PB Fountain Pens

[gkterry]

I have a modest collection of fountain pens. i started using them because pressing a ballpoint on the paper for long periods caused my hand to cramp. i found that my writing looked much better when using a fp. Since i retired i use pens less except when making notes in my Bible then i use Pigma Micron archival pens. I am a firm believer in using fp. btw, there are products from removing inks from clothes (just search). The best thing for removing ink from hands is Lava soap.

 

[C4MERON]

Get one and a short sleeve dress shirt with a tie. Don’t forget Brylcreem. Tell her you are going to 1966 to work trajectories for Gemini.

 

[GulfCoast Presbyterian]

I have found just shampooing your hair as part of your daily routine will get most any ink off your hands OTHER than Baystate Blue. Baystate Blue is "liquid Sauron." The effectiveness of this little hack does sort of make you wonder what shampoo is doing to your skin.......

 

[Frisian Gardener]

I'm left-handed. I never learned to write "correctly" and my hand still cramps quickly.

I use a Platinum 3776, soft fine nib. It takes much less pressure to push the pen across the paper than a ballpoint, so I can keep going for longer. The Asian nibs, made for details in the Chinese characters, also help with small handwriting.

For ink, I like the authoritative look of Pilot's Shin-Kai.

 

[ZackF]

. The Asian nibs, made for details in the Chinese characters, also help with small handwriting.

That’s one of the things that interested me in fountain pins. I’m a language buff and wannabe language learner and realized that if I wanted to learn Arabic or Chinese they may come in handy.

 

[GulfCoast Presbyterian]

That’s one of the things that interested me in fountain pins. I’m a language buff and wannabe language learner and realized that if I wanted to learn Arabic or Chinese they may come in handy.

My caligraphy friends tell me that Arabic lettering is a more peculiar animal than the Asian forms, and you would probably want a left-handed, sharp italic nib, or a Hebrew/Architect grind. I would tear a lot of paper with that grind. I am also told the Lamy Cursive Nib (in steel) is a good candidate for an inexpensive modification for Arabic lettering. I always wanted a Hebrew/Architect grind, but not enough to go through the process for the modification with a nibmeister.

 

[ZackF]

My caligraphy friends tell me that Arabic lettering is a more peculiar animal than the Asian forms, and you would probably want a left-handed, sharp italic nib, or a Hebrew/Architect grind. I would tear a lot of paper with that grind. I am also told the Lamy Cursive Nib (in steel) is a good candidate for an inexpensive modification for Arabic lettering. I always wanted a Hebrew/Architect grind, but not enough to go through the process for the modification with a nibmeister.

That is all Greek to me but I will know now if the time comes.

 

[dsanch1120]

Regarding writing in non-latin alphabets, is there a good pen or nib for that? I've found that my extra-fine Lamy is decent for writing in Greek, but I imagine that writing will be much more difficult next year when I start on Hebrew

 

[GulfCoast Presbyterian]

A Hebrew/Architect grind of a broad nib is usually the preferred FP nib for Hebrew lettering. Specialty nibs are ground to maximize line variation. An "italic" nib is wide, but ground to a sharper chisel tip to give broad downstrokes, and thinner cross strokes. The problem is, the sharp corners catch the paper on diagonals, so there is a slight learning curve. If you knock down the sharp edges on the corners of a crisp/sharp italic nib, it becomes a user friendly cursive italic or "stub."

A a Hebrew/Architect grind is like a "reverse italic." It is sort of an italic rotated 90 degrees and ground thin vertically to give thinner down strokes, and wider cross-strokes. This is about a $40 modification from a nibmeister. I am not aware of a "factory" offered Hebrew/Architect grind in the US/Europe, but there probably is one somewhere.

EDIT: I stand corrected. https://www.gentlemanstationer.com/blog/tag/Architect+Nibs