Testing: 1, 2, 3
Oct. 14th, 2010 03:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gracedpalmerI am now less sick. I think.
I recently came into possession of (read: ordered from ebay) a new fountain pen. Specifically, a Hero 237-1 Accountant pen with a dinky lil nib. This is part of my quest to find a decent nondisposable pen that doesn't require me to have a bottle of ink and a flat surface on hand. Dip pens are lovely, but they take a fair amount of prep. The Hero thus far fits the bill: it holds ink well, doesn't blot, isn't scratchy, and makes lines almost as fine as my 01 microns. I'd like a finer line still, but it seems that XXXF nibs are a little tricky to find.
Today I got the ink for the pen, since one can't go sticking India ink into a fountain pen, especially not the shellac-based stuff I like. The ink also came with a decent dropper-fill fountain pen (as primitive as they get), which I also like well enough, and may use for regular writing. It was free, so it doesn't matter so much if I lose it. Here's what I did to test things out.
This is about 150% bigger than the actual thing, which is a little 4x3 piece of watercolor paper. This is pen and ink, plus acrylics.
I recently came into possession of (read: ordered from ebay) a new fountain pen. Specifically, a Hero 237-1 Accountant pen with a dinky lil nib. This is part of my quest to find a decent nondisposable pen that doesn't require me to have a bottle of ink and a flat surface on hand. Dip pens are lovely, but they take a fair amount of prep. The Hero thus far fits the bill: it holds ink well, doesn't blot, isn't scratchy, and makes lines almost as fine as my 01 microns. I'd like a finer line still, but it seems that XXXF nibs are a little tricky to find.
Today I got the ink for the pen, since one can't go sticking India ink into a fountain pen, especially not the shellac-based stuff I like. The ink also came with a decent dropper-fill fountain pen (as primitive as they get), which I also like well enough, and may use for regular writing. It was free, so it doesn't matter so much if I lose it. Here's what I did to test things out.
This is about 150% bigger than the actual thing, which is a little 4x3 piece of watercolor paper. This is pen and ink, plus acrylics.