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I write a small hand and I use a stub on a regular basis. I prefer a fine stub. When I buy a new pen with a stub nib, I send it out for narrowing. Both Richard Binder and Dennis Lively have performed that service for me. I have also had Richard transform both medium and broad round nibs into fine stubs for me.

 

I record the minutes for two groups. I always use a fine stub to take my notes. It forces me to write large enough that my notes are easy for me and for others to read.

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Thanks for the intel. I'm a B nib girl and I've avoided these out of fear they'd be too narrow for me.

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yup yup and more yup

My first stub nib was my Bexley FPN LE. I bought it for collection purpose only but after I tried it, WOWWWWWW!!! There is always a cartridge or the converter ready for it in my desk. Now I'm out of home but tomorrow I will go to my sister's house to bring my new Stipula Novecento Cromo with 1.1 Stub nib, just because I love the Bexley Stub 1.3, I've order another one.

 

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  ViolinWriter said:
Obviously my doctor-type degree wasn't in the right field to understand fountain pens. :wacko:

 

Any help would be appreciated. It's time to pack up those papery mache' crumbs and get some dinner.

 

Ah the perils of the over-educated and the under Sloe Ginned :thumbup:

 

Now Elizabeth, if I may be so bold, maybe you need to sit back and take this in it's stride. Stub nibs is wonderful, they are really just a sort of Italic, but with rounded edges so that where I live the Nurse is not bothered in case I hurt myself. So you can get normal stubs almost off the shelf, for example, if you by an Italic nib for a Parker Sonnet, then that is pretty much a Stub as it is not a razor sharp italic, being more rounded and then I round 'em off just a tad more to make it easy for the Village Idiot of Lydiard Tregoze, ie Moi, to write with the damn thing.

 

Now if you like finer nibs, then this ain't gonna be the beasty for you, as on a scale of nib widths it writes as almost a US Broad. In fact most European nibs tend to be broader than the US nib size. If you want a really fine stub, then I suggest you get a nin meister to grind one for you as you just won't find that from stock as far as I can see.

 

What I do find though is that a stub is good for writing music, or in my case editing music that has come off my Cakewalk program :blush: I often end up taking a Piano piece and mangling it for the Organ or Electronic keyboard.

 

Anyway, got to go now, there is thunder in the distance so I have to go a dress up in tails, light a few candles and fire up Ye Olde Technics E66 Organ and play, or more accurately murder Toccata :wacko: Only music to accompany Thunder & Lightening IMHO :D

 

Best,

 

Jim

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Yum. As a B lover, you've made my day. Both nibwise and because there's just nothing like a good murder to Bach. :lol:

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  Ghost Plane said:
Yum. As a B lover, you've made my day. Both nibwise and because there's just nothing like a good murder to Bach. :lol:

 

I must disagree on the murder part. Unintentional Bach-icide is allowed under the criminal laws of every nation. The punishment is the same as getting a musician to Carnegie Hall.

 

Practice. Practice. Practice.

 

A murder of crows is fine.

 

Murder of those that 'need killing' is also allowed in certain very peculiarly enlightened communities, especially when the Sheriff lets loose the endorsement of, "That critter just needed killing." (Usually applied to a man, but that's not sexist. That's movies.)

 

As such communities and Sheriffs are found only in the Holly, Bolly or other such "woods", please don't try that at home unless you know of some 'closed city streets' and some 'professional drivers' to fill them.

 

Murder Bach? Never. Not intentionally, ever.

 

Err...NIEVERMORE!

 

When I have dear Edgar's raven agreeing with me, I know I'm right.

 

Now, exactly what must I do to become properly sloed?

 

I think I know what Jim might be urging me to do, and what to tell the nib grinder when I send the pen off. Now, could someone help me with my spelling? Typos? Finding the gins and sloes that go with them.

 

And, while we're on the matter of stub nibs, a final followup question.

 

I know that the line differences between the cursive italic and stub result in more line variation with the cursive italic than a stub. But, when you're using one or the other, is there a different 'feel' or 'feedback'l between the cursive italic and the stub? Does the stub or cursive italic result in more "tooth" in the nib? Does the stub glide more or less than a regular nib?

 

I'm talking the feeling in the hand. I am a violinist and have a remarkable feedback system in my hands. I can even tell when there is just the slightest bit too much powdered rosin in the bow (not visible to the naked or well clothed, eye. I know if there is a bit of "greasy kiddy finger" residue on the fingerboard when you can't tell it's there by visual inspection. I make adjustments in the "10th" (or less) of a 'silly - milli - meter' when adjusting a bow stroke or changing finger position.

 

Feedback from my hands is a major issue for me. If you can feel the difference between the nib types, what is it.

 

Or, if I shouldn't feel any difference at all, please let me know.

 

Thanks again. The assistance from all has been wonderful.

 

Oh, and would someone tell me what the sloes Mim sent over are bellering about? The noise, the noise, the maddening noise....

 

I think I'm getting a Mee-Grained head hurt. Ouch.

 

Elizabeth

 

Spring and love arrived on a bird's sweet song. "How does that little box sound like birds and laughter?" I asked the gypsy violinist. He leaned back, pointing to his violin. "Look inside, you'll see the birdies sing to me" soft laughter in his voice. "I hear them, I can almost see them!", I shouted as his bow danced on the strings. "Ah yes" he said, "your heart is a violin." Shony Alex Braun

 

As it began for Shony, it began for me. My heart -- My violin

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I know that the line differences between the cursive italic and stub result in more line variation with the cursive italic than a stub. But, when you're using one or the other, is there a different 'feel' or 'feedback'l between the cursive italic and the stub? Does the stub or cursive italic result in more "tooth" in the nib? Does the stub glide more or less than a regular nib?

 

The answer for me is that the Stub is easier to write with as the nib is rounder, whereas the Cursive nib will be straight cut and sharp, wonderful to use, but harder to master. Also writing notes on a music stand is just not possible with a cursive, but deal easier with a stub.

 

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I know that the line differences between the cursive italic and stub result in more line variation with the cursive italic than a stub. But, when you're using one or the other, is there a different 'feel' or 'feedback'l between the cursive italic and the stub? Does the stub or cursive italic result in more "tooth" in the nib? Does the stub glide more or less than a regular nib?

 

The answer for me is that the Stub is easier to write with as the nib is rounder, whereas the Cursive nib will be straight cut and sharp, wonderful to use, but harder to master. Also writing notes on a music stand is just not possible with a cursive, but deal easier with a stub.

 

Jim

 

I can't write in ink on music no matter what*. It's a fact that the moment ink hits a page of music, the interpretive symbol, notes or writing shall be instantly wrong and must be changed. Interpretive markings instantly become clumsy. Notes written on line or space must be changed to the vicey versey. Worse still, any inked marking, except for copying the final version, will be awful, disastrous, stinking, terrible, and extremely UN-musical.

 

I attribute this to evil genies that live in ink bottles and only appear when a fountain pen is poised for action over sheet music. Either that, or it's a vast stage right conspiracy.

 

Making matters more difficult, my music stands are made for holding a ton of music. Putting a fountain pen near them invariably causes whatever is on the desk to fly off in a disorganized manner. If I were a believer in such things, I'd swear the House Elf were causing mischief. Or, I'd blame "He Who Must Not Be Named".

 

Then again, it's probably the Wet Whoevers.

 

Or Wagner. :happyberet:

 

 

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*As with all rules, there are limited exceptions for inking the final version of a composition or for writing a nifty note to the Pulitzer Committee, should my music ever be nominated.

Elizabeth

 

Spring and love arrived on a bird's sweet song. "How does that little box sound like birds and laughter?" I asked the gypsy violinist. He leaned back, pointing to his violin. "Look inside, you'll see the birdies sing to me" soft laughter in his voice. "I hear them, I can almost see them!", I shouted as his bow danced on the strings. "Ah yes" he said, "your heart is a violin." Shony Alex Braun

 

As it began for Shony, it began for me. My heart -- My violin

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Definitely Wagner. Any man who writes music which Hanna-Barbera can later transmutate into "Kill the Wabbit" with Elmer Fudd singing HAD to be an evil genius. I'm grinning just THINKING about that cartoon. singing... "Spear and magic helmet..."

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  ViolinWriter said:
I can't write in ink on music no matter what*. It's a fact that the moment ink hits a page of music, the interpretive symbol, notes or writing shall be instantly wrong and must be changed. Interpretive markings instantly become clumsy. Notes written on line or space must be changed to the vicey versey. Worse still, any inked marking, except for copying the final version, will be awful, disastrous, stinking, terrible, and extremely UN-musical.

 

I attribute this to evil genies that live in ink bottles and only appear when a fountain pen is poised for action over sheet music. Either that, or it's a vast stage right conspiracy.

 

Making matters more difficult, my music stands are made for holding a ton of music. Putting a fountain pen near them invariably causes whatever is on the desk to fly off in a disorganized manner. If I were a believer in such things, I'd swear the House Elf were causing mischief. Or, I'd blame "He Who Must Not Be Named".

 

Then again, it's probably the Wet Whoevers.

 

Or Wagner. :happyberet:

 

 

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*As with all rules, there are limited exceptions for inking the final version of a composition or for writing a nifty note to the Pulitzer Committee, should my music ever be nominated.

 

OK, now calm down..................... he said in the most condescending manner he could muster :blink:

 

Are you sure that is just regular ink you are using? Magic Mushrooms? :hmm1: There is the reason why I use a Music Editing program on the olde 'puter, see I can edit , write over and reprint until it sorta comes right. I use Ink Jet friendly paper so the fountain pen writes on it nice and smooth. Now I do agree that when I go to play the wonderful creation, some of them there evil genies, or whatever do move the keys about on my keyboard WHILST I am playing :angry:

 

However, it is quite acceptable to blame it all on Wagner :ninja: But I do like the idea of the stage right conspiracy, but tell me, do they have a Black helicopter? Can't be a proper conspiracy until they have a Black helicopter :unsure:

 

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  JimStrutton said:
  ViolinWriter said:
I can't write in ink on music no matter what*. It's a fact that the moment ink hits a page of music, the interpretive symbol, notes or writing shall be instantly wrong and must be changed. Interpretive markings instantly become clumsy. Notes written on line or space must be changed to the vicey versey. Worse still, any inked marking, except for copying the final version, will be awful, disastrous, stinking, terrible, and extremely UN-musical.

 

I attribute this to evil genies that live in ink bottles and only appear when a fountain pen is poised for action over sheet music. Either that, or it's a vast stage right conspiracy.

 

Making matters more difficult, my music stands are made for holding a ton of music. Putting a fountain pen near them invariably causes whatever is on the desk to fly off in a disorganized manner. If I were a believer in such things, I'd swear the House Elf were causing mischief. Or, I'd blame "He Who Must Not Be Named".

 

Then again, it's probably the Wet Whoevers.

 

Or Wagner. :happyberet:

 

 

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*As with all rules, there are limited exceptions for inking the final version of a composition or for writing a nifty note to the Pulitzer Committee, should my music ever be nominated.

 

OK, now calm down..................... he said in the most condescending manner he could muster :blink:

 

Are you sure that is just regular ink you are using? Magic Mushrooms? :hmm1: There is the reason why I use a Music Editing program on the olde 'puter, see I can edit , write over and reprint until it sorta comes right. I use Ink Jet friendly paper so the fountain pen writes on it nice and smooth. Now I do agree that when I go to play the wonderful creation, some of them there evil genies, or whatever do move the keys about on my keyboard WHILST I am playing :angry:

 

However, it is quite acceptable to blame it all on Wagner :ninja: But I do like the idea of the stage right conspiracy, but tell me, do they have a Black helicopter? Can't be a proper conspiracy until they have a Black helicopter :unsure:

Condescending??!!?? You gonna get all condescending on moi?!?!?

 

Petit moi???

 

Oh, of course...I get it...it's the 'puter thingy affecting your musical brain.

 

We don't use not steenking 'puters here in music writing. The cords get all tangled up inside the grand pinany. Worse still, those cables and stuff wreck the bowing adjustments required for Scottish fiddling musical fusion with good ole Mozart style notes on a page, done in a rockin' style.

 

The result is that I never trip when coaching Scottish or Irish fiddlers, even as we dance while we are playing. I also never get tangled into the gizmos when composing.

 

Or decomposing.

 

Actually I'm not really doing much decomposing in that the old ticker is keeping me at a lovely allegro tempo, right down to my tippy-toes.

 

As for the Black Helicopooters, you tell me. Perhaps that's the problem. I just leave the puter and the Black Hellishcopooters come in and the whole thing goes to Hades in a Hula Hoop, taking my life with them.

 

Or, it's Wagner. :ninja:

 

Truthfully, I can't compose on a computer at all. I need to have the violin, or cello, or viola, in hand, or be sitting at the piano to write music. As much as I can hear the music and see it in my minds eye, I need an instrument (tape recorder running BTW) to work out the fine points of chord changes, runs, trills and other such flibberty-gibbits that make it to the ledger paper. I also think musically better when holding an instrument.

 

I also cannot stand the sound of what is emitted from computer speakers, musically speaking, even when using composing programs. Yeah, I know. They're not supposed to sound good, but still... There are no speakers anywhere that are as good as the real deal. So, like most musicians, I have a pretty awful stereo/CD player system, and lots of instruments littering my living space. It works well. I play more and get caught up in listening to "dreck" less.

 

It is actually dangerous (to the instruments) to have bows too close to the desk area. Wherever I sit or stand while playing, I'm either too far from the computer, or the bow is too close to a 'fracture hazard' caused by hitting something as I get musical type sounds out of those small wooden boxes with the strings on top.

 

Oh, and what brand of Magic Mushrooms were you speaking of? Can I get them at the local "Shop and Rob" food purveyors? :yikes:

 

As for the "stage right conspiracy", I shall abstain from comment. We've just had the Supremes issue a few pronouncements from Mount Olympus (DC Branch) that limit certain speechifying rights. Until I fully understand the opinions, I don't want to get detention or suspended for the content of my comments. :hmm1:

Elizabeth

 

Spring and love arrived on a bird's sweet song. "How does that little box sound like birds and laughter?" I asked the gypsy violinist. He leaned back, pointing to his violin. "Look inside, you'll see the birdies sing to me" soft laughter in his voice. "I hear them, I can almost see them!", I shouted as his bow danced on the strings. "Ah yes" he said, "your heart is a violin." Shony Alex Braun

 

As it began for Shony, it began for me. My heart -- My violin

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  HDoug said:
People please. Wagner's music isn't as bad as it sounds.

 

Doug

Had to think about that one :headsmack:

 

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  HDoug said:
People please. Wagner's music isn't as bad as it sounds.

 

Doug

:roflmho: :clap1: :roflmho: :clap1: :roflmho: :clap1: :roflmho: :clap1: :roflmho: :clap1:

 

You ever had to play in the orchestra pit for Wagner's operas? Over and over? For months at a stretch? With a screaming soprano going on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, about how true is their love? And I know, it's not screaming, it's opera. Except for Wagnerian sopranos. I love opera, but I swear some Isolde's I've heard are warming up for a football match at Wembly, or an outdoor concert groupie -- same location.

 

Anyway, the soprano goes on and on about "love", while the object of their affections looks like 'jail bait' in a statutory rape sort of way. You see, it's impossible to disguise the fact that the soprano in question is clearly in her 50s with a girth of similar dimension. 'Lover boy' (e.g. Tristan), on the other hand, appears quite truly in his teens, with great legs and libido enhancing leather. (Or so it was described to me when I asked about lederhosen.)

 

Then there's the music that goes with that operatic nattering on and on, which generally is far too emblematically Imperial. Or too close to a Swatiska for comfort. Or too repetitive to avoid madness in the string sections.

 

There is a phrase that goes something like, "Void as against public policy". It actually applies to whether or not a work is worthy of copyight, or an idea worthy of a patent.

 

Too bad it's never been applied to Wagner. :roflmho:

 

But I could be wrong. :ninja:

 

I could also be exaggerating. A wee bit. ;)

Elizabeth

 

Spring and love arrived on a bird's sweet song. "How does that little box sound like birds and laughter?" I asked the gypsy violinist. He leaned back, pointing to his violin. "Look inside, you'll see the birdies sing to me" soft laughter in his voice. "I hear them, I can almost see them!", I shouted as his bow danced on the strings. "Ah yes" he said, "your heart is a violin." Shony Alex Braun

 

As it began for Shony, it began for me. My heart -- My violin

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I hate sopranos. Of course that could be a result of 13+ years of having them screech in my ears as they always got the best placement on the risers and the altos [me] got jammed in around them like afterthoughts. Usually next to the tenor section so those of us with low enough ranges could fill in for the tenors who didn't HAVE ranges. :blink: Why oh why do so many so called choir directors think they need 20 sopranos, but only 5 or so altos to balance them? Like I'm going to ruin my vocal chords trying to punch over those screechers?

 

Excuse me. The word "soprano" obviously brought back traumatic memories. There's a REASON I don't sing in choirs anymore I guess I just couldn't <ahem> HANDEL it any more.:blink:

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  Ghost Plane said:
I hate sopranos. Of course that could be a result of 13+ years of having them screech in my ears as they always got the best placement on the risers and the altos [me] got jammed in around them like afterthoughts. Usually next to the tenor section so those of us with low enough ranges could fill in for the tenors who didn't HAVE ranges. :blink: Why oh why do so many so called choir directors think they need 20 sopranos, but only 5 or so altos to balance them? Like I'm going to ruin my vocal chords trying to punch over those screechers?

 

Excuse me. The word "soprano" obviously brought back traumatic memories. There's a REASON I don't sing in choirs anymore I guess I just couldn't <ahem> HANDEL it any more.:blink:

My wife is an alto. She agrees with you totally. As a baritone, I feel the same way about tenors.

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Now just hold on a cotton picking minute here :eureka:

 

I think like what I am getting the Handel on this, (see I can do damn awful puns too :yikes: )

 

Re this Wagner chappie, is not his music used somewhere in relation to helicopters, surfing and Napalm, came from some book, Heart of Darkness I think, damn sight better than the film IMHO. Therefore, he said, making a leap across a damn great chasm, Therefore I reiterate, there IS a conspiracy :ninja:

 

Right now back to editing music with Stub nibs! You don't compose, or decompose the music on the computer any more than I compose this little work of art on the computer, I merely use the 'puter to transcribe and print geddit? Yes I can play back, to get an idea about tempo etc, but that ain't the be all and end all. You see I sort of doodle into the keyboard, the long one with white and black keys, which is linked to the 'puter by magic, and it records all my wonderful stuff, which I then edit, print out and edit some more with a pen whilst I try to play it again. This is an iterative process, that involves the use of about half a forest worth of paper, six bottles of Quink and five nib regrinds to get to a five minute overture :bunny01:

 

You can link a Violin into this mix, not quite sure how, but some guy what I met up Norf in a pub a couple of years back does it, might be a special violin though, if so my money would be on Yamaha. After about six pints of the lunatic soup and a damn fine curry though, the idea seemed great to me.

 

So there it be, this am the way that you dispose music, edit and correct same for public performance and I commend the idea to the house.

 

Right then now where's me Sloe Gin, I feel a composition coming on - I may be late for dinner tonight B)

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  • 16 years later...

Please correct me if I’m wrong, but in my understanding a .3mm is a fine stub, a .6mm is a medium stub, a .8mm is a broad stub , and a 1.0mm is a double broad stub. Even though in my experience we don’t call stubs by letters but by numbers! So…Thanks Pitagoras! Oh by the way I love .9 stubs! 🙂

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I manage to bullet journal in my Traveler’s Company passport notebook with a 1.1 stub. 
 

At that notebook size I don’t think I’d go with a broader (is broader a word) nib than 1.1, but it’s definitely workable.

 

It’s fairly easy to adjust your line size with a stub, so they’re versatile in my opinion.

 

There is a bit of a learning curve with them (I’m still very much on that curve) so you might find that having to be so deliberate with your pen is fatiguing for longer writing sessions. I know that’s the case for me so far. Hoping that will improve over time as it becomes muscle memory.

 

 

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      Raina’s
    • fireant 2 Nov 1:36
      Fine-have you had a nibmeister look at it?
    • carlos.q 29 Oct 15:19
      @FineFinerFinest: have you seen this thread? https://www.fountainpennetwor...nging-pelikan-nibs/#comments
    • FineFinerFinest 24 Oct 8:52
      No replies required to my complaints about the Pelikan. A friend came to the rescue with some very magnification equipment - with the images thrown to a latge high res screen. Technology is a wonderful thing. Thanks to Mercian for the reply. I had been using the same paper & ink for sometime when the "singing" started. I have a theory but no proof that nibs get damaged when capping the pen. 👍
    • Mercian 22 Oct 22:28
      @FineFinerFinest: sometimes nib-'singing' can be lessened - or even cured - by changing the ink that one is putting through the pen, or the paper that one is using. N.b. *sometimes*. Good luck
    • Bluetaco 22 Oct 22:04
      howdy
    • FineFinerFinest 21 Oct 5:23
      I'm not expecting any replies to my question about the singing Pelikan nib. It seems, from reading the background, that I am not alone. It's a nice pen. It's such a pity Pelikan can't make decent nibs. I have occasionally met users who tell me how wonderful their Pelikan nib is. I've spent enough money to know that not everyone has this experience. I've worked on nibs occasionally over forty years with great success. This one has me beaten. I won't be buying any more Pelikan pens. 👎
    • FineFinerFinest 21 Oct 4:27
      I've had a Pelikan M805 for a couple of years now and cannot get the nib to write without singing. I've worked on dozens of nibs with great success. Ny suggestion about what's going wrong? 😑
    • Bhakt 12 Oct 5:45
      Any feedback in 100th anniversary Mont Blanc green pens?
    • Glens pens 8 Oct 15:08
      @jordierocks94 i happen to have platinum preppy that has wrote like (bleep) since i bought it my second pen....is that something you would wish to practice on?
    • jordierocks94 4 Oct 6:26
      Hello all - New here. My Art studies have spilled me into the ft pen world where I am happily submerged and floating! I'm looking to repair some cheap pens that are starving for ink yet filled, and eventually get new nibs; and development of repair skills (an even longer learning curve than my art studies - lol). Every hobby needs a hobby, eh ...
    • The_Beginner 18 Sept 23:35
      horse notebooks if you search the title should still appear though it wont show you in your proflie
    • Jayme Brener 16 Sept 22:21
      Hi, guys. I wonder if somebody knows who manufactured the Coro fountain pens.
    • TheHorseNotebooks 16 Sept 13:11
      Hello, it's been ages for me since I was here last time. I had a post (http://www.fountainpennetwork...-notebooks/?view=getnewpost) but I see that it is no longer accessible. Is there anyway to retrieve that one?
    • Refujio Rodriguez 16 Sept 5:39
      I have a match stick simplomatic with a weidlich nib. Does anyone know anything about this pen?
    • The_Beginner 15 Sept 16:11
      dusty yes, glen welcome
    • Glens pens 11 Sept 1:22
      Hello, Im new to FPN I'm so happy to find other foutain penattics. collecting almost one year ,thought I would say hello to everyone.
    • DustyBin 8 Sept 14:34
      I haven't been here for ages... do I take it that private sales are no longer allowed? Also used to be a great place to sell and buy some great pens
    • Sailor Kenshin 1 Sept 12:37
      Lol…
    • JungleJim 1 Sept 1:55
      Perhaps it's like saying Beetlejuice 3 times to get that person to appear, though with @Sailor Kenshin you only have to say it twice?
    • Sailor Kenshin 31 Aug 21:06
      ?
    • Duffy 29 Aug 19:31
      @Sailor Kenshin @Sailor Kenshin
    • Seney724 26 Aug 22:07
    • Diablo 26 Aug 22:05
      Thank you so much, Seney724. I really appreciate your help!
    • Seney724 26 Aug 21:43
      I have no ties or relationship. Just a very happy customer. He is a very experienced Montblanc expert.
    • Seney724 26 Aug 21:42
      I strongly recommend Kirk Speer at https://www.penrealm.com/
    • Diablo 26 Aug 21:35
      @Seney724. The pen was recently disassembled and cleaned, but the nib and feed were not properly inserted into the holder. I'm in Maryland.
    • Diablo 26 Aug 21:32
      @Seney724. The nib section needs to be adjusted properly.
    • Seney724 26 Aug 18:16
      @Diablo. Where are you? What does it need?
    • Diablo 26 Aug 16:58
      Seeking EXPERIENCED, REPUTABLE service/repair for my 149. PLEASE help!!!
    • Penguincollector 19 Aug 19:42
      @Marta Val, reach out to @terim, who runs Peyton Street Pens and is very knowledgeable about Sheaffer pens
    • Marta Val 19 Aug 14:35
      Hello, could someone recommend a reliable venue: on line or brick and mortar in Fairfax, VA or Long Island, NY to purchase the soft parts and a converter to restore my dad's Sheaffer Legacy? please. Thanks a mill.
    • The_Beginner 18 Aug 2:49
      is there a guy who we can message to find a part for us with a given timelimit if so please let me know his name!
    • virtuoso 16 Aug 15:15
      what happene to the new Shaeffer inks?
    • Scribs 14 Aug 17:09
      fatehbajwa, in Writing Instruments, "Fountain Pens + Dip Pens First Stop" ?
    • fatehbajwa 14 Aug 12:17
      Back to FPN after 14 years. First thing I noticed is that I could not see a FS forum. What has changed? 🤔
    • Kika 5 Aug 10:22
      Are there any fountain pen collectors in Qatar?
    • T.D. Rabbit 31 July 18:58
      Ahh okay, thanks!
    • Scribs 29 July 18:51
      @ TDRabbit, even better would be in Creative Expressions area, subform The Write Stuff
    • T.D. Rabbit 29 July 11:40
      Okay, thanks!
    • JungleJim 29 July 0:46
      @T.D. Rabbit Try posting it in the "Chatter Forum". You have to be logged in to see it.
    • T.D. Rabbit 28 July 17:54
      Hello! Is there a thread anywhere 'round here where one can post self-composed poetry? If not, would it be alright if I made one? I searched on google, but to no avail...
    • OldFatDog 26 July 19:41
      I have several Parker Roller Ball & Fiber Tip refills in the original packaging. Where and how do I sell them? The couple that I've opened the ink still flowed when put to paper. Also if a pen would take the foller ball refill then it should take the fiber tip as well? Anyway it's been awhile and I'm want to take my message collection beyond the few pieces that I have... Meaning I don't have a Parker these refills will fit in 🙄
    • RegDiggins 23 July 12:40
      Recently was lucky enough to buy a pristine example of the CF crocodile ball with the gold plating. Then of course I faced the same problem we all have over the years ,of trying to find e refill. Fortunately I discovered one here in the U.K. I wonder if there are other sources which exist in other countries, by the way they were not cheap pen
    • The_Beginner 20 July 20:35
      Hows it going guys i have a code from pen chalet that i wont use for 10% off and it ends aug 31st RC10AUG its 10% off have at it fellas
    • T.D. Rabbit 19 July 9:33
      Somewhat confusing and off-putting ones, as said to me by my very honest friends. I don't have an X account though :<
    • piano 19 July 8:41
      @The Devil Rabbit what kind of? Let’s go to X (twitter) with #inkdoodle #inkdoodleFP
    • Mort639 17 July 1:03
      I have a Conway Stewart Trafalgar set. It was previously owned by actor Russell Crowe and includes a letter from him. Can anyone help me with assessing its value?
    • Sailor Kenshin 15 July 17:41
      There must be a couple of places here to share artworks.
    • T.D. Rabbit 15 July 12:45
      Hullo! I really like making ink doodles, and I'd like to share a few. Anywhere on the site I can do so? Thanks in advance!
    • Sailor Kenshin 6 July 17:58
      Pay It Forward.
    • AndWhoDisguisedAs 6 July 16:59
      where would I post wanting to trade bottle of ink straight up?
    • JungleJim 3 July 16:14
      @Bill Wood-- just look at the message below you that was posted by @PAKMAN. He is a moderator here on the forums.
    • Bill Wood 2 July 14:24
      Just checking on a classified section and where we are with that. Many thanks. Bill
    • PAKMAN 29 June 1:57
      @inky1 The software for the classified stopped working with the forum. So no we don't have a sales section anymore at FPN
    • inky1 28 June 16:49
      I am not sure which is the classifieds section
    • inky1 28 June 16:46
      IIs there a Fountain Pen Sales board anywhere on here?
    • dave c 25 June 19:01
      Hi. Anybody ever heard about a Royal Puck Pen. Very small but good looking.
    • Eppie_Matts 23 June 19:25
      Thanks! I've just ordered some #6's to experiment with.
    • Al-fresco 21 June 12:11
      @Eppie_Matts Shouldn't be a problem - I've just put a Bock #6 Titanium into a La Grande Bellezza section. Went straight in without any problem.
    • Curiousone11 21 June 4:35
      Any recommendations on anyone who specializes in original pen patents?
    • Eppie_Matts 20 June 1:32
      Hi all - I'm new to experimenting with pens and nibs. Can I put a bock 6 on a Pineider? Thanks!
    • penned in 16 June 17:33
      Hi, I'm new to this forum and was wondering where is the best place to sell a Montblanc ballpoint pen? Are ballpoints allowed here? It's a beautiful pen that deserves a great listing. Thanks.
    • ChrisUrbane 9 June 3:16
      I havent logged in here for a while. I have moved and when I try to change my location on my profile, when I go to save it, it sais 'page not found' and that I do not have authority to change that.
    • Dlj 6 June 20:19
      I am looking for someone who can repair a Waterman Preface ballpoint that won’t stay together
    • Penguincollector 30 May 14:59
      I just noticed that the oppsing team of the game I watched last night had a player named Biro in their lineup. He must be part of Marsell the oily magician’s cadre
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