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Tested for you: a Kaweco Classic Sport – a pocket fountain pen made of plastic – does not like to get in contact with sand, which may or may not happen in a parent's pocket. The sand got in between the cap and the body of the pen and locked it up so I couldn't uncap it anymore. Trying to force it open left lots of deep scars on the body and the inside of the cap. It still works but it is far from the buttery smooth experience it used to be.
Someone please send me the brass version of the Kaweco Sport 🥺
#FountainPens#Kaweco#KawecoSport

Tested for you: a Kaweco Classic Sport – a pocket fountain pen made of plastic – does not like to get in contact with sand, which may or may not happen in a parent's pocket. The sand got in between the cap and the body of the pen and locked it up so I couldn't uncap it anymore. Trying to force it open left lots of deep scars on the body and the inside of the cap. It still works but it is far from the buttery smooth experience it used to be.
Someone please send me the brass version of the Kaweco Sport 🥺
#FountainPens#Kaweco#KawecoSport

@penfount sheaffer! the kind of cheap school pen that they made for decades. my mom had a couple from her 1960s school days and bought me a few more in the 90s that were pretty much the same pen, including one of those calligraphy sets with the different sized nibs.

these were a great place to start and i still have a couple of them. (i guess i feel like the preppy is the modern equivalent, and preferable because less likely to leak.)

#FountainPens

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#SwatchWednesday
Colorverse Ham No. 65 Glistening

Back to possibly my favorite shimmer ink line, Colorverse 🙂 This one is an "old" one, and I can't believe it's taken me this long to get to it.

Works better slightly less inky, get more of the shading rather than a more flat dark teal.

Ham was the first chimp to go to space. Before flight he was known as lab animal No. 65.

#FountainPens#FountainPenInk

#SwatchWednesday
Colorverse Ham No. 65 Glistening

Back to possibly my favorite shimmer ink line, Colorverse 🙂 This one is an "old" one, and I can't believe it's taken me this long to get to it.

Works better slightly less inky, get more of the shading rather than a more flat dark teal.

Ham was the first chimp to go to space. Before flight he was known as lab animal No. 65.

#FountainPens#FountainPenInk

I never did a pinned intro post, so: Started in #radio 30 years ago, which transitioned to #podcast 20 years ago. “Mac OS Ken” focuses on Apple News. “The Checklist by #SecureMac” focuses on security. Did a show about #StarTrek, until the people who owned it wouldn’t pay a decent wage (no fooling). These days, all I REALLY want to talk about are #bookbinding, #fountainpens, #postcards, and #stationery. Well… and #VR. And #AR. And #Apple and #podcasting and radio.

Oh. And fuck the fascists.