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Please do join me for the 2018 edition of the weekly quote writing. I have not been good in 2017 but hope to participate regularly this year.

 

Rules:

- Week begins on Monday.

- The first person to post a picture will choose the quotation for the following week. Please try to post your selection on Monday.

- Kindly choose quotations of a general nature and not too political, religious, inflammatory etc.

 

Since, we are already in the middle of the first week, I will take the liberty to start off with this quote from an Indiana Jones movie I wrote last month and shared on my Instagram feed.

 

Pen: Dollar pen with an FPR 1.0mm nib modified to write a sharper line.

Ink: Astorquiza Rot (a Bauer Inks exclusive)

 

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Happy New Year 2018, David, Salman!

 

 

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As it was actually spoken in the film.

 

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Pelikan M150 F/Sheaffer Skrip Brown

Pelikan 120 Merz & Krell M/Levenger Amethyst

Esterbrook J transitional 1551/J. Herbin Eclat de Saphir

TWSBI 580 B stub/Blackstone Daintree Green

 

On A5 Rhodia dot pad

 

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Brad

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind" - Rudyard Kipling
"None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try." - Mark Twain

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It's David's pick of quote this week, but I'll post this anyway.

 

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I'm not going to be able to post anything until next week. Can I have a rain check?

 

David

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Here's my submission for this week:

 

Pen: Shaeffer 440 (quasi Imperial) with a fine nib

Ink: Astorquiza Rot

 

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David - I will be looking forward to your quote selection for next week :-)

 

- Salman

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It's next week, so here's my QOTW:

 

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters. - Albert Einstein

 

David

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Pen: TWSBI 580 B stubbed by Art Van Haselen

Ink: Lamy Petrol

Paper: Tomoe River

 

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Brad

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind" - Rudyard Kipling
"None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try." - Mark Twain

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My contribution:

 

 

 

 

And, because one cannot have too much truth, a bonus:

 

 

 

Happy writing!

 

David

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Ken - Beautiful rendition. Question - is it an illusion or does that hand really have a left lean to it?

Brad

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind" - Rudyard Kipling
"None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try." - Mark Twain

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Brad:

 

Yes, this Uncial script slopes to the left. I just did this as an experiment/fun but I have to admit that I'm not a fan of this effect. Our writing is from left to right and the slope seems natural going forwards in the same direction. In fact with normal handwriting the slope increases naturally as the speed of the writing increases.

Backwards writing seems to me to be "swimming against the tide" and usually destroys the integrity of otherwise beautiful lettering. Thank you for the compliment, but I think that it looks dreadful :(

 

Ken

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Brad:

 

Yes, this Uncial script slopes to the left. I just did this as an experiment/fun but I have to admit that I'm not a fan of this effect. Our writing is from left to right and the slope seems natural going forwards in the same direction. In fact with normal handwriting the slope increases naturally as the speed of the writing increases.

Backwards writing seems to me to be "swimming against the tide" and usually destroys the integrity of otherwise beautiful lettering. Thank you for the compliment, but I think that it looks dreadful :(

 

Ken

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I agree it doesn't look what I would call natural. But I know the eye can play tricks on us sometimes too. Hence the question. So few hands do have a left/opposite lean to them. At least in the world of writing left to right....

I like your description of "swimming against the tide". It isn't my favorite hand, but it does catch your attention, so I guess it has its purposes.

Brad

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind" - Rudyard Kipling
"None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try." - Mark Twain

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My QOTW for this week: (beginning Jan 22, 2018)

 

“Start writing,

no matter what.

The water does not flow until

the faucet is turned on.”

 

― Louis L'Amour

 

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Brad

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind" - Rudyard Kipling
"None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try." - Mark Twain

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My QOTW for this week beginning: Monday 29th January

 

"The noblest of all dogs is the hot-dog.

It feeds the hand that bites it".

 

Ken

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