KrazyIvan
February 4th, 2012, 09:40 PM
Just sending out greetings to everyone. I obviously love fountain pens. :P I purchased my first fountain pen when I was a kid. It was a Sheaffer school pen of some sort and ended up losing it.
Fast forward to a few years ago when I bought a Sensa Meridian in carbon (black) with an F nib (Schmidt). It was a logical choice for me because I had the Darth Vader Force Death Grip (DVFDG). I foolishly thought a gel grip was the answer to my pen holding aberration tendencies. I loaded it with the included Sensa cartridge and was horrified at the super wide line width. :o Please understand that I was into Japanese micro tip gel pens at the time. Some people complain about nibs writing like nails, well, I wrote with a needle. A .18 mm needle to be exact. That was the smallest I had and my favorite was a .3 mm Pilot Hi-Tec-C. I ended up storing the Sensa with the cartridge installed and after 6 months it was dried up. I let it sit like that for a few years until December of 2010.
I eventually was rehabilitated (as was the Sensa) and am enjoying writing with stubs and italics now. I learned to rid myself of the infamous death grip and hold a pen properly with a Lamy Safari. Now I practice nib grinding and flow adjustments on my own pens after "reverse engineering" a grind on one of my pens by Tyler Dahl and reading everything I could on FPN. I am still perfecting my skills but it has been a very fast moving 13 months now. :D
Fast forward to a few years ago when I bought a Sensa Meridian in carbon (black) with an F nib (Schmidt). It was a logical choice for me because I had the Darth Vader Force Death Grip (DVFDG). I foolishly thought a gel grip was the answer to my pen holding aberration tendencies. I loaded it with the included Sensa cartridge and was horrified at the super wide line width. :o Please understand that I was into Japanese micro tip gel pens at the time. Some people complain about nibs writing like nails, well, I wrote with a needle. A .18 mm needle to be exact. That was the smallest I had and my favorite was a .3 mm Pilot Hi-Tec-C. I ended up storing the Sensa with the cartridge installed and after 6 months it was dried up. I let it sit like that for a few years until December of 2010.
I eventually was rehabilitated (as was the Sensa) and am enjoying writing with stubs and italics now. I learned to rid myself of the infamous death grip and hold a pen properly with a Lamy Safari. Now I practice nib grinding and flow adjustments on my own pens after "reverse engineering" a grind on one of my pens by Tyler Dahl and reading everything I could on FPN. I am still perfecting my skills but it has been a very fast moving 13 months now. :D