Thought I'd try an old fountain pen of mine.

Aha! so that's what the converter is! I think Broad was a good starter choice and that I need to get into Italic nibs soon!
Converter
Italic nibs
Purple ink
That should get me free postage, I suspect. But wait till you're tried the pen first, Carl!
 
Bechet said:
Aha! so that's what the converter is! I think Broad was a good starter choice and that I need to get into Italic nibs soon!
Converter
Italic nibs
Purple ink
That should get me free postage, I suspect. But wait till you're tried the pen first, Carl!
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"Hurry slowly" :)

I think the pen comes with a free cartridge so you can get a chance to try out the pen to see how you like it.
If you go down the bottled-ink route (in addition to the one you already have) - the British Diamine inks are very highly regarded.

Tip: With a syringe you can in many cases manually refill the plastic cartridges with ink from a bottle so you don't have to buy a converter...but I have only read/seen videos about it and have not tried it myself.

Yup...next thing you need to get is some good paper in a carry-with-you notebook so you can sit at the pub and pour your SOTD thoughts into it :)
 
A broad nib failed to slow me down at all but showed I can still write in ink. A 1.5mm nib arrived this morning and, thanks for the nib change vid, Erik, it slowed me down almost enough for my hand to become legible. So I have a 1.9mm Lamy AL-Star black purple on order.

I'm about to find out whether or not one can change a cartridge without getting all inked up. Over the guest wash basin, I think.

Turns out you can! but it is important to fit the new cartridge the right way round else, well, it doesn't fit and the barrel won't screw back on.

I think I must have learned to write using an italic nib - it just feels so right and the result looks like joined-up writing is supposed to look. Marion Richardson pops into my mind. Ah! Seems she died a few months after I was born but her work lives on!
 
Darkbulb said:
Tip: With a syringe you can in many cases manually refill the plastic cartridges with ink from a bottle so you don't have to buy a converter...but I have only read/seen videos about it and have not tried it myself.
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After years of using converters this is exactly what I have started doing for the last few months now. It is very easy and clean to do.

Have actually found it a more efficient way of loading up a pen

Just buy some cheap carts from Wilkos, use the syringe to empty and wash them out and leave somewhere like a warm cupboard to dry for a few days.

You can fill them completely up before using and there is need to be dipping and sucking your pen out of a bottle getting your fingers inky
 
Wow so my many Lamy and Parker pens are worth something? I have around 5/6 fountain pens dotted around. Gave up on fountain pens when Penali said I could throw my pen at a dartboard without damaging the solid iridium nib. It bent on impact. Have a couple of Mont Blanc pens as well which are superbly smooth.

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Bechet said:
Very enigmatic! The purpose of said small rubber grommet would be ...?
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New cartridges are sealed. Some pens allow you to store a spare in the barrel.

I am assuming BB fills his cartridges as he needs them and doesn't store them already filled.
 
Here is what I take to work:

I use a turquoise Quink ink with the fountain pen, using a syringe based refill.
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Nishy said:
Wow so my many Lamy and Parker pens are worth something? I have around 5/6 fountain pens dotted around. Gave up on fountain pens when Penali said I could throw my pen at a dartboard without damaging the solid iridium nib. It bent on impact. Have a couple of Mont Blanc pens as well which are superbly smooth.
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Depending on the pens and condition you might be able to sell them and get a razor or three :)
 
The Lamy pens I have to find I had 4, 2 were black all fountain pens. But last time I saw them I was 15!

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