A question for real fountain pen lovers. Have you ever used an old fashioned "dip pen?"? | |
If so, was it hard to use? Was it easy or hard to keep the right amount of ink on the tip, or on the nib?
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1You get used to it. Some nibs are just metal with no reservoir and you had to dip after only 2 or 3 letters, but you soon figure out how often to go back into the ink. Some nibs look pretty much the same as a modern fountain pen, if we are allowed to use that contradictory term in public. They have a sort of reservoir under the metal and this holds quite a bit more ink. You have to get used to not dipping too far into the ink and then you won't make such a mess. Some ink bottles have a little retaining rim that helps. You tighten the lid and tip the bottle upside-down. When you put it right again and take off the lid, the little reservoir near the top of the bottle is full of ink. This keeps you from having to dip way down inside looking for the ink level and makes it much easier to dip exactly the same every time.
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