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SAILOR MADE MINI DISCS???

#minidisc #sailor pro gear slim

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Sickness and Fear.

#sickness #digicam #Sony P100 #fountain pen #sailor pro gear slim

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my collection of original art pdf prints inspired by anatomy, astronomical history, and literature! 

anatomical / bookplates / astronomical

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Yet another beautiful new release from Sailor.

Professional Gear „Sunlight from the Ocean Floor“ or „Umizoko kara Taiyo“ in three sizes, with 21k Gold (regular and KOP) and 14k Gold (slim) nib in and 7 different sizes.

I can never say no to blue, this is so unfair. 🥺😭

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Obsolete Manipulator, Dragon Reactor, Winfrith, 2023

Gas Circulator, Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactor, Torness, 2023

Refuelling Cavity, Reactor Sizewell B, No 2, 2023

Window No 10, Irradiated Fuel Cave Dounreay Prototype Fast Reactor, 2023

Pile Cap Detail, Reactor 2, Dungeness A, No 1, 2022

The Nuclear Sublime photographs by Michael Collins published by RRB Photobooks, Bristol, UK 'Documenting infrastructure spanning a period of seven decades, the photographs in The Nuclear Sublime depict the present state and future of Britain’s nuclear industry— usually hidden from public view' image credits: Michael Collins via: The Guardian

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The Greatest Birthday Gift (for me) from my most Favorite Person on the planet! This is truly one of the smoothest, most eloquent writing experiences that a writing man/woman/person can experience. For me it was a deep yearning - not for the pen itself but the magic, the symbolism, the courage to put pen on paper day after day and to truly let the ruminations, the word haze clear into beautifully and sometimes haphazardly but never, coarsely, defined strokes forming words that become the sails to voyages into the past selves of me.

It may seem overtly selfish and narcissistic, but to truly recognize who I am and then to let it go is a gratifying meditation.

Not easy, not too difficult and one doesn't need a precise fine writing instrument to do it but then holding and writing with such fine crafted and engineered ink impressionists is what makes being a writer, worth every bit of the madness.

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Ah kul.

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I got one more Esterbrook J, and this one is black.

And also quite possibly stolen from someone's place of work.

If you're wondering what the imprint means, Bell System was an American telecom monopoly. They basically owned the entire phone system in the USA from 1899 to 1982, when the federal government forced them to split up. To this day you can find signs like these in older neighborhoods:

I shudder to think what things would be like now if they hadn't been split up.

The Bell branding on this pen is noticeably deeper than that of the Esterbrook imprint. Seems, I dunno, symbolic?

Anyway, it's a good pen, and I delighted in filling it with ink that would have been Improper in its former office days.

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FOUNTAIN PENS!

Found a jewelry box at antique store… perfect for my pens and inks. Not all of which are pictured. Obviously.

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I like to climb, and I got this Beal BE SAFE climbing carabiner as a gift a few years ago:

engraved carabiners

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Back in the day the big names in the US were Parker, Sheaffer, and Waterman, but there were some great little makers too. Like this Venus lever-filler.

From what I can find, Venus brand pens and pencils were made by the American Pencil Company (later American Pen and Pencil) based out of Hoboken, NJ. They had a long history, but couldn't quite handle the postwar stationery scene and eventually got bought by Esterbrook.

The nib is very fine and dry, and a little flexy. I never know what to expect from Western fine nibs, but this one is a true fine point.

I love finding different celluloid patterns. There are so many! People went wild with plastic back in the day, and it's delightful.

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It fucken wimdy

Stephanie Cunningham: Dog in the Wind

Posted by Paulo Vergueiro

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Diamine A Jug of Sangria // Diamine Great Wall of China

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#digicam #night #olympus d560

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Kyo No Oto Yamabukiiro // Rohrer & Klinger Scabiosa

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Diamine Honey Burst // Rohrer & Klingner Alt Goldgrun