2018年4月4日 · To be very frank, IMHO dip pen is just not for everyday writing, it was the pen of choice way back simply because that is the only technically possible mean of writing in a reliable fashion. Come today neither our life style, and living need, nor the environment exposed to the pen favor dip pen at all.

2019年11月11日 · It all depends on what you like. There were hundreds of different styles made during the hey day of dip pens. I'm assuming you want a pointed pen. If you're looking for new, then Honeybadger's suggestion is a good one. If vintage, then there are a lot of different ones to choose from. You're in dip pen paradise there in England.

2021年1月27日 · Writing with a dip pen takes a little getting used to. The main thing is that you will need to train yourself to have a very light touch. And when I say "very" I really mean it! On the upstroke with a dip pen you will be touching the paper only enough that the capillary action from pen to the outer fibers of the paper will draw ink.

2015年7月9日 · A quick dip-and-swirl in the alcohol, then a wipe with a cloth, and a rinse in the water, another wipe. Both for new nibs, to remove oil, and to clean ink from a nib in use. I find it works out fairly well.

2010年2月26日 · Maybe it's odd, but just about the best behaving inks I've tried for a dip pen (including a couple Private Reserve and a couple Noodler's colors) are a black inkjet refill ink, which appears to be carbon particle based, and my homemade iron tannate ink (started with ten bags of Red Rose tea, a quart of boiling water, several steel wool balls, and a cup of battery …

2017年8月31日 · You can find some dip pen nibs from the 19th-century. There are only a couple of ways you can know you have a nib from that early period. 1. It was made by a company that went out of business before 1900 (like Washington Medallion Pen Co) 2. You find it in the box and the box has information, like an address, which dates it to an earlier period. 3.

2019年2月1日 · Most dip pen nibs need to be cleaned before first use. The factory oil/firm that prevents rusting will interfere with ink flow. I have a small bottle of rubbing alcohol that I dip the point in several times, wiping it off on an old linen napkin I keep for pen work. You can also stick them in a potato for a minute or two and even saliva will work.

2017年3月4日 · The oblique dip pen holder uses a grip similar to the "tripod grip." The oblique holder puts the nib at the proper alignment for an aligned downstroke, instead of having to hold a straight holder as the Iampeth instructions show.

2012年1月22日 · There is one dip pen that I have which does well with standard inks, and that is the Esterbrook 314 Relief pen (nib). It is sort of like a fine/med cursive italic, and has a very tight slit, which seems to prevent the more typical dumping action of other dip pens.

2007年6月5日 · I just bought a NOS Eagle dip pen with a Palmer #5 med flexi nib (as I recall) from Pendemonium. When I dip the pen there is a bead of ink at the very bottom of the nib on the bottom side. When I try to write in cursive this bead will come off on the page before I finish the first word. If I use ...