Fountain Pens
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Around 50 years old, this Parker fountain pen was a gift from my Father. Vintage 18 K gold, good stuff, but who writes with one of these today? Never been used. Image made from a manual fifteen image focus stack.
The 6/29/20 topic for Macro Mondays is "Pick Two", one from a list of objects and one from a list of colors. The two I picked were yellow and pen.
Some of my old fountain pens are in really bad condition.
Still I can¨t throw them away, spare parts maybe..
This building was an former nib-factory in Iserlohn, NRW, Germany.
Now it is used as an office for job seekers
POST TENEBRAS LUX *
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*Après les ténèbres, la lumière.
La devise de Genève.
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*After the darkness, the light.
The Geneva motto.
UN BON CAFΓ POUR COMMENCER LA JOURNΓE
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A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE TO START THE DAY
I was just going to put this in the Macro Mondays group. The theme for this week is Natural patterns.
I went to the group and was hit with the sign "This group is now closed!" OMG ! (I don't really say that). But I was shocked. I had forgotten today is Tuesday! Well I know I haven't been feeling well, but......I've got proof now I'm not. Anyway here is a weirdy sort of Monday, Tuesdayish shot.
...actually taken at the beginning of the month - my daughters have borrowed my camera today so it's into the archives I go!!
Kroontjespen, Dutch for dip pen or nib pen.
A dip pen or nib pen usually consists of a metal nib with capillary channels like those of fountain-pen nibs, mounted in a handle or holder, often made of wood. Generally, dip pens have no ink reservoir, so the user must recharge the ink from an ink bowl or bottle to continue drawing or writing.
Dip pens emerged in the early 19th century, when they replaced quill pens and, in some parts of the world, reed pens. Dip pens were generally used before the development of fountain pens in the later 19th century, and are now mainly used in illustration, calligraphy, and comics.
The dip pen has certain advantages over a fountain pen. It can use waterproof, pigmented, particle-and-binder-based inks, such as India ink, drawing ink, and acrylic inksβeach of which would destroy a fountain pen by clogging itβand the traditional iron gall ink, which can corrode fountain pens. Dip pens are also more sensitive to variations of pressure and speed, producing a line that naturally varies in thickness; and they can also produce a finer line than any fountain pen.
There is a wide range of exchangeable nibs for dip pens, so different types of lines and effects can be created. The nibs and handles are far cheaper than most fountain pens, and allow color changes much more easily.
HEUREUSE VACHE QUI BROUTE POUR NOUS FAIRE DU BON LAIT
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HAPPY COW GRAZING TO MAKE GOOD MILK
For the 52 Project 2017 group, on the subject of 'Pen', this is the nib of one of my hand-made fountain pens, made by a nice lady in New York State, who makes her living producing all sorts of wooden articles, and occasionally turns her hand to pens.
Although the wood of this pen is beautiful, I decided to concentrate on the nib, as it makes for a better macro shot, with the curving edges, and the design on the metalwork.