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A mabie, todd & co pen I recently acquired


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I recently acquired a pen and just thought I'd share some pictures.

 

After receiving it, I thought I'd check to see if the bladder was working and when I dipped the pen in water, it turns out there was still some ink left :blink:

 

As of now, I still haven't checked to see if the lever fill is working, but I'm not very experienced with repairs (still have yet to resac the Esterbrook).

 

Also, when the cap is posted, it's just as long as a regular pen at 5.25 inches :)

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And yet another. I have no idea where to begin learning how to write like antoniosz, but I'll find a way, it's just a matter of time :ph34r:

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Well, I once read where a professional calligrapher was told by one of her teachers "If you really want to learn calligraphy, learn modern dance".

 

Got a dance school nearby?

:lol:

 

John

So if you have a lot of ink,

You should get a Yink, I think.

 

- Dr Suess

 

Always looking for pens by Baird-North, Charles Ingersoll, and nibs marked "CHI"

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Well, I once read where a professional calligrapher was told by one of her teachers "If you really want to learn calligraphy, learn modern dance".

 

Got a dance school nearby?

:lol:

 

John

Modern dance? Am I missing something here? :huh:

 

What kind of polish can I use to clean the pen?

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The modern dance comment was mostly a joke. :lol:

 

However, it is serious in the context of calligraphy (and by extention beautiful flex-nib writing). The idea is that good calligraphy comes from the motion of the whole body, especially the arms and shoulders, not just the movement of the nib on the paper. By training your body to make smooth, fluid movements in dance and by learning to capture and express feeling through motion, you can apply that to smooth fluid strokes with the pen and expressing feeling through the written letterform.

 

I don't know if Antonios ever studies modern dance. ;)

 

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

Giovanni sells a nice pen polish that is safe on gold-filled pens at Tryphon.com. You can use Simchrome as well, but use it very sparingly, as it can take off gold plate. I am not sure if your pen is solid 14K or gold-filled. Good quality vintage gold-filled pens can usually tolerate simchrome very well, but still be careful.

 

John

Edited by Johnny Appleseed

So if you have a lot of ink,

You should get a Yink, I think.

 

- Dr Suess

 

Always looking for pens by Baird-North, Charles Ingersoll, and nibs marked "CHI"

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What I have is gold filled, so yours probably is, too. I used a little toothpaste to clean my nib, which was all blue.

 

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What I have is gold filled, so yours probably is, too. I used a little toothpaste to clean my nib, which was all blue.

 

-Hana

Would toothpaste work on thepen itself as well?

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What I have is gold filled, so yours probably is, too. I used a little toothpaste to clean my nib, which was all blue.

 

-Hana

Would toothpaste work on thepen itself as well?

Huh... why not? I don't know, though, I got the nib cleaning tip from David Nishimura. You should ask around, since I'm no expert! lol

 

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Amazing Nib! :drool:

Thank you!

 

As umenohana point out, there seems to be a fracture right below the vent. Will this affect the amount of flex I can apply before the nib will crack? How can I replace the nib?

 

:-p

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BTW, my ringtop is from around 1925, so yours may be, too.

 

-Hana

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Microfibre cloths are a pretty good way of cleaning pens with minimal abrasion. A jeweller's cleaning cloth (sold for cleaning silver) has a fine abrasive in it, but it's probably gentler than Simichrome. I use S'chrome on plastic, but I'm a bit leary of using it on gold filled pens.

 

It's a nice little pen.

 

Best

 

Michael

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