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Pens, inks and related.....
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HMan
Doften Savant
That's really unusual! I've never heard of such a thing tbh. Did you fill the converter yourself?
I'd guess it won't be doing it anymore when you try later.
But you'll probably have to clean some ink up. Make sure you clean the inside of the cap up too, or every time you post the pen, it'll get ink on the barrel and then your hands. (Ask me how I know that)
SteveChuckFrank
Close Enough*
Yup. Filled the converter myself. It's a piston converter which is basically a smaller version of my TWSBI ECO piston filler. So I'm familiar with how they work.
And yes, I already cleaned up a lot of ink last night lol. I also cleaned the inside of the cap lol
GearNoir
“The TSC’s Napping Beefcake”
Earlier this morning I finally had the chance to play with the Luoshi Dragon pen I got in the mail.
It’s a twist-piston converter type. Took me a few tries and a google search to finally get it loaded up. Appears to hold a little over 1 oz of ink at a time.
In the future, I might be more inclined to use a cartridge type. The mess and waste of sticking the entire from end of the pen in and wiping the nib clean struck me as a bit silly. Otherwise it was easy.
The tip on this pen must be considered fine or maybe the fine side of medium? I’m not sure. The line it gave was pretty thin, maybe a tad thinner than your normal throw away ball point pen.
I loaded it with half a sample of Jinhao - Red...which turned out more red-pink than straight up red.
Looking forward to playing around with it some more.
Question: Is it bad for the pen if you combine inks? The way this pen draws ink, there’s still about 1oz left in the sample container, which isn’t at a high enough level for the pen to suck up in a refill. Once I’ve tried the various samples, I’d have to combine leftover inks to get a refill. Just thinking ahead and also not wanting to waste the rest of the samples.
It’s a twist-piston converter type. Took me a few tries and a google search to finally get it loaded up. Appears to hold a little over 1 oz of ink at a time.
In the future, I might be more inclined to use a cartridge type. The mess and waste of sticking the entire from end of the pen in and wiping the nib clean struck me as a bit silly. Otherwise it was easy.
The tip on this pen must be considered fine or maybe the fine side of medium? I’m not sure. The line it gave was pretty thin, maybe a tad thinner than your normal throw away ball point pen.
I loaded it with half a sample of Jinhao - Red...which turned out more red-pink than straight up red.
Looking forward to playing around with it some more.
Question: Is it bad for the pen if you combine inks? The way this pen draws ink, there’s still about 1oz left in the sample container, which isn’t at a high enough level for the pen to suck up in a refill. Once I’ve tried the various samples, I’d have to combine leftover inks to get a refill. Just thinking ahead and also not wanting to waste the rest of the samples.
Dave in KY
Shave Newbie
Same here
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
I agree. I don’t know anything about fountain pens, but it feels like a quality build.
Ok took the Nemosine Fission apart to really get a good look at it and I am pretty impressed with it. Easy to disassemble and reassemble. I will note that the barrel that the nib slots into is keyed for where the nib fits so pay attention when putting it back together.
And a writing test of my 3 current pens.
The 0.6 stub is so smooth when writing and the weight of the pen is very nice as well. It does lay down a lot of ink on this paper(legal pad).
And a writing test of my 3 current pens.
The 0.6 stub is so smooth when writing and the weight of the pen is very nice as well. It does lay down a lot of ink on this paper(legal pad).
What is a hot line order?
Also, super cool. I might just pick up a Nimosine based on what you said.
So when a crew is working on an energized power line (Hot Line) they tag the closest upstream protective device, generally a re-closer which is like a breaker but has programming to allow it to try to close itself back in a few times before staying open. They also set the re-closer to what we call 1 shot which just means if it opens it will not auto close back in.
Essentially it is similar to a Lock-out Tag-out but on energized power lines.
Essentially it is similar to a Lock-out Tag-out but on energized power lines.
That was an unexpectedly cool response. Thanks, Kyle! Electricity can be super cool!
Indeed. The hours of my job suck but i really do enjoy the work itself.
SteveChuckFrank
Close Enough*
SteveChuckFrank
Close Enough*
I was able to twist it while still in place, but it very easily moved back over when slightly bumped. Is the feed seated somehow inside the grip?
SteveChuckFrank
Close Enough*
It also looks like the actual nib is missing...