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Everything Burrito posted:maybe I don't like butter on my fingers It's part of the experience.
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pienipple posted:I just put a Nemosine broad nib in my Starry Night/Shimmering Sands/whatever x750 and drat I love it. I love this pen, best part is when I was giving my girlfriend the name for a gift idea, I called it a starry night/ shimmering sands so I got both a noodlers starry night, and a shiny jinhao pen. Now I just need some sparkling ink to go with my sparkly pen.
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Mar 25, 2017 00:40
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Are Noodlers ink a legitimate concern for someone not using a pen daily? Will I have any issues (besides Baystate Blue which I understand dyes pens alot)? Also favorite brands of ink? I've got 2 iroshizuki (winter grey and blue green) and a diamine oxblood. Should I jump to Noodlers? J Herbin? Also jeezus this thread makes me want to buy things.
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Mar 25, 2017 01:56
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Iznogood posted:My Jinhao's are hit and miss but my Hero pens have all been pretty much spectacular out of the box. You've got me interested in picking up a few really cheap pens and learning how to do this.
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Mar 25, 2017 02:00
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Lowness 72 posted:Are Noodlers ink a legitimate concern for someone not using a pen daily? Will I have any issues (besides Baystate Blue which I understand dyes pens alot)? I've not had any issues, right now I have Noodler's Ottoman Rose and Bad Black Moccasin in pens that I let dry up on the regular because I keep too many inked and haven't had any trouble cleaning them out. I'm just using them in metros though, you might not want to risk it in more expensive pens. I haven't picked out any favorite ink brands, mostly I just chose inks based on color and am like a magpie just going after whatever new shiny thing catches my attention.
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Mar 25, 2017 02:42
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Lowness 72 posted:Are Noodlers ink a legitimate concern for someone not using a pen daily? Will I have any issues (besides Baystate Blue which I understand dyes pens alot)? Noodler's is fine for modern pens, biggest issue is cleaning a pen you let dry up because it's very dye dense. Flushing takes forever as the ink residue just keeps dissolving. That's not an issue exclusive to Noodler's, it shares that with other heavily pigmented inks like Private Reserve. My favorite brand is J. Herbin and I feel like they have a nice range of shades in most colors. Diamine and de Atramentis are nice too.
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Mar 25, 2017 02:48
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pienipple posted:Noodler's is fine for modern pens, biggest issue is cleaning a pen you let dry up because it's very dye dense. Flushing takes forever as the ink residue just keeps dissolving. That's not an issue exclusive to Noodler's, it shares that with other heavily pigmented inks like Private Reserve. This is 100% spot on for noodler's, although unless the pen's pretty much empty, it's gonna take forever to actually dry up. See, all that nib creep is a reminder that there's still ink in the pen! Also +1 for Herbin. Not only is it lovely, it's pretty universally well-behaved, even on terrible paper. The only downside is that pretty much none of their line is even the slightest bit water-resistant, so be careful where you set down your coffee cup or whatever.
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Mar 25, 2017 03:03
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Wow that's hella fast! Your Nanami Paper and Supply Order Has Been Updated The status of order is now Shipped I even have a tracking number!
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Mar 25, 2017 03:15
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sometimes when I let a pen with a Noodler ink in it dry up I just fill it with clean water and keep on trucking
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Mar 25, 2017 03:17
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Lowness 72 posted:Are Noodlers ink a legitimate concern for someone not using a pen daily? Will I have any issues (besides Baystate Blue which I understand dyes pens alot)? Noodler's Blue-Black is what I use in my work pen, a Lamy Al-Star. It started up just fine after not using it for 2 weeks. (NB: I dilute my Blue-Black to 50%, but you should still be OK.) I find how well the pen cap seals to be the largest factor in whether I can leave a pen alone for while without use. Iroshizuku, Diamine, Noodler's, J. Herbin... can't go wrong with any of those. Don't buy the Noodler's Baystate series unless you have a pen to sacrifice to it. I have the most Noodler's ink, followed by Diamine. My favorite ink to use is Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo -- it's so well behaved! My favorite ink color is definitely Noodler's Blue-Black diluted to 50%. I love all of my inks for different reasons, and will gladly list them all to nobody's benefit. (Diamine Sapphire changes color as it dries! J. Herbin Poussiere de Lune reminds me of my grandmother! Pelikan 4001 Violet looks like Spring! etc...) I like to get ink sample packages from places like Goulet or Anderson Pens for a bit of variety. I'll then use whatever color strikes me. Everything Burrito posted:sometimes when I let a pen with a Noodler ink in it dry up I just fill it with clean water and keep on trucking I've done this. I think Nathan even said you can do this somewhere; that they're all easily reconstituted (if you can remember what the original volume should be). I guess if I wanted to put fountain pen ink in my bug-out bag, I'd dehydrate some Noodler's.  I will say that La Reine Mauve is terrible to clean out of anything if you let it dry up completely. effika fucked around with this message at 04:18 on Mar 25, 2017 |
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Mar 25, 2017 04:15
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Truly a fountain pen is the most tactical of pens, we need to spread this information to the EDC/TEOTWAWKI crowd.
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Mar 25, 2017 04:25
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EDC Motherfuckers are strange birds. Y'all live with your parents in Palo Alto and staff the library at Stanford ain't no reason you need six knives, a top, a bag full of carabiniers, a pipe roll, lockpick tools, and two flashlights.
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FAUXTON posted:EDC Motherfuckers are strange birds. Y'all live with your parents in Palo Alto and staff the library at Stanford ain't no reason you need six knives, a top, a bag full of carabiniers, a pipe roll, lockpick tools, and two flashlights. There are two types of EDC: I want to be prepared for any situation -- that's why I carry two pens, a pocket notebook and a Swiss Army knife. And I want to be prepared for any situation. That's why I carry two pens (a space pen, a Pilot G2 [black]), a tactical Field Notes notebook (black), a tactical multitool (black), a hacked Altoids tin (sour mango) with bandages, matches, a mini Bic lighter (black), paper clips, twine, a mini compass, a Morse code chart, a length of parachute cord (black), as well as a pocket flashlight (black) and a pistol (black) just in case I'm attacked by anyone (black)
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Mar 25, 2017 09:33
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Like I can understand a notebook, a pen and perhaps a small Swiss Army knife. Those are perfectly practical. What I don't get are the tactical kukris, the elaborate million-tool Leathermans, the six different Field Notes...
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Mar 25, 2017 10:50
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Idk do they go camping like everyday?
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Kessel posted:Like I can understand a notebook, a pen and perhaps a small Swiss Army knife. Those are perfectly practical. What I don't get are the tactical kukris, the elaborate million-tool Leathermans, the six different Field Notes... When you have the paranoia of a prepper but the motivation of a suburban teenager, you half-rear end it and decide you need to carry a tackle box full of poo poo to get groceries. Practically everyone who grows up in a hurricane-exposed coastal state or one that experiences natural disasters on a human-perceived frequency learns a few basic things: 1 - find a properly organized shelter and go directly there if possible 2 - shelter in place, fill the tub and any other clean containers with fresh water, and plan out your food with consumption of perishables first 3 - find the nearest properly organized shelter and go there as soon as it's safe These are going to be better "carry" than a whole suitcase full of lovely kukris and shoehorns.
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Mar 25, 2017 12:16
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EDC and minimalist communities have a lot of overlap I think because if you're trying to maximize your EDC you need to also have rad gadgets that take up a tiny amount of space. For example I know of a way to carry your keys using a small item that doubles as a pocketknife and also as a ballpoint pen. It even uses Cross refills for the pen.
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Mar 25, 2017 12:23
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teraflame posted:Idk do they go camping like everyday? lol EDC guys going camping
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Mar 25, 2017 16:42
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Too bad Schrade discontinued their tactical fountain pens.
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Mar 25, 2017 16:53
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I carry a double hinged wine key around a lot. It's pretty convenient.
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Mar 25, 2017 17:44
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I carry a leatherman at work but that's because it's for when my tools are on the other side of the building. I never quite understand the jorts full of pens and knives, but maybe I'm just not living an amazing life like they are.
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Mar 25, 2017 18:09
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Given what kind of tacky, licensed poo poo the FP community will shell out hundreds and thousands of dollars for, I'm kind of surprised there aren't more spergy gadget fountain pens. It's a fountain pen! It's a switchblade! It's a steampunk bottle opener! It's a Van Gogh-inspired LED flashlight! It's a Theon Greyjoy penis finial!
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If you pack some anti-coagulant in your bug out bag, you can make your FP ink from blood, which should be really handy in the apocalypse. I just realized my Asa Maya hasn't shipped yet. It was supposed to be done by the 18th 
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signalnoise posted:EDC and minimalist communities have a lot of overlap I think because if you're trying to maximize your EDC you need to also have rad gadgets that take up a tiny amount of space. For example I know of a way to carry your keys using a small item that doubles as a pocketknife and also as a ballpoint pen. It even uses Cross refills for the pen. Right but I have a drat job so I don't need a spinning top or a fidget spinner or a lanyard-attaching pill capsule. Basically what I'm saying is that Massdrop is neat in a lot of aspects but holy poo poo the EDC community drops are always the most goony poo poo.
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Did Massdrop used to be way better? These days a lot of the "deals" don't seem like very good deals at all. There are a few diamonds in the rough (thinking hard about that Diamine pack), but a lot of times it's just "Buy X for the same price as Amazon, only you have to jump through some extra hoops and then wait a month to get your poo poo."
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Trustworthy posted:Did Massdrop used to be way better? These days a lot of the "deals" don't seem like very good deals at all. Yeah, I recall getting a little tritium bar keychain so I don't have to turn on the lights in the foyer to grab them when I'm actually early for work once in a great while. It was cheaper than Amazon but the month long wait really was a turn-off. For most of the stuff they have it's really not enough of a discount to merit the wait unless it's unavailable anywhere else.
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Mar 25, 2017 21:33
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It's useful for customized things like keyboards
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Trustworthy posted:Given what kind of tacky, licensed poo poo the FP community will shell out hundreds and thousands of dollars for, I'm kind of surprised there aren't more spergy gadget fountain pens. It's a fountain pen! It's a switchblade! It's a steampunk bottle opener! It's a Van Gogh-inspired LED flashlight! It's a Theon Greyjoy penis finial! I think it's just a matter of differing tastes. There's amazingly little crossover between FP and EDC even though they have similar sorts of philosophies. Fountain pen users on the whole tend to be more about the details of the individual instrument (compare the endless discussions about nib quality, nib swapping, screw tops vs. snap caps, and soforth) and the modularity of the pen itself vs. the EDC focus on the modularity of the entire kit and superfluous functionality. To summarize: fountain pens are "one pen can't do everything; I don't really need it to, but I would like it to, so that's why I own 12" while EDC is "my kit can do everything, even if I never use half of its functions." You don't have to go out of your way to find reasons to use a pen, but you do have to be in a specific sort of situation to use your tactical window-breaker pen. Fountain pens aren't water resistant or as reliable as one of those write-in-the-rain pens, so in the mind of an EDC survivalist sort, they're too much of a liability, or something. I kind of wish someone would make an EDC thread, just because I kind of love it and kind of find it ridiculous, which is how I feel about fountain pens. The Reddit is pretty great just because it's half stuff that might be legitimately useful and half, well, pistols. Heath fucked around with this message at 21:52 on Mar 25, 2017 |
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Mar 25, 2017 21:49
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90% of EDC stuff is about catering to fantasy and that's probably conservative.
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I mean, the real problem is that once you stab something with a fountain pen, it isn't gonna work right. That kinda puts a damper on things, y'know? Like a bent penknife blade is an annoyance, but it more or less still works (until it snaps). I mean, there's also probably a useful difference between "i load my jorts with 25 knives and 7 flashlights powerful enough to blind a man from 1km" and "I put some useful tools in my car" kinda edc types anyway. But y'know, there's only so many times you can see someone jam some matches and birch into an altoids tin before it goes from "oh, neat" to "that's nice." I assume that's why they all seem nuts and have like 25 window-smashing hammer/campstove combination monstrosities.
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There's absolutely a personality type that's associated with any given kit. One of the beautiful things about that subreddit is that everyone lists their occupation, age and sex. Aside from being overwhelmingly males in their 20s, you start to put together profiles of people. The people most likely to carry guns are (in reverse order) 3) military, 2) IT specialists and 1) retail managers. Seems to work the other way around with knives. And people carrying weaponry of some sort far, far outpace the occasional student (who are also disturbingly frequently armed) or graphic designer who posts their laptop and a pair of expensive headphones and a Moleskine with some Prismacolors. Sometimes you'll find a tech geek who carries around an entire library of books every day. One of my favorite threads on this very dead gay forum was an EDC about a decade ago where goons were apparently utterly baffled that a man would carry a bag around on a daily basis, and the several page derail that happened because someone posted their dugout and people flipped poo poo that someone would carry weed around on them. Back to fountain pens: I got a bottle of KWZ Honey last night and I'm absolutely in love with it. It's probably the prettiest gold ink I've used, and it's like a mix between Apache Sunset and J. Herbin Lie de Thé. I don't know how I will feel about the smell of it after a while, but it's subtle without being too perfumey and seems to last a while.
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Heath posted:I kind of wish someone would make an EDC thread, just because I kind of love it and kind of find it ridiculous, which is how I feel about fountain pens. The Reddit is pretty great just because it's half stuff that might be legitimately useful and half, well, pistols. I have been considering making an EDC thread, but I would only do it if it was actually a minimalist thread in disguise, or a like "PYF item that crams functionality into a tight space without making you look like a loving goober"
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Mar 26, 2017 00:47
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Just got a couple of bargains a Parker 51 for $30 and a 61 for $45, that's in Australian novelty dollars too.
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Mar 26, 2017 03:46
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I received a Lamy dialogue broad nib at a steal ,for around $18. I put it in my Lamy ABC and it's a dream. It writes fantasticly. It creates a very distinctive profile and glides across the paper very well .Its a nice everyday nib if you are ok with a slightly larger script. The contact point is quite large so it lays down a lot of ink. I can chew through a cartridge in a week.  Please forgive the trashy picture 
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Mar 26, 2017 10:02
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Please resize your images
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don't bother resizing your images, just make the tag [timg] instead of [img]
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I got my very first stub nib today, along with some gorgeous Noodler's Zhivago. So goodbye thread, I need to go be the purser on a Regency-era whaling schooner now 
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I sent out another batch of goon orders today. I hope you guys enjoy your new diaries! We've retired some patterns and added some others (the new wool with the rainbow weft is a particularly crazy fabric). I also received very rare clearance to use a photo of our artisans at work, so I've updated the craftsmanship section to include more details about how we make our books and the disability organisation we work with. You can read about it at http://musu.bi Final pricing on the diaries is now more or less set. I'm glad to say we've been able to pin the default price down very close to our presale price, at around 67 USD instead of 62. The seasonal fabrics and exotics will cost a little more.
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It makes sense that ordering a Conid is an exercise in patience. They aren't a big company and apparently they make pens to order. But man I wish they'd say up front that it might take a month for your pen to ship. Between that and the Aurora 88 Nebulosa I ordered, my annual bonus pens are going to turn into birthday pens.
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The hardships we face for this hobby.
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