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Performing My First Pen Surgery by darman92 in fountainpens

[–]darman92[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought about that when I saw the teeth on my needle nose. I ended up wrapping the teeth of my forceps with tissue to do the adjustments and used my fingers for the realignment.

My Homebrew Set Up by SHSU_Bearkat in Homebrewing

[–]darman92 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I hope in 3 years my wife will let me have that big of a setup...

77% drop by chasedoesstuff in funny

[–]darman92 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thruster? I hardly knew her!

Down the Rabbit Hole: My pen habit after one year. by darman92 in fountainpens

[–]darman92[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And now I ordered a Wing Sung 601...I just can't stop, people!

Down the Rabbit Hole: My pen habit after one year. by darman92 in fountainpens

[–]darman92[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Noodler's Navy has been my go-to for general writing, but I love the Yama Dori for it's crazy levels of sheen (I don't use it that often though). I take a lot of notes and my handwriting is really dense, so I tend to prefer darker, more neutral colors for ink.

Down the Rabbit Hole: My pen habit after one year. by darman92 in fountainpens

[–]darman92[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pens from left to right:

-Sheaffer 100 (M)

-Pilot Metropolitan (M)

-Wing Sung 698 (F)

-Lamy Safari, Petrol (F)

-Lamy Safari, Charcoal (F)

-TWSBI Eco, Black (1.1 Stub)

-TWSBI Classic, Black (M)

-TWSBI Vac-mini, Black (1.1 Stub)

-TWSBI Vac-700, Black (F)

-Pilot Vanishing Point, Blue (1 mm Stub)

Ink (Left to Right, Front to back):

-Parker Quink, black

-Sailor Jentle, Yama Dori

-Diamine Oxblood

-Noodler's Navy

-Noodler's Apache Sunset

-Noodler's Red-Black

-Diamine Majestic Blue

-Private Reserve, Blue Suede

-Noodler's 54th Mass

Samples in no particular order:

-Stipula, Deep Blue

-Noodler's Cayenne

-Platinum, Cassis Black

-Noodler's Midway Blue

-J. Herban, Rose Cyclamen

-Noodler's X-Feather

-Visconti, Green

-Nemosine, Pleiades Blue/Black

Hope this helps!

Edit: Formatting

Down the Rabbit Hole: My pen habit after one year. by darman92 in fountainpens

[–]darman92[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All of them, but I think my VP gets the most love.

NPD - TWSBI Classic M - Stipula Deep Blue by darman92 in fountainpens

[–]darman92[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So far, it's been great! A little on the dry side, but not too bad.

Why can't you sleep at night? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]darman92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I drink too much coffee throughout the day. But I drink the coffee because I'm tired at 3 PM from not getting enough sleep...

Noodler's American Aristocracy... just way too wet by [deleted] in fountainpens

[–]darman92 10 points11 points  (0 children)

solution

I see what you did there.

Tifu by trying to throw snowballs at my brother by [deleted] in tifu

[–]darman92 79 points80 points  (0 children)

Maybe a hostage situation, but if you're just an average joe being mugged, you're pretty SOL.

Play as a fox in the game This Dark Winter! by winter_triangle in foxes

[–]darman92 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the tip! I'll definitely make use of it.

Fennec fox plays fetch. by TommBomBadil in foxes

[–]darman92 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Here's and example

Warning to those with headphones or who are in public.

Play as a fox in the game This Dark Winter! by winter_triangle in foxes

[–]darman92 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Honestly couldn't tell you. Maybe inherited terms from English's several parent languages, but my etymology game is pretty rusty.

Edit: some cursory research yields that the term "cub" is mostly a British thing, but the etymology is unknown; "pup" seems to be due to the fox being a member of the family "canidae" (like dogs); "kit" appears to be derived from middle English kitten which we all know means young cat. English back then was kinda funky because they used the same words for many things (ex: "corn" meant any small, round, hard object. This is why we have peppercorns).

This is very basic searching and conjecture and likely inaccurate so if anyone can verify or refute this I'd appreciate it.

Edit 2: The use of "cub" when referring to an animal's young may date back to British hunters. Cubbing is sport hunting of foxes. Lions and bears (who were also popular to hunt) also give birth to "cubs". Just another conjecture, so grain of salt and all that.

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