

[Tomasbjornsson]

Another 1920's horror inspired sketch, done with my new favourite pen the TWSBI Diamond 580 AL blue (EF nib), loaded with De Atramentis achieve ink Black, drawn in a Sennelier sketchbook

[Pterodactylus]

A little tribute to the most successful writing device mankind ever invented.

 

 

(Faber Castell - Castell 9000)