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Occipital Lobe

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5 hours ago, Tas said:

I've been writing with this dainty but solid little thing since it arrived a few days ago.

After a past poor experience with a Sport, this has totally restored my belief in Kaweco and I feel no remorse about breaking my "No Pens This Year" vow . . .🙄

Kaweco Elegance, F nib

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And what s great capture of harmony this is.

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31 minutes ago, Occipital Lobe said:

And what s great capture of harmony this is.

 

😊 Thank you.
Hope all's well 😇

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At first glance, two classic pens, black and white, one of them with a clear 1950's Europe vibe...

 

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But then... Who shrank the nib?

 

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Strangely it doesn't bother me, the nib size somehow works with the rest of the design; but then, another surprise...

 

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It has a clear filling button. And there's a third surprise I can't show: it's an accordion filler. Very nice pen, makes Vert Empire come out light, consistently, without starting problems. It's a Bayard le 4 with an 18c nib.

 

Now for the other one...

 

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A Geha Goldschwinge 725, one of those pens I thought I would never get. I am slowly nursing it back to life, I'm on its third cleaning, ink has been flowing more and more freely; seems to get along with Blood Orange. Sold as an OB, it seems to write more like an OM or even OF; it's also my first oblique nib, not sure if needs to be rotated a little to find the sweet spot, but at least it doesn't hinder my writing and is perfectly smooth.

 

 

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."

 

B. Russell

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It's fair to say that my Pilot Namiki Falcon SF owes me absolutely nothing. I ADORE this pen.

(Ink is my "Teeling" mix . . . in an Edelstein bottle)

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Calabria

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Pelikan M205 Petrol Marbled with a Schimpf IF nib; Aurora Optima 365 Gialla F (only the cap visible; sorry.) Both with MB Royal Blue.

 

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"If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live."

– Lin Yu-T'ang

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I was following the streaming news on the PC last night and thoughtlessly doodling at the same time.

I actually did not realize this came out until I sort of completed the circle...

The pen in use is a Kaweco Dia II with an upgraded 076 Bock nib.

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1 hour ago, sansenri said:

I was following the streaming news on the PC last night and thoughtlessly doodling at the same time.

I actually did not realize this came out until I sort of completed the circle...

The pen in use is a Kaweco Dia II with an upgraded 076 Bock nib.

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That's a beautiful doodle!!

Co-founded the Netherlands Pen Club. DM me if you would like to know about our meetups and join our Discord!

 

Currently attempting to collect the history of Diplomat pens.

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Detman101

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My Opus-88 with its spanky new BBCI nib.
 

 

 

 

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"She who proclaims: “Ink is my preferred delivery system, because crayons melt in Vegas.”

In desert heat, above the Joshua trees,

God scribbled her the sky."

-Essayfaire

(RIP AmberLea Davis)

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@sansenri What was the ink in that pen?  And is it a sheening ink?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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On 3/28/2026 at 1:31 AM, inkstainedruth said:

@sansenri What was the ink in that pen?  And is it a sheening ink?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth


I did this quite a few years ago, but I really think it was Pelikan Royal blue!
Note however that the reason why it sheens is that I keep a bottle of royal blue on my desk that is often open, so water evaporates. When royal blue concentrates quite a bit it starts to sheen! 
It's easy and inexpensive to try, leave a bottle open and try every now and then, usually it takes at least a week to concentrate, often more.  🙂

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Well, "inexpensive" would depend entirely on the ink price to begin with.  But thanks for the information.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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The last bottle of "Royal Blue" I picked up was around $7 on Amazon.
Not too shabby for a good average ink that can shade blurple.

-DM-

"She who proclaims: “Ink is my preferred delivery system, because crayons melt in Vegas.”

In desert heat, above the Joshua trees,

God scribbled her the sky."

-Essayfaire

(RIP AmberLea Davis)

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On 3/30/2026 at 6:31 PM, Detman101 said:

The last bottle of "Royal Blue" I picked up was around $7 on Amazon.
Not too shabby for a good average ink that can shade blurple.

-DM-

correct, I had probably paid 6 euro for the bottle. It is slightly more today, 7 to 8 euro on Italian Amazon.
In addition I have quite some stock of it, since I like Pelikans and often royal blue bottles have been bundled in with some of my purchases.
It's a nice reference ink, though not my favourite, but practically any pen writes well with it.  I usually test new pens with it, then decide what ink to use in them once I've seen how they behave with royal blue.
I tend to think "if it doesn't write with royal blue, the problem is the pen!" 🙂

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I'll admit that Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue is an ink that does not wow me -- and blue has been my favorite color since I was a little kid....  OTOH, I've liked a lot of the other Pelikan and Edelstein inks I've tried over the years.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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dcwaites

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Here is a piccy of the Jinhao Goldilocks Three Bears pens --

 

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From top to bottom 

  • Papa Bear, aka Jinhao 9019
  • Mama Bear, aka Jinhao 9016
  • and Baby Bear, aka Jinhao 9013

I wanted to get the 9013 in clear as well, but the sparkly green was the closest I could get.

 

Basic facts --

9019 with #8 nib in collar and special screw-in 1.5 ml converter

9016 with #6 nib in collar and special screw-in 1.2 ml converter

9013 with #6 nib in collar and standard Jinhao 0.7 ml converter.

 

 

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And someone has to speak up for them as has no voices.”


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