High Voltage
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The stinky but very effect petroleum-based solution is winging its way to me even as we speak - thank you
Fountain pen - recommendations
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The stinky but very effect petroleum-based solution is winging its way to me even as we speak - thank you
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
doppelpost
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
No probs. I've used it successfully for removing degraded seals from film cameras. You just need patience and cotton buds!
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Cid
Proper break this time
Careful, you might be outing yourself here
I'm more type fan than typewriter fan.
High Voltage
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Cid
Proper break this time
Ha, stick you neck out and sometimes there is a juggernaut coming the other way...
It's a purely tangential design interest for me I'm afraid... One of those fascinating things that there isn't time to get your teeth into properly. I have an Adana letterpress gathering dust, but I rapidly realised that setting type is quite a skilled thing. Not so easy to get decent, complete fonts either. Something I'll return to I think, just got too much non-work stuff on for the next year or two.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Dip pens made of copper piping
Look at these babies:
Lengths of copper pipe, cut to size, polished, with a nib stuck in the end.
Imagine the beauty of the copper as it gets your finger oils on it over years of use.
Unf.
Not for sale. A project for one of you to then sell at cost to the rest of us???
Look at these babies:
Lengths of copper pipe, cut to size, polished, with a nib stuck in the end.
Imagine the beauty of the copper as it gets your finger oils on it over years of use.
Unf.
Not for sale. A project for one of you to then sell at cost to the rest of us???
KeeperofDragons
Crazy dragon lady
^^ drooling right now
eoin_k
Lawyer's fees, beetroot and music
I think this might be up your street:Dip pens made of copper piping
Look at these babies:
Lengths of copper pipe, cut to size, polished, with a nib stuck in the end.
Imagine the beauty of the copper as it gets your finger oils on it over years of use.
Unf.
Not for sale. A project for one of you to then sell at cost to the rest of us???
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
That is very pretty.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
I think I like the idea of doing more with dip pens. Mostly because I tend to use fountain pens only occasionally and am too lazy to clean them out, so they get gunky. Much easier with a dip pen.
FridgeMagnet
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You can use more extravagant ink with a dip pen as well, as it doesn't have to be formulated not to gunk up your feed.
Having said that I'm liking the Diamine shimmer ink that I got recently. I have the grey and gold one; it's not gel pen type shiny, it's quite subtle, but every now and then the light hits it and you go "ooh". 50ml Diamine Shimmer Ink
Having said that I'm liking the Diamine shimmer ink that I got recently. I have the grey and gold one; it's not gel pen type shiny, it's quite subtle, but every now and then the light hits it and you go "ooh". 50ml Diamine Shimmer Ink
FridgeMagnet
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Diamine make some excellent inks in general by the way. They have a huge range and their 30ml bottles are very affordable. The only issue is that they are not waterproof but that doesn't bother me vastly.
I think my main hesitation wrt Diamine is they're not quite pretentious enough.
I mean, I don't mind having a bottle of Sailor Jentle Apricot on my windowsill. Or Iroshizuku fuyu-gaki.
But I struggle a bit to commit to Diamine brown. Or Emerald Blue. I'm not sure they're quite wanky enough to grace my windowsill.
(And, tbh, I've found all the Diamines I've had a bit... meh. Alright. If I wanted a basically blue blue. Or a brown brown. But, yeah. Not very exciting.)
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
I bought a Lamy recently after many years of not using a fountain pen, and so far so good. Smooth and I can get violet cartridges which I like using when I sign letters at work. I like the sound of the shimmery ink though.
FridgeMagnet
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I quite like the big 80ml bottles—they have a nice art deco feel to them. But 80ml of ink is a bit of an investment. I think I've finished one bottle of ink ever in practice.
They are very good for reds, and also have a good selection of "really dark but not quite black" colours.
Here is the Diamine 30ml section of my "ink collection":
Look, it doesn't go off, okay.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
I've got a similar amount of Diamine inks. They're reasonably cheap, and I really don't care what packaging they come in. It's what they do that counts.
FridgeMagnet
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I am currently rubricating my journal with Diamine Wild Strawberry. (In practice this means circling and underlining things and drawing in paragraph marks.) When it goes down on the paper it looks quite light, and when it dries it looks still quite light, but then it really dries and the deepest areas go dark red, leaving shading.
Poppy Red is the one if you want a bright red red that stays bright red, though in those cases I'd tend to use Noodlers Empire Red, which is like that but super-mega-everythingproof. Monaco Red is probably the most characterful; the deeper areas go brown like dried blood. (It's actually okay as a writing ink.) People rate Oxblood but I've not really got on with it due to its absurdly long drying time.
Poppy Red is the one if you want a bright red red that stays bright red, though in those cases I'd tend to use Noodlers Empire Red, which is like that but super-mega-everythingproof. Monaco Red is probably the most characterful; the deeper areas go brown like dried blood. (It's actually okay as a writing ink.) People rate Oxblood but I've not really got on with it due to its absurdly long drying time.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
I have to say that my most used ink is still Sailor Kiwa-Guro. I bought a Sailor 1911 while I was in Japan for my birthday (they are way way cheaper there than they are here; OTOH Euro pens are way more expensive) and got a five pack of k-g cartridges.
It feels like a bit of a fake black—it's shiny and not super deep in some light. But it behaves perfectly under all conditions so it's a terrific journalling ink.
It feels like a bit of a fake black—it's shiny and not super deep in some light. But it behaves perfectly under all conditions so it's a terrific journalling ink.
High Voltage
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I've just taken my Sheaffer 300 fountain pen apart and the nib holder has fractured - the body, cap and converter are all fine - is it possible to get a replacement nib unit, not just the nib, the entire unit including the nib that the converter plugs into
Failing that - I've got a £50 sized hole in my fountain pen arsenal - your suggestions
Failing that - I've got a £50 sized hole in my fountain pen arsenal - your suggestions
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Athos
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I don't understand. Is the grip section damaged, and/or the nib and/or the feed?
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The nib, it turns out is OK - I've pulled it out and it's fine - the fluted feed "might" have got damaged when I was pulling the nib out - had a quick look and it looks fine as well - this only leaves what I'm taking is the grip section - the bit that the nib and feed presses into and which screws into the body - is that correct - anyway that has cracked and is now in several pieces
Can I get a new grip section?
High Voltage
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And for the record, I now have purple fingers - Noodlers Concord Grape to be precise
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
I think this might be up your street:
Kaweco Lilliputs DO look lovely, but they're way too thin for me to hold comfortably, whereas Kaweco Sports are incredibly comfortable in my hands.
