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An attempt at some Italian hand Copperplate calligraphy i just did for my sister.

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My Wahl Eversharp wet noodle adjustable nib fountain pen just arrived. I'm really impressed, I couldn't tell from the pictures but this thing is in really good quality. The plastic doesn't even have the slights scratch of flaw in it. Aside from some stained ink on the nib that was pretty easy to remove it almost looks mint (I saw almost because the copyright is slightly worn off).

This writing is absolutely suburb. I think hands down out of all my antique pens this is by far my favorite. The adjustable nib really hits it out of the park too.

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Decided to give a go at restoring antique fountain pens. I bought this pen for 20$, it was completely non functional. After 15 minutes i replaced the rubber sack and cleaned out its guts and now its a 150$ pen.

This is a vintage Wahl Eversharp Skyline from 1940.

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Ive been practicing this one word all day in Copperplate Italian hand. Why the hell wont it come out perfect!

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Totally addicted to this ink now!

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Omg the sheen even comes up on my needlepoint modified spencerian pen. I have never been able to get an ink to sheen with this pen before!

This ink is teal base with red sheen but the teal is so dark its almost black. So depending on thr angle you hold the paper it looks like its black or a reflective reddish.

I think i officially have a new favorite ink brand!

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Pick your champion. These are my three favorite pens below a small writing sample. Which do you like the most?

The top one is a Waterman 52 with a flexible italic nib. This particular pen was purchased in 1899 and is 121 years old!

The middle pen is a new Pilot Custom 912 with FA nib and hand modified, the nib was ground to a needlepoint and extra flex was added.

The last one is a franken pen I built. It has a flexible nib from another Waterman 52, this one made in 1910 and has an extra fine point. I added to the body of a modern TWSBI Diamond replacing both the nib and the feed. I am using an ebonite feed so it has no trouble keeping up.

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One of my favorite fountain pens is a franken-pen i built myself. Vintage pens have wonderful nibs but i find the bodies to be ugly or at the very least functionally limited. So i decided to take the best of both worlds.

This is my TWSBI Diamond but with the stock nib replaced with a 1910 flexible nib from a Waterman 52 (an ideal #2 nib), extra fine. I also replaced the feed with a ebonite feed so it has absolutely no problem keeping up.

In my mind this is the penultimate pen in everyway.

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I started writing in my journal again after nearly a year and despite not having practiced as much as i shoukd have im really surprised to see just how much I have improved. It is very encouraging.

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Practicing my Copperplate Italian Hand a bit more. Not perfect but it has really come along in the past day.

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Copperplate is weird sometimes. I wonder how many people can read that word without guessing.

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A comparison of my normal script (first page) against Copperplate Italian Hand (second page). I need a lot of work, but im curious which script does everyone like more?

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My gersh (sic) that was annoying. Needed to rewrite this damn page three times. Finally finished it. I need sooooo much practice though still so its good.

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It is so fucking frustrating to be half way through a letter and you make a typo. This is the second time i needed to start over.. starting to realize why people stopped using pens :)

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Great little free Copperplate book for anyone who is interested:

http://www.zanerian.com/VitoloCopperplateBook2020.pdf

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A bit more attention to my spacing. Its that damn S i just cant get to fit!

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I am having a lot of fun trying to replicate the script from the St. John's Bible. Im also surprisingly happy with the results considering this is a first attempt.

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Decided to practice my Italic Script a bit. Feedback always welcome.

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Which variation on the capital A do you prefer?

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Practicing Cantaneo Script for the first time. I usually only practice my copperplate cursive but needed a bit of a change and was curious how the practice might carry over to other hands. Far from perfect but this still represents a huge improvement for me on italics despite not practicing italic scripts in a long time.

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