Pens, inks and related.....

[MilkCrate]

Well it's buy an extra fine nib or hoity toity paper that won't bleed as much. Someone just shoot the rabbit making all these holes will ya

Well crap, I went with the fine nib.

I ain’t buying no hoity toity paper.

 

[Dave in KY]

Well crap, I went with the fine nib.

I ain’t buying no hoity toity paper.

I got the fine and it's.......................fine. I think the extra fine would maybe be better but unsure. What do I know ?

 

[GearNoir]

So...interesting observation...

I haven’t yet been able to play with the stuff I got a couple weeks ago. It’s all just been sitting in my room on a side desk. All the ink samples I got came in little plastic vials that have plastic screw caps. Most of them are fine, but at least one or two, in the various shifting that the box has gone through, have left dried ink spots in the vials! Even when shaken up a bit, they don’t dissolve. I can’t imagine what that would do to the insides of a pen. Yikes!

 

[HMan]

I got the fine and it's.......................fine. I think the extra fine would maybe be better but unsure. What do I know ?

Looking at that writing sample, that's a darn broad fine.

 

[uacowboy]

well you guys gone and done it again. Just ordered the Graphite Fission with a 0.6 Stub. Thanks @NurseDave

 

[NurseDave]

well you guys gone and done it again. Just ordered the Graphite Fission with a 0.6 Stub. Thanks @NurseDave

You are totally welcome. It's a screaming deal!

 

[ShawnF]

Looking at that writing sample, that's a darn broad fine.

Darn broads anyhow... even when they are fine.

 

[MilkCrate]

OMG ... my pen still hasn’t showed up yet.

 

[GearNoir]

OMG ... my pen still hasn’t showed up yet.

Patience Tim-san! It just means you’ll have to put off the “Write as rain” pun a little longer...

 

[NurseDave]

Patience Tim-san! It just means you’ll have to put off the “Write as rain” pun a little longer...

Oh man, you just bogarted his pun

 

[ShawnF]

I've been promising to do this for a while now and keep forgetting...... Here is my meager little collection.

W. A. Sheaffer with bladder inkwell and F1 nib. Currently empty.




Pilot Metropolitan with fine nib. Currently loaded with pilot black ink cartridge. (No converter for it yet.)




Platinum #3776 with 14k gold extra fine nib. Converter currently has J. Herbin Emerald of Chivor 1670.

 

[NurseDave]

I think I need to get me some of that Emerald of Chivor

 

[ShawnF]

I think I need to get me some of that Emerald of Chivor

I like it. I've tried a few of the "shimmering" inks and they all seem to do well. They aren't something you want to leave in your pen for a long time though because they settle and form a sediment that can be hard to clean out.

The ones I've tried were from J. Herbin and Diamine. Both are really good inks and flow well. They also dry fairly quickly on paper which is a big selling point for me because I'm left handed and don't over or under hook when I write.

 

[MilkCrate]

Woo hoo! Got an email that my pen has shipped.

 

[uacowboy]

hopefully mine won't be to far behind!

 

[HMan]

You guys are all going to have matching pens. It's so cute

 

[SteveChuckFrank]

I just ordered the Singularity in Graphite with a .8 Stub nib. $7.99! Should be here Friday. After I try it out I might go back and grab a Fission if there are any left.

 

[MilkCrate]

I just ordered the Singularity in Graphite with a .8 Stub nib. $7.99! Should be here Friday. After I try it out I might go back and grab a Fission if there are any left.

Mine should be here Friday also.

 

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[NurseDave]

Boom!