OMG, Ian you have a Hitchcock? That is one sweet pen. I love the clip and the nib. What do you ink that one up with?
OMG, Ian you have a Hitchcock? That is one sweet pen. I love the clip and the nib. What do you ink that one up with?
Yeah, it is a wonderful pen not only to look at but believe me, the writing experience is equally wonderful! So far it has had Hitchcock red ( naturally it was the first ink in the pen) also Aurora black and now Diamine ASA blue.
I think of all three the Diamine is the nicest, not only esthetically as it seems to match the pen well but also in terms of flow.
The nib on this one is amazing, in fact it is one of the things I love about MB, their nibs in my experience have always been lovely to write with. This one combines buttery smoothness with feedback, just about the perfect nib.. Well, if they did it with a stub then I don't know what I would do, there would not be enough superlatives!
Mont Blanc Alfred Hitchcock,Mont Blanc 149, Montegrappa Historia, Parker Duofold senior special (1927 vintage), Sheaffer imperial 777,Parker 51 special,Stipula Tuscan dreams piston, Stipula Tuscan dreams Ti flex nib,1944 Vac 51.
My Sheaffer/Levenger Mediterranean. Have to have something that matches my shirt, after all.
I will confess, however, that I have it inked with a (gasp) cartridge. Sacrilege to some, I know, but I carry one of several Sheaffers every day and keep cartridges at work because I don't feel like messing with bottles here at my desk.
I was a grease monkey today. No pens were harmed in the making of this post and I have not had time to use one either.
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An Aquamarine Safari F loaded with J.Herbin Vert Reseda has replaced the Pink Safari at work.
sinistral hypergraphica - a slurry of ink
"Nothing means less than zero"
A Lamy 2000 with J.Herbin Rouge Hematite.
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Dunno ergo sum
just me twsbi (waterman havana brown) and a black Safari with F nib and Rome Burning in it.
not too exciting, but at least the lighting is terrible.
Pelikan 140 with a fine semi flexible nib (Pelikan 4001 black ink) and a Parker 51 XF nib (Waterman "Teal" = 50/50 green+blue)
Levenger True Writer by IvanRomero, on Flickr
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Hitchcock once again.. I go to use my other pens but this one just keeps taking over!
Mont Blanc Alfred Hitchcock,Mont Blanc 149, Montegrappa Historia, Parker Duofold senior special (1927 vintage), Sheaffer imperial 777,Parker 51 special,Stipula Tuscan dreams piston, Stipula Tuscan dreams Ti flex nib,1944 Vac 51.
Pelikan M815 Wall Street LE - Medium - Aurora Black ink
Pelikan M620 New York - Custom 1.3mm Stub - Pilot iroshizuku murasaki-shikibu ink
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Today's pens are:
Sailor Realo with medium nib (boring, but a good pocket pen)
Delta Stantuffo Mocha Oro Rosso Grande LE with Minuskinized factory stub nib (try saying that ten times fast)
Nakaya Neo Standard heki tamenuri with 0.7mm Mottishaw stub (one of my absolute favorites)
Lamy Al-Star with 1.1mm italic (designated ink testing pen - currently evaluating Noodler's Squeteague)
Pelikan m400 White Torty, Diamine Kelly Green!
Venus President.
20120722_200951.jpg by IvanRomero, on Flickr
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cool! my dad always tells me about venus velvet pencils, but I never knew that they made fountain pens!
Will
Very nice, Ivan!
BTW ... You totally underestimate your penmanship!
sinistral hypergraphica - a slurry of ink
"Nothing means less than zero"
Very impressive penmanship Ivan. I second (or is it "third" in this case?) that.
One question: I am not familiar with the Venus brand but it looks awfully like an Osmia from the 1950s, when they were being taken over by Faber-Castell. Compare with the Osmia-Faber-Castell 884 or 883, for instance. Are there any connections between those brands?
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