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Thank you. Now I can say my handwriting looks like a cockroach with two bad knees ran through an inkwell. Brilliant.

I don’t know that I need any of the fountain pens that I own (gasp) but I sure do enjoy the experience. Plus it gives me something to discuss with random strangers.

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Clairfontaine supplies Rhodia paper. The Clairfontaine notebooks are not as pretty but the paper is good. The major difference is the Clairfontaine paper is white where Rhodia is off white.

Clairfontaine is a much better deal, I just can’t give up the nice covers on the Rhodiarama notebooks.

Is that a combination of growth and progress? Seems legit to me.

I bought a pink hooded nib version for my daughter about 7 years ago. The enamel was good and the brass pen had nice weight. The hooded nib kept it from completely drying out but it would eventually hard start. Pens have come a long way so they may have improved the cap seal.

Lochby Tool Roll A classic piece that has been updated to transport our modern tools. Works great as a pen roll, dopp kit, cycling tool kit, artist roll, first aid kit. The options are endless. Rugged waxed canvas is ...

Not exactly a three pen case, sorry. I do have Lochby tool roll that is very nice and versatile.

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Happy Birthday.

My spin on the Man from Nantucket limerick written in a Rhodia journal with a blue black color swatch of Endless Alchemy Blue Raven ink. The ink exhibits a copper sheen. An uncapped fountain pen rests on the page just below the text. The poem reads: There once was a man from Nantucket Who sat on his porch and yelled “Suck it!” The kids had their day When they picked from the hay What he stepped in when he said “Fuck it.”

Close up of an ink color swatch of Endless Alchemy Blue Raven. The ink is blue, blue black, and copper.

Another view of a color swatch with a partial view of the ink bottle resting on a journal with a poem written on the page.

New ink day! Finally purchased a bottle of Endless Alchemy Blue Raven. They make a boring blue black ink, well, alchemy. Blue to blue black with a copper sheen. I couldn’t pass up inking the Esterbrook Estie Raven button filler.

The poem is my version of an old one. Hope you enjoy it.

Oh, I don’t think this is so. I do love for your poetry posts. They provide a nice pause when I am scrolling, telling myself that I don’t need another pen. I do find the settings interesting as well.

Little man is feeling the music 🎶✨

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I love Birmingham inks. Enjoy.

I have a two Nahvalur pens and they are very nice. I don’t use shimmer inks so I don’t have issues cleaning them. Very solid pen. I can’t speak to the medium nib, as I prefer a fine nib. I will say the fine is wet and more like a fine medium so a medium should be really nice.

Book cover of “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis. A novel with similarities to current events that explores the growth of fascism and far right ideologies.

Book cover of “The Auctioneer” by Joan Samson. A thriller that looks behind the curtain at how quickly fascism can overtake our lives.

Truth is stranger than fiction, but there is always more truth in fiction than we recognize. I doubt these books will change an ideology once adopted. Cooperation leads to control and further permission. Please buy or borrow from your local library and share.

Second.

Put your kid in a box. Lefty, righty, or cardboard.

Sending kids in the mail - U.S. Postal Facts POSTAL FACT: In the early days of Parcel Post, a few parents managed to mail their children to relatives. In 1913, an 8-month-old baby in Ohio was mailed by his parents to his grandmother, who lived a...

The new administration did say they want to go back to the old ways, way back.

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And I forgot. Happy Early Birthday to you. Many happy returns.

I finally purchased an Esterbrook Estie (Raven) this year and now I wonder why I waited. Mine is a button filler, but they have a converter option also. I have two Pilot Custom 92 with gold nibs and the Estie’s steel nib skates circles around them.

Thank you.

Some of the pens listed have rounded grips that taper while others are just a slight triangle grip. I wonder if a larger round grip section would help more.

Diplomat Magnum
Twisbi Swipe
Lamy Al Star
Faber Castell Grip
Twisbi Eco & Eco T
Sailor Compas TUZU (adjustable grip) $44

The List starts with the Shark at $1.75 per when purchased in a bundle up to the TUZU which has a grip that is adjustable.

Happy writing.

Jinhao Shark or Mako these go for $20 for 12 pens on Amazon and eBay. (Don’t buy from Goulet where they a $4 per)
Pilot Kakuno $12.50 (you will need to consider buying a converter and ink or cartridges)
Pilot Penmanship
Kaweco Perkeo
TWISBI GO
Pelikan Pelikano or Grip
Pilot Explorer or Metropolitan

There are basic pens that have a triangle grip. The idea is to teach you how to hold the pen. A trick I use for long writing stints is to change out pens that have different grip sizes. I will list some starter pens with ergonomic grips that I am familiar with.

In case decide to take up a new hobby.

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This has been a point of contention with me and various family members for decades. They think I'm being overtly judgey when I say, "I don't shop at...." even when I say nothing about their choices. Of course I am judgey, but it's their guilt speaking. Anyway, I have found this useful lately.

I love writing while jazz is playing. One of my go to artists is Henri Texier. Instead of the bourbon I would settle for a Romeo y Julieta Riserva. Sláinte!

It does. Although, I like to have a second under the side that has the least pages to balance things out. I like to rest my hand on a third. So you can imagine I have a few of them. Ditto on the paper.

A couple of Pilot 92s with soft fine nibs, an Estie Raven(my favorite) and a vintage Parker 51 (daily). I like De Atramentis document ink for water safe inks and Birmingham Pen Co for regular. Diamine, Pilot, 3 Oysters are all good.

My go to is the Rhodia Rhodiarama Soft cover A5. I love the colors and cream colored paper. Clairfontaine has a slightly cheaper version with white paper and more pages. Same paper.

My handwriting is pretty compact. I average 200/220 words per page. Maybe two a year for journaling.

Warren Mfg penny pen from the turn of the century. Pen is black paper with a company label wrapped around the grip section.

Warren Mfg penny pen from the turn of the century. Pen is black paper with a company label wrapped around the grip section.

Warren Mfg penny pen from the turn of the century. Pen is black paper with a company label wrapped around the grip section.

Warren Mfg penny pen from the turn of the century. Pen is black paper with a company label wrapped around the grip section.

I will check it out. The pens are from Warren Mfg, N Manchester, IN. They are a penny pen and you can’t remove the nib without destroying the pen. I understood them to be Esterbrook nibs.