MagCek
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“Write till your ink be dry, and with your tears moist it again, and frame some feeling line that may discover such integrity.” - Wm. Shakespeare ‘As you like it?’
£41 million! That’s how much more the Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system. It's a slap in the face to all Post Office staff. Join me and 280,000 others demanding Fujitsu is held to account. Sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ho...
Hold Fujitsu to account for Post Office scandal
£41 million! That’s how much more the Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system. And that's on top of another whopping £65m the Government paid the scandal ...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
£41 million! That’s how much more the Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system. It's a slap in the face to all Post Office staff. Join me and 280,000 others demanding Fujitsu is held to account. Sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ho...
A question: are these two Lamy fountain pens both the Safari model? The one on the right is approx’ 10 to 15 years old, and the one on the left has just arrived. The one on the right being appreciably larger with a different feed and longer nib. I know the ring makes a difference in length. Curious.
April 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A question: are these two Lamy fountain pens both the Safari model? The one on the right is approx’ 10 to 15 years old, and the one on the left has just arrived. The one on the right being appreciably larger with a different feed and longer nib. I know the ring makes a difference in length. Curious.
Any of you wear your hair pinned up like this. Quite novel and an appropriate statement, don’t you think?
April 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Any of you wear your hair pinned up like this. Quite novel and an appropriate statement, don’t you think?
I suppose they let out the heat created from excitement awaiting their new owner. “Who shall it be, who shall it be!”
April 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I suppose they let out the heat created from excitement awaiting their new owner. “Who shall it be, who shall it be!”
Does anyone have info’ concerning any stores/shops selling fountain pens, inks, papers, etc in Burgundy, France?
March 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Does anyone have info’ concerning any stores/shops selling fountain pens, inks, papers, etc in Burgundy, France?
Van Dieman’s September 2023 LE is a lovely chromoshader. It goes from a dark grey-green, to mossy green and purple. It should look lovely in a broad nib to show off the shading.
Ink: Van Dieman’s September 2023 LE
Paper: Tomoe River
#foutainpen #fountainpenink #inksamples #inkbottles
Ink: Van Dieman’s September 2023 LE
Paper: Tomoe River
#foutainpen #fountainpenink #inksamples #inkbottles
March 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Yep, my writing is atrocious, but not as bad as some. However, a fountain pen is like a crutch for a broken leg. And then becomes a walking stick to help whilst further healing follows. Walking unaided becomes the challenge, with dancing being the goal.
“What lovely writing,” you hear them say.
“What lovely writing,” you hear them say.
March 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Yep, my writing is atrocious, but not as bad as some. However, a fountain pen is like a crutch for a broken leg. And then becomes a walking stick to help whilst further healing follows. Walking unaided becomes the challenge, with dancing being the goal.
“What lovely writing,” you hear them say.
“What lovely writing,” you hear them say.
A new dotted notebook just arrived from an unknown (to me) maker based in a small town on the Scotland/England border of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Beautiful hand-made quality, and it lies flat due to its multi-layer binding. Very innovative for such a product. Leuchtturm and others take note. More later.
March 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
A new dotted notebook just arrived from an unknown (to me) maker based in a small town on the Scotland/England border of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Beautiful hand-made quality, and it lies flat due to its multi-layer binding. Very innovative for such a product. Leuchtturm and others take note. More later.
The Pen Factory, Hope Street, Liverpool.
But no fountain pens - only ball-points, gel and pencils of the waiting-on staff!
But no fountain pens - only ball-points, gel and pencils of the waiting-on staff!
March 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The Pen Factory, Hope Street, Liverpool.
But no fountain pens - only ball-points, gel and pencils of the waiting-on staff!
But no fountain pens - only ball-points, gel and pencils of the waiting-on staff!
A simple, personal opinion of six, inexpensive fountain pens I’ve acquired recently, to find which I would take along on my daily journaling and note-taking:
March 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A simple, personal opinion of six, inexpensive fountain pens I’ve acquired recently, to find which I would take along on my daily journaling and note-taking:
….. and in evidence …..
March 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
….. and in evidence …..
….. well, I wasn’t sharpening pencils🙄
March 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
….. well, I wasn’t sharpening pencils🙄
Pen trials - top 2 bottom:
Sailor Tuzu (M)
Platinum Preppy (03)
Kaweco (F)
Pilot Kakuno (M)
Kaweco Sport (1.1)
Hongdian M2 (M)
Results in a day or three!
Sailor Tuzu (M)
Platinum Preppy (03)
Kaweco (F)
Pilot Kakuno (M)
Kaweco Sport (1.1)
Hongdian M2 (M)
Results in a day or three!
March 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Pen trials - top 2 bottom:
Sailor Tuzu (M)
Platinum Preppy (03)
Kaweco (F)
Pilot Kakuno (M)
Kaweco Sport (1.1)
Hongdian M2 (M)
Results in a day or three!
Sailor Tuzu (M)
Platinum Preppy (03)
Kaweco (F)
Pilot Kakuno (M)
Kaweco Sport (1.1)
Hongdian M2 (M)
Results in a day or three!
Look what arrived this evening from Stilo & Style in Italy - the new Sailor Tuzu in black gloss finish. Too late in the day to ink and experience the anticipated pleasure it promises. More tomorrow …….
February 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Look what arrived this evening from Stilo & Style in Italy - the new Sailor Tuzu in black gloss finish. Too late in the day to ink and experience the anticipated pleasure it promises. More tomorrow …….
Interesting newspaper article as a follow-up on recent appeals in this fountain pen feed seeking out hand-writing expertise. Another case of ‘use it or lose it.’
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
We show we’re human when we put pen to paper | Letters
Letters: Students of literature in future will have far less to go on if handwriting becomes obsolete, writes Dr Claire Nicholson. Plus letters from Michael Daley, Alan Sekers, Alan Gough, Dr Emile de...
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Interesting newspaper article as a follow-up on recent appeals in this fountain pen feed seeking out hand-writing expertise. Another case of ‘use it or lose it.’
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
QUESTION: How many of you actually use the pocket clip on a FP for its intended purpose? Or are they obsolete nowadays? Do they spoil a pen’s aesthetics? Is a pocket carrying case preferred? How do you use your clips?
January 24, 2025 at 7:07 AM
QUESTION: How many of you actually use the pocket clip on a FP for its intended purpose? Or are they obsolete nowadays? Do they spoil a pen’s aesthetics? Is a pocket carrying case preferred? How do you use your clips?
A well recommended read for fountain pen lovers:
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...
Signature moves: are we losing the ability to write by hand?
We are far more likely to use our hands to type or swipe than pick up a pen. But in the process we are in danger of losing cognitive skills, sensory experience – and a connection to history
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
A well recommended read for fountain pen lovers:
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...
In ink parlance, what defines the differences between shine, sparkle and shimmer? Used extensively in posts during the Diamine Inkvent period. The +ves and -ves?
January 20, 2025 at 7:19 AM
In ink parlance, what defines the differences between shine, sparkle and shimmer? Used extensively in posts during the Diamine Inkvent period. The +ves and -ves?
Today I made an intended visit (a long time in coming) to WriteHere, a fabulous specialist shop in Shrewsbury UK. Fabulous quality pens, papers and inks. And fabulous informed people. I could have lingered longer, but nearly a hour passed in five minutes and …… 1/2
January 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Today I made an intended visit (a long time in coming) to WriteHere, a fabulous specialist shop in Shrewsbury UK. Fabulous quality pens, papers and inks. And fabulous informed people. I could have lingered longer, but nearly a hour passed in five minutes and …… 1/2
@bergsbites.bsky.social
Sorry to trouble you but the feed server is down✍️🙀
Sorry to trouble you but the feed server is down✍️🙀
January 18, 2025 at 7:35 AM
@bergsbites.bsky.social
Sorry to trouble you but the feed server is down✍️🙀
Sorry to trouble you but the feed server is down✍️🙀
Just delivered via Amazon, five cheapo Chinese Zebra disposable fp’s at £7.99 inc. shipping. Four out of five working. All a little scratchy, whilst ergonomics ok. I’ll be giving them away to 4 friends who’ve exhibited a modicum of interest in fp’s, like a calling card. Hope they’re not put off.
January 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Just delivered via Amazon, five cheapo Chinese Zebra disposable fp’s at £7.99 inc. shipping. Four out of five working. All a little scratchy, whilst ergonomics ok. I’ll be giving them away to 4 friends who’ve exhibited a modicum of interest in fp’s, like a calling card. Hope they’re not put off.
For those of us that are unhappy with our own handwriting, I cannot recommend this book highly enough. I’ve been initially seduced by others of self-importance that failed miserably until this eureka moment. The write stuff.
January 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
For those of us that are unhappy with our own handwriting, I cannot recommend this book highly enough. I’ve been initially seduced by others of self-importance that failed miserably until this eureka moment. The write stuff.
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November 13, 2024 at 11:26 AM
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My new new Rettacy A5 dotted notebook just arrived via Amazon. Purchased on a slight whim with the price being quite low - fourteen quid, delivered. WOW!! Unbelievable value, and the quality is very good: faux tooled leather hard bound, well stitched, good paper, hardly any fuzz or bleed, and extras
January 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
My new new Rettacy A5 dotted notebook just arrived via Amazon. Purchased on a slight whim with the price being quite low - fourteen quid, delivered. WOW!! Unbelievable value, and the quality is very good: faux tooled leather hard bound, well stitched, good paper, hardly any fuzz or bleed, and extras
So my #Leuchtturm1917 dotted notebook arrived and because I travel frequently, what’s the first thing you do? Put one’s name and co-ordinates in the place provided on the fly leaf, in case of being misplaced. Yes, with a fountain pen, as you would expect.
January 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
So my #Leuchtturm1917 dotted notebook arrived and because I travel frequently, what’s the first thing you do? Put one’s name and co-ordinates in the place provided on the fly leaf, in case of being misplaced. Yes, with a fountain pen, as you would expect.