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First sketch in 2016.

Inspired by the view of Shirakawa village in Japan.

 

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vaibhav mehandiratta

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Very nice Vaibhav! I have been wondering about music nibs, they seem such an interesting prospect...

 

Gorgeous ink and nice handwriting Vaibhav. I'd honestly never thought to mix inks but you achieved a wonderful color!

Well music nib is amazing.. I always thought that stub nibs left me with something more to be desired and answer was music nib.. More line variation.. And more wetness..

 

And thank you for the compliment

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First sketch in 2016.

Inspired by the view of Shirakawa village in Japan.

 

 

There really needs to be a like/love button .

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Can't wait to see when you start to play with the shading where you add two or more colors on these pens by bleeding some from one pen onto the nib of another. Pretty cool!

 

Congrats

That would be fun! I only got one pen so far though, but I've seen what these are capable of!

 

What is camera that you use

It just a Panasonic FZ38 (FZ35) compact super zoom.

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A-ma-zing!

What I wouldn't give to have a Shaffer of that beauty...with BBB ground to a crisp calligraphic italic nib. ... oh the glory day it would be.

Thanks for the comments on my italics...am still trying very hard to not messed up....Where are the robots? Please bring it back.

 

Guides for flourishes are easy to find, but hard to duplicate! Here are a couple of examples from Miriam Stribley's _The Calligraphy Source Book_ (Running Press, 1986):

 

Also, David Harris' _The Calligrapher's Bible_ may be very useful to you for complete alphabets and excellent explanations on how to form the letters...

Thanks. I have looked at your suggestions and I know am no genius...it seems to be very difficult and will hurt me more than being in labor.

 

 

Wow.. Love the italic hand

Your inspiring writing prompted me to improve mine. Sadly, I can only be at 10% of yours.

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I'm still working on restoring this Eberhard Faber Perma Point.

 

Wow! Very beautiful.

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“When the historians of education do equal and exact justice to all who have contributed toward educational progress, they will devote several pages to those revolutionists who invented steel pens and blackboards.” V.T. Thayer, 1928

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"No one is exempt from talking nonsense; the mistake is to do it solemnly."

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Lovely! Good opening shot - with one of my favorite inks.

 

Eli, thank you! Looking forward to your sketches as well as writings.

 

Beautiful sketch

 

Thank you kindly! I'm a fan of your handwriting and excellent photographs.

 

 

There really needs to be a like/love button .

 

Thank you so much!

With the quality of contributions in this thread, the Like button would be worn off rather quickly :)

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That Walnut ink just imparts 100 years into the beautiful handwriting!

Superb!

What nib is used? The thin lines are so delicate.

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Thanks! I do love the Walnut ink. And it's cheap too! Great for just doodling around and practice.

 

It's an Eagle Pencil Co. E370. A pretty standard "College" pen with nice sharp hairlines and decent shading. The Esterbrook equivalent is the 105 for a small nib, or the 453 Business and College pen for a slightly larger nib. The College pens are great for shaded writing with a straight holder as they are a bit smoother than the really delicate and super flexible nibs, and usually much more durable.

 

The Esterbrook 105 is pretty rare, though. The E370 is more common, but more popular as well.

 

“When the historians of education do equal and exact justice to all who have contributed toward educational progress, they will devote several pages to those revolutionists who invented steel pens and blackboards.” V.T. Thayer, 1928

Check out my Steel Pen Blog

"No one is exempt from talking nonsense; the mistake is to do it solemnly."

-Montaigne

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Beautiful. I have a new Legacy II, but it's not nearly as pretty as yours!

Funny you should say so... It was your post and picture that inspired me in the first place to look at and for these pens again!

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Beautiful. I have a new Legacy II, but it's not nearly as pretty as yours!

Funny you should say so... It was your post and picture that inspired me in the first place to look at and for these pens again!

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Funny you should say so... It was your post and picture that inspired me in the first place to look at and for these pens again!

 

 

It is always my honor to inspire others...

 

Het is altijd voor mij een eer anderen inspireren... ;)

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