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I use Tape reservoired nibs (top nib in photo) for most of my "dip" pen writing -- Capital Roman lettering, humanistic small roman & italic -- and Mitchell "Round Hand" reservoired nibs (bottom nib in photo) for foundational & uncial.

 

I prefer Tape nibs for their fine sharpness -- I have also used Brause, Heintze & Blanckertz and Hunt "Speedball" nibs with good success.

 

I feed ink or gouache colors into the reservoirs using old watercolorists brushes.

 

http://www.jp29.org/res04.JPG

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I feed ink or gouache colors into the reservoirs using old watercolorists brushes.

Jim - explain this to me. It looks from your pic above that the gouache would be pasty. How does capillary action work in a nib with such a material.

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I feed ink or gouache colors into the reservoirs using old watercolorists brushes.

Jim - explain this to me. It looks from your pic above that the gouache would be pasty. How does capillary action work in a nib with such a material.

Kendall -- A squeezed out glob (about the size of a pea) of gouache is mixed with distilled water (to insure color purity) to a consistency that will flow in the nib correctly. This is soon easily gauged with a little experience.

 

(I will take and post a better quality photograph in the morning daylight)

 

http://www.jp29.org/cal125.JPG

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hmmm so these are pigmented colors? Not for use in FP's right? What's the advantage of the gouache for this type of work?

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hmmm so these are pigmented colors? Not for use in FP's right? What's the advantage of the gouache for this type of work?

Not for use in fountain pens? -- right. I will answer the rest of your query somewhat obliquely by first stating that, in addition to Winsor & Newton "Designer gouache", I also really like and use Schmincke "Calligraphy gouache". The following link will take you to a Schmincke sponsored article by an eminent calligrapher that answers your question and provides a lot of excellent additional information:

 

Color and Calligraphy by Patricia Lovett

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