Hey there, folks.
A friend of mine (whose screen name I actually don't know, now that I think of it...) has been praising this place for an age and a day, and I saw the awesome deals going on at the trading board, so I figured I should finally give in and register.
I've been using a bowl and brush for quite some time, even with my dinky Mach 3, because I promised myself I'd use up all the blades I had so as not to waste money. That was about a year ago, and since then I just. keep. finding. the damn things hidden away in the folds of old packing or medicine boxes. But! Finally I am down to my last week or two's worth, so I'm here.
I am a huge pen guy (though I only own a charcoal Lamy Safari fountain pen - one of the smoothest and best values for the price) and my object d' lust for the holidays is one of these beauties - a Lamy 2000 piston filler.
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/5030/image0230wi6.jpg < Warning, ridiculously large size image, but you can see the brushed texture of the makrolon in it.
*coughs*
I'm also a Linux nerd in my...holy cow, almost third year of the disease, running Slackware 12.1 as the logical progression from Knoppix > Ubuntu > Wolvix (Slackware 11 live distro).
I like cost-effective luxury, and by gum I'll get it!
P.S.: Anyone else find themselves lathering up with the brush far more times than you actually need to, because it feels/smells so bloody good?
A friend of mine (whose screen name I actually don't know, now that I think of it...) has been praising this place for an age and a day, and I saw the awesome deals going on at the trading board, so I figured I should finally give in and register.
I've been using a bowl and brush for quite some time, even with my dinky Mach 3, because I promised myself I'd use up all the blades I had so as not to waste money. That was about a year ago, and since then I just. keep. finding. the damn things hidden away in the folds of old packing or medicine boxes. But! Finally I am down to my last week or two's worth, so I'm here.
I am a huge pen guy (though I only own a charcoal Lamy Safari fountain pen - one of the smoothest and best values for the price) and my object d' lust for the holidays is one of these beauties - a Lamy 2000 piston filler.
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/5030/image0230wi6.jpg < Warning, ridiculously large size image, but you can see the brushed texture of the makrolon in it.
*coughs*
I'm also a Linux nerd in my...holy cow, almost third year of the disease, running Slackware 12.1 as the logical progression from Knoppix > Ubuntu > Wolvix (Slackware 11 live distro).
I like cost-effective luxury, and by gum I'll get it!
P.S.: Anyone else find themselves lathering up with the brush far more times than you actually need to, because it feels/smells so bloody good?
