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I’m thinking about getting a Lamy 2000. If I like a kaweco medium, should I get a medium or a fine nib?
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I AM GRANDO posted:I’m thinking about getting a Lamy 2000. If I like a kaweco medium, should I get a medium or a fine nib?  Fine looks like it's a better match to me 
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Jul 18, 2022 01:28
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I AM GRANDO posted:I’m thinking about getting a Lamy 2000. If I like a kaweco medium, should I get a medium or a fine nib? I've got a Lamy 2000 and a Kaweco Sport both with medium nibs and made a little comparison:  They seem really close to me; the Lamy might have a hair larger line width. Hope this helps!
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Jul 18, 2022 03:59
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Thank you both! Your advice is very helpful.
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Jul 19, 2022 17:00
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I ordered two Safaris from Goulet on Monday. Today/Thursday at 6:34am I get an email saying sorry we don’t have aquamarine, here’s a refund for that and we’ll ship out the rest of your order. At 11:11am I get an email saying aquamarine is back in stock. The aristocrats.
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Jul 21, 2022 19:40
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Same Great Paste posted:I ordered two Safaris from Goulet on Monday. Today/Thursday at 6:34am I get an email saying sorry we don’t have aquamarine, here’s a refund for that and we’ll ship out the rest of your order. At 11:11am I get an email saying aquamarine is back in stock. If you end up ordering it again, I hope they comp you for shipping
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Jul 21, 2022 20:37
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Same Great Paste posted:I ordered two Safaris from Goulet on Monday. Today/Thursday at 6:34am I get an email saying sorry we don’t have aquamarine, here’s a refund for that and we’ll ship out the rest of your order. At 11:11am I get an email saying aquamarine is back in stock. You can just mail / call them?
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Jul 22, 2022 07:20
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so it seems Sailor Pro Gears are reaching an all-time price low on amazon? there's a few $50 listings nvm it's Shikioris. some PGSs are down to $65-$80 so it's still pretty crazy Ramie fucked around with this message at 14:56 on Jul 22, 2022 |
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Jul 22, 2022 14:50
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i need to stop reading this thread when i have literally no money to spend on pens.
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Jul 22, 2022 16:42
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I am immune to this one, I have a sailor and don't really like it. Now if they were fancy pilot pens however...
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Jul 23, 2022 15:57
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I just used organic studio nitrogen for my first non-cartridge writing experience and it is both wonderful and terrible. I should have read about it before choosing that one. It’s on my kitchen counters somehow.
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Jul 23, 2022 21:43
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I AM GRANDO posted:I just used organic studio nitrogen for my first non-cartridge writing experience and it is both wonderful and terrible. I should have read about it before choosing that one. It’s on my kitchen counters somehow. Oh honey, it's not just on your kitchen counters now. It's everywhere. It's the glitter of pen ink.
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Jul 23, 2022 22:04
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I AM GRANDO posted:I just used organic studio nitrogen for my first non-cartridge writing experience and it is both wonderful and terrible. I should have read about it before choosing that one. It’s on my kitchen counters somehow.
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Jul 24, 2022 02:28
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I AM GRANDO posted:I just used organic studio nitrogen for my first non-cartridge writing experience and it is both wonderful and terrible. I should have read about it before choosing that one. It’s on my kitchen counters somehow.   But look at that sheeeeeen.
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Jul 24, 2022 02:41
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It looks good on the page. Just not anywhere else.
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Jul 24, 2022 04:33
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I have famously complained about how Organics Studios inks are bad, actually
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Jul 24, 2022 04:45
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It’s not made by a nazi or a weird racist, so it’s better than some inks.
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Jul 24, 2022 04:48
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Went nice and classy for this month's Delta: A Delta Prestige in guilloche-etched, solid sterling silver, with gold plated hardware and an 18k nib. CLASSY
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Jul 25, 2022 20:22
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Huh, anyone know what diamine "chameleon" inks are? Looks like they're in the 2022 inkvent calendar
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Jul 27, 2022 21:23
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Same Great Paste posted:After trying to understand by going back and forth between all of EF, F, M, and B for a few days the thing that really stands out to me is the physical feedback differences. Gun to my head I still can’t reliably see a difference between the smaller three (broad is certainly broad). I can certainly feel EF drag, F slightly less, M seems neutral-ish, and B glides. This will also be very different between manufacturers. Sailor nibs all have more "pencil-like" feedback, even mine that have been re-ground into different shapes by a nibmeister. Pilot nibs are generally super smooth, even at finer sizes.
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Jul 28, 2022 19:00
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Xun posted:Has anyone heard anything from musubi? There haven't been any updates posted for awhile and I still want those notebook covers Company update just dropped, though it sounds like the covers won't be coming for a while yet: https://musu.bi/stories/2022-07-were-back
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Jul 30, 2022 16:39
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I just bought a pilot custom 823 and it’s great except that periodically the ink flow dies up and I can’t get it going again except by fiddling with the knob at the top and turning it over aimlessly in my hands. There seem to be a bunch of different explanations for what’s wrong and how to fix it, but after I saw one that said to “prime” the pen by pulling the piston all the way back and then down after filling the pen (ie something that would just empty all the ink out), I thought I’d just ask here. Is there an answer for why this happens and what I can do about it? The pen writes beautifully with a fantastic flow like 85% of the time, even with my quick writing pace.
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Jul 30, 2022 17:59
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Are you leaving the piston slightly unscrewed when you write?
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Jul 30, 2022 19:25
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I am unscrewing it all the way, as in until it spins freely. I haven’t tried pulling the plunger up by a very small amount though—I’m going to try that next time.
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Jul 30, 2022 19:34
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Friendly reminder (I've seen the brand brought up a bunch in the last few pages, and I have a few bottles myself) to not buy Noodlers anymore. The creator is a psycho alt right racist.
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Jul 30, 2022 22:20
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404notfound posted:Company update just dropped, though it sounds like the covers won't be coming for a while yet: https://musu.bi/stories/2022-07-were-back yaaay! Any news is good news on my end
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Jul 30, 2022 22:24
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LionArcher posted:Friendly reminder (I've seen the brand brought up a bunch in the last few pages, and I have a few bottles myself) to not buy Noodlers anymore. The creator is a psycho alt right racist. Oh! Thanks for the info, I didn't know. I was vaguely aware of that whole ink names debacle? I had thought that got cleared up though.
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Jul 30, 2022 23:23
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Cleared up in the "my business partners want to drop me so I will loudly call attention to my stubbornness and concede by changing the name while admitting no regret in my actions" sense
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Jul 31, 2022 01:40
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It wasn't a completely terrible apology, but honestly, I would prefer to buy my hobby inks from someone who doesn't have to apologize for doing an anti-Semitism and then loudly producing Censor Red ink when called out on it.
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Jul 31, 2022 02:04
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I mentioned it at the time but even the name changes stunk as a overreacting tantrum. Ah yes. The famously controversial name of....ottoman rose 
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Looked more into it and uhhh.... drat okay that went harder than I thought. Should have paid more attention to it. Agree with the sentiment that it felt like a non-apology and a weird overcorrect on those names of the other inks.
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Jul 31, 2022 04:43
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It's the sort of thing where they let you know that no, it wasn't a one-off huge whoopsie but instead a pattern of behavior.
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Jul 31, 2022 05:09
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Always nice to see this thread active and many pics of new inks and pens. Oh, half is Noodlers chat. Can we just agree not to buy his inks any more and leave it at that?
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Aug 2, 2022 13:20
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My Dad dropped off his Platinum Curidas with me, since he didn't really enjoy it as much as his VP and Majohn A1. Inked it with Diamine Iris he also bought for me to commemorate the birth of my daughter, also named Iris. I rather enjoy the very fine nib, though the pen is very over-engineered.
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It kills me how hard it is to get a waterfast red. Is it something chemically about the dyes available that make red that makes them so water soluble?
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Which ones have you tried? For something that's waterproof, you'll want either a pigment-based or iron gall ink. Something like Platinum's Pigment Rose Red or DeAtrimentis Document Red would do the trick.
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How are substitutes for Bay State Blue going these days? I guess I would add a replacement for Burma Road Brown. I don't think I'd need to find an alternative for either for a long time. I go through ink very slowly, but if something else is hitting that saturation without as much mess, then I think I'd just switch now. I guess I'm not surprised the Noodler's guy went full mask off but I am disappointed. I got one of their ebonite pens as a last shot at seeing if their own pens can handle their own ink, and ... well yes they can apparently.
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I tried Robert Oster Fire and Ice in a Safari with converter and could not make it work at all. Just scribbling the ink would make maybe half inch lines and then stop until a pick up and joggle. I have no idea what went wrong. Things I know for sure I’d previously used the same safari and converter with a different ink and it was great. Then I rinsed out the same pen and just a cartridge works great. Still have 30 samples to get through so I’m not fussed about making this one work. Posting to get perspective. Is this common? I’ve done four converter loads of three different inks so far and this is the only hitch I’ve seen. I recall at least one recent conversation here about trying to dilute a trouble ink. I assume it’s usually all plug and play, no?
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Chip McFuck posted:Which ones have you tried? For something that's waterproof, you'll want either a pigment-based or iron gall ink. Something like Platinum's Pigment Rose Red or DeAtrimentis Document Red would do the trick.
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Nitrogen update: it’s on the bottoms of my feet. I wear socks indoors 90% of the time.
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