🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org

@menachemfriedman Lovely :)

@ClaraListensprechen4

Great to have you here, enjoy... Let me know if I can help with anything.

@shuttersparks

@realcaseyrollins Much better thanks. I didnt hear any explosions all day today. So I guess the worst of it is over...

@arinbasu1

I just bought a lamy demonstrator liek 2 weeks ago on a whim :) I rarely use it though because im such a flex nib addict, outside of the flat nib work.... but i know a quality pen when i see it :)

@khird

@arinbasu1

Lamy is a great choice, and I think the body is probably slim enough for him.. only down side to the lamy is you wont be getting any flex at all, as stiff as they come.. .great pen for a stiff nib though as an everyday writer.

I use lamy for my flat-nib work. Love them.

@khird

@khird Its hard to say from mjust a description but I suspect all three of these likely would need a spare part to be repaired. They may not be easy fixes (photos of the damage might help).

Sheafer balance should be a fine every day writer for you you.

If you do want a bit of flex but firm enough to be an every day writer and not too delicate consider the pilot falcon

Attached is an image of three pens with various degrees of flex, all but the bottom one would be fgirm enough for every day writing but with good flex when engaged. The middle one is the pilot falcon

@khird Flexible nibs are more delecate, its true, and you will hear people caution you... but I wouldnt let that stop you. I had absolutely no writing skills and my first pen was a wet noodle (as delicate and flexible as you can get).. as long as your mindful its fine, i have yet to bend a nib. Just be mindful.

That said, its more about writing style.. A flexible nib is for signing and requires a type of writing style very different from a firm nib. So it simply may not be a fit for that reason. Generally a flex nib wont be great for fast note-taking like writing. But its amazing if you want your writing to look good.

What sort of work do the pens you have your eye on need, maybe I can give you some idea as to how doable it is, I've done some minor repairs on a few pens.

By the way if you just want a nice standard firm nib pen that is a workhorse, lamy is a relatively cheap but very reliable pen.

@khird You are speaking my language! I am a huge fountain pen collector and every day user.

So for starters you can fit a vacuum/plunger converter in virtually any fountain pen, so that doesnt need to be a criteria... slim shouldnt be too hard (though to be fair im not sure the exact sizes)... Where you might run into some issues is the flex nib.

Modern flex nibs are either very expensive (~500 USD), or very poor performing (to the point of being useless)... Your best bet is to either give up on flex, accept just a small amount of flex (we wouldnt really call that a flex nib usually), or buy vintage if you really want good flex.

In fact, vintage pens are a great idea overall if you really want the best writing instrument possible for the price.

Whats your price range/?

@SlicerDicer @feld

Yea i do intend to make my own filling station one day.

Nice stuff!

@SlicerDicer @feld

Indistinguishable from a disassembled C3PO

@thor

Yea, it is a great instance thanks to koyu

@koyu

@thor

I feel the same, and even offered to help (financially or as an admin)... but I think for koyus mental health this isprobably best, when i brought it up it seemed to upset them a bit so there are probably elements here that are very personal in the decision I suspect.

@koyu

@admitsWrongIfProven

Thats fair if thats the metric at play.

@mur2501

@admitsWrongIfProven

I doubt anyone thinks the germans were in the right on this one...

@mur2501

@mur2501

Wars can be hugely profitable... if you win :)

@feld

@feld

I am aware, thus why i said im not sure if we had the foresight to know if it would play out that way, or how early on the US planned to attempt to form the UN.

@mur2501

@feld

While im not sure we had the foresight to see this, to be fair we gained a LOT from WWII... it is the means by which we managed to control the UN and, along with a small handful of other countries, have complete unilateral global control over nuclear weapons.

@mur2501

@feld @SlicerDicer

Full trimix deep sea and Cave diver all the way! Always nice to meet a fellow diver.