A friend said something in a letter that made me wonder this. I keep this at my desk filled with RO water. Comes in handy all the time.
How about you
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A friend said something in a letter that made me wonder this. I keep this at my desk filled with RO water. Comes in handy all the time.
How about you
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Sandy
We don't know what we don't know
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The only liquid on my desk is a small (closed) container of sumi ink, theres really no space and if i were to chance it, it would most likely end up spilling everywhere. Anything I am drinking (water or hot tea) is usually sitting on the floor. What is RO water?
Lady Onogaro (August 5th, 2015), sharmon202 (July 29th, 2015)
Yes, actually. I have a small jam jar that sits on a shelf with clear tap water. I'll dip a pen in it, if the nib has dried a bit, to start it up again. Or it's there if I want to flush a pen in a jiffy, etc. Just a habit I've gotten into.
"When Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick;
and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."
~ Benjamin Franklin
Lady Onogaro (August 5th, 2015), Scrawler (August 13th, 2015), sharmon202 (July 29th, 2015)
2 glasses. one for drinking and one for well, you know.
sharmon202 (July 29th, 2015)
Hehe, could not figure out what RO stood for, thanks! Drinking water in tis house is boiled and after cooled it goes through the brita pitcher filter. There are also several gallon jugs of distilled water here too, I have a small container of it close to my desk for use with gouache when Im writing with my dip pens.
sharmon202 (July 30th, 2015)
So wait. I might have missed a step here. What is the water for--cleaning pens or drinking?
"Nolo esse salus sine vobis ...” —St. Augustine
sharmon202 (July 30th, 2015)
fountainpenkid (August 10th, 2015), sharmon202 (July 30th, 2015)
My other pen is a Montblanc.
And my other blog is a tumblr!
And my latest ebook, for spooky wintery reading:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CM2NGSSD
sharmon202 (July 30th, 2015)
I like to have water or coffee, but never keep it on the same table as a computer.
If we're talking about water for pen cleaning, then the answer is no.
sharmon202 (July 30th, 2015)
Yes, near my desk, on the bookcase beside it, next to my ink cabinet. Two mason jars full at all times for pen cleaning.
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The perfect place for a writer is in the hideous roar of a city, with men making a new road under his window in competition with a barrel organ, and on the mat a man waiting for the rent. - Henry Vollam Morton
sharmon202 (July 30th, 2015)
Wow you all are organized. For pen cleaning i go to the kitchen, fill a short glass with water and clean the pen.
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Current pen rotation: way too many!
Crazyorange (July 30th, 2015), earthdawn (August 5th, 2015), fountainpenkid (August 10th, 2015), Hawk (January 6th, 2016), Patrick (January 13th, 2016), sharmon202 (July 30th, 2015)
Water for many things for me, but not drinking. Sometimes I just need a drop or two on a cloth to clean ink off a barrel or a misplaced drop on the desk. Just all-round purpose but I do not use it to clean pens at my desk. Though to put some in a small more open container to do a temporary pre-soak of a nib is a good idea.
Sandy
We don't know what we don't know
Wow, just realized how crappy my desk looked, sorry about that. I am planning on making one sometime in the next year, developing the plan in my head, all I have so far.
Sandy
We don't know what we don't know
Don't keep any water regularly at my desk, though I sometimes have a glass for drinking.
When I clean my pens, I basically use a plastic cup and do it near the kitchen sink.
sharmon202 (July 31st, 2015)
No water on the desk. Only a go-cup with coffee from the local BP station. Gotta have the caffeine....
We have met the enemy and he is us.
-Pogo
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