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Is A Spencerian Mod Namiki Falcon Too Much For A Newbie At Calligraphy?


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I just started using dip pens and am trying to learn Spencerian. I'd like to have a Falcon for practice and fun away from the desk. Is the Mottishaw mod version too much for a beginner to learn with?

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I find the inkflow in my Falcon a bit slow, so a modification is probably a good idea - and the added flex is not bad either. For the same price you could get a vintage pen that writes better than the Falcon, though. With the risk of getting too much into feelings: it also feels quite good to write an old kind of calligraphy with an old pen.

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If you can afford it, I would say go ahead. The only warning is to write with a very light hand--only the weight of the pen itself, no pressing down--until you want to thicken the line. Then only press down when you are drawing the pen toward you: the descending strokes. If you are scrupulous about that while you are learning, you won't hurt the pen. And I don't think you will outgrow that pen until you are ready to move to dip pens.

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The Mottishaw modded Falcon writes and should be written with as you would a dip pen.

 

If you're comfortable using dip nibs you'll be fine.

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I'm still a little scratchy with the Nikko G, but italics are pretty much good. Guess it's simply a matter of going for it and then putting it to work.

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I've got a spencerian-modified pen, and it's great! You will have to be choosey about inks though, as dry inks will require you to twist the converter to get the pen flowing again. My Nakaya seems to like Diamine inks, but really loves the particularly wet diamine inks. I've learned that if the ink runs off the sides of the bottle quickly, it'll be good in a flex pen.

 

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The Mottishaw modded Falcon writes and should be written with as you would a dip pen.

 

If you're comfortable using dip nibs you'll be fine.

Not quite. In my experience, there's actually more feedback in a spencerian mod. I don't know why this is, but I love it!

 

Also, the pen's not oblique, so you'll have to tilt the paper more and take greater care about tine alignment on the page.

 

I love mine, it's great!

 

Joe

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