I think I am getting "journal fever" I have one in the straight shaving clinic area, the honing area and now one here. I find they help me keep all my thoughts/mistakes/successes in one place. And hey, what's better than a journal in the Nib forum. Does it get any more apropos?
Last month I had a bright idea that I wanted to write my wife a letter for our anniversary. You see, I wrote a letter to my wife on the day we were married and this is our 10th Anniversary. I thought it would be great for me to write another letter, and get the 2 letters framed, for her this year. Problem is, I have horrible handwriting . I decided that it was high time I get that rectified. And what better inspiration to make sure I do it.
Following this hair brained idea, I decided to start doing research on how to make my penmanship less embarrassing. What better place to start, than our very own Nib section Well that got me researching different pens, papers, etc... Boy this rabbit hole goes every bit as deep, if not deeper, than SR hones.
I thought I got a couple of pretty good starter FP's, a couple of resources on possible penmanship books, etc... and posted a topic here asking for some recommendations/help. I got tons of great feedback and was ready to pick up a Pilot Metropolitan when I got a very kind offer, from a very generous member, for a FP PIF. He PIF'd me a Sheaffer Admiral lever filler with a bottle of Noodlers American Eel Black ink. Needless to say I was blown away by the generosity of this forum, yet again. The shipment showed up and I got 'em filled up.
Today, I wrote a few sentences down with my normal work pen - showing what my penmanship looks like today. I then did a few sentences using the Sheaffer - my very first time ever laying FP to paper.
As you can see from the top version, you can see the chicken scratch I have to deal with. My hand starts cramping as I am writing, even after only writing that little bit. I think I have too strong of a grip on it, and mainly use my wrist to write.
The sentences in the Noodlers ink look better, but part of that is due to the fact that I have never used a FP before, and was going really, really slowly, trying to figure out how to hold it and write with it.
I am going to go through the palmer method to try to help my penmanship.
So there you have it. My very first entries into this journal - showing the pre-FP and 1st FP attempts. I will probably upload a picture of some scribbling from time to time. I haven't figured out if I want to do a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly upload. I am thinking maybe a weekly one, to try to keep me on target of a better letter come September. Along the way I will take any advice you have to share!!!
Last month I had a bright idea that I wanted to write my wife a letter for our anniversary. You see, I wrote a letter to my wife on the day we were married and this is our 10th Anniversary. I thought it would be great for me to write another letter, and get the 2 letters framed, for her this year. Problem is, I have horrible handwriting . I decided that it was high time I get that rectified. And what better inspiration to make sure I do it.
Following this hair brained idea, I decided to start doing research on how to make my penmanship less embarrassing. What better place to start, than our very own Nib section Well that got me researching different pens, papers, etc... Boy this rabbit hole goes every bit as deep, if not deeper, than SR hones.
I thought I got a couple of pretty good starter FP's, a couple of resources on possible penmanship books, etc... and posted a topic here asking for some recommendations/help. I got tons of great feedback and was ready to pick up a Pilot Metropolitan when I got a very kind offer, from a very generous member, for a FP PIF. He PIF'd me a Sheaffer Admiral lever filler with a bottle of Noodlers American Eel Black ink. Needless to say I was blown away by the generosity of this forum, yet again. The shipment showed up and I got 'em filled up.
Today, I wrote a few sentences down with my normal work pen - showing what my penmanship looks like today. I then did a few sentences using the Sheaffer - my very first time ever laying FP to paper.
As you can see from the top version, you can see the chicken scratch I have to deal with. My hand starts cramping as I am writing, even after only writing that little bit. I think I have too strong of a grip on it, and mainly use my wrist to write.
The sentences in the Noodlers ink look better, but part of that is due to the fact that I have never used a FP before, and was going really, really slowly, trying to figure out how to hold it and write with it.
I am going to go through the palmer method to try to help my penmanship.
So there you have it. My very first entries into this journal - showing the pre-FP and 1st FP attempts. I will probably upload a picture of some scribbling from time to time. I haven't figured out if I want to do a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly upload. I am thinking maybe a weekly one, to try to keep me on target of a better letter come September. Along the way I will take any advice you have to share!!!