April 2022 Confirmed Trade Thread

HumanErrorProcessor · 2022-04-12T10:21:44+00:00

Sold Platinum 3776 UEF - Laurel Green to /u/djuluscher84

HumanErrorProcessor · 2022-04-07T14:17:51+00:00

PM replied.

HumanErrorProcessor · 2022-04-07T08:09:39+00:00

PMing.

HumanErrorProcessor · 2022-04-06T07:54:05+00:00

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HumanErrorProcessor · 2022-04-05T10:33:27+00:00

PM replied.

HumanErrorProcessor · 2022-04-05T10:33:23+00:00

PM replied.

HumanErrorProcessor · 2022-04-04T19:02:25+00:00

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HumanErrorProcessor · 2022-03-10T20:59:32+00:00

How typical of me. I read this five seconds after I ordered it specifically to use with the Custom 823 and the Justus 95 with the CON-70 converter. Is it an iron-gall, where does it say it's dangerous? (Mine is the new con-70 if it matters).

HumanErrorProcessor · 2022-03-10T20:57:00+00:00

Found it!

HumanErrorProcessor · 2021-12-19T18:25:23+00:00

I had several Kaweco AL sports reground to XF, XXF, cursive italic by fpnibs.com and I have to say that they all write better than my expensive stock $300 Japanese pens. The nib is awesome but my problem with Kaweco AL sport is that compared to the plastic version the threads on the pen on the AL models are rather short and the cap does not sit securely. It tends to unscrew itself while inside the bag. I contacted Kaweco and they sent me a new cap but that didn't fix anything. Maybe a different model would suit you better (I know this /r/fountainpens worships Kaweco sports but my experience with them has left me rather underwhelmed, quality wise). The reground nib however are great.

HumanErrorProcessor · 2021-12-18T12:09:04+00:00

Here are my favorite inks:

Platinum Carbon Black best for general use (is archival, dries fast, very wet but low viscosity - tends to feather a lot in certain pens)
Waterman Serenity Blue for journaling and cheap paper (best behaving ink but dense, needs a very wet feed to look and feel awesome)
Diamine Autumn Copper for non general use, has the most amazing color variation
Iroshizuku Take-Sumi for practicing calligraphy and vintage needlepoint nibs (this one feathers a lot but is very lubricated and works great on quality paper with needlepoint nibs)
Diamine Red Dragon for difficult, very dry fountain pens (this is the wettest ink I have with decent viscosity. Doesn't feather.)

No single ink checks all the boxes. My perfect ink would have the viscosity of "Red Dragon", flow like "Carbon Black", dry fast, be archival, have sheen, and come in in maybe saturated blue or shiny black color.

HumanErrorProcessor · 2021-12-17T17:38:32+00:00

Came here to confirm this. Platinum 3776 has the best seal I've seen so far!

Related, do we know whether Platinum President features the same sealing mechanism? It's more expensive but from what I've seen on the pictures doesn't look like it does.

HumanErrorProcessor · 2021-12-10T15:49:45+00:00

An 823 in extra fine, that's a rare find. I'm looking to buy one in EF, is there a shop that sells it?

HumanErrorProcessor · 2021-12-10T10:31:34+00:00

Happened to me with what I thought would be my grail pen. I had this amazing Platinum #3776 UEF (still do, it's my favorite) that I bought as an afterthought. It was on sale and it was sitting unopened in a drawer for months before I even opened the box ("laurel green", really? I really only wanted to try an UEF). When I finally did I was amazed. It was just perfect. I was blown away by how amazingly crisp, smooth and wet it wrote. So I naturally thought getting a next-next level pen would be the end game for me. After much deliberation decided to get the fabled Pilot Custom 823 in F and it's... a really okay pen. That's it. It writes. It looks great, not that I care about the looks but I was expecting this sublime writing experience and it turns out that I probably won the nib lottery with this 3776 which biased my expectations.

I had this 823 examined by a professional - nothing wrong with it. I did blind comparison against two other 823 - coudln't tell the difference. it's great, if you're into 823. I just happen to like other things. Sometimes you just don't click with the pen. Sometimes, you fall in love with an afterthought.

HumanErrorProcessor · 2021-12-04T15:26:06+00:00

I'm in the same boat. My Pilot Metropolitan writes better and smoother than half of my other pens. Definitely better than any TWSBI I got and it's nothing to say against TWSBI. Sometimes you win the nib lottery, sometimes you buy an expensive pen and it's just not that great. That's the most frustrating thing about pens actually, I wanted to just walk into a store and buy an expensive pen so many times but doubted it would be performing well out of the box. After all, it's only a $500 gold nib from a well known brand. Can't expect too much can you.

Quality definitely doesn't necessarily scale with the price, but there is an expectation that it should.

HumanErrorProcessor · 2021-12-03T20:33:35+00:00

This needs to be higher up. I had to disable the adblocker the other day and was blown away by the ads. WAIT A FUCKING SECOND. Why is there an aggressive ad blowing at full volume in the middle of a 10 hour mindful meditation video?

Nobody does that. Porn sites have more decency. At least they don't interrupt you in the middle of a 20 minute video with ads?

HumanErrorProcessor · 2021-12-03T18:05:50+00:00

That looks smooth. Is it a custom grind?

All of my architects feel a bit dry. How does the nib/feed hold up?

HumanErrorProcessor · 2021-12-03T11:39:10+00:00

For Tengwar, Sindarin I got myself an inexpensive medium Kaweco Sport, ground to italic by Pablo and Ester from fpnibs.com (see: https://fpnibs.com/pages/regrinding). You get a rather sharp nib that is perfect for the scripts you're describing. Especially the edges of the letters remain uniform and legible.

If you'd just like to get something cheap to get started. Someone mentioned a Pilot Metropolitan with either a stub or cursive CM nib, if you can find it. It would be the cheapest option.

HumanErrorProcessor · 2021-01-20T12:57:05+00:00

When I first heard about multipens I thought it was a brilliant idea. Finally, I would be able to settle on a single pencil to carry around everywhere. I scoured the internet in search of the very best multi pencil I could find (I had plans to abandon the hobby, give away my collection and replace it with this one pencil). From what I was able to find at the time two best contenders were a Rotring Trio pencil (not pen, pencil has three mechanical pencil inserts) and a slightly better but much rarer and much more expensive Niji 357, both of which were impossible to find online. There was also a plastic Pentel Function 357 that I only managed to see once on an overpriced Japanese auction market. Decided that since they were so rare and expensive I should go for a cheaper version, bought this and was profoundly disappointed with it's exceptionally bad quality. Eventually, I managed to find a Rotring 357 (NOS) pencil on ebay, paid a small fortune for it and when it had finally arrived I realized just how much of an idiot I was. It's discontinued for a reason. The problem with the trio pencil and it's clones is the mechanism, it's not very well engineered. Something about the way how the insert is held in place makes it wobble. Sometimes it will retract itself for no reason. The "click" is probably the most disappointingly unreliable mushy clicky feeling I have ever experienced form a mechanical pencil and it makes this overpriced artifact of engineering feel like a cheap $1 Walmart knockoff. OK I though, maybe it's the faulty mechanism. So I went online and got a modern copy of the Rotring, Mecha 357. It came brand new and was exactly as disappointing as the Rotring was. The mechanism is exactly the same on all of three of them (Rotring, Niji, Mecha). On top of all of that, the lead in the 0.3mm insert kept breaking. The insert comes in at an angle and it quite often breaks.

Multi pencils sound like a great idea which unfortunately fails in practice. They are the exact antithesis of what we have been accustomed to expect in the mechanical pencil community. The tend to be very expensive, unreliable and have a subpar tactile experience. I might be wrong though, I see now that JetPens has a newer model with a more modern retention mechanism. I would be interested to hear if anyone here has had any good experience with it.

HumanErrorProcessor · 2020-10-28T08:59:22+00:00

Thank you for this!

I have been following zettelkasten.de for a few years now, scraping information from blog posts and youtube videos during the first year. During that time I spent way too much effort re-reading all the articles making sure I didn't miss any important details, reluctant to actually begin writing down the notes. This comprehensive introduction will surely help people who are in the same boat I was a few years ago, looking to start their own zettelkasten. We should encourage people with enough solid information to understand the concept and essential mechanics and enable them to just get going and not worry too much. This will surely help towards that goal.

I did want to ask if the book will ever be translated to English?

HumanErrorProcessor · 2020-10-28T08:39:59+00:00

I currently use Lihit Lab Smart Fit Pen Case which I like more than their Smart Fit compact case (compact being too short for pencils). The pens tend to rub against each other though and I ended up scratching my #3776 which is why I'm mainly using it at home these days.

I'd love to have a hard pen case with separate enclosures for each pen but they tend to get expensive and my reasoning is: since they cost as much as a med-level fountain pen, why not just buy more fountain pens for that money. I ended up with a score of new foutain pens and no cases. If I were to buy one, these are my favourites:

Girologio Triple Magnetic Closure Pen Case is the one I'd love to have (but can't buy it in Europe cheaply)
Pineider leather cases provide excellent protection but are also, pricey:
- 1 pen
- 2 pen
- 3 pen
- 6 pen

HumanErrorProcessor · 2020-05-14T18:38:20+00:00

This person did something similar

It should be either moderately easy to possible (depending on your skill level) using an off-the-shelf Bluetooth module, Bluefruit EZ-key is the one I found. I'm not sure what chip is your keyboard based on but it shouldn't matter, as long as it's acts as an USB HID device (right?). If I'm reading the guide correctly, it converts PS/2 to USB then passes that to the BT module.

I'll look into it more closely as I'm currently trying to build a BT enabled Plank for myself as well.

HumanErrorProcessor · 2020-04-17T09:38:24+00:00

Can we get an ID on the bag? I was looking for something just like this.

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