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Moral_Hazard posted:Is the Kakimori the one with the smiley face nib? I want that one. If I ever commission a line of fountain pens, I want to get nibs stamped with The smiley nib pen is the Pilot Kakuno.
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Yeah the Kakimori is the one with the wide Sailor nib.
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Aug 14, 2018 18:19
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Both are very cool.
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Aug 14, 2018 19:20
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meinstein posted:What’s a good price to pay for a used lamy 2000? There’s one with an ink stain and a piston cap that has “some slack” - for $95, worth it? I’d like to pick one up and should have the money to order for £104/$130ish new and shipped from cultpens in a few weeks, but wondering if I should just buy the used one and save some money. I would wait since I see them for $100 for sale. It's not exactly a uncommon FP.
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Aug 14, 2018 19:34
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Thanks! That's true.
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Aug 14, 2018 20:02
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I've been using Diamine Quartz Black all summer and I think it's my favorite ink that I own. Greyer than my MB Mystery Black, smooth as butter and dries fast. I thought Diamine was a lower quality brand, but I'm impressed!
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Professor Shark posted:I've been using Diamine Quartz Black all summer and I think it's my favorite ink that I own. Greyer than my MB Mystery Black, smooth as butter and dries fast. I thought Diamine was a lower quality brand, but I'm impressed! I actually really like Diamine inks. I have a bunch of them and they all hold their color really well. Some of them are a little watery but honestly it’s never bothered me.
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I like Diamine Oxblood, Majestic Blue, Sapphire Blue, and Sherwood Green. Think they're all fine.
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Professor Shark posted:I've been using Diamine Quartz Black all summer and I think it's my favorite ink that I own. Greyer than my MB Mystery Black, smooth as butter and dries fast. I thought Diamine was a lower quality brand, but I'm impressed! Diamine ink is comparable to Waterman and Pelikan in terms of quality. They're definitely not a low quality maker.
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Does anybody have any recommendations for a fountain pen with clip that is mini-sized? I'm thinking TWSBI Mini or some such to go with a Midori TN Passport.
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aldantefax posted:Does anybody have any recommendations for a fountain pen with clip that is mini-sized? I'm thinking TWSBI Mini or some such to go with a Midori TN Passport. The Kaweco Sport has an optional clip-on clip that works quite well.
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atholbrose posted:The Kaweco Sport has an optional clip-on clip that works quite well. Good enough for me (for now). I picked up a Kaweco Sport + a clip + cartridges. We'll see how that fares for a daily writer.
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I've been using Noodler's Ink Lexington Gray, it's okay, but it doesn't seem to flow too well on my Lamy Safari. I have a left-handed medium nib. I'm thinking of getting a black/blue (leaning on blue) one with nice pigment. I'm left-handed, so I want something that dries quickly. Any recs? Reading the OP, Heart of Darkness looks widely-recommended. The Iroshizuku ones look nice, and are just on the upper-end of my budget. Also, the nib area of my pen seems to leak ink. Is there something I could do to clean it? I wash it every other refill, but I haven't done anything more intensive to maintain it. Or maybe it's just the fact that I don't use it every day? (The pen is about 5 years old)
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Aug 16, 2018 02:52
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Could you post a picture of where it's leaking from? "The nib area" really doesn't tell us much.
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grack posted:Could you post a picture of where it's leaking from? "The nib area" really doesn't tell us much. At the base. I'll try to post at lunch in 2 hours.
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Schneider Heim posted:At the base. I'll try to post at lunch in 2 hours. Yeah that may just be the standard Lamy ink creep, up onto that little ledge. Do post a picture so we can be sure though.
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Noodler’s Q-Eternity is very quick-drying and often recommended for lefties — that’s why I bought it. It’s a blue black. It turns out I like my blues to be a bit more whimsical. If you like the color, I’ve got a 90ml bottle that’s missing about 1-2ml that I’m never going to use. It could be yours if you want to pay for shipping.
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Otherwise the Noodler Bernanke series are designed specifically with fast drying in mind so they may interest you.
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Aug 16, 2018 05:49
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Sailor's nanoinks are also quick drying and waterproof. I'm a lefty as well and I'm not sure I'd recommend Iroshizuku inks for any lefty who isn't an underwriter. They're beautiful, but very wet, saturated and smudge even when "dry."
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Aug 16, 2018 16:45
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I actually trained myself to be an underwriter — it’s easy as long as I’m printing — because of Asa Gao
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Where do you guys look for used pens? Is there a place online? Do we have an SA group?
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Aug 17, 2018 15:27
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/r/pen_swap is very well regulated and runs the gamut of pens and inks on offer.
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meinstein posted:I actually trained myself to be an underwriter — it’s easy as long as I’m printing — because of Asa Gao I think Asa Gao is worth the effort; also less cramping, I think. My brother and I are both lefties. I'm an underwriter and he's an overwriter. Not sure how that's comfortable. I got him some quick drying ink, but he likes cartridges.
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Hello friends. I keep meaning to pick up Asa Gao and what do you know - it's at an all time low on Amazon. $15 with prime shipping! If anyone is interested
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Lowness 72 posted:Hello friends. I keep meaning to pick up Asa Gao and what do you know - it's at an all time low on Amazon. $15 with prime shipping! If anyone is interested Ooh, thanks for the heads-up! I just realized I've been refilling my pen with Diamine Oxford Blue for two months now. I like blues, but usually I flit around more. Maybe Asa Gao will get me to change when it comes in.
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Got a very interesting pen in today. It's from a seller called TwiCo in the UK. Purple urushi over ebonite in an Ishimeji finish, with an 18k Jowo nib. Very well made. There's a maker's mark on the bottom but it's drat near impossible to read, though. Very lovely pen.  
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Aug 22, 2018 02:47
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So, that is what that finish is called.
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grack posted:Got a very interesting pen in today. It's from a seller called TwiCo in the UK. Purple urushi over ebonite in an Ishimeji finish, with an 18k Jowo nib. Very well made. There's a maker's mark on the bottom but it's drat near impossible to read, though. Very lovely pen. Ooooohhhh how's it write?
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It writes fine. I put it through the micromesh/mylar paper regimen, but I do that with virtually all of my pens.
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grack posted:Got a very interesting pen in today. It's from a seller called TwiCo in the UK. Purple urushi over ebonite in an Ishimeji finish, with an 18k Jowo nib. Very well made. There's a maker's mark on the bottom but it's drat near impossible to read, though. Very lovely pen. I want this loving pen and I'm posting so I rememver this when I get my paycheck.
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Does anyone know what kind of converter a Shaeffer takes? I found a cheapie Shaeffer among my dad's stuff. VV Thank you! Moral_Hazard fucked around with this message at 20:13 on Aug 22, 2018 |
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Pretty sure they're "international converters" which would just be a standard converter that you can get from anywhere.
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I'm pretty sure Sheaffer uses proprietary converters and carts.
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Sheaffers use a proprietary converter. Source: I own two No-Nonsenses.
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I thought I had read somewhere that they were standard... My bad for bad advice.
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No worries. Thanks all for the help.
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grack posted:Got a very interesting pen in today. It's from a seller called TwiCo in the UK. Purple urushi over ebonite in an Ishimeji finish, with an 18k Jowo nib. Very well made. There's a maker's mark on the bottom but it's drat near impossible to read, though. Very lovely pen. Goddamn this is pretty. Pity it's in the "perpetually too expensive for me to justify" price range.
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MockingQuantum posted:Goddamn this is pretty. Pity it's in the "perpetually too expensive for me to justify" price range. I managed to snag it off of eBay at a pretty massive discount, but TwiCo doesn't seem to list their urushi pens there very much. I paid a touch over $300 CDN all in, which is a miracle for a modern Ishimeji pen.
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"Released by Customs" great tracking update, or greatest tracking update?
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effika posted:Yeah that may just be the standard Lamy ink creep, up onto that little ledge. Do post a picture so we can be sure though. I think that's pretty much it. I washed it off and reinked with a Sailor 740 (deep blue) that I just got. Writes like a dream (my previous ink was kind of hard to write with). Is it a usual practice to get several pens with different inks in them? I love my Lamy Safari, it's not too ostentatious, but some of the nicer ones look tempting, and it feels weird for a charcoal pen to write in blue.
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