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NeurosisHead posted:I feel like I've seen and experienced this problem with their steel nibbed pens (Rembrandt, Michelangelo, etc.), but haven't heard of it as much with the palladium nibs. Do they also have the same QC problems? Oh boy, can they ever. I recently lost the Visconti nib lottery in a big way. I asked the guys at Appointments to get a Divina Metropolitan in for me, in grey, with a medium nib and the thing just would not consistently write, on any paper, with any ink. A nice wet line, but so inconsistent as to be frustrating. We sent it off to Mike Masuyama twice and it just wouldn't act right. Doug ended up ordering a replacement pen for me -- this time with a broad point -- and that one works gorgeously. It took from late October until early January, but I finally feel like the pen was worth the purchase. Appointments couldn't have been better about the whole thing -- they paid for shipping and Mike's work and all of that. They just wanted me to be happy with it -- and I really wanted to love the pen, given how damned expensive it was. I've had pretty good luck with my other Viscontis -- even the Rainbow, which has one of those tubular steel nibs. This one, however, was a nightmare. A glamor shot with my Wall Street: 
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Stub nib for lefties - yeah or nah? Or just overall?
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Ringo Star Get posted:Stub nib for lefties - yeah or nah? Or just overall? I've got no trouble with a stub myself, but I'm an underwriter so I don't introduce any funny angles.
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It's more oblique that has the problem for lefties than stub.
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MY JOURNAL FROM MUSUBI CAME IN!!! Thank you for the oportunity to try one of these, Kessel. Here are some quick shots I took with my Pixel.      This journal is SO LIGHT thanks to the Tomoe River paper. It stays open easily. The binding is perfect. The fabric has an incredibly premium hand. The whole thing feels so solid, so well-put together. It really does feel like a $100USD product. The attention to detail on these is second-to-none. Maybe it will please your artisans to know a stranger on the internet appreciates their hard work.  I'll come back in a couple of weeks with some in-use shots showing off fountain pen ink when I've had a good chance to use it with a few different pen/ink combos. I'm so excited!
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effika posted:MY JOURNAL FROM MUSUBI CAME IN!!! I was wondering when the first ones would get there! Now I am even more impatient to get mine! To a absurd level. Really need to order some ox blood.
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Is there a goon pen pal or letter writing club thing? I would like to exchange written letters with some people. My friend and I send each other letters regularly but we also talk every day so we don't have a lot to write about except to show off inks to each other.
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Iznogood posted:I was wondering when the first ones would get there! Now I am even more impatient to get mine! To a absurd level. Really need to order some ox blood. Mine arrived in Australia on the 20th, AusPost are being slack tho. I'm hoping it'll arrive on Monday before I fly out for work.
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Heath posted:Is there a goon pen pal or letter writing club thing? I would like to exchange written letters with some people. My friend and I send each other letters regularly but we also talk every day so we don't have a lot to write about except to show off inks to each other. That's a pretty good idea. I'd be open to join or start that sort of thing, as long as it doesn't involve a letter every day or anything like that.
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effika posted:Thank you for the oportunity to try one of these, Kessel. Thank you, and I'm really glad you like it! I do show the artisans all your feedback, as it helps bolster their self-confidence. Mostly they're still in shock that random people on the other side of the planet would pay this sort of money for their work. Megabound posted:Mine arrived in Australia on the 20th, AusPost are being slack tho. I'm hoping it'll arrive on Monday before I fly out for work. That's one of the things that bugs me about using national carriers - some are great and some can sit on a package for a bit too long. For countries where the national carrier is legendarily lovely (here's looking at you, Italy) I might just offer people a more expensive shipping option (UPS?) to help them get around any delays. What would be best for shipments to Australia?
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Kessel posted:That's one of the things that bugs me about using national carriers - some are great and some can sit on a package for a bit too long. For countries where the national carrier is legendarily lovely (here's looking at you, Italy) I might just offer people a more expensive shipping option (UPS?) to help them get around any delays. What would be best for shipments to Australia? AusPost are great 99% of the time, especially for metropolitan areas, but the quickest and best service I've had has been UPS.
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Immaculate Darita Feb 26, 2017 Shaquin posted: instead of "The Laughing Man" we have "Retard Dare" and he is a menace to the cyberstream i love u tho and want to get married pls take me on date u r most beautiful girl i ever seen srsly LOL uh oh i guess im hosed http://www.tribalwar.com/forums/sho....php?p=18727172 # ? Feb 26, 2017 05:07 Profile Post History Rap Sheet Edit Quote Immaculate Darita Feb 26, 2017 Go Back TribalWar Forums > TribalWar Community > General Discussion Reload this Page Harlequin Romance Novels Is Obscene Pornography 100% Absolutely Every Time . Welcome, spockhammer. | Log Out You last visited: 02-25-2017 at 03:20 PM Private Messages: Unread 0, Total 267. Thread Tools spockhammer VeteranX Contributor Old 1 - 02-25-2017, 11:44 PM Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote Multi-Quote This Message Quick reply to this message She had never felt so helpless or s completely at the mercy of another human being.. a being who could snap the slender column of her body with one squeeze of a steel clad arm. No Trace of tenderness softened the harsh pressure of his mouth on hers... there was only a savagely punishing intentess of purpose that cut off the breath until her sense reeled and her body sagged against the granite hardness of his, he released her wrists, seeming to know that they would hang helplessly at her sides, and his hand moved to the small of her back to exert a pressure that crushed her soft outlines to the unyielding dominance of his and left her in no doubt as the force his masculinity. The books uphold the values of their readers who share this fear of break-ing social codes, but behind these reassur-ingly familiar restraints they celebrate a wild, eager sexuality which flourish and is finally affirmed in "marriage," which Parisi sees as mainly a code word for "gently caress." And this is how Harlequin Romance Novels castigate women into The Patriarchy Matrix. Life In The Patriarchal Matrix GGz give me my PHD now. # ? Feb 26, 2017 05:07 Profile Post History Rap Sheet Edit Quote Immaculate Darita Feb 26, 2017 https://lifeinthepatriarchalmatrix.wordpress.com/
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Got a 7 pack of Pilot Varsity pens for my 3/5/8 year olds, they loved writing / drawing with them. Going to make sure they don't have money for drugs later in life I guess. The 3&5 year old were jealous that my 8 year old had gotten a Bulow that I got as an extra from XFP (Now Birmingham pens) because the first one I got had a dented cap (they sent me a new pen, and new cap instead of just a cap) My pen collection grew on valentines day with a new Jinhao shimmering sands (Was Starry night) and a noodlers flex nib, as well as some Oster Orange (Which is an amazing orange) edit: also got a pen case with some slots that can't be filled right now.. My dream pen is the Starry Night Visconti, I've heard issues about Visconti stainless nibs not being good out of the box, lets say that it's a 1 year anniversary present for me, how do I fix it?
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Buy from somewhere with really good customer service? Not all Visconti nibs are bad by any stretch of the imagination but their QC is absolutely atrocious and if you get one that doesn't write it can be a serious pain to fix. Fake Edit: Thanks for stopping by, Dare. Please post a fountain pen picture next time with your insane ramblings.
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What a guy, that Dare. Why is he coming into the fountain pen thread now? Where does he get the money to keep on doing this?
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I just bought another Delta. It followed me home, I swear!
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The journal arrived today, huzzah! I don't really have much to add on to effika but I'm very happy with the way the journal lies flat on any page. Thanks again Kessel, I'm very very happy with it. Is musu.bi ready to be shared with the general public? I know some people who might want one, but I know you're going to start charging postage soon.   
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Megabound posted:The journal arrived today, huzzah! I don't really have much to add on to effika but I'm very happy with the way the journal lies flat on any page. Glad you like it. Yes, you can go ahead and share! We are now charging postage but will stay at the ~$60 USD price until packaging is finalised.
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I should really see about finally getting a softbox setup going so I have an excuse to get one of those and take pictures of it
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I always get journal-paralysis. Like even if I had anything important enough to put in a book that fancy, I'd spell something wrong or smudge it and it'd be ruined. I pathologically use books with loose-leaf or spiral so I can erase my shameful mistakes.
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Ooh, neat macro! And Pixelante, I just started using it upside down.  J. Herbin Poussiere de Lune is a great match for the purple wave pattern, by the way.
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Megabound posted:The journal arrived today, huzzah! I don't really have much to add on to effika but I'm very happy with the way the journal lies flat on any page. Good god those are pretty. I get work to expense my Clairefontaines, somehow I don't think these would fly.
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effika posted:And Pixelante, I just started using it upside down. This actually makes me feel better. I'm a monster.
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Nephzinho posted:Good god those are pretty. I get work to expense my Clairefontaines, somehow I don't think these would fly. "But my productivity will go up by 10%!"
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rio posted:"But my productivity will go up by 10%!" It's Tomoe River so it's really more like 25% at least
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Pixelante posted:I always get journal-paralysis. Like even if I had anything important enough to put in a book that fancy, I'd spell something wrong or smudge it and it'd be ruined. I pathologically use books with loose-leaf or spiral so I can erase my shameful mistakes. I used to have this. Now, whenever I start a new notebook, I intentionally gently caress up the first page. Just scribblin' and smudgin' that fucker all over the place. THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT IMPERFECT Then I don't worry about perfection again for the rest of the notebook.
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I spilled coffee all over my last Hobonichi which caused me to cease giving a gently caress about all the lovely handwriting and scribbles.
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Trustworthy posted:I used to have this. Now, whenever I start a new notebook, I intentionally gently caress up the first page. Just scribblin' and smudgin' that fucker all over the place. THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT IMPERFECT Like a Persian rug in journal form. I love it
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Any thoughts on 52gsm vs. 68gsm for Tomoe River?
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Trustworthy posted:I used to have this. Now, whenever I start a new notebook, I intentionally gently caress up the first page. Just scribblin' and smudgin' that fucker all over the place. THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT IMPERFECT I'm doing this with everything, forever. Thanks!
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Took some vintage pens on a flight today and nothing leaked, which I find pleasantly surprising.
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404notfound posted:Any thoughts on 52gsm vs. 68gsm for Tomoe River? speaking as someone who works with tomoe river paper: 68's harder to get from suppliers and in testing didn't offer up enough advantages over 52 that would be worth talking about. you get minimally less showthrough but the book becomes fatter. I'd recommend 68 if you hate, hate, hate the crinkly feeling you get from 52. but if it doesn't bother you then I feel it makes little difference.
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What do you guys do with inks and pens you don't use? I have kind of an OCD collector mentality so I'm trying to be conservative with which pens and inks I keep and use, but I'm relatively new to the hobby and I'm still kind of finding my tastes, so I have a few ink bottles that sounded cool at the time and I ended up not liking as much, or that have kind of limited use.
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Display them all of course. Amazon is great for cheap pen displays. I like the plastic clear half circle ones because you can connect two to make a circle of 24 pens. I only have 36 pens though so I have a full circle and a half circle....clearly I need 12 more pens to make two full circles...right? Right??
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The pens that are inked up and being used are in a test tube rack on my desk, ink is in a shelf. Unused pens are in a couple of cases in my closet. I have far, far too many pens to display them all.
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I have a little set of drawers for pens and ink. On top are pens waiting to be flushed and a rack of ink samples.The top drawer is pens currently inked, a storage box of ink cartridges, and empty pen rolls and cases. The next drawer down is the uninked pens, all in rolls, and a box full of converters, sorted by type into Ziploc bags. The next drawer is paper, paper and more paper. The bottom drawer is ink. (I hate how the ink is arranged right now, and desperately want to re-do that drawer; I'm also looking at getting a shallow paperback-style bookshelf to use for ink instead.) I was recently at an antiques store where they wanted just a little bit too much for a machinist's wooden tool chest, and wouldn't budge. When I went back it was gone. Sigh.
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How many pens do you all keep inked at a time! ? I was trying to keep mine all inked but then I started playing favorites and I only have like 10 inked up. And not even all different colors...playing favorites with the inks too. Also what inks are you using the most? I need more... I have been using Emerald of Chivor, Yu-Yake and Poissier de Lune a lot. Also all three of the blue Diamene 150th Anniversary inks - the blue black is really good and if I need a "normal" ink I will use that. Noodler's Red Black has also been used more lately, not sure why I like it more all of the sudden.
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I try to keep ten pens inked since that's all that will fit in my case, but usually ink up a few more since there's so many inks to choose from. At the moment I have pens inked with: kon-peki, asa-gao, de atramentis petrol, Edelstein Aventurine, Akkerman #19, Bung Box sapphire, cherry blossom, imperial purple, and sunset of Omaezaki, sailor jentle irori, and of course heart of darkness. The Kon-Peki and HoD are permanent fixtures since I'm trying to empty the bottles. Up next in the rotation will probably be Piano Mahogany, Ancient Copper, and a few samples.
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