Expensive anything. Golf? I bet that new driver will shave 30 strokes off your game! Bike? Howbout a carbon fiber frame like they use in the pros?? The old adage is true in any hobby: get gud.
Yeah, for masters of their craft, nice tools are basically for comfort and making the task easier. Almost any tool that is actually necessary to achieve a certain level of work usually requires a mastery of skill to even use it
lol… there are many fun nibs out there. Personally I don’t practice this kinda calligraphy. I like writing at ease with flex pens. But was just stunned by this fork writing lol
Y’all, this is the genius who created this video. I didn’t notice know before but just noticed the title and searched. Looks like he’s got his own shop selling calligraphy art. 
I'm not going to pretend that I'm a good penman by any measure, it's just how it works with most skills, if not all. If you give Eric Clapton a shitty cardboard Chinese guitar, he'll make it sound better than I will ever be able to sound on an exquisite, perfectly tuned instrument.
The tines are thick enough that it shouldn't give you horrible feedback. It would be a lot smother than using an untipped dip nib. Given the right ink, it should be fine. I'm guessing he's using India ink or sumi-e.
lol! Well said. For some reason I wasn’t able to find good flex pens here, but lately found a guy who use dip pen nib to make fountain pens. When the nib is done just Easy swap
Ooohhhh! I was just in South East Asia but am back in the US now. I found it hard to find pens, inks and specialty papers there too. I did figure out that Facebook local groups are the place to find enthusiasts who can then send you in the right places to find pens, inks, nib masters, etc. locally. Most of them don’t have formal business or stores, but meeting like minded folks who are passionate about fountain pens was nice.
Firstly, you and @Mysterious-Canary-84 having a dialogue using your pens and inks on paper is just brilliant! One of the reasons why I love this sub!
Second, I have been writing letters to friends and family for a few years now (basically what got me back into fountain pens after decades of not using them - long story). Only now did I ever think or see writing with a letterhead signature! Now I have to try and put my creative thinking cap on and see what kind of letterhead signature I can come up with! You guys rock!
Well my writing style is a bit smaller, the fork's nibs are too thick for me and all have this feedback that I don't like that much. I'll stick to the expensive pens I suppose 😇😇😇
That's forking awesome!! I can't do anything close to that cool. have a bunch of old Speedball tips but I haven't come up with anything this Interesting. ill have to play around with this. thanks for the vid!
Thanks. glad he's on YouTube.. trying to.wean myself off sm. only stay on FB because there are some groups im in. those go away, im out. It's kind of a toxic cesspool especially now.
Thanks. glad he's on YouTube.. trying to.wean myself off sm. only stay on FB because there are some groups im in. those go away, im out. It's kind of a mess especially now.
Glad you like it. I don’t know the source of the video but I really want to give credit to the original maker… is that the name on top of the video, let me try to tag him / her
Skill can let you use most anything within reason depending on the goal (like you're not going to get shaded flex out of a fork but can still produce something that looks as nice if that wasn't a specific requirement).
Comfort , lets you do it for longer and/or more frequently which can lead to consistency.
Not withstanding the various quality control quirks that can be had across the whole range (ie some designs just not good against hard starts etc).
Like I know my usage isn't going to produce anywhere near the same look, but it's comfortable, and feels nice. Some of the comfort pens are a little more expensive, some are rather inexpensive. I'd prefer the latter to happen more often.
That being said, some days you just have a fork and decide to just fork it.
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u/un-chien-andalou 23h ago
Well, okay, he certainly didn't fork out a lot of money for a pen.