🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@qoto.org

Totally addicted to this ink now!

#Calligraphy #Handwriting #Copperplate

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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"Never underestimate the power of denial"

I love it. The protestors thought they had a right to block this guys travel, as a result he got his bike trashed and he didnt hurt anyone (thankfully).. this guy is a hero! Considering all the videos I've seen of people trying to drive slowly through crowds getting their car trashed I'd say this guy is completely justified, even if it may have potentially injured a protestor (thankfully it didnt)

https://youtu.be/pcMSqO1GECMa

If we had a vaccine that was shown to be safe as many other vaccines are, then I'd be the first to say your an idiot if you dont get it.

With that said, forcing this or **any** vaccine as a matter of law, no fucking way. If I heard they were going to require vaccines by law I would refuse the vaccine out of spite at that point.

https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/states-have-authority-to-fine-or-jail-people-who-refuse-coronavirus-vaccine-attorney-says

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.

#calligraphy #handwriting #pen #pens #fountainpen #copperplate

Ummmm.....

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.

#Calligraphy #Handwriting #copperplate #fountainpen #pen

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Wow, not a good look for #BLM :( don't ever tell me a white person can be the victim of racism, because this seems like a clear example of exactly that.

For the record I have no problem with most BLM members who are peaceful. But in this case, unacceptable.

https://nationalvanguard.org/2020/06/white-female-torn-from-vehicle-stomped-in-street-by-blm-during-riot-in-york-pennsylvania/

There is a sort of beauty to prototyping electronics...
QT: https://qoto.org/@freemo/101512684858377676

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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Ya know...

Fruit are just flowers that got fat and let themselves go... yea you heard me!

Yup

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

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This new ink has a lovely sheen so it, but im rather disappointed that my usual pen (bottom) doesnt lay down enough ink to bring it out. On my broader wetter nib (top) it is much more noticeable.

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

#Calligraphy #Handwriting #copperplate

God damnit why cant anyone follow the rules!

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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