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23 hours ago, AmandaW said:

Exactly. I do still want them because they can be used to draw with sumi ink. but with a proper fountain pen nib rather than a catchy dip nib. And a Sailor nib at that. I figured I can ignore the wobble. I love the smell of sumi ink.

What does it smell like? I haven't used it but would have thought it smelled like the ink stick one uses when doing Chinese brush painting.

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1 minute ago, essayfaire said:

What does it smell like? I haven't used it but would have thought it smelled like the ink stick one uses when doing Chinese brush painting.

Soot, but nice. I haven't tried an ink stick so cannot compare. I used to use sumi with a brush for life drawing sessions when an art student. I went through litres of it. The slightest whiff takes me instantly back to good memories. :wub:

Will work for pens... :unsure:

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14 hours ago, AmandaW said:

Soot, but nice. I haven't tried an ink stick so cannot compare. I used to use sumi with a brush for life drawing sessions when an art student. I went through litres of it. The slightest whiff takes me instantly back to good memories. :wub:

I may have to add that to my inks to try list.  Thank you.  Scent is our deepest memory storage sense.

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Midori Spring Stationary is available. Smart move, two seasonal collections each year, as it triggers the hoarding gene to respond immediately. Well, it is hormonal or the buying impulse is a spinal reflex, but the order for a pad and set of matching envelopes for each of the four designs is placed.

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23 hours ago, countrydirt said:

I ended up ordering 4 GLP The Author notebooks.  Seemed a little like overkill, so  I gave one to my girlfriend for her birthday.   I may have contributed to her habit as well...

 

Welcome to the land of the enablers!

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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On 1/23/2023 at 12:24 PM, amberleadavis said:

 

Welcome to the land of the enablers!

and Amber just may be our Queen

Brad

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind" - Rudyard Kipling
"None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try." - Mark Twain

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I have always liked Rhodia paper but never cared for the dot pads. I recently found these top wire bound lined pads that I really enjoy.

 

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17 hours ago, Runnin_Ute said:

and Amber just may be our Queen

Hail to the Queen!

“Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today, because if you do it today and like it, you can do again tomorrow!”

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18 hours ago, Runnin_Ute said:

and Amber just may be our Queen

 

14 hours ago, Misfit said:

@Runnin_Ute well said. 

 

52 minutes ago, Gloucesterman said:

Hail to the Queen!

 

 

 

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Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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On 1/24/2023 at 10:37 PM, Runnin_Ute said:

and Amber just may be our Queen

May be?

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Thank you all.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Amber is indeed Queen Pen(& paper)abler! ❤️

 I went to MUJI after my jury duty was rescheduled (they had been emailing us the whole time, but then called us to let us know about the rescheduling- a few of us with the new iPhones didn’t get the voicemail until later that day) as it’s a short walk from the courthouse. I had never been and it was so serene and smelled nice! The nice lady in the stationery section was really helpful and I left with an aluminum fp and 2 high quality notebooks- a lay flat grey one, and a black double spiral notebook. I actually want to learn how to draw now because I need to go through more notebooks, but then I will need another one, probably.

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MontBlanc 144 IB, Herbin Orange Indien/ Wearingeul Frost

Sailor x Daimaru Central Rockhopper Penguin PGS mini, Sailor Wonder Blue

Parker 88 Place Vendôme IB, Diamine Golden Sands

Salz Peter Pan 18k gold filled filligree fine flex, Waterman Serenity Blue 

Yiren Giraffe IEF, Pilot Yama-Guri/sky blue holographic mica

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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3 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

Amber is indeed Queen Pen(& paper)abler! ❤️

 I went to MUJI after my jury duty was rescheduled (they had been emailing us the whole time, but then called us to let us know about the rescheduling- a few of us with the new iPhones didn’t get the voicemail until later that day) as it’s a short walk from the courthouse. I had never been and it was so serene and smelled nice! The nice lady in the stationery section was really helpful and I left with an aluminum fp and 2 high quality notebooks- a lay flat grey one, and a black double spiral notebook. I actually want to learn how to draw now because I need to go through more notebooks, but then I will need another one, probably.

Very cool.

 

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Right then. The Great Pen Clean is completed, Log updated and my Currently Inked book has a new tab entitled 2023 to carry forward those which did did not need cleaning. Sigh.

 

That means I now only have 49 inked pens (and will not admit how many were dried out or nearly so). My records are such that nothing was out of control, other than the total number of pens inked, I knew exactly which ones and where they were. It was a worry.

 

Do I need to book myself in somewhere?

 

Will work for pens... :unsure:

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@AmandaW absolutely not. I have more pens waiting for I don’t know how many years to be cleaned. My inked pens are out of control. I let it all get out of hand, and it stayed that way. 

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I'd say enjoy it (while you can) - why limit yourself artificially? You can always blow off steam on this thread...

a fountain pen is physics in action... Proud member of the SuperPinks

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16 hours ago, AmandaW said:

Do I need to book myself in somewhere?

Why, where? A spa to recuperate? A writers' and artists' colony since your supplies are at the ready?

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