Some writing samples of my new pens...[Modem Killer, Dialup Doom..etc]

[bsodmike]

The months have gone by and my passion for reading, writing and pens has just grown even more.

I'll be buying another limited edition FP this Christmas as well , am waiting for it to be returned from Montblanc HQ in Hamburg with a B nib fitted on.

New Signature..after many many tries...

I never really spent much time or gave much thought to my signature, and over the past two – three months, have been throwing various ideas back and forth on a new signature.

What I wanted from it was quite obviously my ability to be able to reproduce it legibly and have some flourishes to make it harder to be be forged.

This is what I’ve been able to come up with so far,



I tend to normally write my ‘d’ in the traditional fashion, whilst starting from its “belly”, and then working my way up; however, I found the method above not only flows nicely into the flourished tail of the ‘a’ but is also easier to actually write. It looks a bit like an abused ‘partial derivative’ symbol hehe!

Last evening, I went through most of the MBs in my pen box and the one nib to offer the natural line variance you can see above, was quite surprisingly from the Shaw. While I was testing my ideas in a moleskine, the Fitzgerald put down a really thick line, with almost no variance – at least on this paper. Something with ridges, like the Verge de France, G. Lalo paper should bring out its characteristics and I plan to perform a few more tests today.

So, what do you think of this as:

1. my de facto signature
2. correspondence signature?

I've got an idea for a more informal signature with my middle name included and flourishing the 'n' at the end in a similar fashion to the 'a', and thereby leaving out my last name.

[schmunk]

I've got an idea for a more informal signature with my middle name included

de ?

[bsodmike]

de ?

I guess you're not called schmuck for no reason...

[mycarsavw]

I've only just found this thread - very interesting indeed.

Me, I use a restored black/lustraloy capped 1948 Parker 51 with the Aerometric filling system and Quink (with Solv-x) permanent turquoise

It was a 21st birthday gift from an uncle who restores and collects pens and I've used it every working weekday since.

For getting into Grammar school I was given a Parker 45 Harlequin with a gray shield pattern which, again, was used every weekday until it was stolen towards the end of my final year. It was replaced with a 45 Flighter (brushed stainless steel).

I had no idea there was such a huge online "pen resource" either, there's my one thing learned for today.

Thanks for sharing Mike.

[schmunk]

I guess you're not called schmuck

Correct. Read again.

[bsodmike]

Correct. Read again.

Hence the in my earlier reply

[menthel]

Mike, quick question- what is the model of the big, chunky montblanc fp you have? I have a little urge to treat myself...

[bsodmike]

Mike, quick question- what is the model of the big, chunky montblanc fp you have? I have a little urge to treat myself...

Big chunky Montblanc is known to some as the Diplomat, and as the 149 to others. Kennedy (J.F.) used one, Hitler used them and possibly one of the few FPs to have been in continued production for over 50 years, considering the 149s 80th anniversary is next year!





If you like I can see if my MB contact who handles my account can get you a nice discount? She normally gives me a good discount on non-LE pieces. Just drop me an email michael@mwdesilva.com and I'll sort it out; she can even have it shipped to you if needed.

It RRPs for £455 in the UK, as I recall; rather scary considering I now have four of them; thankfully one was a gift from my Dad.

[menthel]

Thanks Mike. I will give you a shout later on if you could get me a price. I am just starting my investigations as I have to get the wife an eternity ring first!

[bsodmike]

Thanks for sharing Mike.

No, thank you for sharing your experience; it's a joy to hear from someone with similar interests and an appreciation for FPs My pleasure...

I started to take a Lamy I received as a gift to school in my younger years, even though I had my Dad's 149 and a few other more expensive FPs. I still have that Lamy although I do not use it anymore.

[bsodmike]

Thanks Mike. I will give you a shout later on if you could get me a price. I am just starting my investigations as I have to get the wife an eternity ring first!

Just sent her an email; will keep in touch. Congrats on your soon-to-be anniversary!

Kind regards, Mike

[Mutley]

That extracted a "lol" from me - in my department at work, I have a student working for me. He was utterly aghast when I said I had a VCR. He literally couldn't cope with the notion, and was left (very unusually) speechless.

[menthel]

Just sent her an email; will keep in touch. Congrats on your soon-to-be anniversary!

Kind regards, Mike

Thanks Mike! I can't believe its been 5 years since I was married- and recieved my MB copernicus LE!

[bsodmike]

That extracted a "lol" from me - in my department at work, I have a student working for me. He was utterly aghast when I said I had a VCR. He literally couldn't cope with the notion, and was left (very unusually) speechless.

I think we have three VCRs, but only two that function. It's all my Mom can use..no, wait, she cannot use it still - she gets someone else to operate it!

And my home has well over 4 modern Macs, two wireless routers (dedicated b/g and another b/g/n router), and GigE between my MacPro and Ubuntu box, i.e. I'm pretty in sync with tech but you really can't argue with older people and VCRs. It's just something from their time, although technically in my Mother's time they didn't even have TVs until much later.

She had a pet horse named Summer Gold and a pet baby elephant as well, on the 100 acre property her father owned; it had it's own blow hole too as it spawned into the sea, located in the South of Sri Lanka. The baby elephant started to get rather 'rough' and was later gifted to the Temple.

[Mutley]

I think we have three VCRs, but only two that function. It's all my Mom can use..no, wait, she cannot use it still - she gets someone else to operate it!

And my home has well over 4 modern Macs, two wireless routers (dedicated b/g and another b/g/n router), and GigE between my MacPro and Ubuntu box, i.e. I'm pretty in sync with tech but you really can't argue with older people and VCRs. It's just something from their time, although technically in my Mother's time they didn't even have TVs until much later.

She had a pet horse named Summer Gold and a pet baby elephant as well, on the 100 acre property her father owned; it had it's own blow hole too as it spawned into the sea, located in the South of Sri Lanka. The baby elephant started to get rather 'rough' and was later gifted to the Temple.

We have just the one VCR, and in truth we only have it because we have a bunch of videos my daughter still likes to watch. However, it works well, and is SMARTlinked to the TV over SCART, so recording stuff is hands off - just set the prog to record via the TV (has integrated digital tuner).

What I thought was funny about my student was not just that he was really surprised, he actually thought it was so ridiculous that I would have a VCR in this day and age, that surely I was either joking or lying. Like you said earlier, horses for courses (or why have a watch, when your iPhone can tell you the time?) ;-)

[bsodmike]

Like you said earlier, horses for courses (or why have a watch, when your iPhone can tell you the time?) ;-)

Um, I don't think I'd ever say that; I would and probably did say the converse as I do sport an analogue watch and an iPhone. You can guess which one I use to tell the time Your point understood though.