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08-16-2013, 11:45 AM #1May your bone always be well buried
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Looks good Carl!
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08-17-2013, 12:18 AM #2Plausibly implausible
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Thank you. My wife told me I was weird last night. I replied "How am I weird? Just because I'm sitting here on the lounge with a vintage dip pen writing 'it was a dark and stormy night' over and over on a page in a book on Picasso, how does that make me weird?"...
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I only got to 37, not the proposed 100. The pen is still a little scratchy. I find you need a really light touch with a pen so fine and flexible as this. I also found I could get some very nice thick lines due to its flexibility. I'm not sure I'd write a whole letter with it as I do with my other dip pen; the other one is easier to use.
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08-17-2013, 12:21 AM #3May your bone always be well buried
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She might have been expecting to wake up with a knife to her ear or something...Or was that Rembrandt
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08-17-2013, 12:36 AM #4Plausibly implausible
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van Gogh. Picasso was the guy who can't draw and who had no idea what a woman looked liked... Originally Posted by MickR
She might have been expecting to wake up with a knife to her ear or something...Or was that Rembrandt
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08-17-2013, 12:39 AM #5
I reckon you could have improved that picture by writing it was a dark and stormy night over the top of it Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider
van Gogh. Picasso was the guy who can't draw and who had no idea what a woman looked liked...
32t likes this.Bread and water can so easily become tea and toast
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08-17-2013, 01:31 AM #6May your bone always be well buried
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Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider
That's the bloke. Thanks for the reminder Carl. I should know my Artist's by now you'd think. I reckon I can do better than Van Gogh in under five minutes, with a pencil, in a coffee shop on a cold day!
Or if we're just going by our imaginations, I reckon I still trounce the bugger!
But we're talking classic pens here and not Mick's attempts at pencil sketching, so carry on. I'm finished bragging now.
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08-17-2013, 02:05 AM #7Plausibly implausible
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I like the top one! Have you ever tried drawing in black ink? See, replied to your comment AND got us back on track... Originally Posted by MickR
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08-17-2013, 12:33 AM #8Plausibly implausible
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BTW (sorry for the multiple posts) but I also got a new Lamy FP the other day. I'd heard of this brand via thefountainpennetwork.com. I wanted a Fountain pen for work, and the Vintage Swan I was using was a leaker. I really like the clip on the cap; it fits securely over my jeans pocket as well and my suit pants pocket; I don't have pockets on my shirts. The nib is very smooth; I decided on a fine nib. It's very nicely balanced with the lid on the pen; but also nice to use 'European style' (with cap in the non-writing hand or on the desk). Well worth the 50 bucks for nice German engineering...
Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?
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08-17-2013, 02:13 AM #9
Is this another example of your peasantness Carl? Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider
BTW (sorry for the multiple posts) but I also got a new Lamy FP the other day. I'd heard of this brand via thefountainpennetwork.com. I wanted a Fountain pen for work, and the Vintage Swan I was using was a leaker. I really like the clip on the cap; it fits securely over my jeans pocket as well and my suit pants pocket; I don't have pockets on my shirts. The nib is very smooth; I decided on a fine nib. It's very nicely balanced with the lid on the pen; but also nice to use 'European style' (with cap in the non-writing hand or on the desk). Well worth the 50 bucks for nice German engineering...
Sorry if this is a double up, my phone is doing weird stuffBread and water can so easily become tea and toast
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08-17-2013, 07:04 AM #10Plausibly implausible
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Yes, I have a unique view of peasant-ness, as you may have gathered :-) Originally Posted by edhewitt
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