Thread: Any Fountain Pen Users?

Well it seems i cant show you, every time i try to upload the photo the whole post disapears, it contains:
1x A4 layout pad, the lady in the art shop said the proper caligraphy pads were a rip off, and this was less than 1/3 of the price at $5, so still 10c a sheet.
1x plastic nib holder.
3x nibs - 1x post office, 1x speedball c-2, 1x kind of pointy mosquito nose looking one, it says d leonardt & co yellow metal pen on it.

Now i just need my ink to turn up.

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

I reckon you're right Mick... Hey, bee tee doubleyou, have you looked up Toucan ink? 'Parrantly you can mix it...'Parrantly... Old Eddie boy might be on to something there...

Well as an actual fact...maybe/perhaps/possibly...I might have been the one to point Ed in that direction...Or I might have had nothing to do with it except to point him in that direction after he had already been and gone from there without any form of help from me whatsoever.

Ed that packet looked too small to have A4 anything in it! So you have a dip pen/stylus and a few nibs. Well you failed to mention them being on the cards. Did you just pick them up locally or something?
Talking about dip pens, I was helping my mates young daughter use a quill over the weekend. Myself and my mate, with our kids in tow, went to the medieval fair held over the weekend, where he bought, bought I tell ya, some quills for his kids. I told him I could have made him some if he really wanted. Would have cost him nothing...Anyway, myself and his daughter were using some of my pretty green ink to write with and she was really liking the experience, even though she was dipping too deep into the inkwell.
She's a lefty too Ed, and she wasn't having too much trouble with it. So if a 10 year old can do it with a little practice mate, there's a little bit of hope that you can get there after a few years of hard grind .


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

Well as an actual fact...maybe/perhaps/possibly...I might have been the one to point Ed in that direction...Or I might have had nothing to do with it except to point him in that direction after he had already been and gone from there without any form of help from me whatsoever.

Ed that packet looked too small to have A4 anything in it! So you have a dip pen/stylus and a few nibs. Well you failed to mention them being on the cards. Did you just pick them up locally or something?
Talking about dip pens, I was helping my mates young daughter use a quill over the weekend. Myself and my mate, with our kids in tow, went to the medieval fair held over the weekend, where he bought, bought I tell ya, some quills for his kids. I told him I could have made him some if he really wanted. Would have cost him nothing...Anyway, myself and his daughter were using some of my pretty green ink to write with and she was really liking the experience, even though she was dipping too deep into the inkwell.
She's a lefty too Ed, and she wasn't having too much trouble with it. So if a 10 year old can do it with a little practice mate, there's a little bit of hope that you can get there after a few years of hard grind .


Mick

It is only a photo on a screen mick, do you think that everyone who has their photo taken is 2-3" tall? For your benefit i will try to include a size reference on pictures in future hw is your notebook quest going? I cant remember whether you or i found toucan first in reference to me buying their ink, i am quite looking forward to it, however when i am liberally coated in ink, and i havde a smudgy mess in front of me things may change, and in that case your last guess may be right carl.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

It is only a photo on a screen mick, do you think that everyone who has their photo taken is 2-3" tall? For your benefit i will try to include a size reference on pictures in future hw is your notebook quest going? I cant remember whether you or i found toucan first in reference to me buying their ink, i am quite looking forward to it, however when i am liberally coated in ink, and i havde a smudgy mess in front of me things may change, and in that case your last guess may be right carl.

Do you mean to tell me I am not the biggest man on the planet, and that I can't really squash you all like insects?!?!


Mick

Originally Posted by edhewitt

Well it seems i cant show you, every time i try to upload the photo the whole post disapears, it contains:
1x A4 layout pad, the lady in the art shop said the proper caligraphy pads were a rip off, and this was less than 1/3 of the price at $5, so still 10c a sheet.
1x plastic nib holder.
3x nibs - 1x post office, 1x speedball c-2, 1x kind of pointy mosquito nose looking one, it says d leonardt & co yellow metal pen on it.

Now i just need my ink to turn up.

Oh cool, but I would have gone vintage myself...

When I get a moment I'll take a photograph of my dip pen and nib selection. Not really fountain pens I know, but it might be of interest to some.

Edit to add the said photo.




Mick

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Oh cool, but I would have gone vintage myself...

If it turns out that I have some modicum of skill and or aptitude with it I will look at something old. And being the impetuous fellow that I am, I didn't want to wait.

Originally Posted by MickR

When I get a moment I'll take a photograph of my dip pen and nib selection. Not really fountain pens I know, but it might be of interest to some.

Edit to add the said photo.




Mick

Cool!......

Originally Posted by edhewitt

... And being the impetuous fellow that I am, I didn't want to wait...

Don't you have to create threads asking for advice, and add links to your favorites, and dream about it and make spreadsheets before you decide? Isn't that what everyone does? Or is it just me?

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Don't you have to create threads asking for advice, and add links to your favorites, and dream about it and make spreadsheets before you decide? Isn't that what everyone does? Or is it just me?

I am more of an ED.