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I had an Ahab where the feed absolutely spewed ink to the point that essentially the entire thing was soaked in ink all the time. If the feed itself touched the page it would ruin what I was writing. Is that the problem you're having?
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New pen day! I love hooded nibs and saw that the Sheaffer Icon is finally getting in stock where I am, so I bit the bullet with the green version. First impressions: This nib is great! Incredibly smooth writer with very little feedback; feels like writing on glass. Have it loaded up with some Kobe Green Tea ink and it handles the flow well with no skips or hard starts. Well worth the price, I'd say. Of course, I had to pair it with my green crab: 
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Heath posted:I had an Ahab where the feed absolutely spewed ink to the point that essentially the entire thing was soaked in ink all the time. If the feed itself touched the page it would ruin what I was writing. Is that the problem you're having? Not quite. More there's notable gaps between the inside of the grip and the nib/feed.  In the past I've managed to adjust the depth of the feed to affect how well it could write but it would inevitably burp either when writing or into the cap. Even the absolute best I've gotten it to work still resulted in it dumping the entire reservoir into the cap after writing fine. Edit: Even my best result is just a delayed burp. The gap between the edge of the side of the nib and the feed just causes a large droplet to form over time even when I can get the pen to start writing without dumping the entire reservoir at once. Argas fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Dec 1, 2021 |
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Dec 1, 2021 20:53
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Me: I think I'm done with Visconti pens. Also me: Holy gently caress, Johnathan Brooks resin!?! 
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Dec 1, 2021 22:35
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howe_sam posted:Me: I think I'm done with Visconti pens. That Nova Blue  Still too rich for my blood, but boy howdy are those pretty.
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howe_sam posted:Me: I think I'm done with Visconti pens. $995.00 Sale price vs $796.00 Save $199.00 I'd be a fool if I don't take advantage of this discount  Eh, I thought a huge aspect of Visconti is the rare/cool materials? FWIW: I do have a Brooks pen but it was actually affordable.
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Dec 1, 2021 22:58
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So I'm experimenting now to see what sort of poo poo just fucks up my konrad. I filled it with water and had the feed in enough that there's virtually no flow but after I capped it and left it nib down, it dumped all the water into the cap. If it just cannot help but dump the whole load from capping/uncapping I cannot imagine I could tweak it to ever not leak at least a bit.
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Dec 1, 2021 23:38
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I got a Platinum Prefounte in the mail because people recommended it as a contender to the Metro, and I hate it. That's with the stock ink out of the box. I guess I'll try cleaning it out tonight but it's a piece of junk to me right now. I think this is the worst new pen experiences I've gotten so far. Edit: Well poo poo, I read online that some people had luck shaking it and that did the trick, ink is flowing now. There is a steel ball inside the stock cartridge that agitates the ink around and I guess that was needed. Bank fucked around with this message at 00:37 on Dec 2, 2021 |
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Dec 1, 2021 23:50
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My TWSBI VAC700 has been everything I could have wished for, although the ink doesn't sit in it in quite as attractive a way as it did in the ECO, for whatever reason.
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Dec 2, 2021 00:44
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Yeah Platinum ink carts benefit from a good shake every so often.
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Dec 2, 2021 01:02
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Inkvent Day 2. Nice, with relatively subtle shimmer & sheen effects.
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Dec 2, 2021 09:21
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I bought a very, VERY sparkly Delta. I'm so excited.
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Dec 3, 2021 03:09
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Speaking of Delta this week's Goulet podcast mentioned that they're coming back.
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Dec 3, 2021 15:47
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Rip Grack. Also, I need to get a fude nib, they look so cool.
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Dec 3, 2021 16:28
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Here's day 3 of Inkvent.
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howe_sam posted:Speaking of Delta this week's Goulet podcast mentioned that they're coming back. This came out a few days ago. Nino Marino (Delta co-founder) is using the financial and productive assets of Maiora to relaunch the brand. Hopefully prices are reasonable.
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I got me some inks recently and posting here to say that Diamine Honey Burst is a poo poo ink and nobody should buy it. Shading is yum but color is much lighter than advertised and it writes as dry as a Scotsman's throat. Do not buy. Still looking for a golden brown yellow that writes as smooth as I am used to from darker inks. Gonna try Iroshizuku yu-yake in a few days but I am open to recommendations. Iroshizuku yama-budo and Diamine Writers Blood are decent writers and good colors in it's own right.
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Dec 3, 2021 21:12
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Is there a general thread opinion on Caran d’Ache inks, specifically the Chromatics line? I’ve tried two different colors and while they both look amazing they seem to smudge real easy. I happened to put my hand on something I wrote that’d been drying for a full 2-3 minutes and it was smudged to the point of unreadability. I’m using 90g Rhodia paper, if that matters.
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Comrade Koba posted:Is there a general thread opinion on Caran d’Ache inks, specifically the Chromatics line? C'dA inks have cool bottles but are really expensive v v
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Dec 3, 2021 21:38
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I want a bottle of Writer's Blood for the name alone.
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Keetron posted:I got me some inks recently and posting here to say that Diamine Honey Burst is a poo poo ink and nobody should buy it. Shading is yum but color is much lighter than advertised and it writes as dry as a Scotsman's throat. Do not buy. Still looking for a golden brown yellow that writes as smooth as I am used to from darker inks. Gonna try Iroshizuku yu-yake in a few days but I am open to recommendations. Sailor Maryland or 873 would be right up your alley, I think. Very good flow and really wonderful shading. Maybe Nagasawa Kobe #21 as well, but it'll be more expensive than the other two and is more on the yellow side.
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Dec 3, 2021 21:46
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Keetron posted:I got me some inks recently and posting here to say that Diamine Honey Burst is a poo poo ink and nobody should buy it. Shading is yum but color is much lighter than advertised and it writes as dry as a Scotsman's throat. Do not buy. Still looking for a golden brown yellow that writes as smooth as I am used to from darker inks. Gonna try Iroshizuku yu-yake in a few days but I am open to recommendations. 2 parts iroshizuku daikokuten and 1 part monteverde copper noir 
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I can't offer a brown yellow but I can offer day 4 of Inkvent.
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Chip McFuck posted:Sailor Maryland or 873 would be right up your alley, I think. Very good flow and really wonderful shading. Maybe Nagasawa Kobe #21 as well, but it'll be more expensive than the other two and is more on the yellow side. Sailor Maryland looks like what I am looking for, hoping it is smooth and to find a (more or less) local place that carries it. If nothing else, I can send samples to Mountain Of Ink as they don't have a review yet. Which reminds me of something I have been neglecting (sorry Chip).
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In today's inkvent, a video game ink.
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Anyone have any experience with Conklin pens? I was looking at this pen but noticed some of their pens had mixed reviews on jetpens and was wondering if there was something going on.
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I've got two Conklins - a Duragraph and a Crescent Filler - and I enjoy them both. They both write well and haven't had any problems; just good workhorses. Conklin uses Jowo nibs in their pens so the nibs will be pretty good right out the gate, though their omniflex nib has some issues according to reviews. The only thing I don't like about the pens is purely aesthetic. For some reason they decided the engraving on the cap bands should be a different finish than the rest, which looks a little off and makes it look a little cheap to me. Thats just my preference, though, so take that as you will. I don't have any experience with their anodized or metal finished pens, but Figboot has a review of a Duragraph with the same rainbow treatment: https://youtu.be/vOFzikzv4ac. You can probably extrapolate a lot of that review onto the All American.
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unzealous posted:Anyone have any experience with Conklin pens? I was looking at this pen but noticed some of their pens had mixed reviews on jetpens and was wondering if there was something going on. It looks amazing! It also looks rather heavy. If that pen is your jive, check out: https://www.gravitaspens.com/shop/skittle-finish
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Dec 6, 2021 09:58
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Really enjoying tonight's ink. I'll let gschmidl do the usual.
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Dec 6, 2021 10:20
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Wasn't easy to get it to sparkle in the photo.
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Why does this phone hate low light so?
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Looks like Noodler's Golden Brown.
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gschmidl posted:Why does this phone hate low light so? I think this one is my favorite so far. Feels like a warm glow  My lovely wife gave me my Christmas present early this year and I'm ecstatic. Leonardo MZ Grande Pura in the blue acrylic. 
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Chip McFuck posted:I think this one is my favorite so far. Feels like a warm glow Agreed about the ink. Your image is not embedding for me so I re-hosted it just in case. It's really nice. 
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Chip McFuck posted:I think this one is my favorite so far. Feels like a warm glow What up blue/gold Pura buddy  
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Dec 7, 2021 19:59
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What're those little crabs from?
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Argas posted:What're those little crabs from? You can get them on AliExpress or possibly Amazon. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001607680381.html
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Dec 7, 2021 21:24
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Goldspot and a few other pen retailers sell them as well.
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Dec 7, 2021 21:47
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howe_sam posted:Goldspot and a few other pen retailers sell them as well. I have a feeling they get them in bulk from AliExpress as well.
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This one is unusual.
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