There is so much to know about fountain pens just like other hobbies or collections and I never thought to look up information about any of the variables that might be required.
All I did was admire a pen. Buy it! Ink it! And then write, write, write.
It is almost dangerous to see how little I knew, and how much attention can be paid to a writing implement.
Richard Binder (again that you Mr. Binder) has an entire section on his site of the care of fountain pens and inking them here.
9.7.08
The elements for writing, let's not forget paper!
While sorting through some notes in my Miquelrius, spiral bound 4, I thought I'd test a few pens to see how well they performed and if there is any bleed through.
The Lamy Safari with a Lamy cartridge wrote well, but I did experience some skipping.
The Lamy C1 with a J. Herbin cartridge worked beautifully, and lastly, the Stypen Purple, also with cartridges also performed well.
There was no bleed through at all with any of the three pens.
The Lamy Safari with a Lamy cartridge wrote well, but I did experience some skipping.
The Lamy C1 with a J. Herbin cartridge worked beautifully, and lastly, the Stypen Purple, also with cartridges also performed well.
There was no bleed through at all with any of the three pens.
Monteverde Arista
I really like clear fountain pens, something about their simplicity and yes, clarity, so I bought this Monteverde Artista sometime ago as a kit. Naturally, I can't remember where, and not even when, but here it sits on my desk begging for a journal note of its own.
I had no difficulty with this pen. It flowed and glowed brightly among the fountain pen stash until last week. Then as if it had been attacked by a mad-pen-maniac, it spluttered, stuttered and stopped writing.
It is both a cartridge and converter pen, but had been used exclusively cartridge. I popped one cartridge in after another, wetting, wondering and wantonly abandoning one after another in an effort to get this member of my fountain pen family to work.
Nothing seemed to make Artista the easy writer it once was. Then I flushed, and set it aside in the wooden soap dish. After a 24 hour rest, I found its converter, and filled it with Delta Red.
I had no difficulty with this pen. It flowed and glowed brightly among the fountain pen stash until last week. Then as if it had been attacked by a mad-pen-maniac, it spluttered, stuttered and stopped writing.
It is both a cartridge and converter pen, but had been used exclusively cartridge. I popped one cartridge in after another, wetting, wondering and wantonly abandoning one after another in an effort to get this member of my fountain pen family to work.
Nothing seemed to make Artista the easy writer it once was. Then I flushed, and set it aside in the wooden soap dish. After a 24 hour rest, I found its converter, and filled it with Delta Red.
8.7.08
More Lepine but no pedigree
Madeleine from Papers called today just as I was walking out the door.
No one she knows can identify my starkly beautiful violet-purple Jean Pierre.
She suggested it was a custom, but it could also be a knock-off.
Oh, dear, I wish I had thought to keep records of all these pens.
I did have a short mini-memory flash that perhaps, maybe, possibly I bought this pen at the Fountain Pen Hospital.
No one she knows can identify my starkly beautiful violet-purple Jean Pierre.
She suggested it was a custom, but it could also be a knock-off.
Oh, dear, I wish I had thought to keep records of all these pens.
I did have a short mini-memory flash that perhaps, maybe, possibly I bought this pen at the Fountain Pen Hospital.
7.7.08
Is Lime the trick for the best Hummus?
Some of us are fair skinned, with peaches and cream complexions while others like me have a tinge of green, not enough to warrant too much notice, but enough to make it difficult to wear certain colours. One of those colours I've always admired on others, but haven't thought looked well on me is lime.So, if a person can't wear it then why not hold the colour in the palm of your hand in the form of a Lamy Lime Safari fountain pen.
Or if you prefer, try this Hummus recipe, but use lime not lemon.
3.7.08
Clarification on E. S. Perry
Well, it appears one of the FPn members did know more about this pen than I could find on line. No age, no pedigree, but at least now I know that the pen I have has a model number and it is #75.
I filled its piston with some Pelikan ink and it has a very nice nib, writes well and handles perfectly.
Its only flaw is a tight piston, some lubricate might help alleviate snd remedy this problem swiftly.
I filled its piston with some Pelikan ink and it has a very nice nib, writes well and handles perfectly.
Its only flaw is a tight piston, some lubricate might help alleviate snd remedy this problem swiftly.
An obsession with colour!
Like all the watercolours I have, ink colours can easily become an obsession--for me. Take the J. Herbin inks for example below:
I first discovered J. Herbin's small round containers at Papers in Albuquerque or perhaps at Oblations in Portland.
These containers are compact, hold six cartridges and can be carried in a bag, or tossed into a suitcase with no fear of ink mess.
Naturally they captivated me.
I bought a half dozen. I still have some of the cartridges in each container.
Now, however, with my zealous attention to identifying fountain pens, I am finding that my ink collection is expanding. A terrible, but colourful dilemma.
I first discovered J. Herbin's small round containers at Papers in Albuquerque or perhaps at Oblations in Portland.
These containers are compact, hold six cartridges and can be carried in a bag, or tossed into a suitcase with no fear of ink mess.
Naturally they captivated me.
I bought a half dozen. I still have some of the cartridges in each container.
Now, however, with my zealous attention to identifying fountain pens, I am finding that my ink collection is expanding. A terrible, but colourful dilemma.
2.7.08
Papers came through. One down!
Madeleine called last night from New Mexico. The phone line was scratchy so she hung up and called again to inform me that she and the shop identified one of my Jean Pierre Lepine fountain pens.
And here it is, the last one on the right, a Casanova. I wonder now if I bought it for the name or the splendid autumn colours.
She also gave me an estimate of what I paid for it. I was stunned.
And here it is, the last one on the right, a Casanova. I wonder now if I bought it for the name or the splendid autumn colours.
She also gave me an estimate of what I paid for it. I was stunned.
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