u/walksthewildside

The lack of self control continues :D

Spent some time waiting at a service center. Borrowed the pens they used, the DOMS everyday was surprisingly smooth and so was the Cello gripper. No prizes for guessing who failed to exercise self constraint.

Dropped by Avenue road, Bangalore last evening. Quick peek into some of the stationers that still keep fountain pens got me this haul , from Top-bottom:

1. Hero 9365
2. Bril RFP 007, in red
3. Bril RFP 012
4. Wing sung 3816
5. Wing sung 3810

The wing sungs are the smoothest. The Brils have some feedback, but very juicy!

Noticed this thumbnail with an unbelievably hilarious categorization of Slipknot as music for sleep 🙃

Bril RFP with the Daytone orange ink. Tried to ape an image somebody had posted on Reddit

Do share your DIY projects, be it direct pen/nib modifications or storage/writing

Got my hands on a 3-level organizer based on my earlier post. Managed to cram most of the collection into the 3 levels. Some more remnants in the weekly pick container seen on top left

Found this at my cousin's. Bought off Amazon - some vanity organizer. Made of acrylic, 5 levels, pretty neat I thought. Will share the link once I get my hands on it.

Recalling a horrendous night flight that was supposed to take off from Delhi->BLR at 8:55pm, but ground crew had no idea about the flight status till 11:30pm. The scheduled departure time key moving by 30 mins at a time. Mishandled passengers with strategic lack of communication or refreshments. Rumours in the waiting gate were about fuel payment.What a sham!

Was further surprised to see a flight by "Corendon" airlines that took us to Bangalore. However, the seats were comfier than the usual.

Had booked the flight to reach home sooner (compared to Indigo) but reached a good 4.5 hours later, night schedule ruined.

Trying to increase legibility of my highly crytpic handwriting. Using a couple of techniques:

1. Loosen the grip on the pen, letting the index finger be ahead of the thumb (rather than the classic tripod). Noticed this helped bring uniform height to most words.
2. Letting the letters be more spaced out (find it hard with the R, T, C in midst of the words )

Inputs/tips welcome.

Pentel energel 0.7mm orange gel

Monday morning musing. Used the Luoshi metal FP with a modded nib to write broad. Hero black ink