So many inks, so few pens

[Bo Bo Olson]

I'm not into pulling nibs and feeds either, as explained in a recent post. To get everything back together perfectly requires luck....or as Mauricio our superflex expert says, "fiddly work".

Could if done often enough widen the fit.

[Skydiver]

On 10/16/2023 at 8:36 PM, dftr said:

BTW, I have never heard someone complain that signature is unreadable... most signatures have a few recognizable characters and are stylish scribbles.  

Yeah, I showed the lawyer all my IDs and passport that matched my preferred signature. My signature is just my the first letter of my first name and the first letter of my last name as legible cursive, and the other eight letters of my last name as just a set of squiggles. But apparently I was supposed to sign the mortgage documents with my name "as printed" on the mortgage documents. The name they had printed on the mortgage was my full name -- all 22 letters of my first, second, and last name. Thank God I legally changed my name 20 years ago to drop my middle name otherwise it would have been 29 letters.

 

The person in the link that follows ran into the same issue apparently: https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/does-my-signature-have-to-be-legible-on-mortgage-d-161767.html

 

We intend this home to be our forever home, but if it turns out that we need move and buy another home, I'm going to tell the real estate agent and the bank to always put my name as just my first initial and last name -- that's the new signature I'm working on making legible.

[Bo Bo Olson]

I have a Pelikan 500, eyeballed OBBB (then the nib marking was on the piston knob and that is hidden by a rolled gold piston cap), 30 degree grind, maxi-semi-flex signature pen.

 

And nothing to sign..........

[Skydiver]

What a beautiful pen! 😍

 

[Bo Bo Olson]

Thank you....but the problem is it is a signature pen...my 15 letter legal signature takes between 2/3rds and 3/4ths a page.

 

I can of course screw in other Pelikan vintage nibs........odd how that thought never gets to the start line.

I have a '54 same shade tortoise transition 400-400n, with a nib mark and not marked on the  piston knob in a wonderful B.

From OF to OB and a few in between.

 

I am of course sitting at the well and have been lucking out for some 15 years.

[awa54]

On 10/14/2023 at 11:02 AM, Doc Dan said:

I'm thinking of buying an el cheapo TWSBI Go or a Pilot Metropolitan that is quick to fill and easier to clean so I can try out new inks. What do you all think of my plan?

 

 

PenBBS makes several models that have o-ring seals on the barrel and can use a converter, or be a perfectly sealed eyedropper filler. They're affordable and the standard fine nib is a competent performer (more of a medium really), on top of that many of the resin colors used are transparent or translucent enough to see which ink is currently loaded.

 

The MR is also a good choice, or any Pilot really, since pilot cartridges are the easiest to clean and refill (a refilled cart holds more ink by half again, compared to the awful CON 40 and the CON B doesn't have a transparent sac, so ink color and level can't be visually checked).

[Doc Dan]

23 minutes ago, awa54 said:

 

 

PenBBS makes several models that have o-ring seals on the barrel and can use a converter, or be a perfectly sealed eyedropper filler. They're affordable and the standard fine nib is a competent performer (more of a medium really), on top of that many of the resin colors used are transparent or translucent enough to see which ink is currently loaded.

 

The MR is also a good choice, or any Pilot really, since pilot cartridges are the easiest to clean and refill (a refilled cart holds more ink by half again, compared to the awful CON 40 and the CON B doesn't have a transparent sac, so ink color and level can't be visually checked).

I bought the TWSBI Go. I liked the MR, but it was too thin. I will likely get one later as I have always liked Pilot pens. I am surprised and pleased as punch about the Go. I got the broad nib and it is a really great writing pen for me. The pen is all clear instead of blue or smoke. 

Edited October 22, 2023 by Doc Dan

[sandy101]

One does not simply choose a blue ink. 

[Bo Bo Olson]

51 minutes ago, sandy101 said:

One does not simply choose a blue ink. 

It chooses you.