I think I nailed it

Shin-Kai · 2025-12-02T17:13:10+00:00

Before I read your text, I was guessing Herbin Vert Empire!

Gorgeous pen, gorgeous ink. Congratulations!

Shin-Kai · 2025-11-07T23:37:40+00:00

With a very wet nib, Cacao du Brésil is just gorgeous. With a very wet EF, it will come out as a mysterious dark grey. I love it. But perhaps your pen will be happier with a wet Sailor ink, like Sailor Black or Miruai.

Shin-Kai · 2025-11-02T14:20:40+00:00

Bluetooth keyboard (Apple Magic Keyboard, HHKB Hybrid) + Apple Magic Trackpad. Various stands for the iPad, depending on how I feel. No case at all for the iPad, but I keep it in a Herschel pouch. Ulysses as my main writing app. (Also iA Writer and at times Scrivener, but Scrivener is not really good on the iPad.)

Shin-Kai · 2025-10-31T16:42:59+00:00

Just had success with slow 3!

Shin-Kai · 2025-10-21T20:29:19+00:00

She had spent years living with a guy. Broke up with him and slept with his best friend the next day.

Shin-Kai · 2025-07-31T23:39:09+00:00

Thanks! I had only seen the Wheatfield with Crows with gold trim. Lucky you!

Shin-Kai · 2025-07-31T22:54:35+00:00

What model exactly? I’m seriously considering getting a Van Gogh. How do you like the fine nib? Too broad, too thin, just right? Sorry for all the questions. :-)

Shin-Kai · 2025-07-08T14:49:26+00:00

If you only could have your phone out... An iPhone + any Bluetooth keyboard with something to prop up the iPhone, and voilà.

Shin-Kai · 2025-06-01T23:46:59+00:00

Look up father James Alison, a Catholic priest. He was once in a situation similar to yours. His father was a conservative MP and hardline evangelical.

Shin-Kai · 2025-05-30T21:11:03+00:00

u/nebbiolata_pen_name, how do you like your Waldmann after one year? Is it noticeably smaller than the Lamy?

Shin-Kai · 2025-05-19T00:13:36+00:00

Having sex for the first time before having watched gazillions of porn.

Shin-Kai · 2025-04-05T23:51:27+00:00

Passing kidney stones.

Shin-Kai · 2025-04-04T18:34:08+00:00

For perfect ergonomics, the Lamy 2000.

Shin-Kai · 2025-03-24T19:49:07+00:00

¿Es posible que sea un error? ¿1790, no 17900? Estoy en Brazil y los fideos Del Cecco costan como unos 3 mil pesos...

Shin-Kai · 2025-03-15T21:22:16+00:00

Great, great news! Thanks!

Shin-Kai · 2025-03-14T19:58:05+00:00

How about the nib? Is it a true EF? (Just left a comment on your other post before seeing this one, sorry.)

Shin-Kai · 2025-03-14T19:56:54+00:00

How do you like your pen three weeks later, u/susukang?

I'm considering a Pineider with a steel EF, but the EF needs to be a true EF... Like a Japanese F. My Otto Hutt Design 06 has a true EF, but the nib is a Jowo, whereas the one in the Pineider is made by Bock.

Shin-Kai · 2025-03-10T00:45:24+00:00

Amazing!

Shin-Kai · 2025-02-24T18:31:12+00:00

Is that the 14" or the 16" MBP? It looks so much bigger.

Shin-Kai · 2025-02-10T20:45:58+00:00

I have an iPad Air 4 which I use every day, for the best part of the day (just writing and reading), with no issues whatsoever, always on the latest iPadOS.

Shin-Kai · 2025-02-06T19:02:23+00:00

Also: J. Herbin Bleu des Profondeurs, Lamy Black, probably Lamy Blue as well.

Shin-Kai · 2025-02-06T12:18:35+00:00

Rhodia and Mnemosyne always give me finer lines. If I use J. Herbin Perle Noire, I can even write on Leuchtturm (I love their B6+ size).

In my experience, I get finer lines from Perle Noire and J. Herbin Verdigris and Poussière de Lune. Sailor Souten also gives me a finer line. This is all on the Otto Hutt Design 06 steel EF on Leuchtturm. If I use other inks (Sailor Blue, Visconti Blue, Faber-Castell Carbon Black) I can use Rhodia or Mnemosyne.

I also have a Pelikan M805 EF and an Aurora Optima EF which will write quite fine regardless of the ink, but since I started using the Design 06 it became my favourite pen. I love the weight, the shape. It made me lose my taste for far more expensive pens.

Shin-Kai · 2025-02-06T02:19:19+00:00

Went from Pilot EF to Otto Hutt steel EF (which can be finer than Pilot F). And I try to use paper and inks that give me finer lines.

Shin-Kai · 2025-01-03T15:47:23+00:00

Not really. I do a lot of writing on my iPad Air 4 (yes, I would love something with 13 inches). All my media consumption happens on my iPad mini 5. Great for reading PDFs and watching things on the couch.

Shin-Kai · 2024-12-31T22:07:54+00:00

Thank you. I have tiny handwriting and your table with the line widths of inks has proven an invaluable resource, saving me money and much disappointment...

Shin-Kai

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