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To say that I don’t like Tomoe River paper would be over-stating it a bit, but I’ve never been a huge fan, and with the company making changes to the paper’s formula, I’ve had an extra reason to start searching for good alternatives. The two papers that I’ve heard most about, recently, are Graphilo and […]
It took me about six months to fill up my first Col-O-Ring booklet. I don’t know if that’s slow or fast in this community, but it was faster than I expected. Somehow, though, I thought that my collection had grown to the point that I wouldn’t need to buy many more inks, so I hatched […]
I’ve had pretty terrible luck trying to order inks from China, but these two inks have been exceptions to the rule. I first ran across Volga River and a photo that made it look like a vibrant true blue ink with heavy sheen, and I was happy to find Pine Forest listed along with it, […]
As I mentioned in my previous video, converting Jinhao pens to use Zebra G-nibs is a popular way to get a nice soft, flexy nib for calligraphy, vintage scripts, and just general awesomeness. This video explains how to convert a Jinhao 750 to use a Zebra-G nib, though “conversion” is a bit of a stretch. […]
If you’re watching this, you’ve probably also seen some of the amazing results that people get when using flex nibs in their pens. In my quest to get some of the same capabilities for my own writing, I have tried a few different options, and this is what I found. My first foray was with […]