Don't Just Tell Us About The Pen You're Using, *show* Us! - 2016

[eliweisz]

Yeah, let us make an ink bird contest, this is fun, easy , fast and everybody can join, grab your pen and scribble ink birds

I´m looking forward to see many ink birds

Birds, you say? OK, here's some:

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1578/25142051101_8c4474e48f_c.jpg

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1676/25235250055_39c8edeb7d_c.jpg

Waterman 52V, Iroshizuku Kon-Peki, scanned, inverted (1), kaleidoscoped (2)

[AAAndrew]

Now I want to get out my old Targa. I haven't shown my Sheaffers much love lately. Shame on me.

 

fountainpenpagen: Very spoiled indeed!

 

ptero: cool birds!

 

Tas: I really like the look of "frosted" nibs. I wonder why more don't do that.

 

Inkluminati: And you're quite good at both. And the fact that you don't practice is even more testament to your artistic skill

 

Today I have a couple of new ones. Finally got myself a full-size red Esterbrook J. And still loving the little 1950's Pilot Super80 I recently got. The #14 rubber sac doesn't hold much, especially when you begin flexing that bad-boy nib, but it's still lots of fun. And the Pacific Railroad nib is a very rare Esterbrook. It's made more along the lines of a British pen of the time, with sharp, short, flexible tines in a big pen. I wonder if these were some of the pens Esterbrook made in their English works.

 

I recently got a mixed bunch of nibs all connected to railroads or other businesses and in it I found a couple of these, a previously unknown and unlisted 145 Pacific Railroad, a 0149 Monarch Railroad which I'm convinced is made by Esterbrook, and a couple of nibs from the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. I love these nibs from the old railroad and other companies. It seems like all of the railroads had their own imprints put on their nibs. It's the same with Bell Systems (the old telephone company). I have four different models with their imprint. It's all part of the collecting fun.

 

[fountainpagan]

Fountainpagan, this is a really nice Mabie Todd you got.

 

 

Thank you, Pterodactylus.

 

Indeed a nice bird. But not easy to "fence" with. Still getting the hang of it.

[Diplomaat]

Oh well, my handwriting is atrocious, but here goes!

[Noihvo]

 

 

 

 

[Pterodactylus]

Eli, very well done, I love your Eagle !

 

Diplomaat, really good, you have proven that you can draw, don´t stop.

So what you have written is actually not true, you can.

 

Guys and Gals, don´t be shy, where are your birds?

 

 

 

 

 

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

[Noihvo]

All right, a small one then. Since you asked nicely.

 

​(Faber Castell 53 SF, Liquitex Carbon Black)

Edited February 24, 2016 by Noihvo

[LizB]

Bad night's sleep last night - this is how I feel today. Not much line variation from my Ahab.

 

 

Rubbish owl, Noodlers Ahab by Liz, on Flickr

[Pensei]

http://i1319.photobucket.com/albums/t662/go-wildcats/IMG_2965%202_zpsot16t3by.jpg

 

The artwork by people here is amazing and intimidating; for me it's just doodles to see what color ink I like. When you say draw a bird, I go back to the kindergarten way--a "V." Of course, so did Van Gogh! Main colors here are F-C Stone Grey, which I love, and KWZI Honey. The ink in the sky and on the nib of the fairly old Waterman Patrician is Souten.

[Pterodactylus]

Very well done Noihvo, Liz

 

 

 

Liz, you might should take a look at the EMF (Ease My Flex) mod.

You can easily modify a Noodlers or FPR flex nib to become a "real" flex pen and get rid of their Chuck Norris semi-flex behaviour

 

 

Take a look:

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/240492-noodlers-ahab-ease-my-flex-mod/

 

Btw. I know exactly how you feel today, I´m also already very tired. (playing too much around with my pens in the evening and often it gets too late...... )

 

 

 

Interesting how few strokes are really needed to create a bird

 

 

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

[Pterodactylus]

Hi Pensei, welcome on board, thanks for your participation, I like your composition.

And you actually beaten me, 2 strokes are record to create a bird

[Pensei]

Thanks, Ptero.

[AAAndrew]

Since I have no skill to draw a bird with many strokes, I go for minimalism. Minimal skill so minimal strokes.

 

[HalloweenHJB]

Oh what great-looking birds! I fear that my version will set a poor precedent...

 

 

Platinum #3776 with Music nib; Noodler's Dumas Tulipe Noire ink

Edited February 25, 2016 by HalloweenHJB

[Inkidu]

A cardinal, in Diamine's Red Dragon, drawn with my just arrived Mabie Todd Swan:

 

http://i.imgur.com/4WMmEFH.jpg

Edited February 25, 2016 by Inkidu

[Inky.Fingers]

Only a HumBird not a HummingBird yet!

[00Photo]

Lots of birds!

 

I reground this down from a double broad tonight. Waterman 54.

[perfaddict]

[mehandiratta]

Lots of birds!

 

I reground this down from a double broad tonight. Waterman 54.

 

 

What ink is that

[mehandiratta]

 

 

wow this one is amazing man... lovely... sadly its not available in India