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

[amberleadavis]

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[SNAK]

Tried handwritten comments today.

 

 

 

 

 

Pen: Brause Rustica No. 648 left foot oblique dip pen with Tachikawa T-25 pen holder

Ink: Sailor Storia Yellow Green (Clown) pigment ink

Paper: Tomoe River (White)

 

Edited to add:

This ink looks pale coming out of my fountain pens and as it dries it goes chalky colour and odd so I am using it for dip pen only at the moment. I do like the colour but it shades and dries in a weird way. Usually I am a big fan of Sailor inks but I don't know what to think of the Storia line of pigment inks.

The grippy thing on the pen holder is really squishy and fun to use. I got a few packs of them for my son's pencil grip but I like them too!

The photos are half side yellow and the other half side normal colour, because of light contamination, as I forgot to turn off the room light. I'm too lazy to retake the photos, so here they are.

Edited November 13, 2015 by SNAK

[penwash]

I have a story to tell... then comments for the wonderful people in this thread!

 

 

... my first nib "grind" (breaking every rule about how to grind a nib along the way ... hahahah..)

 

Now to the comments:

 

Attila : Love your script. Beautiful ink color also

 

Skysora : If I may ask what is the background of Suetterlin and your interest in it?

 

Eli : Love the recycled notebook, and your broad oblique script is so cool!

 

Pterodactylus and SNAK : Love the Wal-E characters

 

SNAK : The sketchbook I'm using is from Daiso (a chain of Japanese "100 Yen" -store, like the Dollar-stores for those in USA like myself) for $1.50, I don't think it's even designed to be a sketchbook, but the paper is quite thick and has a nice texture. It does not feather at all no matter what ink and how wet it is. That's why I love it for my sketches. I took a snap of it because I can't tell which one is the name (Ignore the Pen and Wash, that's added by my daughter)

 

[Cryptos]

This one doesn't have anything new to show...

 

 

[perfaddict]

Franklin Christoph 20 Marietta broad stub nib/Montblanc Permanent Blue ink

[SNAK]

This one doesn't have anything new to show...

 

You keep enjoying what you have, and wait for the next pen that will attract you enough to make it your own. I think pens are like friends. You meet so many people but you don't become friends with all of them, and you don't have to either.

[Cryptos]

Perhaps. There is no 'next pen' though.

 

EoC did receive a nice surprise in the post yesterday. A dip nib marked Ivison Phinney and Spencerian Pen. Alas, that EoC still has handwriting that appears to be the product of blind monkey wielding an 8ft long piece of spaghetti, but anyway...

 

 

The coloured ink is Sheaffer Persian Rose, the other is Scabiosa which has not shown up well and is out of focus too.

[SNAK]

 

SNAK : The sketchbook I'm using is from Daiso (a chain of Japanese "100 Yen" -store, like the Dollar-stores for those in USA like myself) for $1.50, I don't think it's even designed to be a sketchbook, but the paper is quite thick and has a nice texture. It does not feather at all no matter what ink and how wet it is. That's why I love it for my sketches. I took a snap of it because I can't tell which one is the name (Ignore the Pen and Wash, that's added by my daughter)

 

I enjoyed your story about the Eagle pen that's been given a second life. It looks like it's writing very well. Well done!

 

Thanks for the info on your sketchbook. I haven't seen it around here, but that's great value for 50 sheets. I don't think we have Daiso around unfortunately...

[uemuraw]

I have a story to tell... then comments for the wonderful people in this thread!

 

 

... my first nib "grind" (breaking every rule about how to grind a nib along the way ... hahahah..)

 

I laughed. I cried. I grew as a person.

 

I love a happy ending. The eagle flies again!

[uemuraw]

SNAK - your very own magic 8-ball, made possible by the mystical power of the Ineternet.

 

http://www.indra.com/cgi-bin/spikes-8-ball

[ThyPenMaker]

Marvin the Paranoid Android

with my home made Cambridge.

Edited November 13, 2015 by Inkfillet

[KaB]

[Coop]

[eliweisz]

Ptero, he was not allowed in to the party because he's forgotten about his girlfriend. She took a little longer to get dressed and pretty up so she was just fashionably late. Now she's here, he and she can go in as a couple.

 

Pen: TWSBI Mini Classic with vintage "Standard" #4 nib

Ink: De Atramentis Archive ink (black)

Paper: A5 size DIY sketchbook made with Arches Cold Press 300gsm/140lbs watercolour paper (wonderful paper but smells rotten )

Bravo! And thanks for your kind words.

 

I have a story to tell... then comments for the wonderful people in this thread!

 

... my first nib "grind" (breaking every rule about how to grind a nib along the way ... hahahah..)

 

Now to the comments:

 

Attila : Love your script. Beautiful ink color also

 

Skysora : If I may ask what is the background of Suetterlin and your interest in it?

 

Eli : Love the recycled notebook, and your broad oblique script is so cool!

 

Thank you! And what a story! Your Eagle is one hell of a flyer... er, writer.

 

Marvin the Paranoid Android

with my home made Cambridge.

Hello Marvin! Welcome to the party!

 

 

This Parson's Essential suits your hand like a glove.

[Ian the Jock]

Quick, turn off the lights and music, and lock the door.

 

[jabberwock11]

With my commission complete, it's back to fiction for me. When I write a story I always write in graphite and note in ink (I know that seems backwards, but it works for me). I am doing my initial draft in Rhodia notebooks (roughly A5 sized) and noting in one of my Staples Arc Disc notebooks.

 

 

Someone asked about the stability of Dinky Dips. Well, they are 4 vials stuck into holes drilled into a square block of wood, so unless you purposely knock them over they are pretty much untippable. I bought a couple after knocking over ink bottles two days in a row (the first was a mostly full bottle of Higgins Eternal and the second was a completely full jar of freshly mixed walnut ink). Dinky Dips are awesome. They allow you to use different inks without any possibility of contaminating the main container and they make spillage nearly impossible.

 

Dog: Rufus (mutt - Jack Russell/Chihuahua Mix)

Holder: Tachikawa T-40

Pen: Esterbrook Falcon 048

Ink: Walnut ink

Notebook: Staples Arc Disc

 

Pencil: Pilot S20 (red)

Lead: Tombow Mono-WX 05.mm HBB

Notebook: Rhodia 14.8 x 21 cm

 

 

 

 

[ThyPenMaker]

With my commission complete, it's back to fiction for me. When I write a story I always write in graphite and note in ink (I know that seems backwards, but it works for me). I am doing my initial draft in Rhodia notebooks (roughly A5 sized) and noting in one of my Staples Arc Disc notebooks.

 

 

Someone asked about the stability of Dinky Dips. Well, they are 4 vials stuck into holes drilled into a square block of wood, so unless you purposely knock them over they are pretty much untippable. I bought a couple after knocking over ink bottles two days in a row (the first was a mostly full bottle of Higgins Eternal and the second was a completely full jar of freshly mixed walnut ink). Dinky Dips are awesome. They allow you to use different inks without any possibility of contaminating the main container and they make spillage nearly impossible.

 

Dog: Rufus (mutt - Jack Russell/Chihuahua Mix)

Holder: Tachikawa T-40

Pen: Esterbrook Falcon 048

Ink: Walnut ink

Notebook: Staples Arc Disc

 

Pencil: Pilot S20 (red)

Lead: Tombow Mono-WX 05.mm HBB

Notebook: Rhodia 14.8 x 21 cm

 

 

Love Rufus, love the dinky dips but I didn't know about them, I like those a lot, but maybe the flip tops.

Nice art box.

 

 

 

 

[Pterodactylus]

Snak, Inkfillet, Coop, Ian well done, I really enjoy your participation !!!

Keep it coming

 

Kab, I´m looking forward to see your first robot

 

 

Snak, that Eve dressed up for the party remained not unobserved.

So the others sent the Iron Giant to play gooseberry......

 

 

(Rohrer & Klingner Glass Pen)

(Serwex MB flex EMF ..... ESS Registrars Blue-Black)

(Pentel Waterbrush)

(De Atramentis Silbergrau)

(Rohrer & Klingner Helianthus)

[ThyPenMaker]

Ptero, thanks for the heads up on the Pentel Waterbrush, didn't even know they existed. 6 on the way. Also the De Atramentis Silbergrau, the ink will work very well for how I like to play.

It's a crying shame there are no better illustrations for Marvin the Robot, the greatest brain in the universe. Maybe I should get down to work. I'm thinking this thread will still be going 50 years from now.

A big thanks to Douglas Adams, his inventor, author of The Hitchiker's Guide to the Universe, a source for the greatest joy. And the white rats who made it all possible on Earth. (and the number 42)

Had to edit, this is my 100th post. Yipee I Aye Cow Patty.

Edited November 13, 2015 by Inkfillet

[skysora]