Smoothing out the crispy edges
Four of this week’s nibs rock their writing with crisp, edgy tippings. A 1.1 mm stub nib and an architect grind require proper writing angles for enjoyable ink flow. Both Montblanc’s EF nib and Dan Smith’s lovely CI grind also have narrow preferred writing angles.
Lubricated inks can take a bit of the edge off — so to speak. I’ve chosen a cadre of my wetter inks to bring my quartet of crispy nibs to heel. Balance is the way.
Where is the line between iteration and imitation?
Majohn (aka. MoonMan) evokes strong reactions from those who are familiar with their products. Reactions to their products’ resemblances to the pen designs of other established companies.
I received my new Majohn A1 this week. Majohn’s clipless model. And I like it. A lot.
Fear is an engine of creativity, a mnml digest
Five links. Ten sentences or fewer. On how dang useful fear is in the creation process. Creating, for me, is a frightful-scary game of chasing projects that scare me to take on.
Fall-ing for five inked pens (puns are cool)
I enter the week with my lesson plans already done — with last week’s currently inked. A full 20% of my anticipated writing is taken care of prior to any tweaks to last week’s rotation. So I only need enough inked pens to carry me through meetings, marking, and journaling.
Five inked pens should serve my needs well. One grey ink as my typical core. And four options to keep me excitedly writing throughout the week.