The fine art of writing: pens, inks, papers, correction fluids

[longweight]

so I picked up a Lamy Safari with a fine nib, as well as one of these nice little Clairefontaine 1951 journal-things.  is it normal for the nib on the pen to be scratchy as hell and for the line to break pretty regularly while writing?  is there a break-in period, or am i doing it wrong?  I've tried holding the pen a number of ways, but the line will invariably break at some point while i'm writing and the ink won't flow from the nib, which is insanely distracting.  i ordered a 1.5 calligraphy nib and some noodler's x-feather black which i'll be picking up from gouletpens later today (seems that they're in town, nice.)

using the ink cartridge that came with the pen at the moment, also.

Do you keep the nib at the same angle to the paper whilst writing or do you "roll" it around?

[codymaust]

Any one here familiar with Parker mechanical pencils?

I have one that's about 30-50 years old (not sure??), and I went to reload the lead, and can't get it to feed through.

It takes the lead all the way in, but it isn't coming out of the end. The pencil makes an audible click and then the lead gets ejected out

Excuse my ignorance on pencil terminology 

[tp4tissue]

so I picked up a Lamy Safari with a fine nib, as well as one of these nice little Clairefontaine 1951 journal-things.  is it normal for the nib on the pen to be scratchy as hell and for the line to break pretty regularly while writing?  is there a break-in period, or am i doing it wrong?  I've tried holding the pen a number of ways, but the line will invariably break at some point while i'm writing and the ink won't flow from the nib, which is insanely distracting.  i ordered a 1.5 calligraphy nib and some noodler's x-feather black which i'll be picking up from gouletpens later today (seems that they're in town, nice.)

using the ink cartridge that came with the pen at the moment, also.

Do you keep the nib at the same angle to the paper whilst writing or do you "roll" it around?

yup.. you have to keep the nib flat against the paper..  You can't write at any angle like a "normal pen"

This is usually where "improve your hand writing" comes in.. because a fountain pen prevents finger-writing to a degree, so you automatically get "smoother curves + 5"

[tp4tissue]

Any one here familiar with Parker mechanical pencils?

I have one that's about 30-50 years old (not sure??), and I went to reload the lead, and can't get it to feed through.

It takes the lead all the way in, but it isn't coming out of the end. The pencil makes an audible click and then the lead gets ejected out

Excuse my ignorance on pencil terminology 

is this a keepsake?  it's probably because the little metal slider that holds the lead pinching mechanism is stuck, assuming this thing is old.

[longweight]

Demonstrators are fun. Post a review when you get it?

I think it is time for a new pen...

I will man, it's going to look sick with some of my inks in it!
 
What is your budget?

[codymaust]

Any one here familiar with Parker mechanical pencils?

I have one that's about 30-50 years old (not sure??), and I went to reload the lead, and can't get it to feed through.

It takes the lead all the way in, but it isn't coming out of the end. The pencil makes an audible click and then the lead gets ejected out

Excuse my ignorance on pencil terminology 

is this a keepsake?  it's probably because the little metal slider that holds the lead pinching mechanism is stuck, assuming this thing is old.

I'm not sure on how old it is, I actually found it (as well as an old Cross Century ballpoint) while cleaning out a friend's apartment a few months back.

Any possibility of fixing it? I would like to hang onto it if at all possible, it's rather nice.

[precarious]

so I picked up a Lamy Safari with a fine nib, as well as one of these nice little Clairefontaine 1951 journal-things.  is it normal for the nib on the pen to be scratchy as hell and for the line to break pretty regularly while writing?  is there a break-in period, or am i doing it wrong?  I've tried holding the pen a number of ways, but the line will invariably break at some point while i'm writing and the ink won't flow from the nib, which is insanely distracting.  i ordered a 1.5 calligraphy nib and some noodler's x-feather black which i'll be picking up from gouletpens later today (seems that they're in town, nice.)

using the ink cartridge that came with the pen at the moment, also.

Do you keep the nib at the same angle to the paper whilst writing or do you "roll" it around?

yup.. you have to keep the nib flat against the paper..  You can't write at any angle like a "normal pen"

This is usually where "improve your hand writing" comes in.. because a fountain pen prevents finger-writing to a degree, so you automatically get "smoother curves + 5"

I picked up the 1.5 calligraphy nib for the Lamy Safari, some Noodler's black x-feather.  Things are looking 999x better now, I think the fine nib may have just been too small.

Although, after I write with the pen for a while, ink doesn't seem to flow as freely.

Also, if anyone is interested in this lime green Lamy Safari send me a message and maybe we can work something out, I'd like to buy a black one instead since this isn't the shade of green I was hoping for.

[precarious]

so I picked up a Lamy Safari with a fine nib, as well as one of these nice little Clairefontaine 1951 journal-things.  is it normal for the nib on the pen to be scratchy as hell and for the line to break pretty regularly while writing?  is there a break-in period, or am i doing it wrong?  I've tried holding the pen a number of ways, but the line will invariably break at some point while i'm writing and the ink won't flow from the nib, which is insanely distracting.  i ordered a 1.5 calligraphy nib and some noodler's x-feather black which i'll be picking up from gouletpens later today (seems that they're in town, nice.)

using the ink cartridge that came with the pen at the moment, also.

Do you keep the nib at the same angle to the paper whilst writing or do you "roll" it around?

yup.. you have to keep the nib flat against the paper..  You can't write at any angle like a "normal pen"

This is usually where "improve your hand writing" comes in.. because a fountain pen prevents finger-writing to a degree, so you automatically get "smoother curves + 5"

I picked up the 1.5 calligraphy nib for the Lamy Safari, some Noodler's black x-feather.  Things are looking 999x better now, I think the fine nib may have just been too small.

Although, after I write with the pen for a while, ink doesn't seem to flow as freely.

Also, if anyone is interested in this lime green Lamy Safari send me a message and maybe we can work something out, I'd like to buy a black one instead since this isn't the shade of green I was hoping for.

[longweight]

This should be arriving today!

[precarious]

This should be arriving today!

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please write a 500 word short story with your incredible pen and penmanship and share with us

[tp4tissue]

This should be arriving today!

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please write a 500 word short story with your incredible pen and penmanship and share with us

"Incredible" penmanship? ,  You're putting alotta* pressure on him now.. this always make people wuss out... :D

[longweight]

Here is my current collection Please excuse the poor quality picture.

[tp4tissue]

Very impressive squiggles.

Money well spent

[longweight]

Very impressive squiggles.

Money well spent

Your lack of self confidence in real life shines through on the Internet in all of your posts.

[tp4tissue]

Very impressive squiggles.

Money well spent

Your lack of self confidence in real life shines through on the Internet in all of your posts.

Hey man, I'm just trying to say you should take pride "if not your penmenship" , in at least your ability to spend money...

[phetto]

lol cool yellow ink, can I get yellow ink pens cheap?

[longweight]

.

[longweight]

lol cool yellow ink, can I get yellow ink pens cheap?

It is Pelican highlighter ink, I will link you when I get home

[fuus]

lol cool yellow ink, can I get yellow ink pens cheap?

It is Pelican highlighter ink, I will link you when I get home

http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/168164-pelikan-m205-duo-highlighter-ink/

[longweight]

Thanks!

[vun]

I just made my first step into the world of "finer" writing materials. Picked up a cheapo stainless steel Parker Vector to get me started, nothing exciting but it looks really nice and is still better than most other pens I've used.

The fun part of the story comes next, though: I figured I'd pick up some ink refills as I wasn't sure if there was any ink with the pen. I thought I'd be getting 5 boxes of 5 cartridges or something, although the price still seemed a bit steep. But eh, I just went for it since I'd probably need ink anyways. When I picked it up it turned out to be a box of 20 5-cartridge boxes. So instead of maybe 5 to 25 cartridges I got 100.

[longweight]

That.... is a lot of ink!

[vun]

Yeah. Next time I buy from stores who deal mainly with offices and businesses I'll pay a bit more attention to details. I never expected 100 because I'm used to mainly shopping from stores for your average joe, not your average business, so I never imagined that it'd be a box with 100.

I don't think I'll spend too much on this, though, since I don't really write all that much, though I'd like something with a finer line if possible.

[BucklingSpring]

I have been using Fisher Spacepen Millennium since early 2000's

When they released them, Fisher was claiming that you will never run out of ink with those.
Well... I fill 300 pages of notes per quarter -> 1200 pages per year.
These pens has been consistently lasting 5 years for me. ~6000 pages.
 
I wrote to Fisher the first time I ran out of ink... They replaced the pen for free
I wrote again the second time... Same
And I'm on my 3rd Millennium... Once again, replaced for free.

It doesn't look fancy but is very pleasant to write with... Love it
Fisher SpacePen Millennium 2010CH - $100

[precarious]

http://imgur.com/a/kzwxP

pelikan m400 white honey tortoise

i got this piece of junk in the mail today (pictures from seller, i'll take some eventually)

oh p.s. i done been had mad *****es 'n' sh' complimentin' me on my handwritins since i got that lamy safari with that 1.5 calligraphy nib dawgs so ya'll best be hustlin' up some fountain pens if you wanna be true boss playas now

ain't totin' those keyboards to the supermarket with you

[tp4tissue]

pelikan m400 white honey tortoise

i got this piece of junk in the mail today (pictures from seller, i'll take some eventually)

oh p.s. i done been had mad *****es 'n' sh' complimentin' me on my handwritins since i got that lamy safari with that 1.5 calligraphy nib dawgs so ya'll best be hustlin' up some fountain pens if you wanna be true boss playas now

ain't totin' those keyboards to the supermarket with you

Let's see this epic improvement in photo

[precarious]

pelikan m400 white honey tortoise

i got this piece of junk in the mail today (pictures from seller, i'll take some eventually)

oh p.s. i done been had mad *****es 'n' sh' complimentin' me on my handwritins since i got that lamy safari with that 1.5 calligraphy nib dawgs so ya'll best be hustlin' up some fountain pens if you wanna be true boss playas now

ain't totin' those keyboards to the supermarket with you

Let's see this epic improvement in photo

i'm not even suggesting an improvement really, people just go insane when i scribble something because apparently no one can even conceive of such otherwordly utensils and CLEARLY I AM SOME KIND OF DEMON RISEN UP FROM THE ETHER NAKK DARR'OSH SKIT POP SKIATU ANDOROSH NIKTO D'NEA RIANOV

[tp4tissue]

pelikan m400 white honey tortoise

i got this piece of junk in the mail today (pictures from seller, i'll take some eventually)

oh p.s. i done been had mad *****es 'n' sh' complimentin' me on my handwritins since i got that lamy safari with that 1.5 calligraphy nib dawgs so ya'll best be hustlin' up some fountain pens if you wanna be true boss playas now

ain't totin' those keyboards to the supermarket with you

Let's see this epic improvement in photo

i'm not even suggesting an improvement really, people just go insane when i scribble something because apparently no one can even conceive of such otherwordly utensils and CLEARLY I AM SOME KIND OF DEMON RISEN UP FROM THE ETHER NAKK DARR'OSH SKIT POP SKIATU ANDOROSH NIKTO D'NEA RIANOV

yea italic can throw people off.

[longweight]

Ordered some new ink today

[longweight]

Iiiiiiiinkkk.

[boost]

Iiiiiiiinkkk.

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DAMN!!!! Send me some samples :D

[longweight]

Some of them are too expensive to be sending out samples!

[ideus]

For those GH fellows with a writing twist, I would appreciate if you could tell me how much this set could be worth. Authentic Montblanc MeisterStuck Pencil and Fountain Pen Set in box with some original paperwork. They have serial numbers engraved in the top collar and the legend Made in Germany, I bought them new with a Montblanc authorized distributor many years ago, but I do not use them much anymore, I use much more my Poker   




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[jwaz]

Fountain Pen Network might be able to give you an accurate estimate. I would watch ebay.de myself.

[ideus]

I will appreciate that, I have checked ebay.us but I think the pens are a little bit overpriced there. I will googled the Network.

Fountain Pen Network might be able to give you an accurate estimate. I would watch ebay.de myself.

[shawn o]

Found out yesterday that Doane Paper is out of business.

[precarious]

Some of them are too expensive to be sending out samples!

i dunno, man.  a bottle of ink lasts a long time, really, and a sample need not be but a minuscule amount.  you droppin' $10,000 grand a bottle or something?

are the montblanc inks really better, or is it more about the name?  trying to figure something worthwhile to feed this pelikan, diamine red dragon looked amazing but is too damn watery / messy in that pen. ;(

[tp4tissue]

Some of them are too expensive to be sending out samples!

i dunno, man.  a bottle of ink lasts a long time, really, and a sample need not be but a minuscule amount.  you droppin' $10,000 grand a bottle or something?

are the montblanc inks really better, or is it more about the name?  trying to figure something worthwhile to feed this pelikan, diamine red dragon looked amazing but is too damn watery / messy in that pen. ;(

, you're not practicing enuff'... the more watery the ink, the faster you need to write..

[precarious]

Some of them are too expensive to be sending out samples!

i dunno, man.  a bottle of ink lasts a long time, really, and a sample need not be but a minuscule amount.  you droppin' $10,000 grand a bottle or something?

are the montblanc inks really better, or is it more about the name?  trying to figure something worthwhile to feed this pelikan, diamine red dragon looked amazing but is too damn watery / messy in that pen. ;(

, you're not practicing enuff'... the more watery the ink, the faster you need to write..

i'm sorry, but writing has nothing to do with opening the cap of the pen and having ink splashed all inside of it because the ink is too watery.

silly you thinking you get to determine the context instead of reality.

[jwaz]

Anybody have a nib suggestion for a newer generation (non-gnurled) rOtring 600?

[tp4tissue]

Some of them are too expensive to be sending out samples!

i dunno, man.  a bottle of ink lasts a long time, really, and a sample need not be but a minuscule amount.  you droppin' $10,000 grand a bottle or something?

are the montblanc inks really better, or is it more about the name?  trying to figure something worthwhile to feed this pelikan, diamine red dragon looked amazing but is too damn watery / messy in that pen. ;(

, you're not practicing enuff'... the more watery the ink, the faster you need to write..

i'm sorry, but writing has nothing to do with opening the cap of the pen and having ink splashed all inside of it because the ink is too watery.

silly you thinking you get to determine the context instead of reality.

ah.. no bro.. that's a defective pen. and or you've laid it verticle instead of sideways. LOL

Noob mistake... i understand...

[precarious]

Some of them are too expensive to be sending out samples!

i dunno, man.  a bottle of ink lasts a long time, really, and a sample need not be but a minuscule amount.  you droppin' $10,000 grand a bottle or something?

are the montblanc inks really better, or is it more about the name?  trying to figure something worthwhile to feed this pelikan, diamine red dragon looked amazing but is too damn watery / messy in that pen. ;(

, you're not practicing enuff'... the more watery the ink, the faster you need to write..

i'm sorry, but writing has nothing to do with opening the cap of the pen and having ink splashed all inside of it because the ink is too watery.

silly you thinking you get to determine the context instead of reality.

ah.. no bro.. that's a defective pen. and or you've laid it verticle instead of sideways. LOL

Noob mistake... i understand...

1. only really happens with that ink
2. i actually leave my house

[tp4tissue]

Some of them are too expensive to be sending out samples!

i dunno, man.  a bottle of ink lasts a long time, really, and a sample need not be but a minuscule amount.  you droppin' $10,000 grand a bottle or something?

are the montblanc inks really better, or is it more about the name?  trying to figure something worthwhile to feed this pelikan, diamine red dragon looked amazing but is too damn watery / messy in that pen. ;(

, you're not practicing enuff'... the more watery the ink, the faster you need to write..

i'm sorry, but writing has nothing to do with opening the cap of the pen and having ink splashed all inside of it because the ink is too watery.

silly you thinking you get to determine the context instead of reality.

ah.. no bro.. that's a defective pen. and or you've laid it verticle instead of sideways. LOL

Noob mistake... i understand...

1. only really happens with that ink
2. i actually leave my house

? blame the tools for your own ineptitude.. that is common of people who leave their houses for no reason and think that the act some how makes them kool...

[ideus]

I am selling this set:


http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41710.msg840395#msg840395

For those GH fellows with a writing twist, I would appreciate if you could tell me how much this set could be worth. Authentic Montblanc MeisterStuck Pencil and Fountain Pen Set in box with some original paperwork. They have serial numbers engraved in the top collar and the legend Made in Germany, I bought them new with a Montblanc authorized distributor many years ago, but I do not use them much anymore, I use much more my Poker   




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[precarious]

Some of them are too expensive to be sending out samples!

i dunno, man.  a bottle of ink lasts a long time, really, and a sample need not be but a minuscule amount.  you droppin' $10,000 grand a bottle or something?

are the montblanc inks really better, or is it more about the name?  trying to figure something worthwhile to feed this pelikan, diamine red dragon looked amazing but is too damn watery / messy in that pen. ;(

, you're not practicing enuff'... the more watery the ink, the faster you need to write..

i'm sorry, but writing has nothing to do with opening the cap of the pen and having ink splashed all inside of it because the ink is too watery.

silly you thinking you get to determine the context instead of reality.

ah.. no bro.. that's a defective pen. and or you've laid it verticle instead of sideways. LOL

Noob mistake... i understand...

1. only really happens with that ink
2. i actually leave my house

? blame the tools for your own ineptitude.. that is common of people who leave their houses for no reason and think that the act some how makes them kool...

i'm blaming your brain for your own ineptitude

[precarious]

I am selling this set:


http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41710.msg840395#msg840395

For those GH fellows with a writing twist, I would appreciate if you could tell me how much this set could be worth. Authentic Montblanc MeisterStuck Pencil and Fountain Pen Set in box with some original paperwork. They have serial numbers engraved in the top collar and the legend Made in Germany, I bought them new with a Montblanc authorized distributor many years ago, but I do not use them much anymore, I use much more my Poker   




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how much are you asking?

edit: I CAN'T CLICK ON THE LINK AND READ THAT'S TOO HARD i'll offer you 6 dollars

[codymaust]

Looking for a new, cheap fountain pen.. I have a Cross but I really dislike the medium nib. Looking for fine/extra fine

I'm thinking Lamy Safari but I also really like the look of the Kaweco Classic

[tp4tissue]

Looking for a new, cheap fountain pen.. I have a Cross but I really dislike the medium nib. Looking for fine/extra fine

I'm thinking Lamy Safari but I also really like the look of the Kaweco Classic

I'm a fan of the kaweco, the hex shape helps the pen "not" turn.. so if you have "proper" fountain pen technique, this is beneficial.

If you have bad technique, ie, you finger-write extensively// arm stationary on the table.. then the hex shape will work against you.

[jwaz]

Love that ink

Here is the pen:
http://www.nibs.com/Nakaya-Naka-ai-Cigar-Tame-Sukashi-Cat.htm

[PointyFox]

Love that ink

Here is the pen:
http://www.nibs.com/Nakaya-Naka-ai-Cigar-Tame-Sukashi-Cat.htm

For some reason these particular words were offensive to me.  Like..too pompous and entitled or something.  I would have much preferred stuff like "Pretzel", "Hangover", "Rebar", "Frog", "Full tang construction".