I used a dip-pen to attain the following results and constantly wish I had some sort of flexible pen that could perform the same way, only 'better'.

Better, as in a constant ink flow - with some inks and some of my nibs, you can tell very obviously when I just dipped the pen no matter how much ink I let run back off the rim, and you can also tell when the nib is starting to run out of ink. I used to have a flexible nib with a reservoir attached to the top and that was quite convenient but I lost it.

Here goes - do feel free to criticize it, et c.







I also suffer from the occasional 'verticals not aligned' syndrome. Hopefully practice will perfect that.

Criticize it? Are you kidding, J? I have nothing negative at all to say. In fact, I can't say anything... I'll just

And if I remember correctly, you still haven't finished high school yet, right? I can only imagine how far you'll go with this much skill and talent.




G.

Beautiful! I don't know why but I can't tell...

Beautiful work! You mention that you wish you had more constant flow...Sometimes Antonios has FPs with flex nibs for sale. Maybe you would want to check with him.

Best, Ann

Thanks for all of your complimentary comments. I'll be sure and ask Antonios about his flexies.

Interestingly, in 7th grade, I was in what were called After School Activities. In school-speak, hiding behind the elegantly veiled facade, was the real meaning: Meanish teachers making you stay after school and pay attention. I liked school. But I had two activities: Typing (or as some people idiotically claim, Keyboarding), and Handwriting.

One would think that I liked the Handwriting class. It was not too bad, because my handwriting was pretty well developed then; no... what I remember was one incident. It was the first of several handwriting wars between me and the teacher. In my little exemplar, and in my initial under the steel nib, you can see the H with the little loop. I think it looks quite elegant and learned it in 6th grade, because I in my core have an innate love of elegant things. The teacher told us all to write all the majuscule letters. Everything was fine until I got to H.

She ridiculed me in front of all 5 or 6 kids and told me that it was wrong and that I had to write it 'the way I learned it'. I politely refrained from telling her that I despised 'the way I learned it' and ground my teeth while recopying it with that insane little loop at the top.

Very nice!

Wow. Lovely.

I don't know how to say this without sounding patronizing, so my apologies:

Well done, J. I think you're a rare and true man for reacting the way you did.


G.

Not patronizing a' tall! I just love writing... all forms. Even in Japanese!

Oh, that reminds me - I have some Japanese homework that I wrote with MB Blue Black and thought I'd take a picture to show the cool shading - I also have to get around to taking a picture of this mysterious Campo Marzio pen that I have - it's the one that lays the ink in such a way that shading occurs. but it's finicky.