What pen(s) are you using today?

[essayfaire]

49 minutes ago, Sinistral1 said:

@jandrewWow!  I thought your spider was the real thing - nice use of shadows!

I shrieked.

[jandrew]

1 hour ago, Sinistral1 said:

@jandrewWow!  I thought your spider was the real thing - nice use of shadows!

Thanks.

10 minutes ago, essayfaire said:

I shrieked.

Apologies ... it's a paper spider, mostly harmless ... mostly.

 

[essayfaire]

3 minutes ago, jandrew said:

Thanks.

Apologies ... it's a paper spider, mostly harmless ... mostly.

 

I'm entomophobic.  Not your fault.

[inkstainedruth]

3 minutes ago, essayfaire said:

I'm entomophobic.  Not your fault.

Except of course that spiders are technically not insects -- they're arachnids.  Mind you, I'm not overly fond of spiders....  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[ruby.monkey]

Time to make friends with them: https://www.youtube.com/c/lucasthespider

[sandy101]

Parker 51 and work desk pen Lamy Aion

 

[A Smug Dill]

On 9/10/2022 at 3:16 PM, OldTravelingShoe said:

Would be interesting to know how well they work as dip pens. I've tested so far the Kakimori with both kinds of nibs, a classic Rohrer and Klingner, a Moonman, and a couple of others are waiting. But a fude nib? Sounds very appealing. 

 

The Sailor Hocoro pen with the Fude nib is doing a good job of reminding me why I've long maintained that Sailor's Fude de Mannen pens with steel nibs are pretty terrible, and the Sailor HiAce Neo steel nibs aren't good either. The metal nib body is thin and not stiff enough, but when one or both of the tines bend ever-so-slightly (only in elastic deformation, not being sprung), a sharp corner or edge is exposed and starts damaging the paper surface. Furthermore, it kinda vibrates(?) for a split-second when the downward pressure is released, to produce a droopy or wobbly tail at the end of my pen strokes where I'd want a decisive and sharply ending upward curve or tick. Obviously, one could argue that the user should not press down on the pen, but I can't make a satisfactory broad line with this nib at speed without doing so.

 

So, I'm not enjoying using the pen much at all, and it's proving to be much less versatile in the range of ink marks that it can produce for me.

 

Edit:

I think I understand what's causing that wobbly tail issue now.

 

Unlike a screw-in nib unit, or a friction-fit nib with direct support (from a perfect-fitting feed, or the central structure inside a traditional dip pen handle) under it and pressing against it, the short snap-in nib unit in the Hocoro pen has a little bit of give. The otherwise expected behaviour of the metal nib, upon release of downward pressure that is applied to it, is retarded by this tiny bit of movement between the plastic parts, which causes the tip of the nib to wobble at the end of certain exit strokes.

 

Edited October 17, 2022 by A Smug Dill

[PAKMAN]

Parker Premium 51 in teal.

[essayfaire]

22 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

Except of course that spiders are technically not insects

I know, but my body does not make that distinction.

[ruby.monkey]

I made friends with a large female Noble False Widow at the weekend, while breaking down some old shelves from my shed. Beautiful spider, although perhaps not as much so as today's pen, my Pelikan M800.

 

An older photo of same:

Something old, something new by Jean-Yves, on Flickr

 

(I'm hoping she doesn't hold a grudge about me demolishing her old home. There's plenty of new shelf space in the shed for her to make another one.)

[Doug C]

Two Narwhals, and an AP Limited. 

[inkstainedruth]

Today it's been a variety:

1) the Parker Vector (Looney Toons "Sylvester", F nib) -- finishing a fill of vintage Quink Washable Brown.

2) Parker 45 (black, B nib) -- Waterman Serenity Blue.

3) Pilot Decimo (dark blue, 1 mm stub nib) -- Iroshizuku Take-Sumi.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Targa]

New "Doctor's Pen" from BBP.  And a 1946 dove grey 51 vac. 

51 grey.pdf

[essayfaire]

8 minutes ago, Targa said:

New "Doctor's Pen" from BBP.  And a 1946 dove grey 51 vac. 

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Funny, I thought it would look more like a Sonic Screwdriver!

[kulnet]

 A Pilot 823 and Montblanc 146

[irrigger]

 

Today it is a Pelikan Twist filled with Waterman South Seas Blue

Pelikan M200 Fine with Montblanc Toffee

rOtring 600

[inkstainedruth]

21 hours ago, essayfaire said:

Funny, I thought it would look more like a Sonic Screwdriver!

Yes but WHICH Sonic Screwdriver? 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Mark from Yorkshire]

Currently Lady Sheaffer circa 1988 running a temporary standard converter and Diamine Onyx Black

[Mark from Yorkshire]

PS the converter is too long an Narrow but suits my current predicament 

[dipper]

Frankenpen today ...

 

An ebonite Konrad, that originally had a less than pleasing Noodlers nib.

And a damaged Parker Slimfold, with a lovely springy broad 14K nib and excellent wet feed.

 

Combined..

 

Since the first test, above, the Pentel "adaptor" has been cut shorter in stages, checking nib stability and free air bubble movement into ink chamber - to maintain wetness.

Today the Frankenpen is just about perfect. Front of adaptor is now flush with end face of pen grip section. Back end is cut so the sleeve is about 1mm shorter than the back face of the feed.