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coys25 ,

I find that they’re great for headings, titles, dates, etc - a little emphasis in my notes. With that said, my pilot metropolitan’s stub nib has also always been really scratchy too, and hard starts a lot. It’s always been one of my most disappointing pens.

One of my favorite stub nibs is a Jinhao 80 (Lamy 2000 clone, usually sub-$10). I swapped out the Jinhao nib for a Lamy 1.1 stub, and it writes like a dream!

coys25 OP ,

That is a pretty fascinating ink - seems to be a totally different color depending on nib and paper…

coys25 OP ,

The Diamine guitar inks just generally look like nice autumn inks - nice!

coys25 OP ,

Nice - I had misread this as Diamine Earl Grey at first, and was very confused (“I’ve used this before and don’t remember any orange tones!”). But it does look beautiful!

Saddle Brown also looks very nice and versatile. Do you think that you need a medium nib to get the full spectrum of shading? I’ve sometimes been disappointed with browns that are too light with an F nib (bought a sample of Robert Oster Caffe Crema, but it really was too light for my daily use unless in an M, B, or stub).

Noodler's Triple Tail - Feed has a hole? ( lemmy.world )

Hello, all! I’ve only recently jumped from dip pen calligraphy to the wonderful world of fountain pens, so I naturally found myself drawn to the Noodler’s flex nibs. I’ve been using my Creaper for months now and figured I’d finally earned myself the next big sexy- the Triple Tail. It arrived yesterday, and it writes like...

coys25 ,

Is it just the “blowhole” described here?

fountainpenchronicles.blog/…/breathe-just-breathe…

I don’t have one of these, unfortunately, so don’t have a comparison…

coys25 ,

Mostly Leuchtturm, mainly because I really like their notebooks and the variety of them that are available. The paper is fine, but not like tomoe or anything like that. I mostly write at work during meetings etc., so the notebook is equally important to me. Open to other suggestions though!

coys25 ,

These longer-range forecasts should be considered very rough approximations, but it’s hard to see the smoke going away with weak steering currents expected to remain in place through the end of August.

Good thing we’ve still got some N95s in storage!

coys25 ,

We did that for a number of years and they do work OK. Two or three years ago, we finally broke down and bought standalone air purifiers when we had a newborn. I know they’re expensive, but if you get them off season they’re much cheaper. Might consider it if you’re going to be in Seattle for the long haul, unfortunately… They work well, are pretty energy efficient, and are much quieter than the box fans.

coys25 ,

This sounds a lot like me! Though I’m closer to 8 or 9 inked at a time. Lots of notes in meetings; I have a few stub nibs inked up that I use for headers, then rotate (less systematically) through the other pens throughout the day. The changing colors for each meeting help to provide a good visual separation between meetings in my notes. Plus, it’s a nice little change of pace to “reset” between meetings by choosing a new pen.

coys25 ,

I think that !seattlemariners may be more active?

coys25 ,

Didn’t even know that this was happening, but glad to see it! (At least in the summers - it’s been a zoo recently and hopefully this will give everyone a little room to spread out!)

coys25 OP ,

I’m US based so unfortunately there’s a mismatch in size. I’ll probably just drop some sheets in right before I print, definitely not going to pay to replace everyone else’s paper!

coys25 OP ,

Follow-up - I bought this and it works great! And yes - it is really thick. I think the reams of the usual printer paper at the office are going to develop an inferiority complex. Thanks again for the recommendations!

coys25 , (edited )

I found the new FP user intro stuff over there very useful, and many of the guides (eg guide to Chinese fountain pens, etc) were great. If we could recreate some of that, would be awesome!

coys25 ,

I was thinking less “copy-paste” and more “set up the structure and come up with content ourselves over time?”

Wingsung 699 leaking ( sh.itjust.works )

I bought a Wingsung 699 recently from AliExpress because I wanted to try out a vacuum filler. Ink leaks from around the nib whenever I cap it, leading to ink getting on the grip. When I write, blobs of ink sometimes burp out onto the page. Is this typical for this brand? I have another no name Wingsung (I think it’s actually a...

coys25 ,

I have two 699s and both are among my favorite Chinese pens. No leaking… You may have gotten a defective pen, unfortunately. Are you storing it with the blind cap screwed closed the whole way? If the blind cap is fully closed, the pen shouldn’t be leaking at all…

The burping can happen with vac fillers as your hand’s warmth causes air in the barrel to expand, pushing out the ink. Filling the pen up more fully may help - less air to expand. Are you writing with the blind cap open? This may help as there won’t be a sealed off barrel in which the air can expand.

coys25 ,

Hmm, that’s not been my experience. I have probably 15ish pens from Jinhao and Wing Sung, and only one had a (minor) QC problem. They write well, for the price, and you certainly don’t need to buy a handful to get a single good one (at least of the ones I’ve gotten). Sure, you should be prepared for the possibility that you might get a lemon, but I do think that that’s the exception, not the rule (at least these days).

coys25 , (edited )

Right - you would think that the shut off valve should keep any expanding air out of the nib. between that and the leaking, maybe you just have a defective pen with some issue in the sealing of the shut-off valve?

coys25 ,

If you think that this is gross, definitely don’t look up anything about salmon parasites…

Anybody have any idea what this stuff inside the cap of my pen is? ( lemmy.world )

I was riding with a Wing Sung 3009 today (a pretty nice, super cheap piston filler BTW) when I noticed this gunk on the inside of the cap. I’m pretty sure that I filled the pen up with Noodler’s Air Corps Blue/Black a few months ago and then let the pen sit. It wrote pretty much right away....

coys25 OP ,

Thanks everyone! I’ll rescue the pen now knowing that it’s not harmful!

coys25 ,

Nice! If you actually need help figuring out how to get it working, check out this video from Goulet.

I would suggest doing a quick pen clean first. Some Jinhaos come with a bit of ink in them for testing or some oils from the factory. This doesn’t have to be anything fancy - it’s a $9 pen! Here are some tips but don’t feel the need to get distilled water or anything like that. Just push any ink out, pull up some water with the converter out of a cup, and repeat a few times until any ink that was in there at first is gone. Then dry the nib by holding a paper towel or cloth against it until all of the water is sucked out. Then ink it up!

Especially with these cheaper pens, I try not to be super precious about cleaning them. People get really fussy about it. But the pens are meant to be used and if a few drops of ink are left, it doesn’t really matter. You might see that the ink is a slightly different color at first due to ink mixing, but oh well! It’ll work itself out.

Just use the pen, and if you aren’t going to use it for a while, remove the ink and rinse it out so that it’s not drying inside.

coys25 ,

Great! If ink dries in it, just get what you can out then soak it in water for a few hours / overnight. If you’re like the rest of us, you’ll have more pens than you can keep inked & working soon enough!

coys25 ,

Much appreciated - the transformation of Ballard Ave has been such a great improvement. Love the dual use of the outdoor space as market stalls and seating for restaurants, and the atmosphere with so much outdoor dining is excellent.

Had to laugh at this random quote from Dan Strauss, though:

“When Jonsi, lead singer of the band Sigur Rós, visited Ballard this spring he exclaimed, unprompted, that ‘Ballard Avenue is poppin!’"

moving to Seattle

Hello all. I have landed a job in Seattle. I wanted to know your input in finding a place to rent in Seattle. I learned from Reddit that I should avoid Tacoma. However, I’m looking for more tips on how to find a place and how far from Seattle is too far. As a follow-up question, how to find a place not very expensive that is...

coys25 ,

What’s your budget? And are you planning to have roommates?

coys25 OP ,

The balance is great - I almost always post and have had no problems. I think that its because the pen itself has a small profile, so while the steel adds some weight, it’s still not a very heavy or big pen overall.

coys25 ,

I use them at work - when in the hospital, to jot down notes and to-dos throughout the day to help me document electronically later. When I’m in my research role, I have tons of meetings (many via Zoom). I have a big Leuchtturm1917 (A4+) notebook that I use to jot down notes, which keeps me engaged, and also to work out ideas / write out math or pseudo-code.

Outside of work, I will sometimes write passages of poetry or prose to try to improve my handwriting or check out inks. I’m giving the journaling thing a try at the moment though it’s not something that I’ve done regularly before.

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