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Digbats are good quality, and do a good range with different size and style paper.

The mechanism does work if the carts are long enough. You know the color of Clairefontaine and Rhodia lines, dots and grids? This cartridge is like a neon version of that, lol.

https://www.papierundstift.de are a better place to buy Octopus inks than Octopus- cheaper inks and free delivery over €59.99 in Germany. They sell quite a few inks at lower prices than other German stores.

@Mercian I just love the idea of the English language acting as a waylayer. 🤣 And it is probably very much to the point, too. As cerveau and cerebellum is practically the same word, you have a point there, it's just some sound shift that got in your way. 😉 Ship and bateau on the other hand, are two completely different beasts, while ship obviously corresponds to German "Schiff". Fun fact: it's "das Schiff", which means it is neither male nor female, just plain neutral. So your question would have to be why English ships are female while their German counterparts are neutral. I have no idea. 🤷‍♀️ I won't debate English being pretty ambiguous either. I would however debate its lack of poetic capacity. Many German and Austrian bands prefer writing their songs in English, partly because everything sounds more "international" and partly (at least in my opinion) because lyrics you don't get away with in German sensewise still tend to sound like they have some sense in English. And as for your comparison between la mer and the sea, I think la mer sounds a lot more poetic to you because French is not your native language (although I will agree that la mer has indeed a very nice rolling quality).

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I’ll check it out- I have a ton of Chinese cartridges in both of the usual sizes. I was wondering about that, if it needed the converter as part of the clicker or not. Thanks!

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@Penguincollector, the clicky pens do take certain cartridges. I have some pale neon blurple that may or may not fit…. 😸

I’ve been fascinated by the celluloid Nettunos with a button filling system for some time now,so that’s my suggestion. I have yet to see one in person.

I think that you are just expressing your own bias/preference here, and not an actual measurement of some sort of quality(ies) you label "poetic resonance and potential." I am unclear how a reference to gender with so many genderized articles and nouns would be an increase in anything except, well, references to gender and excess of personification. (and I am not referring to the sounds of words and phrases, that is a whole different matter). The answer to your question in the parentheses is easy to look up in a search, and has little to do with the gender of cognates or borrowings from other languages. And the word "boat," in English, likely derives not from the French, but alongside the French, from earlier Germanic roots and PIE.

I have not watched the video, possibly the answer to my question is contained therein. Any info yet on the ink capacity of either model (#6, #8)?

Old style Pelikans with medallions. M800 1980-1990 Blue/ Green/Blue Ocean/ Black/ Green I got one and rest followed

This is great advice from a pro. A "lightbulb moment" to pay attention to and follow. huge thanks. k

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Thanks for such a great job at showing one of my favorite inks! Honestly, I didn't take Diamine that seriously until I got this one, mainly because all their inks I had tried up to that point - some of their most popular ones - were oversaturated and unsubtle for my tastes. Not sure if it is a violet or a grey. It doesn't really matter - it's something in between - many of the best inks live in the margins. My writing with it tends to be noticeably more violet than yours, even with the Japanese Fs I tend to use, but perhaps it is because those pens tend to be dryish. Or maybe it could the paper and/or atmospheric differences. Or 'mojo'? Right and, moreover, Haydn had much stronger ties to London and, moreover2, neither Mozart nor Beethoven are in the same league as Haydn - not even close! (Yep, you read correctly. 😲) I suppose it's much better he be left out than some inappropriate color be associated with him. BTW, I would pick an earthy brown since he was the salt of the earth as both a person and composer. Actually, I think the color on the wall in this portrait of him would be a perfect fit.

Very few of my pens behave perfectly, part of the fun the way i see it.

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Maybe one should consider plan : D

i don't know either. at school, i had to battle Gerhart Hauptmann, and Heinrich von Kleist instead. as a result, I'd never consider to buy a pen wearing the name of one of these. back to the topic: on my way to the (deliberately chosen) black AL sport, I also bought (on an impulse) the piston sport ...

I suspect many a one confuses the spirit with the shape of the letters. You do not need any kind of nib to write any script. You may need a specific one to make it look calligraphic, but letter forms will work the same whether written with or without line variation. A nice thing of some italic methods is their stress on rhythm, which can make them somewhat easier if movement limited. No need to expend a lot on books either. I would suggest having first a look at Operina.com, they have a reasonable number of free books available on handwriting with easy to start methods. Plus the first published one that got the style rolling publicly, Arrighi's Operina. As for loops... that, too, depends on where one sets the bar for claiming 'italicity'. Soon after the first masters, new styles popped out extending serifs, adding ligatures and eventually loops. As for paper position... I find it similarly radicalized. For calligraphy, it may be better some or another approach, which I will not discuss. For plain handwriting, anything that makes you more comfortable will do. Looking at copy books through the ages, one can find masters suggesting all kinds of angles, even close to 90 degrees, specially where school tables had less space or masters were less rigid, more sensible and more accommodating with student needs. So, just try and see which one works better. Bottom line: for the OP. I guess that the most important is to find a style that suits your writing limitations, does not tire your hand, and then simply try to make it clear and consistent. Beautiful line variation shapes may come later if, and only if, you feel like them.

Really? The "draw" of analog is not to say or argue that the sound response or range or durability exceeds that of digital formats. It's simply a kind of preference, influenced by many factors and other aspects of mind and memory, for a certain kind of musical listening experience. Heck, I prefer live, where permanence and quality are often quite inferior. And some songs just have to be listened to in the truck, windows down, air and ocean noise rushing in, where the quality of the audio reproduction, I'm sure, is abysmal.

MB has vastly improved the quality of its inks since competition made them take notice Good for everyone concerned, great choice!!

Posted. According to Goulet’s site, the pen itself is 34g. I guess that does make it reasonable (maybe even pleasant) but I personally prefer the 2000 posted. Feels a little small to me unposted.

I am humbled by the amount of wisdom on this forum - thank you for your helpful responses. It is indeed a Around the World in 80 Days LeGrand, and that is only listed in F/M as @Mercian pointed out, so with this information in hand, I will go back to the store and explore my options. I find it so frustrating that a thing that costs so much has such a trial and error experience. They did tell me that once someone walks out with a pen, there is no exchange. Period. And they will not ink the pen before you buy it so you can write with it. (You can only try the floor samples). It is only after the purchase (point of no return) that you actually get to try out the nib that you purchased Frustrated.

All jokes aside, if you look at photos of the average ''vintage pen'' table holder at a pen show (and I'm including myself) we're getting on in years. If our hobby is to continue, it is essential to get younger collectors interested enough to buy, fix and resell these delightful little objects.