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11 hours ago, Misfit said:

got the Pelikan Edelstein Tanzanite in a drawing at the 2019 Pelikan Hub.

Whenever I open my container of this ink, I always expect it to be golden rather than blue.  Intellectually, I know that tanzanite is a blue gem stone, but for some reason I always picture canary yellow.

 

Nice ink, though, no matter what it's called!

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@Croma @Misfit @Ted A

 

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Oops, it's a 1.5 not a 1.9.

 

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Hello Folks,


Had to show a stub off for you all.  Enjoy and have a wonderful weekend.  :-)

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Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Not really a stub at all, but I'm guessing this might be of interest to some of those enjoying broad nibs, especially for Calligraphy.

 

Recently, there have been a number of youtube postings of an Opus 88 hack, transplanting a Pilot Parallel nib into a Opus 88 Demonstrator. I'm here to tell you it works wonderfully well.

 

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Happy writing!

 

David

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@tringle I guess we were posting at near the same time, I didn't see that you posted so I'm responding now.

 

@dms525 Hope to see your writing with that pen set up.

 

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Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

@tringle I guess we were posting at near the same time, I didn't see that you posted so I'm responding now.

 

@dms525 Hope to see your writing with that pen set up.

 

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Amber -  That’s hysterical.  BTW sending you a package.   I also did not realize how bad the photo was of the nib.  I will repost, a better one soon.  

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7 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

@tringle I guess we were posting at near the same time, I didn't see that you posted so I'm responding now.

 

@dms525 Hope to see your writing with that pen set up.

 

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What ink did you use in the top photo?  Pretty!

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12 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

Hope to see your writing with that pen set up.

 

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Just a little sample.

 

David

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19 hours ago, tringle said:

Amber -  That’s hysterical.  BTW sending you a package.   I also did not realize how bad the photo was of the nib.  I will repost, a better one soon.  

 

I look forward to it!  I'm applying our writing approach to other letters. I don't wait to write and send the letter. When it arrives, I send back at least a page.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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9 hours ago, dms525 said:

 

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Just a little sample.

 

David

 

As always, looking good!!!

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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14 hours ago, Misfit said:

What ink did you use in the top photo?  Pretty!

 

That's funny. The two images are the same ink and paper. One is a photo and the other is a scan. The ink is Birmiingham - I think it is Angel Fish but it could be Ultramarine.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

 

I look forward to it!  I'm applying our writing approach to other letters. I don't wait to write and send the letter. When it arrives, I send back at least a page.

Here is the new nib photo.  Much better than my first.

 

 

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16 hours ago, Misfit said:

What ink did you use in the top photo?  Pretty!

The ink I used is Taccia “ruri”.

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 New pen day! Fitted with a #8 Bock nib ground to CI by Pablo Carrasco. It's a sweet writer!

 

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Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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