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Karia posted:Any ideas for rectifying this? You could pack the end of the inside of the barrel with something like cotton so the converter is pressed into place and has nowhere to go.
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Also, double check that you've got a metro not an MR.
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Can I request some examples of awesome calligraphy? My grandfather, who tried to get me into calligraphy as a kid and was delighted that I was getting into it as an adult, passed away yesterday and the creative interests we shared are among my favorite memories of him.
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Karia posted:I got a metro a while back and it had issues with the standard converter slipping out in normal use, which gets ink everywhere. Thinking I might have gotten a bad egg, I got another one, and it did exactly the same thing. It seats firmly and decisively, no slop or anything. I do treat them a bit roughly, I travel a lot for work in some rough environments. This is a silly obvious question but by standard converter you do mean a CON-20/40/50, right? edit: PEN UPDATE Y'ALL The slowboat finally made it to port and I got my brown Pilot Prera (M). It's buttery smooth and lovely in every way.  I also picked up an old Wing Sung 590, because it looks kind of cool and I read a couple decent reviews. It's a janky piece of poo poo in every way. 
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Jun 14, 2017 15:54
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Bertrand Hustle posted:Can I request some examples of awesome calligraphy? My grandfather, who tried to get me into calligraphy as a kid and was delighted that I was getting into it as an adult, passed away yesterday and the creative interests we shared are among my favorite memories of him. I'm very sorry for your loss. I really enjoy this youtube guy: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT9GghjdVl7aFiIiet9G11w
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Anybody else get an inky feed when their vacuum fillers are nearly empty? Both my VAC 700Rs didn't outright leak, but the black fins on the feed got very inky. Maybe when they're close to empty they're just way more sensitive to temperature changes? Or is my constant counterclockwise twisting of the blind cap forcing ink through?
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Bertrand Hustle posted:Can I request some examples of awesome calligraphy? My grandfather, who tried to get me into calligraphy as a kid and was delighted that I was getting into it as an adult, passed away yesterday and the creative interests we shared are among my favorite memories of him. I'm sorry for your loss. I've always been impressed by this guy, who used to post a ton on FPN. He had his own thread on FPN, until he stopped posting there for a while, and now he just sorta pops up in the penmanship/calligraphy section for a while.
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I'm thinking of picking up that limited edition TWSBI 580 but it seems to have disappeared from Goulet. Any ideas why?
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Lowness 72 posted:I'm thinking of picking up that limited edition TWSBI 580 but it seems to have disappeared from Goulet. Any ideas why? I would assume it's just out of stock, and they don't want to take orders until they actually know they're getting more. I think some other stores still have them listed as available, though; IIRC Anderson Pens was talking about them yesterday...?
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Went to the monthly pen club meeting last night and got a damned cool gift. One of the other members there had a Montblanc Solitaire with an awful nib and I was able to adjust and smooth it write well. As a thank you he gave me this: It's a MarteModena "Citizen of Beijing", made by Marlen in Italy.
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Jun 15, 2017 20:20
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How awful would a 1.5mm Lamy Italics be for everyday writing?
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Professor Shark posted:How awful would a 1.5mm Lamy Italics be for everyday writing? Utterly dependent upon the paper you use. Cheap office supply store paper? Bad experience unless you write big. Rhodia, or the like? Simple and nice.
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A 1.5 is going to be very difficult for daily use unless you have massive handwriting.
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Jun 15, 2017 21:09
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A 1.1 is about as big as I'd ever go for my daily writing.
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Professor Shark posted:How awful would a 1.5mm Lamy Italics be for everyday writing? Entirely depends on your preferences. I used to do 90% of my daily writing with a 1.8mm stub and loved it.
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Has anyone used one of the new clear Lamy converters? I picked one up with my pacific Al-Star and it is awful. The piston is stiff, it doesn't always catch when I start turning it, and it seems to be stopping about 2mm short of the top. I think I just got a dud, but if it's just how the new design is I'll find an old cloudy plastic style one somewhere. grack posted:Went to the monthly pen club meeting last night and got a damned cool gift. One of the other members there had a Montblanc Solitaire with an awful nib and I was able to adjust and smooth it write well. As a thank you he gave me this: That's a handsome pen!
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So a while back I was asking about my pelikan that I thought had misaligned tines. Well I couldn't tell if anything was wrong under a loupe so I sent it in for warranty service. Abi (who services the pens at Chartpak) was very helpful. Turns out the nib wasn't fully seated in the body of the pen and very loose, which may have contributed to the nib damage. I just thought that meant the nib was springy since it was my first (sort of) pelikan. Pen writes waaay better now. And I got it back super fast - like less than week from mailing it. So, in summary, check that your nib is properly seated!
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effika posted:Has anyone used one of the new clear Lamy converters? I picked one up with my pacific Al-Star and it is awful. The piston is stiff, it doesn't always catch when I start turning it, and it seems to be stopping about 2mm short of the top.
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bobfather posted:Utterly dependent upon the paper you use. This is very true, and it’s about more than ćsthetics. I got a Reform 1745 today (NOS student pen from the ’90s). It’s usable though not great on nice paper, but it excels on cheap copy paper. Platystemon fucked around with this message at 06:21 on Jun 16, 2017 |
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We just completed a very significant update to our packaging and I wanted to share it with all of you before we went live. Starting immediately, all diaries will ship with something very special from us here at Musubi - an artisan's certificate.  That's the front of the sheet. It tells our story and is handsigned - yes, handsigned - by the artisan who made your diary. On the right edge of the sheet there is a tab you can use to mark your current page.  The back of the sheet is our solution for all of you who have been asking for lined and gridded paper. We've printed a grid with alternating strong and normal lines onto the sheet. Because Tomoe River paper is so thin as to be seethrough, you can tuck the certificate behind the page you're using and use the printed grid as a guiderail for all writing purposes - strong lines for those of you who prefer lined paper, and the full grid for those of you who prefer gridded paper or regularly write in languages such as Chinese or Japanese. This certificate has been a long time coming from us. There's a certain warmth that comes with knowing that something was made with care, just for you. And it gives our artisans, all of whom have been told by society throughout their lives that they are not as valuable as persons without disabilities, great pride in the act of creating something beautiful enough to put their names to it. The sheet is a very special, extremely high-end coated paper that will withstand day-in, day-out use, just like your diary. We intend for you to be able to carry it inserted in your diary and to use it constantly. If you've ordered from us before, we will include an additional certificate for each diary you already own in the next order you place with us. Thanks for your support.
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Kessel posted:We just completed a very significant update to our packaging and I wanted to share it with all of you before we went live. What's your online store front address? I couldn't deduce it from Google.
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http://musu.bi someday we'll actually get around to poo poo like SEO and proper Instagram ads Kessel fucked around with this message at 15:20 on Jun 16, 2017 |
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The Seven Seas notebooks include a sheet of blotting paper to keep your pages clean and doubles as a bookmark, but this is even more clever. A bookmark that also serves as an optional line/grid guide (and emphasizes the incredible thinness of Tomoe River paper in the process) seems pretty genius, and I'm sure it's a great relief to not have to worry about offering every different cover in three different paper configurations. I'll be putting in an order for two of them as soon as I can puzzle out which design to get for my girlfriend's birthday without giving away my plan.
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404notfound posted:The Seven Seas notebooks include a sheet of blotting paper to keep your pages clean and doubles as a bookmark, but this is even more clever. A bookmark that also serves as an optional line/grid guide (and emphasizes the incredible thinness of Tomoe River paper in the process) seems pretty genius, and I'm sure it's a great relief to not have to worry about offering every different cover in three different paper configurations. Thank you so much! My designers and I went through an unbelievable number of iterations to get to this point, because we wanted to get a lot of things right about it: - how to tell the story of our artisans without being overbearing - how to emphasise the things that set our diaries apart from the competition (glad someone got this!) - and how to create packaging and branding material that is actually useful, rather than just being something pretty that recipients end up throwing away and hurting the environment with. That's also why the certificate, which ships inserted between the cover and the endsheet so it's the first thing you see when you open the diary, has a large block of empty space in the middle. It's actually space for you to handwrite a gift note to your recipient. We are still (yeah, we're slow) working on the box, but when you guys see it I'm confident it'll blow you away. The core design is a slipcase, with the inner book tray accessed by pulling a fabric ribbon. After you take the diary out you can use the box as a pen tray, or to hold letters, postcards and other correspondence. Unfortunately we are taking it slowly in order to get it absolutely right, and as a result it's still a couple months out. Please write to me if you'd like to consult on patterns for your girlfriend's gift. I can offer recommendations, detailed colour comparisons (yeah we know the photos on the website suck, we're working on it) and whatever additional information you might need to make a decision.
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bobfather posted:Utterly dependent upon the paper you use. I'd mostly be using it on the lowest bid, cheapest paper available grack posted:A 1.5 is going to be very difficult for daily use unless you have massive handwriting. My handwriting isn't that large and watching videos online I realized that the 1.5mm only looks good when using two lines on a page Trustworthy posted:A 1.1 is about as big as I'd ever go for my daily writing. This is what I'm going to go with. I contacted Fontoplumo and they said they'd have them in next week. I might still get a 1.5mm or 1.9mm just to play with and get that awesome rusting/polluted look from the Lamy Petrol, but we'll see. Thanks for the advice! Speaking of Petrol, FP told me that they had a large order for bottled Petrol in and were expecting it soon, but Lamy unceremoniously cancelled the order. Are they purposefully trying to create demand for their special edition inks, or do they simply not make enough? Professor Shark fucked around with this message at 13:36 on Jun 17, 2017 |
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Professor Shark posted:Speaking of Petrol, FP told me that they had a large order for bottled Petrol in and were expecting it soon, but Lamy unceremoniously cancelled the order. Are they purposefully trying to create demand for their special edition inks, or do they simply not make enough? The answer is within you. (It's both)
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Some bottles of ink come with a cone that fits in the mouth of the bottle and acts as an aid to filling when the ink level gets low. TWSBI’s bottles have the same concept in a different shape. Does anyone know of a place where these are sold by the dozen? They’re quite possibly on Aliexpress if I knew what they were called. e: This Reddit post suggests using silicone baby bottle tips and also reveals the brand name: Ink Miser. It’s a shame they’re $6 apiece. Platystemon fucked around with this message at 07:43 on Jun 18, 2017 |
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Bertrand Hustle posted:Can I request some examples of awesome calligraphy? My grandfather, who tried to get me into calligraphy as a kid and was delighted that I was getting into it as an adult, passed away yesterday and the creative interests we shared are among my favorite memories of him. I'm sorry for your loss. I've been getting into calligraphy myself and have found it an enjoyable, if sometimes frustrating, hobby. I hope you find it rewarding though. Here's a relaxing compilation of calligraphy
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Platystemon posted:e: This Reddit post suggests using silicone baby bottle tips and also reveals the brand name: Ink Miser. It’s a shame they’re $6 apiece. Just tried this, it works pretty well.
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Let me get this straight: Pilot made the CON‐20, which holds 0.9 ml of ink, and the CON‐50, which holds 0.6 ml of ink. They then developed the CON‐40, holding 0.4 ml, and decided it obsoleted both of the others? 
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I just refill cartridges for smaller pilot pens tbh.
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I refill cartridges for all my VPs and Faber Castells. Can't be arsed with the terrible converter capacity on those.
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Kessel posted:I refill cartridges for all my VPs and Faber Castells. Can't be arsed with the terrible converter capacity on those. Same for my VP. Only scrubs use CONs.
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Don't post here much - more of a lurker - but I thought you might like this.  It's a Kaweco Sport, and it's cute, and plastic, and light, and very, very red. Posted, it's a little larger, but it's still a small pen.   And it writes well, too! I like it - I needed a pen for the summer. Shame I've got to deal with those little universal cartridges. (I can always refill...) 
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From another lurker, I love Kaweco Sports. I have the mint green and metallic purple Skylines, and have to stop myself from buying another every so often. The cartridge thing is kind of a drag (especially because apparently their converter isn't so good), but I can accept that mine are relegated to nothing but J. Herbin and such while my other pens get the fun ink.
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Awww you even have a cute little pad to go with your cute little pen. Seriously though that is red
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I love my Sport so much even if their converters are so bad and I wish they'd make a modern piston filler. Still it's my favorite c/c pen, just because of its cute size and shape. That red looks gorgeous though and its great seeing some good pictures of the clip that I didn't buy.
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I am very much considering getting a Lamy Logo. It can swap nibs with the Safari, and it doesn't have the weird grip that makes the Safari so unique but also annoying to write with for long periods of time
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I feel like the Kaweco Sport is a basically ideal pocket pen. Mine is clipped to my little filofax and fits perfectly, and it never fails to start no matter how long it's been.
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I almost got a Sport but then I thought “I could get eight JetPen Chibis for that price.” I have four of them in my cart right now.
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