Fountain pen frenzy thread

[anatess2]

15 hours ago, mirkwood said:

I gotta say... that's an awesome flow especially as you're writing on your lap.  I gotta get me one of those pens!

[zil]

30 minutes ago, anatess2 said:

I gotta say... that's an awesome flow especially as you're writing on your lap.  I gotta get me one of those pens!

I got it because I wanted the pen sleeve it came in:

http://www.andersonpens.com/Itoya-ProFolio-Pen-Cases-s/2692.htm

[anatess2]

Just now, zil said:

I got it because I wanted the pen sleeve it came in:

http://www.andersonpens.com/Itoya-ProFolio-Pen-Cases-s/2692.htm

WHOA!  That's some pocket protector!  Good thing it fits only one pen.  Mirk could've easily mistaken it for his gun holster. 

 

[mirkwood]

2 hours ago, zil said:

I got it because I wanted the pen sleeve it came in:

http://www.andersonpens.com/Itoya-ProFolio-Pen-Cases-s/2692.htm

You kept my pen sleeve!?!?!?

[zil]

1 minute ago, mirkwood said:

You kept my pen sleeve!?!?!?

Yyyuuuup!

[mirkwood]

9 minutes ago, zil said:

Yyyuuuup!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[anatess2]

Lookie lookie!

[anatess2]

Okay, I very very much prefer the Al-star from the Safari.  The Safari is significantly lighter on my hand.  For some reason, my arthritic fingers hurt less with heavier pens.

[zil]

25 minutes ago, anatess2 said:

Okay, I very very much prefer the Al-star from the Safari.  The Safari is significantly lighter on my hand.  For some reason, my arthritic fingers hurt less with heavier pens.

Sorry.  It's a bummer to get a new pen and find out you don't like it so well.    You'll have to find a new victim, er person, to introduce to FPs.

[anatess2]

1 minute ago, zil said:

Sorry.  It's a bummer to get a new pen and find out you don't like it so well.    You'll have to find a new victim, er person, to introduce to FPs.

No worries!  It's my son's pen!  And he loves both his Al-star and this new Safari equally.  Yes, it's his 2nd pen.  He got tired of switching from EF to M nib and back again.  He uses his pens to make D&D game plans and he prefers to draw the maps with M nib but write the stories with EF nib.  He's getting hooked on pens.  Hah hah.

[Grunt]

3 hours ago, anatess2 said:

Lookie lookie!

That's the pen I bought all my friends.   

[mirkwood]

Speaking of crack addicts.

[Guest]

3 hours ago, mirkwood said:

Speaking of crack addicts.

Diet Pam?  Does that mean we'll be seeing less of @pam on the boards?  LET LOOSE THE HOUNDS!!!

[NeuroTypical]

I bet the owner of the pill bottle is ANXIOUS to get them back!   

 

[ba-doom-boom]

[bad humor]

[zil]

On 3/16/2018 at 3:08 PM, anatess2 said:

Lookie lookie!

And here you can see how they make this (I thought the laser inspection of nib slit was impressive):

 

[mirkwood]

2 hours ago, zil said:

And here you can see how they make this (I thought the laser inspection of nib slit was impressive):

 

[anatess2]

13 hours ago, mirkwood said:

You haven’t seen nothing yet!

Yep, the ballons were in the package... 

[anatess2]

So, I sat down with my 12 Jinhao 992's setting up to tune them and ink them so they're all ready to enjoy and my brother, who was doing his budget with his fancy ballpoint, tried out one of the Jinhao's (they're mighty cheap - like less than $3 apiece cheap) and liked it so much he ended up owning 2 of them.

And here's the really cool part... out of the 12 Jinhao's, 10 of them were perfect - writes super smooth - and 2 of them were a bit rough so I spent about a minute polishing them and they were perfect!  I was pleasantly surprised at the consistent quality of the cheap bulk-buy.

[zil]

And now we're matching ink to pen!  She's fallen deep down the rabbit hole.

Here's the sequence:

I'd never spend money on a pen (when I can just pick one up that someone left behind).

I'd never spend more than $30 on a pen (look how cheap these Jinhaos are)!

I'd never spend more than $70 on a pen - I mean that's all it takes to get this cool vacuum filler.

I'd never spend more than $120 on a pen - cuz you don't need more to get a gold nib.

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Oh man!  Look at that thing!  $796?  Sure, that sounds reasonable.

[mirkwood]

3 hours ago, zil said:

And now we're matching ink to pen!  She's fallen deep down the rabbit hole.

Here's the sequence:

I'd never spend money on a pen (when I can just pick one up that someone left behind).

I'd never spend more than $30 on a pen (look how cheap these Jinhaos are)!

I'd never spend more than $70 on a pen - I mean that's all it takes to get this cool vacuum filler.

I'd never spend more than $120 on a pen - cuz you don't need more to get a gold nib.

Oh man!  Look at that thing!  $796?  Sure, that sounds reasonable.

The small powdery pile on the mirror was incorrect.  I'm sorry, here is the correct picture.

 

 

 

[anatess2]

4 minutes ago, mirkwood said:

The small powdery pile on the mirror was incorrect.  I'm sorry, here is the correct picture.

 

 

 

I'm nowhere close to that.  @zil and @LiterateParakeet have gone past that to this:

 

[zil]

16 minutes ago, anatess2 said:

I'm nowhere close to that.  @zil and @LiterateParakeet have gone past that to this:

 

Says the woman who got her children addicted!  At least I only go after responsible adults.

[anatess2]

4 minutes ago, zil said:

Says the woman who got her children addicted!  At least I only go after responsible adults.

Responsible is debatable.

[Guest LiterateParakeet]

LOL, it's true.  I'm trying to inflict my children too!   But who can blame me?!    

[zil]

They made an ink especially for @Vort!

https://www.gouletpens.com/colorverse-vortex-motion-80ml-bottled-ink/p/CV-17

But I have to say, it's kind of a dull color - not even the blackest black, more of a grayish black...