Spring in the countryside

I had good intentions, I swear!
I started sketching but then I laid down on the warm grass...and took a nap!

Puzzle anyone?

It's never a good sign if a pen package sounds like a pack of cereals... those were my first thoughts upon handling a light bubble-wrap envelope, and I was right.

 

Today is just not a good pen day, so I'll have to grin and bear and hope to salvage the cap (slightly cracked) and nib. That used to be a McNiven and Cameron Wavelery pen, it was around for 50+ odd years but didn't survive the postal system.

5 April 2011

Added a couple of pens I need to test to my arsenal this week/month.

I don't use them all together! I usually choose two with contrasting ink and they stay on my desk all day, doodling, making notes on worksheets, doodling again, writing useless notes on worksheets once again.

TWSBI Diamond - Sailor Rikyu-cha
Mabie Todd Swan - R&K Scabiosa
Parker Duofold (Black & Pearl) - DIY dark brown mix
Parker Duofold (Dusty Red) - Sailor Yama-dori
Noodler's Flex pen - dirty mix of blue and purple

Flushing day

When I clean my pens I often spend more time looking at the pretty patterns ink makes in water than actually flushing the pen.
For the record they are Noodler's Nightshade and Herbin's 1670.

24 february 2011

A few pens I've restored lately and brought at work to play...