Testing the limits of the poll option lol

[pandascepter]

I never did calligraphy as a hobby, but I have a number of fountain pens (mostly older Sheaffers, made a few hours away) and sometimes wind up with inky fingers. A bit of diluted ammonia seems to be about the best thing I've found to pull most of the inks I use back off of skin. Getting it out of clothes is a bit trickier. The black ink I use is specifically intended to be ultra-permanent, so I try very hard not to spill that.

fountain pens. how do you use it?

 

[Angry_Panda]

fountain pens. how do you use it?

In a fountain. (Having to change into swim trunks to take notes in a meeting is a bit awkward.)

They're very much like a ballpoint in terms of use when writing, but because most of mine use a refillable internal reservoir, I can choose from a number of inks - I have something like a dozen different bottles in various colors. Basically there's a very fine channel to allow the ink to flow to the tip of the pen, and the size of that channel and the viscosity of the ink prevent it from running out unless the paper is wicking the ink from the tip.

 

[pandascepter]

In a fountain. (Having to change into swim trunks to take notes in a meeting is a bit awkward.)

They're very much like a ballpoint in terms of use when writing, but because most of mine use a refillable internal reservoir, I can choose from a number of inks - I have something like a dozen different bottles in various colors. Basically there's a very fine channel to allow the ink to flow to the tip of the pen, and the size of that channel and the viscosity of the ink prevent it from running out unless the paper is wicking the ink from the tip.

oh glassic

 

[TestAddress]

Why do pens have caps??? I always lose those.

Will the ink harden just because I lost a cap?

 

[Angry_Panda]

Why do pens have caps??? I always lose those.

Keeps the sun out of their eyes. And keeps them warm in winter.

Will the ink harden just because I lost a cap?

Not likely with most modern pens, but you may get ink on something by accident if you try to carry one around without a cap.

 

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