However, if you would like to glide your fountain pen away to quality penmanship, make an effort to keep your arm loose. This ensures that you do not exert any undue force as you write with your fountain pen or tire out your hand. Steady and loose works just fine. Writing There is no...
Invisible ink is any substance that you can use to write a message that is invisible until the ink is revealed. You write your message with the ink using a cotton swab, dampened finger, fountain pen, or toothpick. Let the message dry. You might also want to write a normal message on t...
A moreold-schoolway to re-ink a fountain pen is a piston mechanism. Typically, you just turn the spindle of the fountain pen which pushes a piston back and forth. It creates a low-pressure environment that sucks in the ink inside the fountain pen. When you do that, always make sure t...
Turn the pen so its nib faces the table and screw the pen all the way in. A few drops of ink will come out of the nib at this point—it means the pen is primed and is now ready to go. If you don’t want to make such a mess, you can screw the grip and the barrel all th...
If your New Year's resolution is to improve your handwriting, we've got handy tips to get your writing back on track.假如你的新年愿望是提高书写水平，这里的实用小技巧，可以让你的书写重现光彩。Quick Tips.小贴士。A few tweaks to your natural style can make it easier to read your handwriting...
Fueled by online communities and nostalgia for handwritten letters, the fountain pen has seen a resurgence in popularity over the past few years. But Kevin Thiemann admits that fountain pens are still a niche market that’s mostly confined to long-time collectors, which can make growing his audi...
I'm about to be experimenting with iron gall ink, and I have so many questions relates to so many aspects of it. To start off, most recipes call for vinegar to dissolve the ferrous iron in. 1) Does it have to be acetic acid or would citric acid based "wa
They are easy to write with and have a softer nib to make writing more easily. You can have a relaxed grip with a ballpoint pen. With a fountain pen however, if you want to control your handwriting you need to work on holding your pen correctly. Position the pen between your thumb ...
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After myAsk The Desk post about sheening inks, I’ve had many questions about how to make ink ring swatches. I first saw these in a lot of the swatches from Asian pen enthusiasts and I wracked my brain trying to figure out how they did it. I made a mess of many pages of my note...