Mike B. Stevens
@mikebstevens.bsky.social
Anti-fascist cartoonist, and in earlier years systems analyst, scientific progammer, university logic and philosophy teacher, librarian, rock climber.
For real flex, the Hunt 108 nib is the ticket.
November 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
For real flex, the Hunt 108 nib is the ticket.
The pen is a "Capitol" eyedropper by Aiken Lambert, late 1800s, early 1900s. It's cap is lost, and it is discolored, but the tiny 14k flex nib has somehow survived. I use it with a rollerball cap that fits. It's a good drawing pen.
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The pen is a "Capitol" eyedropper by Aiken Lambert, late 1800s, early 1900s. It's cap is lost, and it is discolored, but the tiny 14k flex nib has somehow survived. I use it with a rollerball cap that fits. It's a good drawing pen.
Jinhao 9019 modified to flex.
Platinum Carbon ink.
I love these pens; their huge nibs are easy
to modify with minimal tools, and
extra nib modules are < $5.
Platinum Carbon ink.
I love these pens; their huge nibs are easy
to modify with minimal tools, and
extra nib modules are < $5.
November 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Jinhao 9019 modified to flex.
Platinum Carbon ink.
I love these pens; their huge nibs are easy
to modify with minimal tools, and
extra nib modules are < $5.
Platinum Carbon ink.
I love these pens; their huge nibs are easy
to modify with minimal tools, and
extra nib modules are < $5.
The Don's been publicly worrying about his mortality lately.
Age? Dementia? Psychosis? Somnambulist ass-holery?
Age? Dementia? Psychosis? Somnambulist ass-holery?
November 14, 2025 at 4:13 AM
The Don's been publicly worrying about his mortality lately.
Age? Dementia? Psychosis? Somnambulist ass-holery?
Age? Dementia? Psychosis? Somnambulist ass-holery?
Here is my Jinhao 9019 with #8 nib and truncated nib overfeed, attached by o-ring. I also have an Ackerman Zebra-G pen with an o-ring overfeed. They work very well for me when drawing. I use Platinum's Carbon ink, which is nano-particle, but without binder like India ink. It is waterproof.
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Here is my Jinhao 9019 with #8 nib and truncated nib overfeed, attached by o-ring. I also have an Ackerman Zebra-G pen with an o-ring overfeed. They work very well for me when drawing. I use Platinum's Carbon ink, which is nano-particle, but without binder like India ink. It is waterproof.
Johnson remains steadfastly uninformed.
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Johnson remains steadfastly uninformed.
Jinhao Dadao 9019,
nib modified to flex,
with truncated-nib overfeed,
and a vintage bone-handled ink scraper.
nib modified to flex,
with truncated-nib overfeed,
and a vintage bone-handled ink scraper.
October 19, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Jinhao Dadao 9019,
nib modified to flex,
with truncated-nib overfeed,
and a vintage bone-handled ink scraper.
nib modified to flex,
with truncated-nib overfeed,
and a vintage bone-handled ink scraper.
From 2018, a new color version. I predicted the cancles!
October 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
From 2018, a new color version. I predicted the cancles!
It's such a 1950s thing to be worried about nuclear war, but this is your secretary of defense.
October 13, 2025 at 4:24 AM
It's such a 1950s thing to be worried about nuclear war, but this is your secretary of defense.
Doing more and more insane shit for the base.
Don't want those folks to think
you're not on their wavelength.
More magical thinking:
Shoot that bleach. Kill that cancer research.
If it's rational, it's wrong!
Don't want those folks to think
you're not on their wavelength.
More magical thinking:
Shoot that bleach. Kill that cancer research.
If it's rational, it's wrong!
September 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Doing more and more insane shit for the base.
Don't want those folks to think
you're not on their wavelength.
More magical thinking:
Shoot that bleach. Kill that cancer research.
If it's rational, it's wrong!
Don't want those folks to think
you're not on their wavelength.
More magical thinking:
Shoot that bleach. Kill that cancer research.
If it's rational, it's wrong!
The Don's simplified message:
September 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The Don's simplified message:
New life for old nibs:
There are more old nibs still in useful shape
than old pen bodies, at least in the markets I visit.
TL: Waterman's Ideal in FPR Himalaya V.1
TR: Moore Life Maniflex in FPR Himalaya V.1
B: Eversharp in an extremely gaudy Noodler's Ahab.
There are more old nibs still in useful shape
than old pen bodies, at least in the markets I visit.
TL: Waterman's Ideal in FPR Himalaya V.1
TR: Moore Life Maniflex in FPR Himalaya V.1
B: Eversharp in an extremely gaudy Noodler's Ahab.
September 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
New life for old nibs:
There are more old nibs still in useful shape
than old pen bodies, at least in the markets I visit.
TL: Waterman's Ideal in FPR Himalaya V.1
TR: Moore Life Maniflex in FPR Himalaya V.1
B: Eversharp in an extremely gaudy Noodler's Ahab.
There are more old nibs still in useful shape
than old pen bodies, at least in the markets I visit.
TL: Waterman's Ideal in FPR Himalaya V.1
TR: Moore Life Maniflex in FPR Himalaya V.1
B: Eversharp in an extremely gaudy Noodler's Ahab.
The business end of my new (old) Elabo,
with Platinum Carbon ink creeping nicely.
It dates 1978, and appears to be identical
to the modern Falcon's nib.
with Platinum Carbon ink creeping nicely.
It dates 1978, and appears to be identical
to the modern Falcon's nib.
August 31, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The business end of my new (old) Elabo,
with Platinum Carbon ink creeping nicely.
It dates 1978, and appears to be identical
to the modern Falcon's nib.
with Platinum Carbon ink creeping nicely.
It dates 1978, and appears to be identical
to the modern Falcon's nib.
Just another day in the life of the God Emperor of the Gulf of America.
August 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Just another day in the life of the God Emperor of the Gulf of America.
