Thanks to Julie of Whatever I have a Noodler’s Creaper flexible nib fountain pen. She gave it good marks in her review and that made me look forward to trying it. It really is the creepy, is-my-nib-going-to-split-in-two slit responsible for the tines being able to spread. The steel itself looks slightly thicker than the Tachikawa School-G …
Featuring the talents of: 1 The Hicks fountain pen 2 The Swan Pen 3202 3 Moore Safety pen 4 Waterman 12 5 bamboo pen 6 Private Reserve Arabian Rose 7 Caran d’Ache Caribbean Sea 8 Lots and lots of Platinum Carbon Black 9 Water bottle
Oh wow, a new video. It only took me 3,249 years to do a new one. The soundtrack is from Sarah 100’s There and Back Again Lane, Â “The Joy of Living” by Blueboy.
While I previously streamed Quicktime videos, I think I’ll just embed from Youtube or Vimeo. What do you guys think?
The ballpoint is a Lamy, the pen is an Eversharp Skyline, and the video is short.
The audio is classic bad instructional video (voice-over talent I am not), but the video should be useful if you’re interested in seeing this unusual nib in action. The ink is Caran d’Ache Storm, diluted – it shades even more wonderfully that way.
I have walked many streets with this song in my ears. It is a triumph of songwriting, from the internal rhymes to the conversational cadence. It’s about time I did a video for it. Also, you see a little more of me in this one, because the instrumental bridge was a wee bit longer than …
One of the best things about working in advertising is I can shoot myself writing in my notebook during internal meetings when only 4% of my brain is required.
If you’ve always wondered exactly what “elastic” means when it comes to Nakaya nibs, this video should give you an idea.Â
Three years ago, I didn’t even know oblique nibs existed. Oblique nibs are cut at an angle, rather than straight across like an italic or stub, or rounded like most nibs. There are left-foot and right-foot obliques. I have a old Pelikan M400 with a left-foot OBB nib, an oblique double broad. I’m told that …