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

[eliweisz]

... If you try Red Dragon, could you please also try it on cream coloured paper (if you have cream), and we can compare? I am trying to remember where I've put the Crown Mill paper pad I used a little while ago. When I find it, I will do some writing on it.

I'll use a Havana journal - small (A6) but smart and quite creamy. The only viable candidate for a test is my TWSBI Vac700 which doesn't want to run out of Syrah. But I'll force it...

[mehandiratta]

 

Yes, I do like Pinks. I have not tried any of the Bril inks. Are they super saturated?

I will send you sample of the same...Please PM me your address

[mehandiratta]

 

Mehandiratta, you are too generous with your compliments...

I always enjoy your pen reviews and the fact that you introduce me to a lot of the unknown (to me) pens, one of which is of course the Ranga bamboo pen that I am still very much enjoying!! Thanks again for that one.

 

@snak.... No iam not that generous... I really mean it... I love your handwriting a lot. And yes Ranga Bamboo is an amazing pen. I love especially the green color you have... thats beautiful...

[Ergative]

Great, and what a coincidence that you also read Pippi with your children right now.

Thanks for your explanation and the clarification about the word spunk.

 

I was not aware that spunk is a English word, never heard it before, in German it has no meaning.

So knowing this my question if somebody ever heard about this word, appear of course wired to the native speakers.

Sorry for that.

 

In the book Pippi 'found' a new word nobody ever heard about it and she is searching for the meaning or the thing it could name.

 

You are right translations are tricky and there are a lot of pitfalls.

 

Hang on -- there is a perfectly benign meaning for "spunk" in English: feistiness, grit, chutzpah, daring, resilience, strength of character. "It took real spunk to stand up to him the way you did."

[Kilroy]

 

feistiness, grit, chutzpah, daring, resilience, strength of character. "It took real spunk to stand up to him the way you did."

http://i.imgur.com/Inl3DPm.jpg?2

[skysora]

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/222877-lets-declare-a-national-fountain-pen-day/

[carretera18]

Caneta Montblanc 344G by Marco Y, on Flickr

 

Poema de Fernando Pessoa by Marco Y, on Flickr

Edited October 28, 2015 by carretera18

[eliweisz]

I wanted this pen badly. Now it's mine. My 75:

 

 

 

After a week with it, I still cannot believe how lucky I am. An outstanding writing instrument. And a stunner, of course.

[Tanzanite]

Great, and what a coincidence that you also read Pippi with your children right now.

Thanks for your explanation and the clarification about the word spunk.

I was not aware that spunk is a English word, never heard it before, in German it has no meaning.

So knowing this my question if somebody ever heard about this word, appear of course wired to the native speakers.

Sorry for that.

In the book Pippi 'found' a new word nobody ever heard about it and she is searching for the meaning or the thing it could name.

You are right translations are tricky and there are a lot of pitfalls.

That is correct. There is nu such word as "spunk" in the Swedish language It is nice to see that these books are read around the world.

[Zookie]

These are what I'm using. Not the prettiest pens I have, and not the smoothest, but I sure am enjoying writing with them!

The Higgins Sepia is my favorite ink, it's cheap and available.

 

 

[jabberwock11]

Today I am working on my Spencerian and ornamental penmanship. I am writing on Tomoe River white paper using a Zanerian style oblique holder. The steel pens that I am using are a Brause 29 index nib (which produces nice and consistent hairlines) and a Hiro 41 crown nib for the shading. The ink is McCaffery's Penman's Ink (black iron gall). I found the letter that I am reproducing on another forum and have been working with it ever since. I am able to copy it, but I can not produce the same results free hand. I am hoping to be able to reproduce this style eventually, but for now it is still beyond my ability.

 

For general writing I am laying down ink on a Strathmore 500 series blank writing pad using a Jinhao X750 (with a Knox 1.1 nib) and some Chesterfield Antique Crimson ink. I was pleasantly surprised by how well a 1.1 nib can produce solid mono-line Spencerian letters. It may lack the ability to produce the shading and fine hairlines of a flex nib, but it still makes nice looking script and is a good way for me to concentrate on my letter forms.

 

 

Edited October 28, 2015 by jabberwock11

[Pterodactylus]

 

(Waterman Expert II Blue Marbled)

[Pterodactylus]

 

(Parker 45 Flighter - gel refill)

 

Btw. I do not like the gel refill.

[jabberwock11]

Yeah, for some reason McCaffery's iron gall inks do not photograph well, it's difficult to show the hairlines and the shading captures focus, so you have to crank up the contrast (which ends up producing artifacts and making everything look off). As my dark room is out of commission for the moment, and because I only have my phone for digital imaging I chose to focus on the instruments rather than the writing. Also, it's just me copying of someone else's work, so even though I may have produced the writing, I still do not feel like it is truly mine just yet.

[Pterodactylus]

 

(Pelikan 140 - OF ..... Diamine China Blue)

[jmccarty3]

I wanted this pen badly. Now it's mine. My 75:

 

 

 

After a week with it, I still cannot believe how lucky I am. An outstanding writing instrument. And a stunner, of course.

 

Wonderful photos of your 75!

[eviltwin]

These are the pens I am using today, I am really liking Shimmering Seas in the Lamy. I think that is what I am going to fill it with (I only dipped it since I was testing inks with it).

 

 

 

 

Edited October 29, 2015 by eviltwin

[SNAK]

Great, and what a coincidence that you also read Pippi with your children right now.

Thanks for your explanation and the clarification about the word spunk.

 

I was not aware that spunk is a English word, never heard it before, in German it has no meaning.

So knowing this my question if somebody ever heard about this word, appear of course wired to the native speakers.

Sorry for that.

 

In the book Pippi 'found' a new word nobody ever heard about it and she is searching for the meaning or the thing it could name.

 

You are right translations are tricky and there are a lot of pitfalls.

Guess which book we read last night, Ptero? We are actually on the second book where Pippi went to the school picnic, so we're a bit behind your son and you, but as I was curious to re-read the bit about the Spink/Spunk we read that bit. You are right that the word had to be something that didn't exist, so Spunk would not have worked in English, because it is a word either with original or secondary meaning. So the reason the Swedish non-word Spunk got changed to Spink in the English version must be not because of the "other" vulgar meaning in English, but because it has meaning in English at all. Now I understand it.

 

At the end of the short chapter I showed my boys your drawing on the iPad, and my older son said "That's cool" (that's his preferred word of the month) and the younger one said "There is a green monster hiding under that spink, and when you squish it, the monster is going to come out and get you." What comments did your son give you after seeing your green bug?

 

And then this morning after breakfast we found a few green/brown duo-chrome beetles expired on the veranda (we call them Christmas Beetles here as they always come out in summer around Christmas) and my younger one was getting excited to have found spinks. Thank you for stirring the imagination of the 4-year-old.

 

 

Hang on -- there is a perfectly benign meaning for "spunk" in English: feistiness, grit, chutzpah, daring, resilience, strength of character. "It took real spunk to stand up to him the way you did."

My dirty mind went to the "other" meaning when I thought about why the word spunk wasn't used in a children's book.

 

http://i.imgur.com/Inl3DPm.jpg?2

Agree, no need to avoid a good word. I know a lady (in her 50's) whose name is Gay and she is a really bubbly and outgoing person. She said she sometimes goes by her middle name or initials (GG) because her daughter's friends give her a hard time about her name. I think her name suits her personality perfectly and her parents must have seen her nature when she was born.

 

That is correct. There is nu such word as "spunk" in the Swedish language It is nice to see that these books are read around the world.

They are in 50-odd languages, made into movies, animation series, and on theatre too.

I loved the stories of Moomins/Moomintroll as well, growing up.

[SNAK]

I'll use a Havana journal - small (A6) but smart and quite creamy. The only viable candidate for a test is my TWSBI Vac700 which doesn't want to run out of Syrah. But I'll force it...

Havana journal sounds perfect! I haven't used it before so I'd be keen to see what it looks like. You don't need to force Syrah out of your Vac 700. Take your time, as I still need to find my cream paper. I know it's somewhere in the house... If I can't find the cream pad I'll just use my Crane ecru note card.

 

@snak.... No iam not that generous... I really mean it... I love your handwriting a lot. And yes Ranga Bamboo is an amazing pen. I love especially the green color you have... thats beautiful...

Oh thank you Mehandiratta...

 

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/222877-lets-declare-a-national-fountain-pen-day/

I read through the 7 pages of that thread skysora, thanks for the link. I also read the

Suggestions for celebrating the Fountain Pen Day at fountainpenday.org

and I am going to celebrate it this year.

 

I wanted this pen badly. Now it's mine. My 75:

 

After a week with it, I still cannot believe how lucky I am. An outstanding writing instrument. And a stunner, of course.

Congratulations on your Parker 75. It looks beautiful. May you enjoy the pen in good health for 50 more years.

 

Today I am working on my Spencerian and ornamental penmanship. I am writing on Tomoe River white paper using a Zanerian style oblique holder. The steel pens that I am using are a Brause 29 index nib (which produces nice and consistent hairlines) and a Hiro 41 crown nib for the shading. The ink is McCaffery's Penman's Ink (black iron gall). I found the letter that I am reproducing on another forum and have been working with it ever since. I am able to copy it, but I can not produce the same results free hand. I am hoping to be able to reproduce this style eventually, but for now it is still beyond my ability.

 

For general writing I am laying down ink on a Strathmore 500 series blank writing pad using a Jinhao X750 (with a Knox 1.1 nib) and some Chesterfield Antique Crimson ink. I was pleasantly surprised by how well a 1.1 nib can produce solid mono-line Spencerian letters. It may lack the ability to produce the shading and fine hairlines of a flex nib, but it still makes nice looking script and is a good way for me to concentrate on my letter forms.

 

 

That looks really nice! Your Spencerian penmanship is beautiful of what I can see here. I like using IG inks for dip pens also for the hairlines, but they can quickly eat your steel points so I have to use mylar sheets to smooth them often.

[Inky.Fingers]