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Okay, this is silly, but I wrote a limerick about an ink. What's worse, I wrote it with a calligraphy pen b/c all my pens were freshly inked.

 

So with my apologies to poets everywhere, and to my parents for this misuse of my English degree, here goes:

 

http://www.nataliecooper.com/images/squeteaguepoem.jpg

 

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Good job, Natalie! Your nice large scan and nice italic hand show off the ink very well.

 

:) Ann

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Excellent! A very creative way to show us a new ink. How does it flow & how quick does it dry - like most other Noodler's?

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Very nice, Natalie. I like Squeteague. It looks really nice in a flexible nib also. It is one of those inks that cries out for shading and variation so you can see its subtle tones.

 

Southpaw - I would say that it does have the same flow/drying characteristics of most Noodler's inks.

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Great job with the lettering! :) BTW, how do you pronounce Squeteague? Phonetics anyone? I'm sure I'm adding an extra syllable at least. :P

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Thanks everybody!

 

Southpaw -- it flows very nicely and dries a bit faster than some of the Noodler's I've used; the reds tend to be a little slower I think. But the fast drying could also be b/c I was using a dip pen. I don't think I'd use this with a real wet-writer.

 

KCat, I agree that the italic hand shows off its variations nicely -- I'm embarrassed to say that I thought this color was a teal-black based on the Noodler's color chart! What a nice surprise when I actually tried it. :)

 

I'm enjoying getting back into calligraphy after being too busy with my kids for the past couple of years. Maybe I'll post to Penmanship soon and see what advice I can get!

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Great job with the lettering! :) BTW, how do you pronounce Squeteague? Phonetics anyone? I'm sure I'm adding an extra syllable at least. :P

Um, my guess is "sque-teeg". Could be wrong, but if I am then my limerick makes even less sense. :blush:

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Great job with the lettering! :) BTW, how do you pronounce Squeteague? Phonetics anyone? I'm sure I'm adding an extra syllable at least. :P

just like it's spelled. :D :lol: :D

 

 

seriously though...

two syllables only

 

skwih - teeg.

 

It's Algonquian.

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According to Webster's, "squeteague" is "any of several weakfishes". And KCat's right, it's from Narragansett, an Algonquian dialect.

 

My husband is mostly Native American on both sides of his family, but it's Cherokee/Choctaw (more southern tribes). He says if an Indian word doesn't begin with "ch" or "tch" he can't help you. :)

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Somehow "Weakfish Green" wouldn't have the same ring to it.

 

John (Laridae)

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You should get a Yink, I think.

 

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

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Thanks! I thought Squeteague was a type of tree actually. :doh:

I think you are thinking of Sequoia.

 

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Actually Kathy, I was thinking Squeteague was a type of Sequoia. :P I think I was pronouncing it something like seh-quig-it-gway. That's more West Coast Haida or Salish-y sounding. ;)

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Great job with the lettering! :) BTW, how do you pronounce Squeteague? Phonetics anyone? I'm sure I'm adding an extra syllable at least. :P

just like it's spelled. :D :lol: :D

 

 

seriously though...

two syllables only

 

skwih - teeg.

 

It's Algonquian.

Exactly. Named after the "sea trout" - a hard fish to land as it is a challenge to keep on the hook during the fight. It is always a challenging fish to catch, especially in New England. Chuck Swisher has an easier time of it further down the coast where they are much more plentiful.

 

It was one of the earliest Noodler's colors. Not exactly a teal...but close. The back of the sea trout has the exact same color seconds after the fish has jumped out of the water - while it is glistening with a coat of tidal water in direct sunlight. There was no other accurate name for the color or the way it flowed across the page...just like a Squeteague slipping away from the end of my line in the shadows of a tidal flat.

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

 

The pen could be mightier than the thief and the gun if it is filled with a bulletproof ink too!

 

May be available again soon, I hope...but not at the moment:

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I guess you could also call it "Weakfish Blue" (using another name for the fish).

 

(Sorry - couldn't resist ;) )

 

J. Appleseed

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You should get a Yink, I think.

 

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Great job with the lettering! :) BTW, how do you pronounce Squeteague? Phonetics anyone? I'm sure I'm adding an extra syllable at least. :P

just like it's spelled. :D :lol: :D

 

 

seriously though...

two syllables only

 

skwih - teeg.

 

It's Algonquian.

Exactly. Named after the "sea trout" - a hard fish to land as it is a challenge to keep on the hook during the fight. It is always a challenging fish to catch, especially in New England. Chuck Swisher has an easier time of it further down the coast where they are much more plentiful.

 

It was one of the earliest Noodler's colors. Not exactly a teal...but close. The back of the sea trout has the exact same color seconds after the fish has jumped out of the water - while it is glistening with a coat of tidal water in direct sunlight. There was no other accurate name for the color or the way it flowed across the page...just like a Squeteague slipping away from the end of my line in the shadows of a tidal flat.

Well I'll be damned. I'd been wondering what that name was all about. Should have searched this site for it.

 

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It was one of the earliest Noodler's colors. Not exactly a teal...but close. The back of the sea trout has the exact same color seconds after the fish has jumped out of the water - while it is glistening with a coat of tidal water in direct sunlight. There was no other accurate name for the color or the way it flowed across the page...just like a Squeteague slipping away from the end of my line in the shadows of a tidal flat.

those lovely (sarcasm) "weak" mouths. Our Gulf version has a couple of nasty teeth on it (assume yours does too), but the mouth is, for lack of expert terminology, "slotted" which makes for not much tissue to get the hook into unless they swallow it.

 

I don't think ours are as striking (no pun intended) but they are a fun challenge to catch. 'Round here they hit better on live shrimp it seems. I've only caught a couple in my lifetime, probably mostly because i use dead bait.

 

but i helped clean several dozen of them (and croaker) about 20 years ago. They're a pain for that too as most of the meat is high on the dorsal side making it hard to get a good, flat filet.

 

can't help but wonder (oops sneaking into politicalish stuff) if overfishing has something to do with how few i've caught as well.

 

of course, fishing expertise is an added problem.

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can't help but wonder (oops sneaking into politicalish stuff) if overfishing has something to do with how few i've caught as well.

Or pollution and other environmental issues. :)

 

Despite living in the land of 10,000 lakes, I don't fish much anymore; mercury and pesticide levels in most of the lakes are ridiculously high, and, as for the Mississippi River... not downstream of Minneapolis and their "combined" sewers that flow into it. :(

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can't help but wonder (oops sneaking into politicalish stuff) if overfishing has something to do with how few i've caught as well.

Or pollution and other environmental issues. :)

 

Despite living in the land of 10,000 lakes, I don't fish much anymore; mercury and pesticide levels in most of the lakes are ridiculously high, and, as for the Mississippi River... not downstream of Minneapolis and their "combined" sewers that flow into it. :(

Catch and release! It's good for you AND the fish! lol

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

 

The pen could be mightier than the thief and the gun if it is filled with a bulletproof ink too!

 

May be available again soon, I hope...but not at the moment:

Specialty Fountain Pen Nibs - click here

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