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signalnoise posted:I can't afford a 60 dollar notebook, but I applaud you for working on behalf of the disabled. You are a good person. Iznogood posted:It is quite a lot of money for paper but then again it is for a great cause. I just hope this deal lasts long enough I can get one of these for myself ( moneyz is all gone!!). I am developing a notebook addiction (for whatever loving reason I mean why??) and these look just great. I want/need one. Also being kind of exclusive right now makes this even more tempting. That's not a notebook you can just buy at stapples and I always like this in any product. effika posted:We fountain pen users love a quality product with a good cause behind it. And Tomoe River. We'll buy pretty much anything with Tomoe River. Megabound posted:I know the Australian fountain pen community I'm part of would be very fighting to buy stationary of this quality, especially for the cause as well. I don't think anyone can overstate how wonderful the initiative is. Pixelante posted:Any time, buddy. It's my hobby and my life at this point. My brother is autistic and our parents aren't around, so I do a lot of work repping for siblings. I'm not directly involved with social enterprise work, but I know some families who are. One makes artisan popcorn, another makes (amazing) chutney, and art is pretty popular. I'm working on a guide for new advocates and will probably write a chapter on entrepreneurship. To be honest with you, most of our artisans had trouble believing that their work was getting interest from an international audience until I showed them all your kind emails and messages. When society doesn't take you seriously and you spend most of your days doing itinerant odd jobs, well - we wanted to feature profiles of our artisans in our upcoming marketing but all of them were too embarrassed to appear. SymmetryrtemmyS posted:Oh wait, I misread that post - I thought they were around $100. $60 is still a lot for a notebook, but if I can get into the place I want, I should be able to swing that pretty easily. Otherwise, the deposit will be huge and then I'll be broke for a while.
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Kessel posted:Thank you. I know our diaries are pretty expensive and we're working hard to see if we can reduce costs further. Mostly what I'm interested in is the cover. I can't justify a 60 dollar disposable item, but maybe you could make covers by themselves that slot different sized notebooks? Depending on how much demand you have for that item vs the time it takes to hand-sew the binding, you might have a better market there. But it all depends on what kind of time investments and demand you have. edit: I am gonna see if a certain disability-centric organization in my city could patronize this signalnoise fucked around with this message at 17:07 on Feb 10, 2017 |
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signalnoise posted:Mostly what I'm interested in is the cover. I can't justify a 60 dollar disposable item, but maybe you could make covers by themselves that slot different sized notebooks? Depending on how much demand you have for that item vs the time it takes to hand-sew the binding, you might have a better market there. But it all depends on what kind of time investments and demand you have. I'm interested in these notebooks for sure, but I would, without reservation, pay $60 for one of the covers with retaining pockets to hold one of the pile of Seven Seas notebooks I have hoarded, or any other book. They're gorgeous.
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Feb 10, 2017 18:17
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We are absolutely, absolutely looking at making covers that go around regular notebooks. I can't say when these will be ready + up to the quality level we expect from ourselves (unlikely to be this year, to be honest) but god yes would I like to do them. I am pleased to announce that you can now place your order at our (incredibly 90s) presale website: (and I swear to god the final website will look nothing like this) http://musu.bi/presale There's pictures of most of our current patterns and a link to an order form at the top of the page. Thanks for your support!
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Kessel posted:
Wow that is just great ! I'll be sure to take you up on that offer soon enough! Thanks!
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Heath posted:Here's a photo of the new Petrol Safari: When is this going to be available? My first fountain pen was a Safari, and has taken quite a beating since I first bought it. Still a perfectly functional pen, but perhaps ready to be retired. The new colour looks pretty much perfect to me.
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I'm just slightly annoyed that the new limited edition safaris get a black clip, but the 2013 highlighter yellow one that I bought had the standard steel. It looked a lot sleeker when I swapped out the nib for a black one, but the clip isn't quite so easy to replace.
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Kessel posted:We are absolutely, absolutely looking at making covers that go around regular notebooks. I can't say when these will be ready + up to the quality level we expect from ourselves (unlikely to be this year, to be honest) but god yes would I like to do them. I hate them. I hate them because I've so far managed *not* to get in to notebooks and this is something else that keeps me away from my precious, precious Deltas
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Feb 10, 2017 23:21
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High end covers for popular notebook sizes would absolutely sell to pen nerds.
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404notfound posted:I'm just slightly annoyed that the new limited edition safaris get a black clip, but the 2013 highlighter yellow one that I bought had the standard steel. It looked a lot sleeker when I swapped out the nib for a black one, but the clip isn't quite so easy to replace. the clip of my Safari is pretty much all chipped apart and looks bad. I would much rather have a steal one.
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pienipple posted:High end covers for popular notebook sizes would absolutely sell to pen nerds. Absolutely
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Feb 11, 2017 02:28
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Here's my Dollar 717i after ~7 months of Baystate Blue All things considered it's held up pretty well. Also I found out that bleach will reliably take BB stains out of porcelain sinks, which is definitely a good thing to know.
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grack posted:I hate them. Dude, it's barely 1/5 the cost of a Delta for one of these at the prices they mentioned earlier. That's basically like no money at all
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Feels like I'm spendin' nothin' at all! Nothin' at all! Nothin' at all!
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NeurosisHead posted:Dude, it's barely 1/5 the cost of a Delta for one of these at the prices they mentioned earlier. That's basically like no money at all Don't say it so loud. I don't want them to hear. They get... mad, and it's not good. NO I SWEAR I WASN'T TALKING ABOUT OTHER PENS. send help
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grack posted:Here's my Dollar 717i after ~7 months of Baystate Blue Isopropyl rubbing alcohol has been virtually magical in knocking out BSB. That being said, I have a Jinhao coming in that is going to get the dedicated BSB treatment.
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We got some help and gave our website a significant (a really significant) upgrade. http://musu.bi I hope you like it! 
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Kessel posted:We got some help and gave our website a significant (a really significant) upgrade. Check your PMs. I want to help broaden your brand awareness to a bunch of weebs but I don't want to step on your toes when you are planning to raise the price.
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Kessel posted:We got some help and gave our website a significant (a really significant) upgrade. Love the look of these, and I think I'll order a couple tomorrow, if I may. But can I check - when you say, "Diaries" - are the pages plain, or do they have dates and stuff printed on? (I think - I hope - the former!)
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signalnoise posted:Check your PMs. I want to help broaden your brand awareness to a bunch of weebs but I don't want to step on your toes when you are planning to raise the price. Teach posted:Love the look of these, and I think I'll order a couple tomorrow, if I may. But can I check - when you say, "Diaries" - are the pages plain, or do they have dates and stuff printed on? (I think - I hope - the former!) 100 leaves, or 200 pages, of glorious, unlined, 100% blank Tomoe River straight from the Sakae Technical factory. As a fountain pen user you WILL love writing in these. We're still taking orders at http://musu.bi!
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Kessel posted:I saw your PM but haven't had the chance to reply. We are absolutely willing to do something like that but based on initial order volume are currently having trouble making enough diaries to even keep up. When we're ready to go wider I will contact you again? Definitely. Keep in touch, I don't want to swamp you before you're ready, but say the word and I'm certain there are tons of nerds willing to buy them even if they will never, ever use them.
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Kessel posted:We got some help and gave our website a significant (a really significant) upgrade. I can't access your website for some reason  :
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I haven't been in this thread for a while but today I got a message from Itoya, stating that they've re-released the Itoya Blade and that it ought to be in retailers shortly (shipping this month). Maybe someone else loved those things as much as me! coyo7e fucked around with this message at 21:15 on Feb 12, 2017 |
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Also, when holding a TWSBI eco I usually put a finger in this spot, like right on the plastic but not on the nib and it gets absolutely covered in ink. Is this suppose to happen?
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Xun posted:Also, when holding a TWSBI eco I usually put a finger in this spot, like right on the plastic but not on the nib It sounds like one of your fingers is touching the feed. Try holding it a little further back, that should help - it doesn't need to be a huge amount, but enough to keep all of your fingers on the grip. The other option is to wear a finger condom whenever you write.
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SymmetryrtemmyS posted:It sounds like one of your fingers is touching the feed. Try holding it a little further back, that should help - it doesn't need to be a huge amount, but enough to keep all of your fingers on the grip. Does the feed also include the plastic disk right below where the grip ends? Caus the ink is definitely coming out from between the grip and that disk
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Xun posted:Does the feed also include the plastic disk right below where the grip ends? Caus the ink is definitely coming out from between the grip and that disk Are you sure it's coming out there and not just collecting from the cap, possibly when being moved around? The body of the pen is all one piece of plastic, there are no press-fit or threaded parts other than the nib/feed on one end and the piston/cap on the other.
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Xun posted:Does the feed also include the plastic disk right below where the grip ends? Caus the ink is definitely coming out from between the grip and that disk Stay away from that little platform. Lamy Al-Stars/Safaris have a similar setup and ink migrates to it very easily in my experience. So it isn't coming out there, just accumulating enough to get you inky when you touch it. I have a habit of gripping very close to the nib and if I'm not careful will definitely come away stained.
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Picked up 2 Sheaffers and a nice watch at a local antique fair for very little money yesterday, here's everything polished up.   The pens are a 440 in black and a Imperial 2 deluxe in burgundy. The 440 can be bought as new old stock for petty drat cheap and has a wonderfully smooth nib in it. The watch is just the right amount of broken, just the correct price and the perfect aesthetic to start me on yet another hobby. Tools have been ordered.
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Massdrop has the Lamy 2000 for about 100 bucks
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Managed to get through all the goon orders today. If you ordered a diary (or two, or many), you have an email waiting for you. Some shipments will go out tomorrow. I can't wait to hear what you all think of them once you get them!
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I've become enamored with the integrated nib on the Pilot Myu/Murex/M90. Are any pens with a similar nib still in production?
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the pilot e95s is a recreation of that pen but is not all metal. Still has the integrated nib just plastic + gold. Apparently, that design is kinda hard to manufacture so I don't know if anyone is doing it these days. Edit: if you buy it, dont buy the US domestic version. Same pen 2x price.
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The look of all stainless is a big part of the draw, so that e95s doesn't really do it for me.
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Just a friendly reminder to flush your new pen a couple of times before using it. I now enjoy my new Eco much more as a result....
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Slimchandi posted:Just a friendly reminder to flush your new pen a couple of times before using it. I just take all of my new pens completely apart (well, as far as possible anyway), clean every part, relube where necessary, and reinstall everything. It's a habit that I've carried over from vaping and it seems to work well enough. Just out of curiousity, what wasn't working well about the Eco before you flushed it?
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I have a Pilot Metro with a fine nib using Namiki ink (NC-100) cartridges that I use for work at my office. The ink keeps splattering out of the pen when I close the cap and it's all over the nib. Is this a pen or an ink issue?
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taqueso posted:I've become enamored with the integrated nib on the Pilot Myu/Murex/M90. Are any pens with a similar nib still in production? Waterman Carene, but it isn't as minimalist.
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signalnoise posted:Massdrop has the Lamy 2000 for about 100 bucks If you are in the US :-( Sent a private message about those great notebooks! Got my free fountain pen revolution pen cannot remember the name but it is a clear demo with a flex nib. Very smooth love it. Also got my Hero 901 and I must say it is beautiful and writes incredibly well. The cap is a bitch to take off tho. So tight. Not related to fountain pens also ordered a new keyboard because this one here is acting up (tripling sss for example) and it is driving me nuts.
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Ringo Star Get posted:I have a Pilot Metro with a fine nib using Namiki ink (NC-100) cartridges that I use for work at my office. The ink keeps splattering out of the pen when I close the cap and it's all over the nib. I had something similar going on with my metro and it had quite a bit of ink in the cap that would get on the nib when I closed the cap. I'm not really sure how/why it had leaked into the cap, but it stopped after I cleaned everything and put it back together. I assume something feed related had a small leak.
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