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Just picked up some Noodler's Blue, Amazon doesn't carry Liberty Elysium and I don't like paying for shipping on Goulet for small purchases. 
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You guys, my Esterbrook LJ is restored. It's writing again. I only waited like 2-3 hours for the shellac to cure but Brian Goulet says that's plenty and I trust him. I can't even tell you how happy this makes me. I should get a notebook to document my pen adventures. Or maybe four notebooks. Or ten.
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Mar 13, 2014 01:49
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Bertrand Hustle posted:You guys, my Esterbrook LJ is restored. It's writing again. Clearly you should get an MTN and load it up with all the bells and whistles to document your pen shenanigans!  Also post that beautiful pen footage!
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Mar 13, 2014 02:02
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Who makes decent pencils?
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Mar 13, 2014 03:26
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PRADA SLUT posted:Who makes decent pencils? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwing_602
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Mar 13, 2014 03:53
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Jetpens sells them: http://www.jetpens.com/Palomino-Blackwing-Wooden-Pencil-602-Pack-of-12/pd/8117?gclid=CJPUndnOjr0CFS1eOgodDkoAaQ As does Amazon for more money: http://www.amazon.com/Palomino-Blackwing-602-12-Count/dp/B006YYPIUI/
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Mar 13, 2014 04:56
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Or you could just buy a Graph Gear 1000/Rotring 600 along with some quality erasers and enjoy writing. 
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Mar 13, 2014 08:23
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snuffles posted:Or you could just buy a Graph Gear 1000/Rotring 600 along with some quality erasers and enjoy writing. TWSBI also makes mechanical pencils what seems like a take on that esthetic. Quite tempting. Aside from that the Ahab had arrived, pretty looking and rear end-smelling(reminds me of the smell a military storm-suit gets in storage, so I kind of like it). The nib is hard to flex but aside from that it looks like great value for money. The Dark Matter ink is quite black, dries with some texture, like a bump say. It also bleeds super readily, on paper where at the same thickness the Pelikan brilliant black sits tight. No free pen, though. The bottle is cute and was filled literally to the brim. I think I want my next pen purchases to be another black ink, a bold nib pen(TWSBI 580 rose gold looks nice) and maybe a true flex nib like Namiki Falcon. I'm gonna hold fast yet, so I can see what will be the best fit. Edit: Having written with the Ahab a little I think the nib is way way rough. Scratching the paper, and the ring on the cap has a small crack in it. Maybe sone high grade sandpaper could help? Disappointing some. Hellbeard fucked around with this message at 10:50 on Mar 13, 2014 |
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Mar 13, 2014 09:40
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I got some of those 602 and those guys are amazing. Your hand can fly across the paper and you still get crisp, dark lines. If you need them more for writing, Palemino also makes the Pearl, which is harder and better adapted for handwriting. On the topic of drawing, are there pen nibs that give you a lot of variance to the width of your line? I've used brush pens and sometimes they don't lay down enough ink to keep up and so I'm wondering if a fountain pen might work better of if I should just slow my rear end down when inking.
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Mar 13, 2014 10:20
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PRADA SLUT posted:Who makes decent pencils? Rotring 800 
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Mar 13, 2014 12:46
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I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!
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PRADA SLUT posted:Who makes decent pencils? I've used many many mechanical pencils and the dirt cheap Graph Gear 500 is the best I've come across. Bomb proof, uber reliable despite the abuse I heap on them and light on the wallet: http://www.pentel.com/store/graph-gear-500tm-mechanical-drafting-pencil There's a built in eraser, but I tend to use mine with a stick eraser something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Pentel-Retrac...ds=stick+eraser or with a Staedtler plastic eraser: http://www.amazon.com/Staedtler-STD...+plastic+eraser
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Mar 13, 2014 13:04
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Hellbeard posted:maybe a true flex nib like Namiki Falcon.
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Mar 13, 2014 13:57
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For pencils I prefer the Draftec since the super pointy lead holder part retracts all the way into the pencil body like a click pen: http://www.dickblick.com/products/alvin-draftec-pencils/
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Mar 13, 2014 15:25
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ohhhh my godddd why did I not start using fountain pens sooner  Got a few samplers of red and purple and burgundy inks to try, I'm currently in love with Diamine Syrah, but Noodler's Tiananmen has really surprised me. I'm used to red inks just being bright and in your face, but it's a really moderate, dignified shade with just a tiiiinge of orange. I did make the mistake of filling the converters too full, so I'll probably not get the chance to try my other inks for a few days. Ah well, lesson learned. \/\/\/\/ And now I just feel like an idiot. Thank you! Remora fucked around with this message at 01:03 on Mar 14, 2014 |
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Mar 13, 2014 23:04
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Remora posted:I did make the mistake of filling the converters too full, so I'll probably not get the chance to try my other inks for a few days. Ah well, lesson learned. They're converters. Just empty them back into their respective bottles and flush them out with distilled water or pen flush.
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Mar 14, 2014 00:09
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Converters hold about half an ml. Even if it's Irohizuku, you're talking about $0.20 worth of ink. Don't pour whatever crud and ugh has collected in your converter back into the bottle. Just throw it away.
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Mar 14, 2014 01:33
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Okay, time to roll that beautiful   Sorry for the lovely quality, my scanner died so I had to take these with a cell phone camera. I assure you that the blurriness is purely the fault of my unsteady hand and not the nibs. The 9555 was a NOS nib from Anderson Pens and the "fine" came with one of my two CX-100s. The Estie cartridge holds about 1.5ml of ink if you fill it to the very top, and doing so also overfills it by just enough that the nipple on the section displaces enough ink that it's pushed up into the feed when you install the cartridge. venus de lmao fucked around with this message at 16:37 on Mar 14, 2014 |
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Mar 14, 2014 16:35
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So I've always been into fountain pens, starting with a Rotring Freeway that my grandparents got me as a "joke" gift when I graduated high school. Sort of a "oh, you're going off to college now, better be all prim and proper with your ~*fountain pen*~!" Turns out I loved it! I have probably 10-15 at home in various styles and qualities. I've always used Parker Quink for whatever reason, mostly because it's just what I've always used! Anyway, this week I bought a Lamy Safari with F nib, and a bottle of Noodler's Antietam. HOLY WOW. This combo writes better than some $100+ pens I've got. I've very impressed. The pen writes beautifully, it feels nice in the hand, it's super light-weight, and it was only $20-something! And the Antietam is an amazing shade of rusty-brownish-red that is exactly what I was looking for. 
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Mar 14, 2014 17:17
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Which $100+ pens is the Safari writing better than? Of the pens I own, the Safari my least favorite by a good margin, including stuff in the same/cheaper price category like the Pilot Metro and Pelikan Future.
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Mar 14, 2014 17:55
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powderific posted:Which $100+ pens is the Safari writing better than? Of the pens I own, the Safari my least favorite by a good margin, including stuff in the same/cheaper price category like the Pilot Metro and Pelikan Future. The ones I'm referencing are a Taccia Strata, a Pelikan Epoch, and a Pelikan M200, all in medium. I'm not saying the Lamy is an objectively better pen - I'm just saying that I'm highly surprised by how well it writes compared to much more expensive pens. But eh, different strokes!
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Whaaat, the Pelikan Epoch is one of my favorite writing pens ever. Shame that mine's all busted up and repairs would cost more than just buying another one. It is totally a personal thing though—I feel like my Lamy 2000 is the best writing pen I own, but it's actually easier for me to write legibly with a slightly scratchier nib.
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Remember to tightly close the lids of your inks boys, mine wasn't completely sealed and it currently looks like a smurf pissed all over my hands. It's actually underneath my fingernails.
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Ok, two questions. I saw a Pelikan M205 in Taupe and fell in love with it. I'm just not accustomed to nib sizing of Pelikan products. I usually go for XF nibs because I prefer the finest line possible, however I've decided that I'd like a pen that is a bit smoother or wetter than my usual XF nibs. I'm tempted to try a M nib, but since I have a feeling that Pelikan nibs are very broad by default, perhaps I should try an F nib instead. Can anyone with experience help me? Also, how good is the secondary market for TWSBI pens? Have a TWSBI Mini EF that I want to get rid of. It's in perfect condition, but I just hate writing with it. It's too short uncapped, and too top heavy for my liking when capped. Since I generally prefer my pens uncapped anyways, I just have been kidding myself into believing that I'm satisfied with it. Since the Pelikan is kind of expensive, I feel like I could recoup some of the cost by selling my TWSBI, but I won't bother if a used TWSBI goes for peanuts. At that point, I'd just rather keep it.
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Duro posted:Also, how good is the secondary market for TWSBI pens? Have a TWSBI Mini EF that I want to get rid of. It's in perfect condition, but I just hate writing with it. It's too short uncapped, and too top heavy for my liking when capped. Since I generally prefer my pens uncapped anyways, I just have been kidding myself into believing that I'm satisfied with it. Since the Pelikan is kind of expensive, I feel like I could recoup some of the cost by selling my TWSBI, but I won't bother if a used TWSBI goes for peanuts. At that point, I'd just rather keep it. About 6 months ago i saw them going for $5-10 less than list. I assume the market hasn't really changed.
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Can anyone comment on Noodler's X-Feather? I've been using my Pilot Metropolitan with Noodler's Borealis Black for about a month now, and the one (minor) annoyance I've had so far is with feathering. I don't really have the choice to use high-grade paper, since I've had to fill out a lot of worksheets and forms on cheap copy paper. The Metro's M nib is broad enough as it is, and the feathering just makes it worse.Duro posted:Ok, two questions. I saw a Pelikan M205 in Taupe and fell in love with it. I'm just not accustomed to nib sizing of Pelikan products. I usually go for XF nibs because I prefer the finest line possible, however I've decided that I'd like a pen that is a bit smoother or wetter than my usual XF nibs. I'm tempted to try a M nib, but since I have a feeling that Pelikan nibs are very broad by default, perhaps I should try an F nib instead. Can anyone with experience help me? No personal experience, but maybe Goulet Nib Nook will help.
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Duro posted:Ok, two questions. I saw a Pelikan M205 in Taupe and fell in love with it. I'm just not accustomed to nib sizing of Pelikan products. I usually go for XF nibs because I prefer the finest line possible, however I've decided that I'd like a pen that is a bit smoother or wetter than my usual XF nibs. I'm tempted to try a M nib, but since I have a feeling that Pelikan nibs are very broad by default, perhaps I should try an F nib instead. Can anyone with experience help me? I've got a white pelikan m205 in EF. Probably for the best that you don't want that nib. It's very scratchy with its stainless steel nib, even when compared to a cheap TWSBI, or a Safari. The Pelikan piston mechanism is very nice, and the finish is quite nice as well. It's a pity the nib is so disappointing. From what I understand the higher end models come with much better nibs, but gently caress if I'm going to dump more money into this thing. It was the one pen I paid full retail for, and I'm not hugely keen on dumping more on replacement gold nibs. If you're dead set on getting the m205, a medium nib isn't AS scratchy. For the list price though, you could do a lot better in the nib department looking elsewhere. Thelonious Monk fucked around with this message at 00:17 on Mar 17, 2014 |
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Duro posted:I'm tempted to try a M nib, but since I have a feeling that Pelikan nibs are very broad by default, perhaps I should try an F nib instead. Can anyone with experience help me? I also agree that the cheaper Pelikan nibs are less than wonderful. They have some nice properties, they're not nails and can produce a little line variation if that's your thing, but mine is a hard starter and could be smoother.
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I guess I don't mind a little feedback, I'm just surprised to see that the nibs on this relatively expensive pen aren't that great. I really love the look of the pen, but it retails very high at my local pen shop (and as nice as the staff usually is, it's one of the few pens they don't keep inked up so it's impossible for me to try the different nib sizes. Maybe if I went back and told them I'm dead set on buying the pen they'll let me, but I'd rather not make them go through the effort and then decide I don't like the nib and back off on the deal)... I guess I'll sleep on this purchase a bit
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Testing out some De Atramentis Aubergine in my TWSBI with 1.5mm nib and it's the first ink that has zero starting/skipping issues in it. It bleeds a lot on cheap and even OK-ish paper though. I suppose that's probably the trade off that makes it work so well.
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The steel Pelikan nibs aren't really that great which is a shame as the M200 series are some nice pens. Their gold nibs are fantastic though. Very wet and smooth, though they do run a size or two larger than other manufacturers. The nib on my M400 sings when I write on nice smooth paper.
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Vitamins posted:The steel Pelikan nibs aren't really that great which is a shame as the M200 series are some nice pens. Their gold nibs are fantastic though. Very wet and smooth, though they do run a size or two larger than other manufacturers. The nib on my M400 sings when I write on nice smooth paper. Man, "aren't really that great" is a massive understatement. Out of all my pens it is the most scratchy. I use it with sailor nano blue black as a beater pen. The nib is not as smooth as my lamy al-star (which I also abuse by exclusively using sailor nano black with). At least the safari gets used at work. My pelikan gets used to sign credit card receipts at most. It's the one pen that if I dropped I wouldn't really care about : at least with the lamy al-star I would go make an effort to replace it. If money were no object and I work somewhere that doesn't require somewhat water resistant ink I would get multiple pilot custom 823's and use those exclusively. The nibs are amazing, and the filling system means I'm never out of ink. A true workhorse pen, but a bit more flashy than I would like. I'm super paranoid about the feed gumming up with my nano ink; therefore it only gets iroshizuku blues which is not a cheap choice. That said I'm still down to get a pelikan m1000 with that massive 18k nib. I have nothing at all against pelikan. It's just the lovely steel nibs I hate. Thelonious Monk fucked around with this message at 04:44 on Mar 18, 2014 |
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Lately, folks have been mentioning Waterman inks, which I have never used and know literally nothing about, and it has got me curious (I mainly use noodlers and to a lesser extent iroshizuku). Anybody want to talk about Waterman inks in general and their experiences with them? What's good/bad, pro/con, what you liked and didn't like? edit: I am curious about their inks in general, but also their Intense Black, Serenity Blue, and Tender Purple more specifically.
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wodan22 posted:Lately, folks have been mentioning Waterman inks, which I have never used and know literally nothing about, and it has got me curious (I mainly use noodlers and to a lesser extent iroshizuku). Anybody want to talk about Waterman inks in general and their experiences with them? What's good/bad, pro/con, what you liked and didn't like? I have none of those specific colors, but the blue-black that is called Mysterious Blue seems to be a standard test ink. I accidentally ordered a nice red from them, but I don't recall the name offhand. The ink is very well behaved, but I initially found the Mysterious Blue to be a bit boring. (That's why I have pushing 40 ink samples.) The red is my only true red, so I can't really compare it to anything. I tend to buy for exciting color, but I reach for Waterman when I need good behavior.
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milpreve posted:I tend to buy for exciting color, but I reach for Waterman when I need good behavior. Basically Waterman inks in a nutshell. Uninteresting but well-behaved.
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I picked up a Parker IM pen on Amazon, and it's kinda nice but the ink it comes with is disappointing at best -- it dries to a very light blue. I have a Lamy converter sitting around, and a nearly full jar of Noodler's Ottoman Azure. Will I hurt it or the pen by jamming it into the Parker, or would I be better served just getting a Parker converter? e. I murdered a smurf over lunch  Seemed to work pretty well. 
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Mar 19, 2014 18:26
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Is there a comparison of the Pilot Iroshizuku inks? Their Amazon page is iffy.
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PRADA SLUT posted:Is there a comparison of the Pilot Iroshizuku inks? Their Amazon page is iffy. The Goulet Ink Compare Tool is pretty good for that. It's no match for seeing the ink swabs in person though.
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Has anyone tried the Jinhao or Hero lamy clones? Jinhao 599 or Hero 359. If so, were they any good? They seem like they could be pretty good gifts.
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Luisfe posted:Has anyone tried the Jinhao or Hero lamy clones? Jinhao 599 or Hero 359. pienipple posted:So the Hero 359. It's a blatant Lamy Safari knockoff down to the converter knob being a dead ringer for the z26 pienipple posted:By prying gently with a thin metal edge the nib popped off the Hero, it accepts Lamy nibs just fine! The stock one was just really jammed on there. Summary: they're good, super light weight, but ultimately not as nice in terms of function or aesthetics as a real Safari (or a Metropolitan, which is the same price as the Hero).
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Yeah, I have a 359 and while it's competent enough it's neither better than other pens in its price bracket nor a huge discount over the real lamy. The scratchiness of the nib resolved after a few days of use and I find it quite comfortable to write with.
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