Fountain Pens To Excess
06/14/2015Is there a ten-step program for people who ink too many pens at one time? My current rotation is ridiculously out of control. Or maybe not…
Top row:
- Mink Levenger True Writer
- Amber Conklin Duragraph
- Clementine Retro 51
- Raspberry Lamy AL-Star
- Green Lamy AL-Star
- Green Levenger True Writer
- Cracked Ice Conklin Duragraph
- Noodler’s Creaper Demo
- Platinum Century Nice Pur
- Platinum Century Nice
Bottom row:
- Platinum Century Chartres Blue
- Platinum #3776 music nib
- Namiki Falcon SF
- Sailor Sapporo
- Pelikan M-215 Rings
Oh, that is EVIL! I just spotted a couple of inks I “need” to get. 😋
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Bwahahahaha!
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Yes you just don’t replace a pen which you remove it from rotation – sooner or later you will have less pens inked. I am holding at three pens inked up. I can’t bring myself to go lower.
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That’s showing great restraint, David. Which pens and inks?
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I’m with you in that I have at least as many inked up. I have been trying to use the ink and then put them away, but then a new sample comes in, and I need an empty pen…I do have a glass pen, but that’s just not the same.
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My glass pen gets little use, too. There’s nothing quite like a fountain pen. A dip pen with a feed is the closest and works fine for making a color sample. Well loaded, it will write up to a page though a half page is more likely. The flow isn’t as even as a fountain pen, but it is convenient. Cleans in a snap so you can load a new color immediately. Very convenient for a color lover.
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I’m not much better than you! I usually have 13 inked at any given time. If there is a 10-step program, I should probably sign myself up too. 😛
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It really isn’t the pens that make me do it. It’s the inks and all that color!
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