Jesus, Mary, and Josephine...all I want is a fucking pen!
I want to buy a fountain pen.
I want to buy a fountain pen with a fine point and flex so that I can write with thick and thin strokes.
It seems, however, that doing this is an incredibly hard and expensive proposition.
I can find fountain pens of all sorts, no problem, but they all have different standards for the interface between the pen and the nib. Then there are umpteen different brands of nibs and within each brand are umpteen different types...do you want steel or gold or steel and gold or platinum or irridium or some unholy combination of all of the above? Lets not look over the fact that some of these nibs go for over 100 dollars too.
And then there's the matter of flex...seems like it's almost impossible to buy a flexible nib directly anymore...you have to buy a nib and get it turned into a flexible nib.
As for pens...well, I've found several that I like but who knows what type of nib they can take or even if the nib can be made into a flex nib. Not to mention the fact that the cheap pens-under 50 dollars-are usually pretty damn ugly. I've found some nice ones between 50 and 150. And if I really wanted to I could easily pay 6000 dollars or more for a pen...a pen.
Maybe I should just forget about getting a "good" one and just picking up a cheap disposable one. Hell, maybe I should just forget about buying one at all...I mean, it's not like I ever write by hand anymore. It would be nice to learn Copperplate or Spencerian handwriting but when would I ever use it?
:sigh:
I want to buy a fountain pen with a fine point and flex so that I can write with thick and thin strokes.
It seems, however, that doing this is an incredibly hard and expensive proposition.
I can find fountain pens of all sorts, no problem, but they all have different standards for the interface between the pen and the nib. Then there are umpteen different brands of nibs and within each brand are umpteen different types...do you want steel or gold or steel and gold or platinum or irridium or some unholy combination of all of the above? Lets not look over the fact that some of these nibs go for over 100 dollars too.
And then there's the matter of flex...seems like it's almost impossible to buy a flexible nib directly anymore...you have to buy a nib and get it turned into a flexible nib.
As for pens...well, I've found several that I like but who knows what type of nib they can take or even if the nib can be made into a flex nib. Not to mention the fact that the cheap pens-under 50 dollars-are usually pretty damn ugly. I've found some nice ones between 50 and 150. And if I really wanted to I could easily pay 6000 dollars or more for a pen...a pen.
Maybe I should just forget about getting a "good" one and just picking up a cheap disposable one. Hell, maybe I should just forget about buying one at all...I mean, it's not like I ever write by hand anymore. It would be nice to learn Copperplate or Spencerian handwriting but when would I ever use it?
:sigh: