"break in" period? Is it just me?

[countrydirt]

[FredRydr]

Thanks! Have fun with your little online flea market of unremarkable pens and feigned “pen restorer” expertise!

There's an apology in order, here.

[junglejim]

Thanks! Have fun with your little online flea market of unremarkable pens and feigned “pen restorer” expertise!

A little arguing and spirited debate is one thing, but I think this has crossed the line when you directly insult a fellow 'geek'. Deb has freely given her time to write up articles of obscure British pens and help her fellow fpgeeks when they run into problems trying to fix or troubleshoot their pens. When one of our more prolific (and eccentric) posters had a button-filler that he couldn't put back together, Deb asked the poster to send it to her in Scotland, where she replaced the troublesome part and returned it to the OP in New Zealand, all without charge.

Actions speak louder than words, and in my book she's "good people".

All the Best.

[dneal]

Thanks! Have fun with your little online flea market of unremarkable pens and feigned “pen restorer” expertise!

There's an apology in order, here.

“ I enjoy intelligent and reasoned debate but you don't appear to have much of the first and are not amenable to the latter. Carry on squashing nibs. I'm done with you.”

Probably here too, and the “nib-mangling”, “delusional”, etc... comments that preceded mine.

Thanks! Have fun with your little online flea market of unremarkable pens and feigned “pen restorer” expertise!

A little arguing and spirited debate is one thing, but I think this has crossed the line when you directly insult a fellow 'geek'. Deb has freely given her time to write up articles of obscure British pens and help her fellow fpgeeks when they run into problems trying to fix or troubleshoot their pens. When one of our more prolific (and eccentric) posters had a button-filler that he couldn't put back together, Deb asked the poster to send it to her in Scotland, where she replaced the troublesome part and returned it to the OP in New Zealand, all without charge.

Actions speak louder than words, and in my book she's "good people".

All the Best.

See above.

[Deb]

Thank you Fred and junglejim, but leave it. What was written says more about the writer than it does about me. Let's have an end to this.

[stub]

I guess none read my posts. heh.

Onward and sideways everyone....

[FredRydr]

I guess none read my posts. heh....

Stub, no fear. I see no similar cruel intent in your thread posts.

[stub]

I had no idea my writing was so impenetrable.

What I am saying is that I was the first to call out dneal and suggest that his comment went beyond the bounds. 3 days earlier and none said a peep.

I guess I was too diplomatic and nuanced about it.

TIME TO GO BREAK IN SOME PENS.
Back to your usual programming...

Who knows, maybe E_of_ C will come back, make a scene and storm off again. yay.

[KBeezie]

I glanced thru this , but my take on it is that the nibs aren't supposed to be stressed and in most case should only need the weight of the pen itself to write.

I feel like if there is any 'breaking in', it's becoming accustomed to holding the pen and getting the angle that feels right. But can also be a period of time that the nib/feed/resevoir starts to flow more readily from the ink, especially if it's either a new pen, or one that has been out of commission for a very long time.

[Chrissy]

I had no idea my writing was so impenetrable.

What I am saying is that I was the first to call out dneal and suggest that his comment went beyond the bounds. 3 days earlier and none said a peep.

I guess I was too diplomatic and nuanced about it.

TIME TO GO BREAK IN SOME PENS.
Back to your usual programming...

Who knows, maybe E_of_ C will come back, make a scene and storm off again. yay.

If you're referring to your post #55, dneal did reply to it, and quoted it at post #56.

[Dreck]

Who knows, maybe E_of_ C will come back, make a scene and storm off again. yay.

This is the best thing I'm likely to read all day.

[Deb]

I had no idea my writing was so impenetrable.

What I am saying is that I was the first to call out dneal and suggest that his comment went beyond the bounds. 3 days earlier and none said a peep.

I guess I was too diplomatic and nuanced about it.

TIME TO GO BREAK IN SOME PENS.
Back to your usual programming...

Who knows, maybe E_of_ C will come back, make a scene and storm off again. yay.

I'm sorry. With all that was going on I did miss your post. I thank you for it. I'm sorry also to be so slow to reply but I was out all day until half an hour ago.

[AzJon]

Who knows, maybe E_of_ C will come back, make a scene and storm off again. yay.

And speaking of off-topic and being beyond the bounds...

[azkid]

... and after having been away for several days, this is the first thread I open. So glad to be back.

[Chuck Naill]

There was a thread on another forum in which there appeared to be some agreement that nib/pen tend to take on the writing of the user. I thought about this oft combative thread. So, isn't breaking in to some degree the metal assimilating to the user? I don't claim to know or really overly concerned about, but it's an interesting consideration.

Tempers often flare with tightly held opinions. A week from now both sides will probably wonder why they got so upset. I call for a cooling off period.

[silverlifter]

There was a thread on another forum in which there appeared to be some agreement that nib/pen tend to take on the writing of the user.

This is an oft repeated canard. The simplest way to torpedo it is to pick up a vintage pen. The only trace of the previous owner will either be their name/initials engraved on the barrel or their teethmarks on the finial. The nib, unless it has been abused, will bear no indication of whether they wrote cursive, block capitals, left or right (assuming it is not an oblique that they purchased for that reason). And, if it is a quality pen, it will be the same when you pass it on to the next owner.

[Jon Szanto]

I love the word canard. I don't know why, I just do.

[Chuck Naill]

There was a thread on another forum in which there appeared to be some agreement that nib/pen tend to take on the writing of the user.

This is an oft repeated canard. The simplest way to torpedo it is to pick up a vintage pen. The only trace of the previous owner will either be their name/initials engraved on the barrel or their teethmarks on the finial. The nib, unless it has been abused, will bear no indication of whether they wrote cursive, block capitals, left or right (assuming it is not an oblique that they purchased for that reason). And, if it is a quality pen, it will be the same when you pass it on to the next owner.

You left out the rest of my post.
" I don't claim to know or really overly concerned about, but it's an interesting consideration. "

[Fermata]

There was a thread on another forum in which there appeared to be some agreement that nib/pen tend to take on the writing of the user. I thought about this oft combative thread. So, isn't breaking in to some degree the metal assimilating to the user? I don't claim to know or really overly concerned about, but it's an interesting consideration.

Tempers often flare with tightly held opinions. A week from now both sides will probably wonder why they got so upset. I call for a cooling off period.

It gets me down to be honest, really gets me down, so unneccessary.

[DumDum]

In me youth I used to ignore canards. Now, with years galloping by, I realise I've just been ducking the issue all along.