All Rhodia notebooks feature “brushed vellum paper” from Clairefontaine which is what makes them so smooth. You also can’t know how well you filled the pen until you run out of ink. Michael Buchanan earned the win in relief as he threw four scoreless innings allowing one hit and striking out six. This particular pen is a non white dot Balance Jr. in marine green celluloid from about 1934. To clean the nib I used this polishing cloth, and it works great. I finally found a long pair of tweezers with a downward curved nose at an art supply store, and with those I was able to get the bar out by pushing downward and wedging it out. My old sapphire goalbook is pictured next to a brand new one. After a few tries I was able to get the sac on, but I’m sure it’s much easier to use something to hold the sac open. This pen retails for 20$ USD and comes in smoke grey, blue and clear. I used 8000 grit micro mesh first, and then I used micro gloss to polish the pen to a shine. It’s important to trim the sac so that it fits flush on the section nipple. But if you were to break a feed, TWSBI will send you a new one for the cost of shipping. From the photos I knew that it would need some work, but I wanted a fixer-upper. The above photo is a writing sample on Apica CD paper. You may have witnessed little league lefties who played catcher and short-stop just as well as a right-handed player. These pens aren’t meant to be taken apart all the time, so it’s best to find an ink that works well and to stick with it. My name is Hayley, and I’m your friendly introverted lefty fountain pen lover. A fountain pen blog for lefties. I’ve found that this nib feels best when using a light hand. For most lefties, I believe that these dry times are long enough that you can write with this ink and not smudge. The Robert Oster bottles contain 50 ml of ink and are made of recyclable plastic, which is comforting to me for some reason. My official rating is 5 smudged fingers out of 5. Buchanan retired 12 of the 13 batters he faced. The Balance writes well on all three papers that I tested it on. When the bubbles stop and it’s just ink coming out, keep your finger on the piston and slowly let it slide back into place. Guaranteed For Life + Free Shipping. On Rhodia and Nock, dry times were 10 seconds and 1 second respectively. The little breather hole in the nib is heart shaped. Inside the cap there is a plastic inner cap to seal off the nib; it works very well as I have never had one of these pens dry out. There are many great options for beginner/starter pens, but for those who want a durable and inexpensive piston filler, you can’t go wrong with the TWSBI Go. The Go can be posted, and it looks a bit ridiculous, but it makes no difference in how the pen feels while writing. Have you changed your grip over time? Its slender size and shape make it a nice pocket pen, and great for small hands. On the back of the page, Emerald of Chivor bled through a little bit, as did TWSBI Emerald, but those inks were in wet writing pens. Technical apparel. It has a snap cap and is a piston filler. Despite the skepticism of nay-saying college career counselors, who called the venture a "stupid idea," and the uncertainty of Californian economic prospects, the clothing shop is thriving. After trying to align the bar off and on for a few months I finally remembered that I have a headlamp. Halligan was in the middle of both rallies, hitting a sac fly in the fourth before doubling in Matt Christian and then scoring on a wild pitch in the sixth. Diseño modificado de Jeanne Luggert / 3D Rose pattern by Jeanne Luggert The cap can be posted. The Lamy 2000 is a very nice pen. I did this outside with gloves and a mask on, because talc is messy and dangerous to inhale. For more information on collaborative projects and events in the works at Lucky Lefty’s, visit their website or Twitter. My partner made a good point to me the other day about posting pens. If I were to recommend a single ink company for lefties, it would be Robert Oster. Nib sizes range from Extra-fine to broad. I love Rhodia notebooks. Also, we have produced several of our own items that have sold out, and we plan on delving further into that this coming year." I got the bar in the pen and pushed it in, but it was slightly off from the lever. The pen I messed up right away because I misaligned the tines, but the notebook I would end up using over three calendar years. Since then, I’ve accumulated six bottles and many samples, but Fire and Ice is my favorite. The Custom 74 comes with a Con-70 converter, and with the demonstrator body it looks built in to the pen. Some nibs feel better with different inks, but this TWSBI nib always writes well. The big purple A4 pad on the bottom is a lined Color pad. With lefties Corey Seager, Max Muncy and Cody Bellinger spread throughout LA's lineup, Fairbanks' versatility should be tested. As someone who holds their pen vertically, the weight helps with ink flow. I wanted to make a post just about the restoration process; a review of the pen and how it writes will be a separate post. I haven’t always held my pens this way, but this is how I’ve adapted my grip over the last year to be able to write legibly with a fountain pen. Three years ago I was given a Rhodia goalbook to start bullet journaling with. he continues. Fire and Ice is wet enough that it’ll always flow smoothly, but it dries fast enough that I never smudge. ... Sac boule (5) 8 years ago Tecnicas Frivolite/ tatting tecniques. If the pen is long enough, then the weight of the pen can be distributed more evenly between my middle finger and the space between my index and thumb. "And then there are refined items like APC denim from France, and Porter wallets from Japan. Super wet inks like Noodler’s Blue Nosed Bear will bleed through no matter what pen you use. Some papers show off ink properties very well while others don’t. Lucky Lefty’s blog categorizes its genre of clothing as "streetwear," but it’s more like an eclectic collection of personal tastes. Lucky Lefty’s has hosted several events to promote local artists and musicians, including hip-hop shows with Illecism and C-Plus, photography exhibitions with Neek and Colby Elrick, and a screening of "Macaframa" at the Crest Theater last January.