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Rand Brittain posted:Is there a particular point when you're supposed to empty out a pen that has ink in it with the "don't let me dry out in your pen" trait? My TWSBI Eco holds so much ink and has continued to write for so long that it worries me a little, since I've never actually emptied it out to wash it. Am I right to think it will be okay as long as I keep writing with it every other day or so? Generally, if you're not leaving a pen to sit for weeks with ink in it, it'll be fine. But some inks are more finicky or likely to dry out and gum things up (and it feels like this is worse in something like a pocket pen, with a tiny nib/feed). I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "don't let me dry out," though. Some inks'll get gummy or evaporate, some'll just stain the converter or whatever; I'm sure someone'll come up with a more correct answer than "you're probably fine" if you say what the ink is. Sidenote:  That's what I get for using copy/filler paper instead of something nice, I guess.
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Sankis posted:I'd start buying up deltas to keep grack on his toes I WILL CUT YOU I SWEAR TO GOD
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Zenostein posted:Generally, if you're not leaving a pen to sit for weeks with ink in it, it'll be fine. But some inks are more finicky or likely to dry out and gum things up (and it feels like this is worse in something like a pocket pen, with a tiny nib/feed). I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "don't let me dry out," though. Some inks'll get gummy or evaporate, some'll just stain the converter or whatever; I'm sure someone'll come up with a more correct answer than "you're probably fine" if you say what the ink is. It's Platinum Carbon Black, which I was advised not to leave in the pen too long without cleaning because if the liquid dried out, the pen would be full of non-water-soluble carbon particles which would be very hard to clean out. On the other hand, it occurs to me that if the pen is nearly empty because of all the writing I did, it already has fewer carbon particles left in it than a full pen of ink would have done. Meanwhile, between then and now the pen finally did run out of ink after fourteen pages of journaling, so I cleaned it and rendered the question moot. Not sure how long it takes the inside of a TWSBI Eco to dry out after I filled it with water ten times, but I suppose it'll be fine by tomorrow.
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Nov 5, 2021 21:27
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Some pens are also just extremely good at keeping ink fresh. Anything with a tight sealing cap is generally pretty good in my experience. My twsbi eco, moonman m2s, and of course my Platinum 3776 are very good at retaining ink. A lot of caps actually have small holes in them for safety reasons, though, so even if it's tight it'll slowly dry out.
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I just tried some noodler's kung te cheng on some terrible cardstock and, true to its reputation, it doesn't smear at all once dry. It's incredible. I also used some noodler's rattler red on the same card to clarify something and it was still smearing after I blotted it multiple times. This is bringing me one step closer to using fountain pen ink for all situations rather than having to stock a gel pen just in case. However, the nib is too broad, and the flow is a bit uneven (probably mainly my technique and the quality of the card stock). Still haven't picked up postcards to test, maybe tomorrow.
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sb hermit posted:I just tried some noodler's kung te cheng on some terrible cardstock and, true to its reputation, it doesn't smear at all once dry. It's incredible. I also used some noodler's rattler red on the same card to clarify something and it was still smearing after I blotted it multiple times. I carry a ballpoint in two situations: 1. On my bike. It's a space pen refill in blue 2. At work for writing on labels. Uni Jetstream 1.0mm black I could carry my vac mini on my bike but eh. Don't want to crash with it on me.
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iospace posted:I carry a ballpoint in two situations: I have a pilot ballpoint or two just in case, mainly because there is the odd case that someone needs to borrow a pen but they freak out at a fountain pen. It has happened! I forgot to mention that this kung te cheng is better than ballpoint (once dry) because this cheap card stock ($1 cards from daiso) is so bad that even balllpoint smears. I can't express enough how stoked I am.
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gschmidl posted:Pilot Capless Raden Stripe? HelLO Keetron posted:if they drop, it more often the cap that breaks. stringless fucked around with this message at 06:21 on Nov 6, 2021 |
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FFT posted:Iroshizuku bottles will absolutely shatter though. Planning on never finding out.
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 Goddamn but Goulet ships fast. (I was impatient so as soon as it showed up I charged it using my gel nail lamp lmao)
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Thats a sweet buttplu... Er pen. More info plz?
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That's more like the shape of a dilator than a buttplug  Anyway, when I saw the sale I decided to go for the BENU Briolette (Luminous Snowy Peak variant), and Goulet's website immediately successfully upsold me on the Luminous Pen Holder because, well. Look at it. Clearly I have to get a bunch of these so I can sit at my desk like 
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Holy poo poo the paper we use at work is utter poo poo. I was getting feathering with Serenity Blue in my fine Curidas.
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iospace posted:Holy poo poo the paper we use at work is utter poo poo. Its a curse. Once you regularly use any paper even slightly above average you come to realize just how much of the world uses the absolute cheapest paper possible.
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tater_salad posted:Thats a sweet buttplu... Er pen. More info plz? I'm glad I'm not only that thought "shiny space dildo" on seeing that picture. Now nobody ask why I buy so many oversized pens.
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grack posted:I'm glad I'm not only that thought "shiny space dildo" on seeing that picture. We all just assumed you were compensating for something. 
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Sankis posted:Its a curse. Once you regularly use any paper even slightly above average you come to realize just how much of the world uses the absolute cheapest paper possible. Well I gotta say the iron gall stuff I am using now has excellent feathering characteristics. The look is notihng special though, some fading, kinda blue-black. But overall I like it, since I want a bulletproof ink.
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Some inks look incredible when feathering. It kinda creeps outward but in a way where the color separates as it does. Sailor Studios 123 is particularly good for this.
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Anybody had some hands on thoughts about the Curidas? I've been wanting to try one but I haven't bit yet - is there any reason to get one if I already have a VP?
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 A Parkette from the first quarter of 1936 in red celluloid, cool find around here. Gold trimmings, which I assume are microscopically thin, were on remarkably good shape, only a bit of brassing on the lever. Sac was dead and probably was original, it had exploded leaving blue ink everywhere inside, which is always a treat. Fun thing I liked about this pen is that the nib is very clearly not original (as far as I have seen, normal Parkettes had cheap-ish steel ones) but it's a gold Parker Lucky Curve nib. Just the nib, no curved feed as far as I can see. I think it may be the first time I've found a pen carrying what seems to be a replacement nib older than the pen itself. Writes very well in a sort of extra-fine nail fashion, zero flex, feels like writing with a needle. Shame that's got a small hairline crack at the very center and base of the nib. I suppose it cracked when fitting it in, because it looks a tad oversized for the pen. It doesn't effect writing, but I don't think a 90 years old cracked gold nib it's going to be very solid, so this one is going to show.
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Something kind of pretty on the workbench this week, with one of the weirdest issues I've ever seen on a Sailor Pen It's a Sailor Progear Kure Azul. It's labelled as a medium, but the person who asked me to work on the pen said it didn't write anything like his other Sailor mediums. Took a look at the tipping under high magnification and... it's actually a Zoom nib that was mis-labelled as a medium. I've never seen this before, and it surprised the owner just as much when I told him.
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grack posted:Something kind of pretty on the workbench this week, with one of the weirdest issues I've ever seen on a Sailor Pen What is a zoom nib?
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VelociBacon posted:What is a zoom nib? The tipping is ground in a roughly triangular shape, and the width of the line laid down depends on the angle at which the pen is held. A higher angle will produce a thinner line, a lower angle will produce a thicker line. I've not yet seen a Zoom nib ground in a way that this is actual works to any useful degree and they tend to have a lot of feedback.
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I've come to realize the reason I'm always getting ink on my fingers at work is that there's like a little ring of seepage around where the nib and feed meet the body on my lamy safari. Is there anything I can do about this?
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taiyoko posted:I've come to realize the reason I'm always getting ink on my fingers at work is that there's like a little ring of seepage around where the nib and feed meet the body on my lamy safari. Is there anything I can do about this? Usually repairs cost more the new lamy so that yeah...
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Got my Opus 88 and Private Reserve ink, Sherwood green and Ebony Purple. Sorry I have horrible writing! taiyoko posted:I've come to realize the reason I'm always getting ink on my fingers at work is that there's like a little ring of seepage around where the nib and feed meet the body on my lamy safari. Is there anything I can do about this? Have you tried pushing the feed + nib together back into the body a little to see if it's just a bit loose?
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taiyoko posted:I've come to realize the reason I'm always getting ink on my fingers at work is that there's like a little ring of seepage around where the nib and feed meet the body on my lamy safari. Is there anything I can do about this? If you mean the little ring below the section, that's where the pen clicks into the cap. That'll inevitably get ink on it from you capping and uncapping the pen, so that much is unavoidable. However, if your fingers are down there, you're also Holding It Wrong™. But seriously, there's no real reason to hold the pen that far down, your fingers are meant to be above the taper at the bottom of the section, not on it. And if you do that, you're not going to find little lines of ink on your fingers.
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Zenostein posted:If you mean the little ring below the section, that's where the pen clicks into the cap. That'll inevitably get ink on it from you capping and uncapping the pen, so that much is unavoidable. However, if your fingers are down there, you're also Holding It Wrong™. Ok, that makes me feel better. I just have a weird southpaw grip that just ends up getting ink on my ring finger from that.
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Yeah, so do I from time to time. If you're incredibly fastidious about cleaning out the cap (specifically the little inner cap) and being very careful to not touch that inner cap when you cap the pen you can reduce the amount of ink that'll end up there, but it's more or less inevitable. The only way to avoid that is to just not touch it, which means holding the pen higher (or not worrying too much about the little lines, I guess).
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Ok, having now used Cosmo Air Light, it's my new favorite paper. So smooth with all the properties that makes TR really good.
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Oh my loving god https://i.imgur.com/vxJcldY.mp4
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It's so pretty... 
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gschmidl posted:Oh my loving god Excuse me, that pen looks defective. Send it to me for proper disposal. (Aww yeah)
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gschmidl posted:Oh my loving god poo poo. I have to go buy one now, don't I?
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900 dollar MSRP (paid close to half) pen quality. Aurora 88 Blue Mamba. 
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The Electronaut posted:900 dollar MSRP (paid close to half) pen quality. Aurora 88 Blue Mamba. And reset. 
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Haha, just kidding. The tine that the feed was predominantly under is bent up. It writes very dry and the left to right stroke is scratchy, I wonder why... Man, Italian pens.
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The Electronaut posted:And reset. They test them in the factory by using them as darts
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