#eyedropper

[zoomar]

Save your hair!

[likematches]

Which type of fountain pen is best at flying?

Lately, I've expanded my involvement in fountain pen hobbyism, and I am also taking a handful of flights this summer. I've found a handful of blog posts here & there about which fountain pens are best at flying, but none went into much detail or included photos- so, why not try it myself?

These are the pens I'm going to be taking with me:

The papermate is a ballpoint, and will serve as a control, the Cross is my daily-use pen & I've taken it on planes before with no issue. The other two are new to me, I'm sure the regular cartridge will be fine, and the eyedropper will be the most awkward. At least, that's what one of the blog posts said.

Anyway, I'll reblog this from myself with updates post-flight.

[penhero]

These are two Marukin hard rubber shut-off valve eye-dropper filler fountain pens.  Marukin was a maker of high-end fountain pens in the 1930s, and these pens featured in the Winter 2006 Pennant article, “Collecting Japanese Pens,” by Stan Klemanowicz. Both pens were made by Kinichiro Kasahara with the mottled red hard rubber pen c. 1934 and the swirled red, black and cream hard rubber c. 1932.  Each has a matching hard rubber section specially shaped to increase tactility when writing.  The clips appear to be sourced from a specialty parts maker as they have generic stampings, WARRANTED and NEW CLIP.  Marukin made its own nibs and each has a 14 karat gold nib marked MARUKIN’S GOLD PEN.  Marukin may have been part of Marukin Shoyu Co., a food maker of one of the top five soy sauce brands in Japan, based on Shodo Island. The logo on the pen boxes matches the logo of the Marukin Shoyu Co.

[busterjustis]

Set of five small glass bottles with eyedroppers. All five bottles in this set have been previously used. These are great little bottles for the craft room!

[numbuh424]

Bang 🔫

Link to the art that inspired this (from twitter)!

https://x.com/meyumeyuk/status/1818363910191452230?t=M8tXmjc0HopRERT0ZsSQlw&s=19

[moonlit-sweet-dreams]

I drew the fecto trio on a magma call with some friends FOREVER ago, but they're still cute, so I'm posting them!

[otaku553]

Happy mid-autumn festival to those who celebrate! Hope your mooncake is good and not mixed-nut flavor

[th3e-m4ng0]

ok i like how i painted the top

[saphushia]

feeling silly so i turned grian into a digimon. griamon. pesky bird digimon.

[blueskittlesart]

nintendo hire me i have tons of marketable skills like uhh *checks notes* drawing your characters wrong

[hballegro]

ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH DEAR FRIENDS, ONCE MORE

prequel

i still have to do BJ's neck [jaw is finished, neck is not. Hawk's neck is tho], and finish the mustache, plus some fine touching to make everything Perfect [bjs forehead, hawk's lips, etc] but. other than that i am DONE with these old heads. fabric is so much easier than faces so im not even stressin abt it. my wrist. it aches.

im FREE no more HAIR except BLURRY STUFF SO NOT LOTS OF DEFINITION

bonus; the end of the journey

[coridallasmultipass]

TG: bro flew off the handle TG: theres seriously something weird going on with him TT: So you finally noticed. TG: no i mean it TG: just beat him in a strife for the first time TG: he fucking lost it TT: That would imply he ever had it to begin with. TG: if you saw what i saw TG: ugh i dont even know TG: forget it

So listen, everyone loves a Decap Dirk, that's my main excuse. I thought about what if Bro tries to get Dave to finish him off early. IDK. It was a shitpost kind of idea, but I just kept making the drawing a more finished quality, and so I had to commit to finishing it.

Bro and Dave are trans men.

Still HQ versions and image text under the cut:

Image text: Fuckin' do it, Dave. C'mon, man. You won. Finish the job. DO IT! Haa Haa... [Image is from Dave's point-of-view. Bro's neck is pinned under Dave's sword, his sunglasses are askew and he has a wild grin and facial piercings. Bro holds Dave in place by grabbing his shirt. Bro's eyes are wide, and his left one shows a flash of billiard ball patterns before returning to normal.]

[penhero]

PenHero.com Feature Article:

VANCO Landscape Engraved Silver Fountain Pen c. 1930s

This sterling silver eye dropper fountain pen from the 1930s has a hand engraved Japanese landscape scene featuring Mount Fuji on the cap with foothills, trees and a sailboat, and a house in the hills with trees, tall grasses and a walk path on the barrel, signed by the artist Ikkou. The cap top is stamped with a VANCO trade mark, a V inside a diamond next to SILVER. It’s 5 3/16 inches long and has a semi flex gold nib stamped 14 KARAT GOLD over IDEAL over 4 over IRIDIUM over PEN. As it does not have a JIS mark, the nib pre-dates 1954.

Read the story about this interesting pen here:

[om000o]

that mi hook

awesomesauce woy oc by @thunderblazz i love tgis guy hes my son now too bad

[neonscrapyard]

eevee can be anything!

[art by me - neonscrapyard]

instagram || etsy

[wtfforged]

i think my jump between favs and interests wasnt too strange at all