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I just accidentally dropped my Jinhao 10 #FountainPen and bent the nib slightly (at least it wasn't an expensive pen, right?).

I did my best to bend it back into shape by hand and oddly enough, I kind of like the way it writes now better than before.

#fountainpen

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Jim P.
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As long as it still feeds ink and writes reasonably, it could be good. Either it bends down and you got a free posting nib mod or it bends up and get you a free fude nib mod.

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Wearing white clothing while using a #FountainPen is always a gamble. I lost that bet today.
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Jonathan Lamothe
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Fortunately fountain pen ink is water soluble so it often washes right out if you get to it immediately.

Thank God it wasn't my Baystate Blue.

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Thought I had berry juice on my hand from the food I was eating so I licked it.

It was ink.

I love my #FountainPen but sometimes...

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Jonathan Lamothe
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@Jigme Datse It was strangely flavourless, actually. The ink was Damine Sleigh Ride. You'd think the sheen would've tipped me off, but the room was relatively dark.
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Not that knowledgable about that ink/line. I have noted that stuff like walnut ink, tea ink, sumi ink, very much can have a distinct flavour. A fair amount of ball point ink I've noticed certainly has a flavour. But some of the potential fountain pen inks, I can see basically not having anything you'd note.

I'll have to look up that ink.

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Little by little I've been going more and more analog. I still track every little thing I need to do in my #OrgMode system to help manage my #ADHD, but that list itself can get a little overwhelming. I've started combing over it in the morning, picking out the most critical things for that day and writing them down on a paper checklist in a small notebook I keep in my pocket. The notebook has the advantage of not distracting me with a thousand notifications every time I'm trying to do something productive.

Plus, I just really like having an excuse to put a nice #FountainPen and ink to paper.

Edit: slightly less clumsily worded

#orgmode #ADHD #fountainpen

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Welp, it's #FountainPen cleaning and re-inking day. #Today I re-learned why I don't use shimmer inks in my #TWSBI Diamond 580. In fact, I usually reserve them exclusively for dip pens.

Time to meticulously clean out a clogged feed. It didn't even make it a paragraph.

#fountainpen #today #twsbi

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Jonathan Lamothe
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@BennysLittleThings Diamine Icy Lilac from the Inkvent 2024 collection.
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I've got J. Herbin's 1670 Emerald of Chivor in my TWSBI Diamond 580, and it's working fine. I'm not seeing any shimmer though, as I've got an EF nib on it. It looks REALLY cool inside the pen.

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I recently got a #Sailor #Hokoro dip pen, and much to my chagrin have found that several of my #FountainPen inks do not work well in it. It's almost like the ink refuses to be picked up by the nib/feed.

Has anyone else encountered this? Is there a solution?

Edit: the paper also seems to be a factor

#fountainpen #sailor #Hokoro
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do you have a nib with or without reservoir? It works better with reservoir so I put them on all the nibs. You do have to keep it dipped in the ink for a few seconds for the reservoir to fill up, which is something that’s not necessarily intuitive.
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Jonathan Lamothe
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@paradoxmo Ohhhhhh... I do have a reservoir. I shall have to try keeping it submerged a moment.
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@StarSloth I'm giving them a second longer go with a bit more soap. I've also picked up a few other tips. We'll see of those make a difference.
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It's that time again: time to clean my #BaystateBlue #FountainPen. How many times do you think I'll have to run it through the ultrasonic 'till the water stops turning blue?

Time will tell.

#fountainpen #BaystateBlue

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I know this is very first-world-problem, but now that I have my favourite #FountainPen back in working order, I had to make a tough decision about which pen gets the boot from the limited pen slots in my messenger bag. I imagine it's a bit like choosing favourites amongst one's children.
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@Parker51 I mean, who only has four pens, right?
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I can't limit myself, I put different color ink in each pen to justify bringing them all.

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Finally got the replacement barrel for my TWSBI Diamond 580 #FountainPen from the factory.
A notepad with "The Pen of Thesius writes again!" written in green (Pelikan Edelstein Adventurine) ink. The pen itself is uncapped and laid out on the page beneath the text with the nib end propped up on the cap.
#fountainpen

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