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

[eliweisz]

Eli.... my first attempt at drawing...Twiki Says Hello

 

Hello Twiki, welcome to the party!!!

[Niagara Falls]

http://imageshack.com/a/img633/6372/K49ToC.png

 

 

http://imageshack.com/a/img908/6530/TAeZ6a.png

[amberleadavis]

No writing sample of the TWSBI, but just wanted to share my new pen holder for the current pen of the week! It was a gift from my partner, and I love it so much

 

Pen is TWSBI 580al with Diamine Turquoise, btw

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/OXBr0GE.jpg

 

I love it!

[pomperopero]

Osmia 224 - Parker Quink blue

 

[Coop]

[Cryptos]

Here you go, Coop

 

Swan No.2 Safety with a stubby nib

Diamine Teal

Rhodia grid

[HalloweenHJB]

http://imageshack.com/a/img633/6372/K49ToC.png

 

 

 

 

That pen is simply breathtaking! I love pens with interesting designs in the celluloid.

[HalloweenHJB]

Osmia 224 - Parker Quink blue

 

 

That is a very handsome "Osmia" (Parker?). Y como siempre, ¡me fascina tu letra tan artística —y ese trapo de cocina tan emblemático de tus fotos—!

[HalloweenHJB]

 

You don't "have much use for red ink" in your daily life?! How is that possible? Red is inspiring and energizing. I think that the general lack of red ink in your life may have made it impossible for you to share melancholic lines with us today!

 

I'll help you:

 

[Ian the Jock]

Here you go, Coop

 

 

Swan No.2 Safety with a stubby nib

Diamine Teal

Rhodia grid

A fine pen and a fine song.

[AAAndrew]

Did a little vintage dip nib comparison over in the Pointed Pen Calligraphy forum, but thought I'd share the picture of the nibs since these are what I'm writing with today. To see what the nibs write like, check out the post.

 

[ThyPenMaker]

Nice info AAAndrew. File this one.

[Pira]

Going to sit down and practice. Yup...not going to get...distracted.

 

..heh. Shaken not stirred. DOH! Oh and there she goes...directly off the rails again.

 

Shaken not stirred by Pira Urosevic, on Flickr

 

Noodler's Ahab with an Edison two-tone stub & Diamine Amber on LIFE banking paper. Mouse drawn on Stillman&Birn Zeta.

 

nyx_h ~ covetting that pen holder!!

 

AAAndrew ~ more droolworthy dip nibs...aaaaah *grabs towel*

Edited December 4, 2015 by Pira

[pomperopero]

 

That is a very handsome "Osmia" (Parker?). Y como siempre, ¡me fascina tu letra tan artística —y ese trapo de cocina tan emblemático de tus fotos—!

 

Thanks for your kind word It´s funny to see when someone says something about my kitchen cloth.

[AAAndrew]

nyx_h: That knight pen holder is the greatest! Any info you can share on where it was purchased?

mehandiratta: Keep the orange pens coming! I'm becoming converted

Eduardo: Love the Sheaffers! Those inlaid nibs are still some of the greatest industrial design of the 20th-century

EoC: Your writing just keeps getting better and better. And that oblique holder is pretty sweet!

Halloween: Always love seeing your fancy pens and wonderful writing, and your Waterman does some amazing things!

Mauricio: That burnt orange Pelikan with the nib,... The nib!!! Such a stunner!

 

 

Got a new nib yesterday and I'm having a lot of fun with it. I had a "newer" (c. 1940's) version which was pretty good, but I was able to get a box from the teens or 20's and these babies are so much fun. Writing with one of these big nibs takes some getting used to, but the Bank Pen shape is one of the ones that stretches back to early in the history of the steel pen, and lasted for a long time. I have a couple of Esterbrook 14 Bank pens, and they're also quite fun. Charles Schultz used the "Radio" coated version (914) of the Esterbrook bank pen to draw all of his Peanuts comic strips, which is why the prices for those are kind of ridiculous. The plain old 14 is exactly the same pen but without the "Radio" coating. And I would say these older Eagle Bank Pens are definitely comparable. They're big, flexible, hold a ton of ink and extremely durable. Not the sharpest lines out there, but no slouch either. Writing with this I keep thinking about the old commercial ledgers I've seen with the names of people written and lists of their accounts...

 

Edited December 4, 2015 by AAAndrew

[cellardoor04]

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[Pterodactylus]

This is Mr. Grape.

He grew on a tree near a nuclear power plant.

The Operators of course claim there is no causal relationship between the nuclear power plant and the creation of Mr. Grape.

They see him as a random freak of nature......

 

 

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

(Rohrer & Klingner Glass Pen)

(Pentel Waterbrush)

(Rohrer & Klingner Helianthus)

(J. Herbin Orange Indien)

(Diamine Poppy Red)

(Faber Castell Polychromos)

[httpmom]

Pelikan M800 Burnt Orange with a vintage oversized 14k wet noodle nib

 

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae327/VintagePen/VintagePen3/VintagePen3004/IMG_3652_zpsfhz0zzff.jpg

Curious, does a vintage Pelican nib fit in a modern Pelican pen then?

[httpmom]

 

That pen is simply breathtaking! I love pens with interesting designs in the celluloid.

+1 A stunner!

[Cryptos]

It's not a vintage pelikan nib.