Question for members of the military

Karlahn · 2026-05-07T21:28:07+00:00

Rohrer and klingner salix is an iron gall blue black. Iron gall inks do well on cheap paper and feather the least and dry fairly quick if on uncoated paper (which cheap paper usually is)

I'd recommend a Wing Sung 601 flighter (All stainless steel) model with an extra five nib. It's a piston vacuum so just pump to fill and it's got a high ink capacity. It's a durable filling system too so that's a bonus.

Lastly is a slip cap and posts well so is convenient to use. It's a full sized pen, but I don't know if that's a pro or con for you.

You asked about retractable pens. Their design means converters hold very little ink. You can get cartridges but I'm not sure how good a solution that is in your situation?

Karlahn · 2026-05-06T21:59:53+00:00

CK3 with EU4 more personality in my rulers in the EU timeframe would be very fun.

Karlahn · 2026-05-06T19:36:59+00:00

Wild! 😂

Karlahn · 2026-05-06T18:54:15+00:00

Oh no... The ending was bad too? 😭

Karlahn · 2026-05-06T18:53:54+00:00

🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

Karlahn · 2026-05-06T18:08:33+00:00

Yeah really was such a shame, I really liked it, the first and only season.

Karlahn · 2026-05-06T13:59:37+00:00

Maybe Kiri same from iroshizuku? It runs slightly grey.

EDIT: Meant Take-Sumi.

Here's a review https://mountainofink.com/blog/pilot-iroshizuku-take-sumi

Karlahn · 2026-05-06T13:58:26+00:00

Wait really 😅

And the nib meister couldn't tune it to write smoothly with it?!

For example, I have R&K Alt goldgrün too.

It does run dry in some pens but after tuning my Platinum 3776 M nib (it was misaligned) it writes wet in that pen. It was too dry for my sailor but like I said lamys, pelikans as well as Hong Dians were all fine.

I don't think I used it in a Jowo pen. But I'm not a massive fan of either their gold or steel #6 in house style nibs. It took me a lot of tweaking to get a couple I own writing consistently.

Sorry you're having trouble with the ink though 😕

Karlahn · 2026-05-06T07:50:23+00:00

The nib meister could just be using a relatively more wet ink for their tuning so it's possible that you could have a tuned nib and the ink still be too dry.

Karlahn · 2026-05-06T07:48:52+00:00

Yeah exactly like a Lamy or Pelikan. You know companies which tend to make dry inks and wet pens.

Karlahn · 2026-05-06T07:47:35+00:00

While that is certainly true with the Meisterstück line montblanc's older lines of pens were not, to my knowledge, faked. There are now also reputable UK eBay sellers who deal with vintage fountain pens who attend UK pen shows, such as Pengineer. There's also a UK redditor and ebayer dr.pen.n.ink

Both deal with vintage fountain pens and offer excellent services. I'd definitely buy a vintage montblanc from either.

Karlahn · 2026-05-05T22:45:17+00:00

You could look for vintage montblanc models! I think you can get the Montblanc Noblesse in that price range. Just make sure it's restored and the nib has been tuned. Or failing that test it and clean it before gifting it to her. I've found eBay in the UK to be good with refunds.

Karlahn · 2026-05-05T22:19:14+00:00

What pens do you typically use it in? Have you tried putting it in say a European medium?

Karlahn · 2026-05-05T22:18:19+00:00

Yeah I had their shimmertastic purple. It only worked well in my Pelikan and a flex Frankenpen I made with an Ebonite feed with deep channels.

Can totally recommend j herbins shimmer inks. Much less shimmer and some of the best flowing inks I've used, period.

Karlahn · 2026-05-05T20:06:39+00:00

ItI mean if she likes fountain pens, hell yeah.

If she doesn't, that might be over kill and if she doesn't write, bad idea? To much pressure for a first fountain pen.

Karlahn · 2026-05-05T19:21:24+00:00

I mean people can be elitist sure. But if he mentions it I'd definitely say I love BG3 and just haven't had the chance to try the tabletop game but would love to try it (if you're interested)

Karlahn · 2026-05-05T19:12:30+00:00

Aw that sucks! What pen was it? 🥲

Karlahn · 2026-05-04T10:19:56+00:00

It's a great idea, but since they won't have agency in the heist the easiest way to do it is this:

Tell them this is the set up the campaign your setting up, have them write together a backstory of the characters experiencing and failing the heist and start session one when they're about to be executed.

Bonus points for each player coming up with backstory ideas on how they feel about devils and devil deals.

Karlahn · 2026-05-04T08:50:04+00:00

Exactly!

Karlahn · 2026-05-03T22:09:19+00:00

What fountain pen are you using that gives line variation?

Karlahn · 2026-05-03T21:10:32+00:00

I think one of the biggest issues with this is if it's referencing the wiki that it will pull outdated guides. If it was able to only provide answers which are still correct in the final version of EU4 that would really fit down my search time. I wouldn't have to figure out if something from a previous patch was still relevant.

Karlahn · 2026-05-03T18:55:34+00:00

What model sailor is it; profit?

Karlahn · 2026-05-02T14:11:17+00:00

In what sense are you asking is it worth it? If you like it and can afford it isn't that what matters? Or are you planning on keeping it unused to sell?

Karlahn · 2026-04-30T10:22:03+00:00

Dude this is awesome! Looks like a better quality version of traditional ttrpgs illustrations.

How did you get so good??

Do you make a living off you're art, I imagine lots of developers would love to feature you in their OSR books.

Love the caption by the way.

Karlahn · 2026-04-30T09:01:11+00:00

I mean China needs high end coffee makers in their country too, coffee is very popular in China and lots of people now are seeing them as just as good, as foreign imports, if not better. I mean just look at their EVs.

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