Wander through the pendemonium of pens, papers, and inks unleashed by the opening of the Pendora's Box.
This time I did a slightly better job at timing my mid-April same ink refills so I have less holdovers. As well, I spread out the pen cleaning over a few days which made things easier. I got a lot of new inks right at the end of April which made for fun May ink fillings.
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Pen: TWSBI 580 EF
Ink: De Atramentis Myrhh
Brush: Platinum Natural Weasel Hair Brush Pen
Ink: Noodlers Ravens Black
Tracking of my pen and ink combinations in a central place has helped my senile mind greatly. I still feel the choice of using the Tomoe River Notebook bound by Coach House Press for Wonderpens for my Currently Inked log is a good one. Great paper in a nice form factor.
It was a little hard to choose the new inks this month due to the number of holdovers from last month. It was kind of unfortunate I was forced to top up a few pens with 3 days left in March to accommodate a one-day out of town trip. But, it's all good as long as I have pens with ink to write with.
Read MoreRecently I had an one-day trip to New York City for a series of meetings. I didn't have to worry too much about packing luggage but I thought long and hard about what fountain pens and stationary to pack. After much deliberation, I settled on the Namiki Vanishing Point Raden Galaxy (M), Lamy Studio (14k EF) and Platinum 3776 Sai (M).
Read MorePen: TWSBI 580 EF
Ink: Noodlers Plains of Abraham
Brush: Platinum Natural Weasel Hair Brush Pen
Ink: Noodlers Ravens Black
Pen: Platinum Natural Weasel Hair Brush Pen
Ink: Platinum Black
Paper: Rhodia No. 16 Grid
I've posted a fair number of "Chinese Cacography" posts now. They all feature the Platinum brush pen. I was fascinated that they made brush pens that used ink cartridges. I picked one up as I thought it would be a fun way to extend the use of fountain pen ink.
Read MoreOver the past couple months I've found that I have a hard time keeping track of what ink I have in each of my inked pens. It probably doesn't help that I could have up to 15 pens inked at any point in time. (Addiction, what addiction? Seriously, though, paring down the number of inked pens I have is a post for another day and is not something I'm ready to tackle yet).
Anyway, I thought it would be a good idea to track my pen and ink combinations each month in a central place. This central place will now be a Tomoe River Notebook bound by Coach House Press for Wonderpens in Toronto. It was easy to select this notebook because I love using Tomoe River paper, and, Wonderpens did a good job making notebooks from this paper. The notebook is A5 sized and contains 64 pages covered in light card stock, staple bound and is very light and easy to carry around...
Read MorePen: Lamy Studio 14K EF
Ink: Sailor Jentle Oku-Yama
Brush: Platinum Natural Weasel Hair Brush Pen
Ink: Noodlers Ravens Black
Pen: Lamy 2000 Extra Fine
Ink: Pilot Iroshizuku Shin-Kai
Brush: Platinum Natural Weasel Hair Brush Pen
Ink: Noodlers Ravens Black
This one is for all the neighbourhood ladies who rock on the court
Chinese Cacography (i.e. chicken scratch) is my attempt to combine using fountain pens and Chinese characters writing practice. Unless otherwise noted, the paper used is always Baron Fig Apprentice Dot grid.
Let's step back for a moment. 9 days earlier I was listening to the episode of Penaddict with Azizah Azgarali as guest and Brad was going on about the great deal on the Platinum 3776 Sai. I only have the Platinum Cool in my pen collection so the 3776 on my 'later' wish list. After hearing the deal and doing some homework, I found myself putting one into my shopping cart. Well, I couldn't just order one pen and have it shipped from the US...I had to put something else into the cart. I debated and decided to put a bottle of Sailor Jentle Shigure in the cart.
Read MorePen: Lamy Al-Star F
Ink: Pilot Iroshizuku Kon-Peki
Brush: Platinum Natural Weasel Hair Brush Pen
Ink: Noodlers Ravens Black
Pen: Lamy Al-Star 1.1
Ink: De Atramentis Gold
Brush: Platinum Natural Weasel Hair Brush Pen
Ink: Noodlers Ravens Black
Ready for warmer weather to come...
Chinese Cacography (i.e. chicken scratch) is my attempt to combine using fountain pens and Chinese characters writing practice. Unless otherwise noted, the paper used is always Baron Fig Apprentice Dot grid.
Pen: Edison Nouveau Premiere Extra Fine
Ink: De Atramentis Pearl Violet
Brush: Platinum Natural Weasel Hair Brush Pen
Ink: Noodlers Ravens Black
Since it's Chinese New Year, I thought I would do something a little different and just focus on one New Year greeting. I went with something other than the usual "Gung Hay Fat Choy" (or "Gong Xi Fa Chai").
Read MoreChinese Cacography: Moustache / Beard 鬍鬚
Read MorePen: Pilot Falcon Resin SEF
Ink: Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same
Brush: Platinum Natural Weasel Hair Brush Pen
Ink: Noodlers Ravens Black
Chinese Cacography (i.e. chicken scratch) is my attempt to combine using fountain pens and Chinese characters writing practice. Unless otherwise noted, the paper used is always Baron Fig Apprentice Dot grid.
While the Vanishing Point was awaiting shipment from the shop, I settled in to watch more episodes of Goulet Q&A and Fountain Pen 101 and then came across this video of the Platinum Cool.
Read MorePen: Franklin-Christoph Model 66, Masuyama Needle Point
Ink: Pilot Iroshizuku Kon-Peki
Brush: Platinum Natural Weasel Hair Brush Pen
Ink: Noodlers Ravens Black
Dreaming of swimming in warm ocean waters...
Chinese Cacography (i.e. chicken scratch) is my attempt to combine using fountain pens and Chinese characters writing practice. Unless otherwise noted, the paper used is always Baron Fig Apprentice Dot grid.