tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48329622660396260072024-03-14T00:05:04.600+08:00Analog Doga brand-spanking new blog about my favorite things that are non-digital such as film cameras & the darkroom, vinyl records & turntables, typewriters & "typecasting", old rotary telephones or some such archaic yet infinitely interesting stuff.Au Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947651488453983116noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832962266039626007.post-34641961215232266512013-09-10T09:46:00.001+08:002013-09-10T12:45:20.581+08:00walnuts are not just for eating...<div>
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some goodies came in today from a good friend who shopped online with me. (yay!) there's a couple of inks,<br />
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and a few nibs to try out and play with.</div>
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i'm usually more excited about nibs, but today, i was most curious about the walnut ink. probably because it's my first time to try ink that wasn't liquid yet. it's in crystal form that should be dissolved in water. i guess the 'play' factor there is the plus. <span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div>
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then, i measured out a couple of teaspoons... (i later adjusted it to 2.5 tsps. you can add more to make it darker or dilute it for lighter washes, dyeing and antiquing paper and even fabric)</div>
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it smells kinda nice too. like the bark of a tree. (if you like that sort of thing, like me)</div>
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i first became interested in it because of the ruling pen i was trying to learn to use. practicing with it uses up a lot of ink (and paper!) since the letters are so big. i needed cheap ink that i wouldn't feel guilty wasting, especially since my letters aren't something to be proud about yet.</div>
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so i tried a few scribbles with it... i love how it looks! it feels very organic (duh! it IS organic!) and old world-ish. just right up my alley. </div>
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best thing about it is that it looks like that 4 oz package ($7.20 at <a href="http://www.paperinkarts.com/" target="_blank">Paper & Ink Arts</a>) will go a long, long way. the only downside i can see to it is that while this ink is said to be pretty light-fast and is acid-free, it is NOT waterproof. that may be a deal-breaker for calligraphers who want the permanence of waterproof inks.</div>
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but that's another story. for now, i just want to make a review about this pretty little thing called the Sailor Yubi Maki-e brush pen. i was attracted to it because calligraphy guru <a href="http://thefozzybook.com/" target="_blank">Fozzy Dayrit-Castro</a>, used it and posted her lettering with it at the Fountain Pen Network-Philippines FB page. i think anything she uses, i start to drool over. you can't blame me though. head on over to <a href="http://thefozzybook.com/" target="_blank">her blog</a> and see for yourself why.<br />
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long story short, i head on over to the Shangri-La Mall branch of <a href="http://www.scribewritingessentials.com/" target="_blank">Scribe</a>, the local distributor of Sailor pens. The Maki-e brush pen is available in 3 designs at Scribe but i think there are <a href="http://writeherekitenow.co.uk/acatalog/Sailor-Yubi-Maki-e-Brush-Pen.html" target="_blank">4 designs and 3 colors</a>. Mine is the one with the iris flowers and dragonflies. i really wanted the one with the peonies and butterflies also but i can afford only one. it retails for Php1,795.00 (about US$39.-) not exactly cheap for a brush pen but not really too expensive either considering the quality. below are the photos.<br />
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this is the packaging which is kind of nice, even for a relatively inexpensive pen--a black carton sleeve with gold stamping and a black plastic flip-top box. my only complaint is that the box does not have a snap lock. you would need the carton sleeve to keep it closed.<br />
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and another angle... (note the really pretty glittery iris flowers)<br />
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here is how the brush point looks. it's so good!... very responsive and snappy and well, pointy. i think the very tip is one, just one hair thick! it holds up very well to writing though. but i always gingerly close the cap for fear i'd ruin that nice tip.<br />
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i did not use the black ink cartridge yet. i wanted to try it first as an eyedropper pen. that way, it holds more ink. the barrel can fit almost 3ml of ink although i did not fill it that much. i applied silicone grease to the threads and waited for the brush to saturate with it. that takes a while. i didn't exactly time how long but it took about 15 minutes because i loaded it before dinner and when i came back after, it still wasn't loaded up. i had to dip the brush in the ink to charge it and then the flow inside eventually caught up.<br />
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below are some writing samples. please excuse the mess. i tried to do it justice but i think it will take more practice before i can really do that. the ink i used is Noodler's Black Swan in Australian Roses.<br />
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so, is it worth the buy?... for the pretty good looks and the snappy brush and point... yes, oh yes!</div>
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most fountain pen aficionados would know what would motivate a pen <strike>freak</strike> lover to experiment with something not natural to a pen engineered with a modern filling system and convert it to a primitive eyedropper-style pen. but for those wondering why, it is usually because of 3 simple reasons:<br />
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<li><b>it's prettier</b> - i like seeing all that beautiful colored ink moving around in a demonstrator (clear) pen barrel. </li>
<li><b>just for the fun of it</b> - what else are you going to do with a pen except write? converting makes you do something else with it. it's playtime.</li>
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i first heard about converting the Lamy Vista demonstrator from my <i>"suki"</i> salesperson Rose at the National Bookstore closest to my place. she said all i needed was the Vista Rollerball barrel. for Php 475.00 (which is about US$11.00), i ordered one last December as a spare part. it arrived just last weekend.</div>
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since i am all in an excited bunch awaiting the arrival of the latest Lamy Safari limited edition 2012, it was welcome news to know that i can now stave off my longing for it by picking up my RB barrel and of course, a Lamy Vista and taking it to town. i also really, really wanted to use my Iroshizuku Chiku-rin alreadt. i was actually looking forward to the apple green 2012 Safari because it's a great match for it. but since, its not yet available in the Philippines, i might as well ink up the Vista with it. yey!</div>
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so i excitedly dropped by National last Saturday to pick up the barrel and the Vista that <i>suki</i> texted in. i even threw in a 1.1 italic nib knowing the Chiku-rin is on the light side of inks and looks best with a bigger nib. i actually tried it first on my apple green Prera with fine nib. it didn't work well because it was too light. as a nice surprise, <i>suki</i> Rose also gave me a Lamy notebook as a free item for my purchase. gotta love Rose! the notebook is a winner.</div>
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here's a video of how i did the simple conversion. i also had some fun trying out a stop-motion style video blog. so for that also, the Vista is well worth the price for the fun i had with it. and that is not to mention what a great, functional, workhorse of a pen the Lamy Vista is. most everybody probably know that, considering the long reputation Lamy Safaris (the Vista is a clear body variant of the Safari) have for many years already. </div>
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as for the Selley's Epoxy Fix, i think only time will be the best judge if this is a good adhesive to use for this purpose. initially though, it looks like a good match. i actually first thought i'd just use the regular silicone sealant. i went to Ace Hardware to get one but sitting right beside the sealants were the epoxies. i didn't know there was a clear epoxy so when i saw it -- and it was cheaper too being in a smaller tube, this one costs Php 89.75 -- i went ahead and inspected it. i almost didn't take it after reading that it was not recommended for polyethylene and polypropylene plastics but it was recommended for "many rigid plastics, glass, metal, ceramics and wood". the Lamy clear plastic barrel is what material???... i remember the colored Safaris are made of ABS plastic but i'm not sure about the clear Vista. Considering i would be possibly be ruining a P475.00 barrel that took 5 months to arrive, i hesitated a bit. the silicone sealant is a safer bet, i knew i stand a better chance of safely removing that adhesive without marring the clear finish if i make a mistake because silicone sealants are soft and flexible. however, i also don't like that it is flexible for this pen either. i'll probably play with it and eventually pull it off. i also think there's a higher chance it will eventually stain from the ink.</div>
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so left with not much choice, i took home the Epoxy Fix. i love that it dries clear and rigid. it looks like it belongs with the pen and does not stand out. probably the only giveaway that it was put there is that on closer inspection, you will see tiny bubbles that hardened inside. but on the surface, it is clear and smooth.</div>
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another thing i'm enjoying on this pen is the 1.1 italic nib. it's my first italic nib, with a Lamy at least. my other nib(s) that is italic is on a Rotring Artpen Calligraphy set, which has a 1.1, a 1.5 and a 1.9mm. however, i don't really use it for everyday writing since the pen is long-ish, being calligraphy style. i'm not really a fan of broad nibs for everyday writing, my handwriting looks terrible with it because i write fairly small. but, this 1.1 italic is perfect for me, even as a regular writer. i can write fast with it and my handwriting looks decent enough. when my green 2012 Safari arrives, i will probably switch the nibs and the ink to match that pen and refill this Vista with another color. </div>
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but definitely, i shall be getting another 1.1 italic/stub one of these days. maybe i'll try a TWSBI 1.1 next. it should be on my (future) Vac700 or Mini. so, here's to looking forward! </div>
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</div>Au Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947651488453983116noreply@blogger.com25Quezon City, Philippines14.6760413 121.043700314.553157299999999 120.8857718 14.7989253 121.2016288tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832962266039626007.post-40874879299194745292012-02-11T15:47:00.017+08:002012-02-11T17:16:42.630+08:00the impressive TWSBI Diamond 540<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Zj74EjPDUT1II2i6fCUJwq7hv6C7h1MvTTdEnwJFxKuZBsMF4KsZt8K_gVSdwGnwB6S3NBTztmYJa-JvFrZuLsBqm_TAyQJGnMwFh1MRT5OCWECM5h70aVmOd7SsRKpr-HVCrvq7144/s1600/_ND30075-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Zj74EjPDUT1II2i6fCUJwq7hv6C7h1MvTTdEnwJFxKuZBsMF4KsZt8K_gVSdwGnwB6S3NBTztmYJa-JvFrZuLsBqm_TAyQJGnMwFh1MRT5OCWECM5h70aVmOd7SsRKpr-HVCrvq7144/s530/_ND30075-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707785296875286690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-FfKLlYmVd3CR0gl3P91F3HDjCDZ_FHd0uqUkgD_L84i4zpn1htG7xYeL_LiXPVfshBc9v22vcqspWBfgd0O291yfUwrArP-e79knHaDTW4sSlnxYGk_WS2MhG0CXHeT9g0WNce2F8dg/s1600/_ND30342.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-FfKLlYmVd3CR0gl3P91F3HDjCDZ_FHd0uqUkgD_L84i4zpn1htG7xYeL_LiXPVfshBc9v22vcqspWBfgd0O291yfUwrArP-e79knHaDTW4sSlnxYGk_WS2MhG0CXHeT9g0WNce2F8dg/s530/_ND30342.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707782107814722786" border="0" /></a><br />sometime in December of last year 2011, i found out a good friend was coming home from the US. so, as usual, i had to ask if he can do me a favor and bring home a small item for me. when it comes to pens, it is usually a simple and inexpensive matter to have it shipped directly to me but i could not order this pen myself since the Ebay site of TWSBI won't ship to the Philippines. i usually do not even order from sites like this (i can't help but feel a bit slighted) because i do not think it is particularly problematic to ship to here. i have done it many times with no issues thus far. however, i had to make an exception with this pen. judging from all the reviews and from an earlier version, the TWSBI 530, which i have seen from one of the penmeets here, i KNEW just *had* to have one.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEine-iPBgl1G_O0wWG5EbvU_kngigISTarQLqc9Rx9VLAORqMM8ePF5Ihgfeo_5jxXNowivohWOQciRAdxRUGwDI4hRGwaHo6hCqVeMLYhtg38YIHYD0Dsi7Ua_Xe6m14bLXrhO9X8h8EE/s1600/_ND30046.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEine-iPBgl1G_O0wWG5EbvU_kngigISTarQLqc9Rx9VLAORqMM8ePF5Ihgfeo_5jxXNowivohWOQciRAdxRUGwDI4hRGwaHo6hCqVeMLYhtg38YIHYD0Dsi7Ua_Xe6m14bLXrhO9X8h8EE/s400/_ND30046.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707785299176609298" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw3yj7dSIo8b-cWyiukpNPTPTuaIwsSzSsi6dmfXGSL3e1afD4B8rGK8dB0a3P7Jau7JN0_MhyphenhyphenV1k79ij1D3sQPJ7FdPtWnydpRAhtQdixvbHc_Tox7od2SZ2Y8lE7s4L0JX5fbaiDyfc/s1600/_ND30104.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw3yj7dSIo8b-cWyiukpNPTPTuaIwsSzSsi6dmfXGSL3e1afD4B8rGK8dB0a3P7Jau7JN0_MhyphenhyphenV1k79ij1D3sQPJ7FdPtWnydpRAhtQdixvbHc_Tox7od2SZ2Y8lE7s4L0JX5fbaiDyfc/s400/_ND30104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707793714500001826" border="0" /></a>even the packaging was impressive.<br /><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qa3YX_lpV4Dc0wU3Gz0UoZYi06HaPHjj_RioogHTy2AZtFOiSVpfuvQCgK4nXhfX2ZcrrgeGbg_AxQ3GGszsI_zmmX0Afn6u_Z9SaCT58NzrTn36lbkywJTvqCyhpSJUFQ1Kvtnn5Uk/s1600/_ND30062.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qa3YX_lpV4Dc0wU3Gz0UoZYi06HaPHjj_RioogHTy2AZtFOiSVpfuvQCgK4nXhfX2ZcrrgeGbg_AxQ3GGszsI_zmmX0Afn6u_Z9SaCT58NzrTn36lbkywJTvqCyhpSJUFQ1Kvtnn5Uk/s400/_ND30062.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707785301433525346" border="0" /><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);" class=" down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Link" class="gl_link" border="0" /></span></span></a> it looked expensive and well-made. (but it costs just US$50.00 before shipping). i also find those 2 clear, plastic "anchors" that latches the pen very securely in its box pretty cool. there was even a wrench and a small bottle of silicone grease underneath that white hood. impressive, eh? and that is because this pen can be completely disassembled for cleaning (and i suppose, for parts replacement if needed) see it on my <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5VXOhYM5RQ&list=UUhUG9U1rzCl8ZtYOJTsmZNA&index=1&feature=plcp">unboxing video</a> down below or click the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5VXOhYM5RQ&list=UUhUG9U1rzCl8ZtYOJTsmZNA&index=1&feature=plcp">link</a> to watch on youtube.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpSe-qjzPQKABxk5tiVpQFCfmSIz1JsRYHks-uCzWDDXiuFba19B7Mxo60M7EfbNmgdRRdJ20GgBLbgfxVUhGHV5crxmwfzkVDkorMYu72BP14Jw-fwZCtXObD2hjGv3Oa5u1wcSmPXJY/s1600/_ND30066-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqg7if3NpHaRD3nakkpWQz2gjmAUpDUwbOE8Vy_Lf638InM8sRLUuDsKgFggDSYzDQES3rW7YYoZpiGeDJ7m-TXWioEBrl_pobbHil_x6QmW7aVdMeMvZ6jx0Z5-yMChzS7f7uKiV8Vw/s400/_ND30138.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707785862782563282" border="0" /></a>you can already probably guess by how gushy and enthusiastic i am about this pen that not only does it look good, it writes smoothly too. my nib here is an F and i am in love with it. i have a feeling it will stay for a long time in my daily pen arsenal.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwBd5tTnLtQb2TFlqsO3TG1q6xMoth8WwNp2Bjq26KZKq3S-JWHs5nOYxuIq0LRKnZ0rYohywZ7NtopCQjLQfSalPdKMSUpBnwLAIKTh1YskO-TSzQiZp7G9YSEY29XrtZCYnQhbvPs4I/s1600/_ND30147.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwBd5tTnLtQb2TFlqsO3TG1q6xMoth8WwNp2Bjq26KZKq3S-JWHs5nOYxuIq0LRKnZ0rYohywZ7NtopCQjLQfSalPdKMSUpBnwLAIKTh1YskO-TSzQiZp7G9YSEY29XrtZCYnQhbvPs4I/s400/_ND30147.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707785868873946274" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">*** my unboxing video ***<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/n5VXOhYM5RQ" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe></div>Au Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947651488453983116noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832962266039626007.post-67937618713500844822011-12-15T21:51:00.020+08:002011-12-16T10:50:32.086+08:00the incredible Bulkuhhh, FILM, that is... 100-ft. bulk film roll.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkcD4xnIWzXmmYZuWGNg463T_44p1PdbWIffODDcqT4C5_v10cS8WQIvCGBMxO4L8QU9IJa-Hqex_KnMxMWRl4h1tBbyoXmTKdnYl7CL4xz2671Rko_9MO2bqSdGPOuACeV0spSJNM2s/s1600/DSC_8268.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkcD4xnIWzXmmYZuWGNg463T_44p1PdbWIffODDcqT4C5_v10cS8WQIvCGBMxO4L8QU9IJa-Hqex_KnMxMWRl4h1tBbyoXmTKdnYl7CL4xz2671Rko_9MO2bqSdGPOuACeV0spSJNM2s/s400/DSC_8268.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686377162355125970" border="0" /></a>i thought 135 film for analog cameras existed only in the usual 'cartridged' form. you know, the kind that are available these days as 36-shots-per-roll film encased in a hard shell. they also used to come in 24-shot and 12-shot rolls but i hardly find them in this form anymore in these times when digital photography rules. film also used to exist in many sizes and shapes. there used to be 110, 120, 220 and Advantix. i think there may also be other forms i am not aware of. these days, only 135 and 120 are available and they are not exactly cheap.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGkXJV9QS2s03ODQAJMvngxRQ__GV67pq2cQ3-J9XO-hSncMV47ZUEE7NC0J7lqGtDPHdTFKA4ldu9EtNcfoF8XhvZrSua8zG5pp-bs9rQ34R0AqhIXuX4Y7sjXXBXpqx5NKidrkW7LI/s1600/DSC_8270.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 324px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGkXJV9QS2s03ODQAJMvngxRQ__GV67pq2cQ3-J9XO-hSncMV47ZUEE7NC0J7lqGtDPHdTFKA4ldu9EtNcfoF8XhvZrSua8zG5pp-bs9rQ34R0AqhIXuX4Y7sjXXBXpqx5NKidrkW7LI/s400/DSC_8270.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686377186001079138" border="0" /></a>if you are inclined to explore film photography, you might start feeling the expense and the lack of choices when it comes, at least, to the more popular 135 form. here is where acquiring film in bulk may come in handy.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUsqBir00Ja_vy9IPG9sXVOPUfEaxbKLzRleLr3gJRZD1cxbifay1lv1s9VtwxCP_f1aOwlJzuMUBq4-l8buC-2yrPHBiMqlVceEsXsOREi6XRMds65qKZO7-0NdAGMILlYt4ShO3OoE/s1600/DSC_8262.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUsqBir00Ja_vy9IPG9sXVOPUfEaxbKLzRleLr3gJRZD1cxbifay1lv1s9VtwxCP_f1aOwlJzuMUBq4-l8buC-2yrPHBiMqlVceEsXsOREi6XRMds65qKZO7-0NdAGMILlYt4ShO3OoE/s400/DSC_8262.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686377155929576466" border="0" /></a><br />i first heard about this from another film photography enthusiast friend, Miko, who happened to mention that he rolls his own film. that got me curious and googling and, long story short, i eventually found me a <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">daylight film loader</span> and some <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">reloadable film cartridges</span> on Ebay. the 100 ft bulk film rolls are not readily available in the Philippines either so i hitched an order with some online friends who "group buy-ed" from BH [<span style="font-style: italic;">thanks Francisco Bal!</span>]. i thought i'd try the cheaper Ilford HP5+ while the others went for the Kodak TriX film. you can check out the vid below on how i first rolled my own. please pardon the fumbling.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object style="height: 360px; width: 480px;"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fZpvTMZuBaE?version=3&feature=player_detailpage"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></object></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object style="height: 360px; width: 480px"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fZpvTMZuBaE?version=3&feature=player_detailpage" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="360" width="480"></embed></object><br /></div>Au Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947651488453983116noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832962266039626007.post-88172017031036875852011-10-15T19:22:00.017+08:002011-10-15T23:16:05.931+08:00sexy red Fed!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXn6q2GKmxq3X69X7JxAgEwzpFUtNDWmGfii9UyRPqAZZ4wVlN1l6zvyopcF_Dljkasm3uCc_-wUXdzfRjA8oEZPFBClUO8Hgm711HtgBlAM5U22aaWMGu1i4cjirJZ3cqsz-8UghU53U/s1600/_ND39199.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXn6q2GKmxq3X69X7JxAgEwzpFUtNDWmGfii9UyRPqAZZ4wVlN1l6zvyopcF_Dljkasm3uCc_-wUXdzfRjA8oEZPFBClUO8Hgm711HtgBlAM5U22aaWMGu1i4cjirJZ3cqsz-8UghU53U/s400/_ND39199.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663682796727069378" border="0" /></a><br />being as excited as i am now, i just had to blog about this the soonest. see, for quite some time now, i wanted to get me a rangefinder camera. i even went and joined an online forum called rangefinderfilipinas.com some years back to learn more about these cameras although i wasn't exactly an active member. (in most of the forums i am on, i am mostly a lurker anyway.) being the constantly distracted creature that i am, it's been years since then but i still haven't got around to getting one... till now.<br /><br />it was several weeks ago when it just occurred to me to look in again on that sinful, tempting website called eBay, and i came upon this red Fed 2. the color caught my attention first. then, i looked closer and saw that the lens attached to it had a really cool-looking flanged focusing ring, and it wasn't black. (the lens is an Industar 26m.) i pooled some opinions from the RF group - who recently went on Facebook, hence was more accessible to me - and asked them what rangefinder was good for starters. a few guys recommended a Fed 2. perfect.<br /><br />long story short, i hit the Buy It Now button and set down for the wait. the rangefinder was shipping from Ukraine which was closer to me than the US so i thought it might come in sooner, but it did not. but hey, it finally arrived yesterday! and goshdarnit!... it looked even better than the seller's photos! heck, it was love at first sight! isn't that camera just, oh so, vintage sexy? or is it just me?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4zb0C4FSuzMJHVBXFUy53kYKdmphFX6kDXQLr8jKA-hSqQ_2Vu-BFQR-ZPJUxrL-m9qfA3bHJEkXyjnXQOy4SB71JO8Wk3htPinSFBrJs2HbsJV3w72OfbWBZfWZK5C9ca1bdVtdZxb8/s1600/_ND39185.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4zb0C4FSuzMJHVBXFUy53kYKdmphFX6kDXQLr8jKA-hSqQ_2Vu-BFQR-ZPJUxrL-m9qfA3bHJEkXyjnXQOy4SB71JO8Wk3htPinSFBrJs2HbsJV3w72OfbWBZfWZK5C9ca1bdVtdZxb8/s400/_ND39185.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663681786347693842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">a member from the RF forum, Martin, called that beautiful color <span style="font-weight: bold;">oxblood red</span> (which incidentally is a bakelite finish according to him). a girlfriend who also thinks it is lovely called color, <span style="font-weight: bold;">wine</span>... i thought it is an interesting example of how men and women...uhmm... grasp things :-)</span></span></blockquote><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqBuZzF8DNUwnbumgFAkn7vfSJFebQZTxFwrkRaVISgxflx-FwY5Lvwd_Iao9VfxoL7-6LR1rMDyqF9wXYVpLHnl5wRb3oFNWXEtph__ivpk1iPuNxY-KKrhyvsLKseG9-xFTYLDHQPsY/s1600/_ND39200.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqBuZzF8DNUwnbumgFAkn7vfSJFebQZTxFwrkRaVISgxflx-FwY5Lvwd_Iao9VfxoL7-6LR1rMDyqF9wXYVpLHnl5wRb3oFNWXEtph__ivpk1iPuNxY-KKrhyvsLKseG9-xFTYLDHQPsY/s400/_ND39200.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663681790141717730" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">please pardon the dust, but i got too excited.<br /></span></span></blockquote></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsqR0N-609EvJd5q56BRj_Iu7ZS-TYnIw2wwQCRM8VJg_VGDm3d_FECiexY_IAeLH8iqXSZxdncs_avccZWzIXEM8o1vG3Lwu-6HRC_kak-TTX6TdAK_21lQPpiw0wMRBhOQqp360fNQU/s1600/_ND39202-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsqR0N-609EvJd5q56BRj_Iu7ZS-TYnIw2wwQCRM8VJg_VGDm3d_FECiexY_IAeLH8iqXSZxdncs_avccZWzIXEM8o1vG3Lwu-6HRC_kak-TTX6TdAK_21lQPpiw0wMRBhOQqp360fNQU/s400/_ND39202-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663681795221671106" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">i'm sorry but i think those knobs are just beyond cool... they're... well... hot!</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2nZAMfIEG8ZxTARrSuAHuQoFkTHzZbfVEEpJUpiQTcANsyb-6Nvuylvb9KyQQsvMLEYV42CszNMKqkJph-PCzWCJ0FTcERuD66esMuQYFGWuLP4iIUcmpDRUtubMjORJjY6SW8A27hPQ/s1600/_ND39211.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2nZAMfIEG8ZxTARrSuAHuQoFkTHzZbfVEEpJUpiQTcANsyb-6Nvuylvb9KyQQsvMLEYV42CszNMKqkJph-PCzWCJ0FTcERuD66esMuQYFGWuLP4iIUcmpDRUtubMjORJjY6SW8A27hPQ/s400/_ND39211.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663681807875078722" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">it even comes with the leather case which was, well, a tad bit smelly, but i can live with it. just probably needs some airing. it's still a plus for me.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></blockquote><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzVme-zh03mr-V9yufvE2bpMIjpgitfC0PACimRKNthaoG6Idni3LbR0AWwF7QHXYZcAXvkjiqs0fL9u1J9yGxkvu06Zr1WWWqJf5fu1iZNdvVETIhD_Iy_G-3TIMRSa-Y9xODh3kCTDc/s1600/_ND39208.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzVme-zh03mr-V9yufvE2bpMIjpgitfC0PACimRKNthaoG6Idni3LbR0AWwF7QHXYZcAXvkjiqs0fL9u1J9yGxkvu06Zr1WWWqJf5fu1iZNdvVETIhD_Iy_G-3TIMRSa-Y9xODh3kCTDc/s400/_ND39208.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663681801471955842" border="0" /></a>i've loaded it up with Neopan 400, a black and white film, just to test how everything works with the camera and that there are no problems with it. it also gives me good reason to try my hand again at developing film, something i have not had practice with since the photography classes i took a couple of years ago. hopefully i won't mess that up. will post on how that goes next.<br /><br />here are some nice Fed 2 (and other Russian rangefinders) info links on the net:<br /><a href="http://jay.fedka.com/">Jay Javier's Fed and Zorki Survival Guide</a><br /><a href="http://www.mattdentonphoto.com/cameras/fed_2.html">Matt's Classic Cameras</a><br /><a href="http://www.sovietcams.com/index.php?1073574902">Soviet and Russian Cameras</a><br /><a href="http://galactinus.net/vilva/retro/fed-2.html">Fed 2 - The Fabulous 35mm Rangefinder Camera</a><br /><a href="http://sovietcamera.110mb.com/fed2/">Fed 2 - Penultimate Rangefinder</a>Au Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947651488453983116noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832962266039626007.post-74129831415650122402011-10-10T20:06:00.005+08:002011-10-10T23:02:24.575+08:00my one other analog passion...... is scrapbooking! you know, the paper-photo-scissors-and-glue kind of crafting. these days, there is also digital scrapbooking but i usually sit all day in front of the computer being all digital at work, just like most everyone, and doing some personal designing with good old scissors and glue is just it for me. digital just doesn't turn me on the way traditional scrapbooking does when it comes to archiving my memories. perhaps this is because scrapbooking equates to playtime for me and digital would just feel too much like work. (that statement excludes social networking and blogging, of course :-))<br /><br />crafting is something that i have always loved doing since my college days but scrapbooking is one of those things that have bitten me hard since around 2003. i have a separate <a href="http://auscraps.blogspot.com/">blog for my scrapbooking thingamajigs</a>, but i just thought i'd share these pages on this blog too. here's a couple of layouts about a two of my most intense analog obsessions: typewriters and vinyl records. these are 12" by 12" pages. i used the Olympia SG-1 to type the short journaling for these so they probably qualify as a typecast too :-)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wMy3OnfcoHF0IBU7y-lyjQhwwD9UP3VJtgfDuFWf7q-yrZtdF2ND9aVX1algnxOtt-nEzJAGYoV-f5Yzalwf7267iP9WCHOfHnhiOryWTCQd2KegkWyXzqVFBIdJZvd7dhsM-_SLZoa8/s1600/typewriters.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wMy3OnfcoHF0IBU7y-lyjQhwwD9UP3VJtgfDuFWf7q-yrZtdF2ND9aVX1algnxOtt-nEzJAGYoV-f5Yzalwf7267iP9WCHOfHnhiOryWTCQd2KegkWyXzqVFBIdJZvd7dhsM-_SLZoa8/s550/typewriters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661797316429822322" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmSh1yh_lsxZPh0mhfS7EpAOOD_vjf7uZeAJkPzVkoF7HuSgqY0IToec7UFmzrF2W0178f2oIakEE6lf5ffn2Zga-vBj80SGmCibplkZ5sl9GrEqnyY7cw9rvG-Nbp6CM0L9EhhRpYKxP/s1600/vinyl.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmSh1yh_lsxZPh0mhfS7EpAOOD_vjf7uZeAJkPzVkoF7HuSgqY0IToec7UFmzrF2W0178f2oIakEE6lf5ffn2Zga-vBj80SGmCibplkZ5sl9GrEqnyY7cw9rvG-Nbp6CM0L9EhhRpYKxP/s400/vinyl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661797321264211970" border="0" /></a><br />they're supposed to be part of a series of 4, fountain pens and cameras are the other two, but i haven't gotten around to doing those yet.<br /><br />so there... just thought you might like it. you can click on the photo to enlarge them for more detail. thanks for viewing!Au Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947651488453983116noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832962266039626007.post-80661160300153997382011-08-30T19:31:00.009+08:002011-08-30T21:16:47.991+08:00spaced out... and out of space.i miss blogging! things just keep happening in my little [analog] world and i always want to update my blog with it but like most people these days, i just can't seem to find the time. there's always something or another that keeps me away from my blogs to the point that i don't even visit them anymore. i always make a mental note to do an entry sometime soon but soon doesn't come and as time passes, i eventually lose the habit. then it gets harder to blog... or even write in my journal.
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<br />i recently read one of my old diaries from the 80's to my husband because there were several entries in it about him. we had a good laugh reminiscing the silly things i thought as a teenager and the nonsensical things we did and it just struck me. that i need to get back to the habit. it just feels so good to remember!... to remember the time, places, flavors, even old outdated verbal expressions. suddenly, journalling and blogging felt important. it IS an important activity and i should take time to do it. what if i lose my memory one of these days?
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<br />so here i am again trying to get back to the habit. of course, there's no better way to do it than putting to good use the typewriters and pens i already have. i also have to remind myself that no matter how inconsequential or unimportant a thought, a thing or a happening might be, 20 years from now, it will become a jewel that fuels my time machine.
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyvwj9oTHn0pOJjTuRWq_Okgj1lO-gQVexCY9nQ-2n78S_WN05m-nh4l6MEs3jnWR5t3SR6Kzs89Gm__kKlfZasKE0UDBQiM0Kl-dARKluL4kubkFp_ZoTSJ1Yuh4QyrOmc0mZ_JjHXu8/s1600/_ND38919.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyvwj9oTHn0pOJjTuRWq_Okgj1lO-gQVexCY9nQ-2n78S_WN05m-nh4l6MEs3jnWR5t3SR6Kzs89Gm__kKlfZasKE0UDBQiM0Kl-dARKluL4kubkFp_ZoTSJ1Yuh4QyrOmc0mZ_JjHXu8/s510/_ND38919.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646611305790856338" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">welcome to my workspace, in all it's messy glory. in the foreground on the left is a gray Royal FP. the one on the right is a green Olympia SG-1. the typer in the far left is a 2-tone burgundy and gray Olympia SM3 that types cursive. i bought this </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">from Ebay </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">months ago but it just very recently landed on Philippine shores.</span></span>
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<br />Au Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947651488453983116noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832962266039626007.post-4092913332822732122011-04-09T00:06:00.047+08:002011-04-09T13:58:59.641+08:00understated performer: the Lamy 2000<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia5V0h0Ttuvh8R7HSGvo5XKmNTsyUo_2_s2y9XeqYWBCKzA5wj9pO8tPQJ4oSwa997wS_vfGjzmkHfu3W4HMk92J3TWbn1c4eDhQEyGqRH4Qcrl1aYPv_hlhZth36-W6xCVTbnT1ethJE/s1600/_VD33204-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia5V0h0Ttuvh8R7HSGvo5XKmNTsyUo_2_s2y9XeqYWBCKzA5wj9pO8tPQJ4oSwa997wS_vfGjzmkHfu3W4HMk92J3TWbn1c4eDhQEyGqRH4Qcrl1aYPv_hlhZth36-W6xCVTbnT1ethJE/s500/_VD33204-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593264819502273682" border="0" /></a>i can also entitle this blog entry as : <span style="font-style: italic;">Sometimes, A Girl Gets Lucky</span>.<br /><br />here's why. one day, i took home a pretty cool fountain pen, the popular Lamy Safari. that is not really much by itself but i especially liked it because it is red AND it had a black clip. the red Safari these days mostly have chrome clips. since i was so happy about it, i spontaneously posted a photo of it on Facebook. that turned out to be serendipitous! why? because an acquaintance and fellow photographer, Rolly Magpayo, saw the post and he thought it might be a good idea to ask me if i wanted to buy his hardly-used Lamy 2000, for almost a third of its market price. ...and it's a price that would not normally be in my range.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Q9Ciia3nAotba6Rdb7mDKymeHN7GzSk1mysFG9Y1RSTqQKOcsgjV5UWY6iIYdh6pmOfFPcJPMKPMO0j9yih7qEDw4d-pEr99iaH5t_uNyYIX8Em5INCb-QjnXLPFuWtsrJaoOeemM-4/s1600/_VD33212.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Q9Ciia3nAotba6Rdb7mDKymeHN7GzSk1mysFG9Y1RSTqQKOcsgjV5UWY6iIYdh6pmOfFPcJPMKPMO0j9yih7qEDw4d-pEr99iaH5t_uNyYIX8Em5INCb-QjnXLPFuWtsrJaoOeemM-4/s400/_VD33212.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593266468787423298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >the minimalist, modern classic Lamy 2000 with the pen capped<br /></span></div><br />being all of a newbie, i wasn't very familiar with the Lamy 2000 then -- but the price definitely appealed to me. truth be told, i was even a bit skeptical when my friend told me about how expensive it actually cost at the local National Bookstore. it got me wondering if there were issues with it and i even asked him this much. he replied that he simply wanted to dispose of some extraneous luxuries and that there really was no issue with his slightly used pen.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-82HRmIiskMEtdJ4KFLbRpFGhiP97l5XAjhFTYLnwmnSPJJa395qW-Sam8455NZCyLO-d_KJyK_kQyOzVr2iAcnnJptX_OJOh_pbfbwv7Z5DHVu5-jQUaLWw_5wNTD5_Dci8lijOgDI/s1600/_VD33175.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-82HRmIiskMEtdJ4KFLbRpFGhiP97l5XAjhFTYLnwmnSPJJa395qW-Sam8455NZCyLO-d_KJyK_kQyOzVr2iAcnnJptX_OJOh_pbfbwv7Z5DHVu5-jQUaLWw_5wNTD5_Dci8lijOgDI/s400/_VD33175.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593267115368995714" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >the simple yet elegant clip is "spring-loaded" meaning it can be pressed so it can easily be clipped to one's shirt pocket or neckline. it is so minimalist, even the branding is subtly engraved in fine letters on the side of the clip instead of on the top of it. </span><br /></div><br />i immediately did some googling and found this from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamy#cite_note-13">Wikipedia</a>, among other things:<blockquote>The Lamy 2000. Lamy's flagship fountain pen is the 2000. Designed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Gerd Alfred Müller</span> and released in 1966, it remains in production today. The 2000 was innovative in its day for its use of a special fiberglass resin produced by Bayer, Makrolon, for the body of the pen. It is the only Lamy fountain pen that is a piston fill pen, so thus only takes bottled ink. It has a <span style="font-weight: bold;">flexible 14 carat gold nib</span>, though it is <span style="font-weight: bold;">plated with platinum</span>, which achieves a uniform colour scheme to the pen. The pen's design demonstrates the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bauhaus</span> influence on Lamy pens, and that of "form follows function". The classic design continues to be popular forty years after being introduced. Notable author <span style="font-weight: bold;">Neil Gaiman</span> wrote his book <span style="font-style: italic;">American Gods</span> with his Lamy 2000, which he refers to as his "novel writing pen".<br /><br /></blockquote><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-14etWG3BUXUrh_AaBY8qhiaxkBqwrfY3ffPRJxGa-VRuYPxKbb4yYe1wXj5wG_WbfZZZ7Qvxrc0ZuxntIiiw5D0lkChJ5p7p_QdG3yZ3mGN7dAoYCi9uNsDQnYaW3WPLwEvIfa3mqrQ/s1600/_VD33171.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-14etWG3BUXUrh_AaBY8qhiaxkBqwrfY3ffPRJxGa-VRuYPxKbb4yYe1wXj5wG_WbfZZZ7Qvxrc0ZuxntIiiw5D0lkChJ5p7p_QdG3yZ3mGN7dAoYCi9uNsDQnYaW3WPLwEvIfa3mqrQ/s500/_VD33171.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593392856704851682" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >the topside of the broad, platinum plated 14K flexible gold nib<br /></span></p><p>How can i even resist that? aside from being a beautiful, minimalist, artfully designed pen, it strongly appeals to me because i also have a fetish for things that are released around the year of my birth. it was added attraction too that it is a favorite by a famous author who actually <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">wrote</span> his book with it, quite literally. so it wasn't surprising that the very next day, i was out to meet Rolly by the gates of GMA where he works, to view the pen. after deliberation and some hesitation (mostly due only to the fact that it was a broad nib and i usually prefer fine), i still ended up taking it. the price was too good to pass up. he even threw in a full bottle of black Lamy ink to sweeten the deal.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir0aEWTgAnCmmKxRrhwIpXuUWNAU-8OlwO6CxBvICeYqBEq7bA4yk1OuNcmxUqGeMpl7EtrdiiBHduqrGcoI3FTnZUM-hQNjAr5zFkqX7tvrkJ10HdC-NdF2ikoKVDaKXevD6Zg4g4dUY/s1600/_VD33583.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir0aEWTgAnCmmKxRrhwIpXuUWNAU-8OlwO6CxBvICeYqBEq7bA4yk1OuNcmxUqGeMpl7EtrdiiBHduqrGcoI3FTnZUM-hQNjAr5zFkqX7tvrkJ10HdC-NdF2ikoKVDaKXevD6Zg4g4dUY/s400/_VD33583.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593271987318287554" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >the Lamy 2000 has this little, unobtrusive window that shows how much ink it still has. this is how the window looks when the pen is empty.<br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV50Hwgr42HovZLKp7IAmF0d0IJaWBDGIa-FqGYyz2kEXYRu6oO9hP7c6VEcScdMp8weaU_u6u494OQvSjlHxX3HFhRXuYgQJ1-Y-KwDRwaRJBGdZ7Lj1gV52CvazSTXkAno6VIKFzP_M/s1600/_VD33589.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV50Hwgr42HovZLKp7IAmF0d0IJaWBDGIa-FqGYyz2kEXYRu6oO9hP7c6VEcScdMp8weaU_u6u494OQvSjlHxX3HFhRXuYgQJ1-Y-KwDRwaRJBGdZ7Lj1gV52CvazSTXkAno6VIKFzP_M/s400/_VD33589.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593271991686434306" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >this is how it looks when filled with a purplish ink. pretty cool yes?<br /></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx9IuTxpXQRuY5nqd0gAtfH00vF-NJq1DP7X_UKdvj_p4y5ZX6E37otCvWGLOQ60YoMTP-cawaiI9-bFac5LnmaWfwGgMnSfZBIjHEIHjKF8YOAcxsP1Peyp3rd-HLEhgC8e-amUtlKBw/s1600/_VD33591.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx9IuTxpXQRuY5nqd0gAtfH00vF-NJq1DP7X_UKdvj_p4y5ZX6E37otCvWGLOQ60YoMTP-cawaiI9-bFac5LnmaWfwGgMnSfZBIjHEIHjKF8YOAcxsP1Peyp3rd-HLEhgC8e-amUtlKBw/s400/_VD33591.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593271994059195810" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >however, that even that little window is minimalist--it is not obvious unless it is bright and the light source is behind the window. compare with the photo below with the light source on top instead of behind.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZk356o25zRZ2vaV9Nwp90TKTQXnxHDwBGS14W3dBJtk9K2dPpYDrVglu11T5pMKj9voYNOZ7hlefpHqbMrAT7iXlH0wPzdQ-wAQ2xLDkx776PBtN9qbAtj3nNCAxfzS3iuiTHkxeTbmw/s1600/_VD33594.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZk356o25zRZ2vaV9Nwp90TKTQXnxHDwBGS14W3dBJtk9K2dPpYDrVglu11T5pMKj9voYNOZ7hlefpHqbMrAT7iXlH0wPzdQ-wAQ2xLDkx776PBtN9qbAtj3nNCAxfzS3iuiTHkxeTbmw/s400/_VD33594.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593272002933737762" border="0" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>however, when i got home and started writing with it, i had some misgivings. i tried really hard to like the broad nib but it just won't jive with the way i write. the writing was skipping which i eventually figured was due to the angle that i naturally held my pen. my instinctive inclination was to grind the nib. (is it odd that i didn't even want to sell it off? :-D the thought did cross my mind, though.) of course, good logic contradicted. it would simply be foolhardy to do that because i didn't have enough experience! i tried nibgrinding just once before and i was happy with the result but it was with an 80-peso -- that's about US$1.75-- chinese pen. THIS one is a pretty expensive US$175.00 pen. definitely NOT a good idea to experiment nib-grinding with it.<br /></p><p>...and i did successfully stay away from touching that nib... for about 24 hours.</p><p>but, before you scream at me, check out the results :-D i do have to thank an FPN-P member and a legit nib expert, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50881597@N04/">J.P. Reinoso</a>, who helped me out by doing the final tweaking to that nib. i didn't have the ultra fine buffing pad he has and he needed to smooth it down because, after my own grinding, and even if i was pretty happy with the line strokes, the nib was still on the scratchy side. after JP buffed it, it wrote like butter. definitely better.</p><p>check out below the difference of how it wrote BEFORE i fooled around with grinding the nib and AFTER.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0c0QkWCN7fUgeKuGpeKySE5n_JRnEDZIyB3yESGn-pjNVeUfAAP1f5UfFe4GyWHjM8-3fzDXydhrpF6WLz1Zn08B35edTLWBfehSCPyNmCgPFMSyqxUESHFAxr3oPfxmMnCeyG9ZInN8/s1600/Image-%252820%2529.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 453px; height: 475px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0c0QkWCN7fUgeKuGpeKySE5n_JRnEDZIyB3yESGn-pjNVeUfAAP1f5UfFe4GyWHjM8-3fzDXydhrpF6WLz1Zn08B35edTLWBfehSCPyNmCgPFMSyqxUESHFAxr3oPfxmMnCeyG9ZInN8/s475/Image-%252820%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593404004617898674" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">all the skipping was making me frustrated and it shows on my penmanship. i definitely love the pen itself, but i hated how i write with it. the broad nib and i don't match.</span><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzgDv3DnaxaooM8YLlF4zEpjK2n5S7a_sMYfAsUJ1-ca90rCdIpmaj7EGwCIZY_JQnMbqt2D5QcZFjCJC5phtNyb5h74yAgbOkG9DtlLfDXjBQbv-AF2wvP0SQsCG1oOXCoVqEu9FObVM/s1600/Image-%252819%2529.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 493px; height: 700px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzgDv3DnaxaooM8YLlF4zEpjK2n5S7a_sMYfAsUJ1-ca90rCdIpmaj7EGwCIZY_JQnMbqt2D5QcZFjCJC5phtNyb5h74yAgbOkG9DtlLfDXjBQbv-AF2wvP0SQsCG1oOXCoVqEu9FObVM/s700/Image-%252819%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593400173223684978" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">now here is my writing AFTER i "tweaked" it. notice the line variations in the writing, the horizontal strokes are thinner and the downstroke, thicker. most importantly, no more skipping! :-D</span><br /></p> <p><br /></p><p>...and here are the before and after profiles of the nib.<br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwbufQboVZO7eN-y1Ej0x6snsgwcQWzYZCIWg2dThyphenhyphenvIPhDCPb7XiqpvGRcrprO0dSz1cdKKj86Jg4c4LsINykYqQ6LifN2sKoyYa3glwplOmh1t_HwUpXbJm5Uo17orS92lBkXXxxxts/s1600/_VD33195.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwbufQboVZO7eN-y1Ej0x6snsgwcQWzYZCIWg2dThyphenhyphenvIPhDCPb7XiqpvGRcrprO0dSz1cdKKj86Jg4c4LsINykYqQ6LifN2sKoyYa3glwplOmh1t_HwUpXbJm5Uo17orS92lBkXXxxxts/s400/_VD33195.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593383513896455186" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">left side: BEFORE grinding</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwsKSBmmuR623ZgZOSkaZ2GiIkixOrA3c3sljwSZvOIIoFUkDcxbRsS2-GKOiS-lYFQ4D7N7pzrT1ddi0SQLuLVXieQORywuyvkxEGVfFcSZo6CjgG5qlSJkTwe6frtLZs3N7PdzaLi4c/s1600/_VD33621.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwsKSBmmuR623ZgZOSkaZ2GiIkixOrA3c3sljwSZvOIIoFUkDcxbRsS2-GKOiS-lYFQ4D7N7pzrT1ddi0SQLuLVXieQORywuyvkxEGVfFcSZo6CjgG5qlSJkTwe6frtLZs3N7PdzaLi4c/s400/_VD33621.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593383519078760754" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">left side: AFTER grinding</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEPaK_ofIBDFhPdozwR6dFFoEDeXy3nYK2GxQhjSOOeupCMmepgLOl7znIoUazq-b1rrNgG5SVTOy6dh01gj_Vmg3Wnc6ytQrlWeJxOUJJ5qxnmsutaHdoW-Nf1V2Ua2HOrSJjg8bveXo/s1600/_VD33198.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEPaK_ofIBDFhPdozwR6dFFoEDeXy3nYK2GxQhjSOOeupCMmepgLOl7znIoUazq-b1rrNgG5SVTOy6dh01gj_Vmg3Wnc6ytQrlWeJxOUJJ5qxnmsutaHdoW-Nf1V2Ua2HOrSJjg8bveXo/s400/_VD33198.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593385205176593602" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">underside: BEFORE grinding</span></span></p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDG0XhtC8FVopYp_45AASWeSrJXkih-CQC-JhL3jL3gMLGSAiebUgJgWCIICgxIMt2C2g2-j5RCbMw_swhvWqgGJvuEgz1s2bkSn5PuusM537O_ynm01RziQ1n2de6zYw124chdIgbQ-Q/s1600/_VD33618.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDG0XhtC8FVopYp_45AASWeSrJXkih-CQC-JhL3jL3gMLGSAiebUgJgWCIICgxIMt2C2g2-j5RCbMw_swhvWqgGJvuEgz1s2bkSn5PuusM537O_ynm01RziQ1n2de6zYw124chdIgbQ-Q/s400/_VD33618.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593385208850558018" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">underside: AFTER grinding</span></span></p> <p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3UqALXedvF7BLzC1NEcl9zofdiftvCo_2GkGeZkPYNHr_Imvzrt8vddGxTtw0i8utxcxfqx7NlsVpKGhFtUlQ_GHGKywh7zf1ujNuu0WFaDa7SGEr25UKaXbblgzNsB22C9KkiB-jxM/s1600/_VD33200.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3UqALXedvF7BLzC1NEcl9zofdiftvCo_2GkGeZkPYNHr_Imvzrt8vddGxTtw0i8utxcxfqx7NlsVpKGhFtUlQ_GHGKywh7zf1ujNuu0WFaDa7SGEr25UKaXbblgzNsB22C9KkiB-jxM/s400/_VD33200.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593389046172753410" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">right side: BEFORE</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwKj_Q448urwo3sjQziyif7FDwcTwhJ8wHGxOLCL2XqfruEnIZGT_FtawK-vdGHwPPVGqLP1_qsLjpI3Xkh-BDMXatF-A94RdHTD2qNT_tyslFp5qL3GmFqa0vvMGJK1m2xUkueVSp3M/s1600/_VD33620.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwKj_Q448urwo3sjQziyif7FDwcTwhJ8wHGxOLCL2XqfruEnIZGT_FtawK-vdGHwPPVGqLP1_qsLjpI3Xkh-BDMXatF-A94RdHTD2qNT_tyslFp5qL3GmFqa0vvMGJK1m2xUkueVSp3M/s400/_VD33620.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593389050618122962" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">right side: AFTER</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-nEaMva2ICYZqtyLGOk96uKRnMneLBRSYFsMKabj0PbNpjAeUuVEH6ZH8HFiXPsBGWaCgZRwfuju-dtHBZ0sENfm0puNn4GP0tqMtkI2Qek9IROLzLPYyLwATXMKd8fatqz3EjTBIfII/s1600/_VD33179.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-nEaMva2ICYZqtyLGOk96uKRnMneLBRSYFsMKabj0PbNpjAeUuVEH6ZH8HFiXPsBGWaCgZRwfuju-dtHBZ0sENfm0puNn4GP0tqMtkI2Qek9IROLzLPYyLwATXMKd8fatqz3EjTBIfII/s400/_VD33179.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593390066711839106" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">topside: BEFORE</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_UsGlm6UBtA3_X7qLHBhNqXb9TKsn2RDpnpyjG9JBhBrL2pg7EgJi0EZOCd_NjHnGT4KhF0aiwwyUQB5MT4TvlzEeRNA43qabXa6HH_bA5BqgSk7w_FBwaIbT5-jUTQZR9fiShED6udk/s1600/_VD33623.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_UsGlm6UBtA3_X7qLHBhNqXb9TKsn2RDpnpyjG9JBhBrL2pg7EgJi0EZOCd_NjHnGT4KhF0aiwwyUQB5MT4TvlzEeRNA43qabXa6HH_bA5BqgSk7w_FBwaIbT5-jUTQZR9fiShED6udk/s400/_VD33623.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593390071066120866" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">topside: AFTER</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvwMrFN89Q-uwFvw0PGS4cFma9tPkYW2Rj_J_GpJtSkNDCouhzjAgjE7DVayO5C3FQfrMxQ5QSdn1L0ps2XVE4xgTW2LymLg_7WGaKqyan2m_dHxYBPh72Kx670IPmq1Xbq8hAEGFWeQo/s1600/_VD33603.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 520px; height: 345px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvwMrFN89Q-uwFvw0PGS4cFma9tPkYW2Rj_J_GpJtSkNDCouhzjAgjE7DVayO5C3FQfrMxQ5QSdn1L0ps2XVE4xgTW2LymLg_7WGaKqyan2m_dHxYBPh72Kx670IPmq1Xbq8hAEGFWeQo/s520/_VD33603.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593277088150899010" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">some writing samples again using Pelikan Edelstein ink (Jade) and J. Herbin ink (Larmes de Cassis)<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfrliYXItu74JzAdYFhpAh3jaa1lZ-rDTJyCKRD7tVUvavDhRV7ed1rmItfFnmMbwfNM78WoB6zx7dBm-o6skoSkLZn9u-m_hzyA_ueIgfjcFbweqSIu7BZutUwa86hMVNsO5jTedBzQ/s1600/_VD33174.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 520px; height: 346px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfrliYXItu74JzAdYFhpAh3jaa1lZ-rDTJyCKRD7tVUvavDhRV7ed1rmItfFnmMbwfNM78WoB6zx7dBm-o6skoSkLZn9u-m_hzyA_ueIgfjcFbweqSIu7BZutUwa86hMVNsO5jTedBzQ/s520/_VD33174.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593278204489649026" border="0" /></a></p><p>needless to say, i definitely ❤❤❤ this pen now ...so much that it is always inked and regularly a part of my daily arsenal :-D<br /></p>Au Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947651488453983116noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832962266039626007.post-68933470938066400462011-03-21T21:10:00.016+08:002011-03-22T18:46:58.957+08:00the sleek, black Smith Corona Sterling<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLtLbh8XkZ9dyeiSquQT_-efqv_shtsFBWsVCNJl7iMw-O-ibt7QAAHrQzgMCCpTfFoUHx-h5wFCILMNQKVsrGk0SC7bIt1ukGuZve8XFEWpxcucEJd47dG01VEqrd1ap0GPHRRXzGhA/s1600/_VD33145.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLtLbh8XkZ9dyeiSquQT_-efqv_shtsFBWsVCNJl7iMw-O-ibt7QAAHrQzgMCCpTfFoUHx-h5wFCILMNQKVsrGk0SC7bIt1ukGuZve8XFEWpxcucEJd47dG01VEqrd1ap0GPHRRXzGhA/s400/_VD33145.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586567233808975938" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUa_nKSq8PVCxzXcpoH92aDwo-pnb9SxaiU_I1i4RGPJp_RmCFR24kgrvxWvjURiFvNlivmWpS4mAnHVa6OeORPkb8_wowt3qSq3rOlSpSYg09tptZ3H3N1HvOgrR_WjimXytsyVt9Ms/s1600/_VD33150.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUa_nKSq8PVCxzXcpoH92aDwo-pnb9SxaiU_I1i4RGPJp_RmCFR24kgrvxWvjURiFvNlivmWpS4mAnHVa6OeORPkb8_wowt3qSq3rOlSpSYg09tptZ3H3N1HvOgrR_WjimXytsyVt9Ms/s400/_VD33150.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586567235322622226" border="0" /></a>if i have to pick one favorite among my small stable of typewriters, this will be it, at least currently. i love its sleek shape that seems to look best in black. of course, that is unless i happen to snag the pre-war <a href="http://machinesoflovinggrace.com/large/SCSterling40.jpg">maroon version</a> of this model from the <a href="http://www.machinesoflovinggrace.com/">Machines of Loving Grace</a> website.<br /><br />when i first got it, it was <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1myQXi5E2qPwGQkHwizYDd1AdK-uOhuKYVYhFUeEU_f_oNlEbYj9EnuFKt0Y2jLn3hjcbSen9t0zz5TtMnamziH_60H2nfUmGujAfSIHMu2olD8IqwdfRHQ2jxpasX5ZvnlsJJds2NSw/s1600/dirty+SCorona.jpg">this dirty and grimey</a> and looked like it housed several varieties of mold. now look how handsome it is. the only thing that i wished it had was metal keys. i find it quite odd that mine had flat plastic keys when most of the same model i see on the net had round metal ones. since this particular model was in production just before the war when production was halted, my theory on this is that, when the production resumed after the war, the Sterlings with the metal keys are probably those that were produced from the leftover parts from the pre-war times. mine was probably produced after the original metal keys had run out. it was probably transitional especially since <a href="http://machinesoflovinggrace.com/sterlingevolution.htm">the Sterlings</a> after this model had plastic keys.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85BkdXFsY3wE-n8l5eUCA1pYkkeqY0t7dLXMCMlC_LdZZJK3t56Atx-qYbmcuS1_LtxJ_VWyod0BsHbjaVgMYuelOp6FHpB5GuvNWSo5-IJREONbXKfEtjty2Vc7DKBGje2Mcm_2U_co/s1600/sterling1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85BkdXFsY3wE-n8l5eUCA1pYkkeqY0t7dLXMCMlC_LdZZJK3t56Atx-qYbmcuS1_LtxJ_VWyod0BsHbjaVgMYuelOp6FHpB5GuvNWSo5-IJREONbXKfEtjty2Vc7DKBGje2Mcm_2U_co/s400/sterling1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586567212977785154" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjPEtxaEI41xXuXODfsdRJKUibT0FusAnkiNJfnaZY-IBLfBrzRlc1uz4sgT-owrn0WHTPLJQ0zaq1zMtrG7r7kt5Wa6CVm4gZ6hxQroxRo0l_wWvlaQmH5wXdZvk_XyzYix0Sz47qtEE/s1600/_VD33144.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjPEtxaEI41xXuXODfsdRJKUibT0FusAnkiNJfnaZY-IBLfBrzRlc1uz4sgT-owrn0WHTPLJQ0zaq1zMtrG7r7kt5Wa6CVm4gZ6hxQroxRo0l_wWvlaQmH5wXdZvk_XyzYix0Sz47qtEE/s400/_VD33144.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586567219049602482" border="0" /></a><br />anyhoo, i was so proud of it that when the FPN-P's penmeet came around (the first i attended), and it had a theme of "bring-your-collections-other-than-pens", i brought this Sterling. i also thought this would be great to show them particularly since i knew <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/jdalisay/blog/MyBlog.html">Mr. Butch D.</a> was going to bring it's "ancestor", a 1920's folding Corona #3 to the penmeet too.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLShhw4zzPpGYdhzoMQ_4XA3eC1t_xmK7ZpjD7E1qZNHlEUxrNUmxnsz9exYvnFdkRFmvWHZzwK5F_P81UFbjCWu2JiSBIPZ5rOKyxNhTVJv3fZlNOSvhMqv6OS-8J7j0u_7HzF8XWlVM/s1600/IMG_1283.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLShhw4zzPpGYdhzoMQ_4XA3eC1t_xmK7ZpjD7E1qZNHlEUxrNUmxnsz9exYvnFdkRFmvWHZzwK5F_P81UFbjCWu2JiSBIPZ5rOKyxNhTVJv3fZlNOSvhMqv6OS-8J7j0u_7HzF8XWlVM/s400/IMG_1283.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586568776650039442" border="0" /></a><br />Mr. B even demo'ed how it opens. see the vid below which i took with the iPhone in a not so well-lit restaurant. i tried to brighten it a bit on Adobe Premier. not tops, but it'll do:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0b8VKb9fZmQ" allowfullscreen="" width="500" frameborder="0" height="405"></iframe><br /></div><br />my Smith Corona Sterling was heavy so i had to opt out bringing a camera to the penmeet. on hindsight, i wish i had brought one. all i had was my iPhone so there's not much photos i captured. or maybe, it was just as well because even if i brought i camera to the meet, i probably wouldn't be able to click much considering that i was so overwhelmed with all the oogling i was doing at the beautiful pens that they had!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRPNAduN5yQNLrI4CpWS-9r1qktlx4KzGlIwHOvTJ2N_-ow6_wgrEH1SEgz3CizYQ02UxK0Jhi3EZsbfEYPylnj30AdFZlYI8iW5AZ3dSKQ6fzv1an6kkOU0AgDyjeZeyl4MsFc_4H_nM/s1600/IMG_1280.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0z8kgLGwXY4ReitVp2I31gQdKwpRWcCMQXUUboU5CTJD3uWJ7MtWLyb1e9THY7HPDHZyaXWJhb1YvkJt-KdW6RRYdXXnBVUeRuUgWiFrVodYVDQxRmmqgJcXmo2kM0vYIlKcTSDPUDg/s400/IMG_1282.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586569976565608114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAc2BH4CXjGMezQQcNPHAm5EvizyqMzg7PA9JHaX-JFdhN4h6uG56G2nkhXaIZioD7E-GsadzEV6vmZdI9Vr3-F8hzdATRmVk_EusBXpw2CkJfee5yvKu8ViCRl3JU5hXeI0EiIu7eYP8/s1600/IMG_1289.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAc2BH4CXjGMezQQcNPHAm5EvizyqMzg7PA9JHaX-JFdhN4h6uG56G2nkhXaIZioD7E-GsadzEV6vmZdI9Vr3-F8hzdATRmVk_EusBXpw2CkJfee5yvKu8ViCRl3JU5hXeI0EiIu7eYP8/s400/IMG_1289.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586569985267737218" border="0" /></a><br />i did pick up a lot of tips at the meet. that is one advantage of going to one. best of all, Mr. JP helped me out in smoothing out a Lamy 2000 nib that i so imprudently tried practicing nib-grinding on. (this is for another blog story :-D) i also picked up a lot on what to buy! i went home that day with 4 fountain pens --a John Bull eyedropper with a flex nib from Mr. Butch (another good story on this!), a Parker 45 flighter, a Schneider Zippi, and an FP from Muji AND i had to come back for a Parker 75 the day after--because after the meet, I and my girlfriends, had to go around town (mallhopping!) to the stationery stores for some inks and pens.<br /><br />ahhh, the pens... they are accumulating! they have a tendency to accumulate faster than i can blog them particularly since they are pretty easy to get and they do not present the same space and weight problems that typewriters have. i am quite painfully discovering that this addiction is a lot more potent than the typewriters... yes, painfully. my wallet hollers "ouch" already! even if i am definitely not into the 'really-expensive-sell-an-organ-or-body-part' kind of pens, the compounding challenge is that there is an offshoot collection/addiction that inevitably comes with it--inks and notebooks! ...and it's just too darn fun to stop playing with them! as evidence, check out the pages i added to this blog on <a href="http://analog-dog.blogspot.com/p/fountaindip-pens.html">pens</a>, <a href="http://analog-dog.blogspot.com/p/inks.html">ink</a>, and of course, the <a href="http://analog-dog.blogspot.com/p/typewriters.html">typewriters</a> that started me out on all the madness. Will update those pages as i accumulate... er... write the stories or my experiences with my big girl toys :-D<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1GGdKqzcMQ4BEJUCgSYPQJCUxJiQKmUP8jy941YrmuP0UgM3mqb8zeOzdZ4NxzqiIKQp1ZK4gTQA9vIOGm8F34iRjbKMO3kUxjxrFnHCAagaqKAmWFfuiayZIssDTEGc_nBQMazZ47I/s1600/_VD33141.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1GGdKqzcMQ4BEJUCgSYPQJCUxJiQKmUP8jy941YrmuP0UgM3mqb8zeOzdZ4NxzqiIKQp1ZK4gTQA9vIOGm8F34iRjbKMO3kUxjxrFnHCAagaqKAmWFfuiayZIssDTEGc_nBQMazZ47I/s400/_VD33141.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586567214244400354" border="0" /></a>Au Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947651488453983116noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832962266039626007.post-53283538305221895302011-03-09T21:55:00.016+08:002011-04-09T12:29:05.953+08:00my first vintage fountain pen<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYboqdId_3cLDwnXtfct77El8IHYbdq8V-HBemnJQAcWeZ6ZAEvm3poVoK1cWMTeWSqwm6DtcfAETnY7hNVbPLXx-qLy_YJF_KhmGY88oZf-dZ7gbbFHK3Zpq2wNYdy4mOIEZKlCt1BRo/s1600/my+first+vintage+FP.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYboqdId_3cLDwnXtfct77El8IHYbdq8V-HBemnJQAcWeZ6ZAEvm3poVoK1cWMTeWSqwm6DtcfAETnY7hNVbPLXx-qLy_YJF_KhmGY88oZf-dZ7gbbFHK3Zpq2wNYdy4mOIEZKlCt1BRo/s650/my+first+vintage+FP.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582079791763571234" border="0" /></a>Esterbrook SJ fountain pen in a lovely red. my first vintage pen.<br />noting the "jewel" on the bottom and top of the pen, this kind would have been made after 1948. it also has an ® engraved on the barrel so i'm guessing this one would be from sometime in the 1950s.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2KE5UCR5ZmH3T03s0HIghvU12mZJmaGiU41swXQYWuqjmq8YmwkrCauMlUypts6_hlR7CDXV6P5LzaREQovA5e-T6VGK-JltVxTenCnWYSTpWUdU2wQ7sI98lcxTc0d83B0aklOUXBSQ/s1600/vintage-pen1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2KE5UCR5ZmH3T03s0HIghvU12mZJmaGiU41swXQYWuqjmq8YmwkrCauMlUypts6_hlR7CDXV6P5LzaREQovA5e-T6VGK-JltVxTenCnWYSTpWUdU2wQ7sI98lcxTc0d83B0aklOUXBSQ/s630/vintage-pen1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582078804009243186" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqrsaW87ojT5frZPm10_hshmjorXWypw2cTPfpZloFiqpefqqZbCaC3EndS-cCa8wm1y8jFj3NGnRvT5KPRPUTFzJNXaUgAPT7Ca4lZkUV_ry3uWpuiTvDeqOEsMojo4gX7Lkf4chg9DU/s1600/red+estie.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqrsaW87ojT5frZPm10_hshmjorXWypw2cTPfpZloFiqpefqqZbCaC3EndS-cCa8wm1y8jFj3NGnRvT5KPRPUTFzJNXaUgAPT7Ca4lZkUV_ry3uWpuiTvDeqOEsMojo4gX7Lkf4chg9DU/s450/red+estie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582081366047063794" border="0" /></a>being first accustomed to the brand new nibs of new pens, this nib initially felt scratchy to me and seems to always catch on paper. but, it had grown on me since and this is one that i regularly use now.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGuaD_4_KPjZLgj5qANCH29zX5PxZoxFdMdpxP1_ymGqd-Hd9Zw3VC5Mqzp-NKd5q_UyNA7ZWJbP_VIOyImFQ8Bp-H1r2VC_Tqt_qtwW1m1VUFjjw0_Ps-a6lhWrLJT8bjdaGe2bthomQ/s1600/red+estie-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGuaD_4_KPjZLgj5qANCH29zX5PxZoxFdMdpxP1_ymGqd-Hd9Zw3VC5Mqzp-NKd5q_UyNA7ZWJbP_VIOyImFQ8Bp-H1r2VC_Tqt_qtwW1m1VUFjjw0_Ps-a6lhWrLJT8bjdaGe2bthomQ/s450/red+estie-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582082267570142082" border="0" /></a>the nib had some scuffmarks on the backside but it still writes well.<br /></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJlwEOiGSoJqv78JSrgyTtwtmUM2ePoY2Sc7EFvtpt6bp7Cemtp-XhREZdXKBdGhJGkGL2Bo82Q5XEmoJQWcdl8PKHFK2fzeKnPEDNAVf7gS08gQq8YznQn5Ca77sNgOrg3mSCjbnMIE/s1600/vintage-pen2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJlwEOiGSoJqv78JSrgyTtwtmUM2ePoY2Sc7EFvtpt6bp7Cemtp-XhREZdXKBdGhJGkGL2Bo82Q5XEmoJQWcdl8PKHFK2fzeKnPEDNAVf7gS08gQq8YznQn5Ca77sNgOrg3mSCjbnMIE/s630/vintage-pen2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582078801841880482" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEwb1q9tCv5BCo_MEneWUtnJKVIHs8PNefpBvD7n_ZNo5NYaBaFK2AE6Q-645sYELBZt4mTPcBJ7siUZaUPwouRQtNXA9A_mufpovnSK1YDTxWGNnHH05wxtFuphXiR0xHEimvm4LKBQ/s1600/red+estie-6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEwb1q9tCv5BCo_MEneWUtnJKVIHs8PNefpBvD7n_ZNo5NYaBaFK2AE6Q-645sYELBZt4mTPcBJ7siUZaUPwouRQtNXA9A_mufpovnSK1YDTxWGNnHH05wxtFuphXiR0xHEimvm4LKBQ/s450/red+estie-6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582083656939864274" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY9J9XUxEvuVuODuN1CHPljn7fmXB5i2kPBj_nFl6t82nafrE_ofoPLEWVbg53hkfrJHHy9ydqykaBsUWK6fuA6asLjUdtG8Sm5ROGgrLcUMVPh6EUz1xB9W-bWSGNGMHabJb_29g0plk/s1600/red+estie-5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY9J9XUxEvuVuODuN1CHPljn7fmXB5i2kPBj_nFl6t82nafrE_ofoPLEWVbg53hkfrJHHy9ydqykaBsUWK6fuA6asLjUdtG8Sm5ROGgrLcUMVPh6EUz1xB9W-bWSGNGMHabJb_29g0plk/s550/red+estie-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582084134791805474" border="0" /></a>Estie. got it. love it. want more.<br />if you have one to offer, preferably in green, blue or copper, please leave me a message. But of course you can leave me any other message, too. I love comments :-)<br /></div>Au Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947651488453983116noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832962266039626007.post-10987510697300668432011-02-25T13:50:00.012+08:002011-02-25T15:55:20.457+08:00junkiehoodthe following typecast is sort of outdated by now considering that many new things have already happened in my little analog world. i'm posting it anyway since I have already typed and scanned it a week ago but didn't find time to properly post it. will be blogging more soon on some of my latest typewriter, pen and paper addiction developments. i do have to mention first that i have been sinking deeper and deeper into an inky quagmire since my last posting about a couple of weeks back, but more on that later.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_DCrT6Lb9izgGIb8u5OqIDaVLyNM903UEIVQqrflnToeF5ftcCZQHl91RTqsTCD__yTn6utNLJa0F-TfpGC5FPofFLVvK6KGwtRqfVU-ikEjhgW5MTW_NTKm5i5I2ARGTZH5hKZwogY/s1600/Design+A_.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 72px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_DCrT6Lb9izgGIb8u5OqIDaVLyNM903UEIVQqrflnToeF5ftcCZQHl91RTqsTCD__yTn6utNLJa0F-TfpGC5FPofFLVvK6KGwtRqfVU-ikEjhgW5MTW_NTKm5i5I2ARGTZH5hKZwogY/s400/Design+A_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572066856041833762" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbAU9pW93_rD2Evs9aJghZPIynqRRTBwUGSVzuCEhObO7y5uBQL4ihICmmxuq4CO_FGmR2zovBnvKIrtuervvvHuxK0GN_NQQIn_JMe1eVMSaS8KP6s2h7Ed6SlBSR91fZIN8nVgjNKk/s1600/feb17a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbAU9pW93_rD2Evs9aJghZPIynqRRTBwUGSVzuCEhObO7y5uBQL4ihICmmxuq4CO_FGmR2zovBnvKIrtuervvvHuxK0GN_NQQIn_JMe1eVMSaS8KP6s2h7Ed6SlBSR91fZIN8nVgjNKk/s680/feb17a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577501198478044130" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5PGUGXbFev9z6FE1JXoPuOWm8K4Uw7LdDtLW47_Zs8X4G7HBQW-afaG5foLCeMITBUOTOjGsRzNp3AlC5C02cDuHkGquU2BTcmkyt3DgyzH6MlngXfbOfMzkSNKUXJY8wM5Zp_cD82j8/s1600/luis-store.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5PGUGXbFev9z6FE1JXoPuOWm8K4Uw7LdDtLW47_Zs8X4G7HBQW-afaG5foLCeMITBUOTOjGsRzNp3AlC5C02cDuHkGquU2BTcmkyt3DgyzH6MlngXfbOfMzkSNKUXJY8wM5Zp_cD82j8/s400/luis-store.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577513461480525442" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">Luis Store is closed on Saturdays. make sure to go on a weekday.</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioNBeblwRjFaZcfNrfEkHbNydgRXz63QOEnOQXjYU4HwIA2koKc8nYIASrJ2gD3rD8Ci9DWtOpd-HZuxa51eafZf3JA-DaQZlOmf4DKpAcB7czwyd1KQwkq0VsHvqWSkwjVyUVN15nYhs/s1600/feb17b.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioNBeblwRjFaZcfNrfEkHbNydgRXz63QOEnOQXjYU4HwIA2koKc8nYIASrJ2gD3rD8Ci9DWtOpd-HZuxa51eafZf3JA-DaQZlOmf4DKpAcB7czwyd1KQwkq0VsHvqWSkwjVyUVN15nYhs/s680/feb17b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577501206219406690" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJH8qC5iIYvlYpQEzBw2tOzAXMMFu2EUwKpqvZXnGeNxuFLiIXOYjxxpKwfpMzfTH_4sV7BsFOON8RyuIubv6PZgImCL42vwkkR_isut_uPe8-mRvGwWT7e23oROqN-HYK9gHTbLpH1c/s1600/my+first+FPs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJH8qC5iIYvlYpQEzBw2tOzAXMMFu2EUwKpqvZXnGeNxuFLiIXOYjxxpKwfpMzfTH_4sV7BsFOON8RyuIubv6PZgImCL42vwkkR_isut_uPe8-mRvGwWT7e23oROqN-HYK9gHTbLpH1c/s400/my+first+FPs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577523421024448274" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">my very first fountain pens. first on the left is the Parker I.M. with a fine nib. The teal pen is the fine point Pilot 76G. Next to it is the green Youth 208 pen and the other one has Youlian on the clip but has Tiantan 219 engraved on the body.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbAU9pW93_rD2Evs9aJghZPIynqRRTBwUGSVzuCEhObO7y5uBQL4ihICmmxuq4CO_FGmR2zovBnvKIrtuervvvHuxK0GN_NQQIn_JMe1eVMSaS8KP6s2h7Ed6SlBSR91fZIN8nVgjNKk/s1600/feb17a.jpg"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNXiBRIzQ3pzti3Ox-bVrre4pfwhIJ74lZLzvVmo77_nZ-fqzs17tl6Ys6oCE6iaxjUTzF1bDSRbkuNZeeM_UB6R-YqyBfeQNPyMX9YhPrnzA7y5JhIKrp87Ej1bHksS2hzT0txTz4UE/s1600/feb17c.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNXiBRIzQ3pzti3Ox-bVrre4pfwhIJ74lZLzvVmo77_nZ-fqzs17tl6Ys6oCE6iaxjUTzF1bDSRbkuNZeeM_UB6R-YqyBfeQNPyMX9YhPrnzA7y5JhIKrp87Ej1bHksS2hzT0txTz4UE/s680/feb17c.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577501210675777154" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1myQXi5E2qPwGQkHwizYDd1AdK-uOhuKYVYhFUeEU_f_oNlEbYj9EnuFKt0Y2jLn3hjcbSen9t0zz5TtMnamziH_60H2nfUmGujAfSIHMu2olD8IqwdfRHQ2jxpasX5ZvnlsJJds2NSw/s1600/dirty+SCorona.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1myQXi5E2qPwGQkHwizYDd1AdK-uOhuKYVYhFUeEU_f_oNlEbYj9EnuFKt0Y2jLn3hjcbSen9t0zz5TtMnamziH_60H2nfUmGujAfSIHMu2olD8IqwdfRHQ2jxpasX5ZvnlsJJds2NSw/s600/dirty+SCorona.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577528254697699250" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">this is how my Smith Corona Sterling looked when i got it from the store, fresh in from an old warehouse haul. but first time i laid eyes on it, i knew it would be a looker after i clean it up. i was right. works perfectly now, too.</span><br /></span>Au Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947651488453983116noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832962266039626007.post-27879910096158454942011-02-10T19:58:00.014+08:002011-03-22T12:33:09.388+08:00the Quiet Riter, revived<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27KRTHKa-vkbG-2DjABojCoeo7j5PmSfMx3vGI_9E1tol59N7ZFyJplXGj96dcAzRM2urT7XrRSmreBfBwHanrYmXvSRIxsFKzZQCrlCRD9rlL1ufvR3CvpNBr9hIxq5fGDygHj-vO5k/s1600/_VD32724.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQLsVxQWlvKqMNl6EYZwCtLOr2U1k0fq04gqYi4f3y_TreQXgzvS39hegSrmpLzLcHF4Glv9hdli6fxqdjMWcm9kikSr7IB_MMj0ss15ZMA6VMKG4YnBFiMBX0d26GA_yhmhmipUdpjcQ/s600/nintype1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570954873246296962" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4pk1dhyh9qHJLbJZiLmuVXEotzUeqGKHrJYMcGdZRnLVmlbJUhlPH89qqIF9rt2hpWuyOAlUIjEgKBB9mtmqvgjfWAoO17oEsvyPQVDMj_XQAPpG8A6HqYDw73-2p2tFwoFmNmNHLZg/s1600/nintype3.jpg"></a>I have embedded the first video of the segment of 8 here, entitled Beyond Conspiracy.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="450" height="362"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_PKYquAw_bA?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="450" height="362"></embed></object><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Here are the links to the next 7 segments of the video<br /><br />2nd: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUraGloeUQw">Beyond Conspiracy 2/8 </a><br />3rd: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND_qrcDiJ8w">Beyond Conspiracy 3/8</a><br />4th: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMXhEKTyzyQ">Beyond Conspiracy 4/8</a><br />5th: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8039rW70pmk">Beyond Conspiracy 5/8</a><br />6th: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMHuG8tRIHM">Beyond Conspiracy 6/8</a><br />7th: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yplGPOj0wPE">Beyond Conspiracy 7/8</a><br />8th: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04f0qrGZ1EY">Beyond Conspiracy 8/8</a><br /></div></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6NdNHgMSiR_gMR_dAG-Z1vb9_Vgokb58jYohfqxgHk0_Ffg7Hc9V6542FgGNFkTxnl1ZUgMsjKP1K_sBjTmVdYPuQ4CFJgQ9ZytZkHmSGcLhmT_YCR72LlGSU1ROifkG-Oteszgd514I/s1600/nintype2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6NdNHgMSiR_gMR_dAG-Z1vb9_Vgokb58jYohfqxgHk0_Ffg7Hc9V6542FgGNFkTxnl1ZUgMsjKP1K_sBjTmVdYPuQ4CFJgQ9ZytZkHmSGcLhmT_YCR72LlGSU1ROifkG-Oteszgd514I/s600/nintype2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570954874228185570" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4pk1dhyh9qHJLbJZiLmuVXEotzUeqGKHrJYMcGdZRnLVmlbJUhlPH89qqIF9rt2hpWuyOAlUIjEgKBB9mtmqvgjfWAoO17oEsvyPQVDMj_XQAPpG8A6HqYDw73-2p2tFwoFmNmNHLZg/s1600/nintype3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4pk1dhyh9qHJLbJZiLmuVXEotzUeqGKHrJYMcGdZRnLVmlbJUhlPH89qqIF9rt2hpWuyOAlUIjEgKBB9mtmqvgjfWAoO17oEsvyPQVDMj_XQAPpG8A6HqYDw73-2p2tFwoFmNmNHLZg/s480/nintype3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570954882441172450" border="0" /></a>Au Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947651488453983116noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832962266039626007.post-76827773597419827852011-02-03T17:13:00.034+08:002011-02-10T20:22:21.910+08:00number two<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSw8jTEH6p4jssuit3dPi52oVExkS3U6M-3RTfAJXojea2XZb_Iujlqj4VUnTcktj3dPbq8YR6zEMEHMbvDomsTd8VKvrxxhFU4gK1lvUlHUfE0GMrwvm2p2jhpYd0QNg7qtlKMXtnf10/s1600/1957+graduate+ad.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSw8jTEH6p4jssuit3dPi52oVExkS3U6M-3RTfAJXojea2XZb_Iujlqj4VUnTcktj3dPbq8YR6zEMEHMbvDomsTd8VKvrxxhFU4gK1lvUlHUfE0GMrwvm2p2jhpYd0QNg7qtlKMXtnf10/s560/1957+graduate+ad.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569395323127861954" border="0" /></a>1957 ad for the Remington Quiet-Riter on the National Geographic magazine<br /><br /><br /><object width="530" height="323"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ytEORri27xE?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ytEORri27xE?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="530" height="323"></embed></object><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Check out the typewriter in this movie. It's a Remington Quiet-Riter ;-)<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">... and i'm showing you this because...</span><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMM9DQTQL0iYtieQbmuYdO_gjKkI5_lzpWhokHormj-dNOPFUXjUeaA5F9z2nPcyN1l08HsgC6nkOm1USA2Bi-UQZ6qgTHEsux5BUSWLWkz6Ot1GDiGqa_wxeofyhaka1vD-X4KZZG84I/s1600/collection1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMM9DQTQL0iYtieQbmuYdO_gjKkI5_lzpWhokHormj-dNOPFUXjUeaA5F9z2nPcyN1l08HsgC6nkOm1USA2Bi-UQZ6qgTHEsux5BUSWLWkz6Ot1GDiGqa_wxeofyhaka1vD-X4KZZG84I/s720/collection1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569389301420731682" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZ955WZyIj5FcjvbWRh1pcrszigImJpOKcKJzuPkEEFn0NE_5TUlG1RuBlbDJlm5SXsH09PDBhL4B8wXId6XvTO2RmGOaQw4x4WvggX-5381blRiGCMORtIm6yecZlP-SPAaOQzbQciw/s1600/1956+color+models.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZ955WZyIj5FcjvbWRh1pcrszigImJpOKcKJzuPkEEFn0NE_5TUlG1RuBlbDJlm5SXsH09PDBhL4B8wXId6XvTO2RmGOaQw4x4WvggX-5381blRiGCMORtIm6yecZlP-SPAaOQzbQciw/s560/1956+color+models.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569393528974401650" border="0" /></a>from a 1956 magazine ad... mine is Mist Green :-)<br /><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmO4PGt9DjBWeED9cNnJ07b6uaJBNfXv1cx4A1z68MIf2FInvNgZWsEwy1xBuXxNYDgSXVmfq87AuG-uCwmFvITmZCOPmdsFtapPpzNIDAv0jcKOXhfmtgKJMZeZCEma5BafKOEzfg6E/s1600/collection2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmO4PGt9DjBWeED9cNnJ07b6uaJBNfXv1cx4A1z68MIf2FInvNgZWsEwy1xBuXxNYDgSXVmfq87AuG-uCwmFvITmZCOPmdsFtapPpzNIDAv0jcKOXhfmtgKJMZeZCEma5BafKOEzfg6E/s720/collection2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569389305015257810" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9En_FwfbN9N15yi_dZe9aTWYGn9ydMRSUpyd9cNHfsiWBJJiHYt9fCKAPO5rEx5Z2ducQlMZJSq0IXuSvCmv9oQB5erL1SlzqbvmucsTomBmn8cJbi80XhtEjtLt715AKuZPE6YuNMPE/s1600/1954+REMINGTON+Quite-Riter+Typewriter+Schoolwork+50s+Ad.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9En_FwfbN9N15yi_dZe9aTWYGn9ydMRSUpyd9cNHfsiWBJJiHYt9fCKAPO5rEx5Z2ducQlMZJSq0IXuSvCmv9oQB5erL1SlzqbvmucsTomBmn8cJbi80XhtEjtLt715AKuZPE6YuNMPE/s560/1954+REMINGTON+Quite-Riter+Typewriter+Schoolwork+50s+Ad.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569392665707218370" border="0" /></a>from a 1954 magazine ad<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3YUEoETC_9WvBpaKCJHg9_6YeX6TdBLTPtm0s3phm2axXalQCyVmz7YGqh27oBwbSToJvwAJKYRdH7Az4B4rFVc9qU8nfab6Sz-XQUUSKKPk5EecrRxG6xUoxbcWEak6-MVgBOL2Ofq8/s1600/dollar+a+week+ad.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3YUEoETC_9WvBpaKCJHg9_6YeX6TdBLTPtm0s3phm2axXalQCyVmz7YGqh27oBwbSToJvwAJKYRdH7Az4B4rFVc9qU8nfab6Sz-XQUUSKKPk5EecrRxG6xUoxbcWEak6-MVgBOL2Ofq8/s560/dollar+a+week+ad.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569398407578951010" border="0" /></a>oh look, they have installment payments, too...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPoqkXzSqMjlQRXZ4KMV5B-SNaxDL57fFndcK6vwiPUo-l2OXM8IOc5iEAt5qZr3T02wD3MHYE9ok2e-I4Glzaryl5ov0fcsYdbrBrF4UDfgFKf9VGZZo3gRLBxCxSCJ670lHAaV8Pkjg/s1600/1956+house+ad.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPoqkXzSqMjlQRXZ4KMV5B-SNaxDL57fFndcK6vwiPUo-l2OXM8IOc5iEAt5qZr3T02wD3MHYE9ok2e-I4Glzaryl5ov0fcsYdbrBrF4UDfgFKf9VGZZo3gRLBxCxSCJ670lHAaV8Pkjg/s560/1956+house+ad.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569394310275401666" border="0" /></a>another 1956 ad from a mag<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvHEEVhO37SDACw5vnjKCTGwb_6j5Dm08iUsRGeCsooH5JEKacOkFLtYreHlEr4_0KUxfWpsghuL2BGgOUy-TvbL6Emi1Gu10v2pKZimuZmsDKZveFRu5hft2Thfpwo7ArzMRTHNEoSAM/s1600/1957+student+ad.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvHEEVhO37SDACw5vnjKCTGwb_6j5Dm08iUsRGeCsooH5JEKacOkFLtYreHlEr4_0KUxfWpsghuL2BGgOUy-TvbL6Emi1Gu10v2pKZimuZmsDKZveFRu5hft2Thfpwo7ArzMRTHNEoSAM/s560/1957+student+ad.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569396064183346210" border="0" /></a>1957 ad on the National Geographic mag<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoab_9j4t3K3ImLsvHLrwnvM1rvyfXaWxwcOka3-yK2vIYzLs0krD73xbJhHH3CWEzp2mK-sxlOJ2i7UTeUyF_XJ38U7qTZPQeb-gsqmsn0e6fRU7GcyEuAtW2ZVa9N-sN-ZUJ7_jv6iA/s1600/colored+xmas+ad+1956+AD+REMINGTON.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoab_9j4t3K3ImLsvHLrwnvM1rvyfXaWxwcOka3-yK2vIYzLs0krD73xbJhHH3CWEzp2mK-sxlOJ2i7UTeUyF_XJ38U7qTZPQeb-gsqmsn0e6fRU7GcyEuAtW2ZVa9N-sN-ZUJ7_jv6iA/s560/colored+xmas+ad+1956+AD+REMINGTON.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569397008090860402" border="0" /></a>1956 ad on the Saturday Evening Post<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAjQoub-9JCfkyLAGhUC98IVvJBZJp3cGzh6nTEi1bTi18zHF7HTYi1E9GSkdyd54m7p_wzVFq2InwSNHoICdRy88W_XLHC5o-A9g5Tsk4wd1i7Ennm3Tla_thHDjMSDkoH3CTjztr1kY/s1600/collection3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAjQoub-9JCfkyLAGhUC98IVvJBZJp3cGzh6nTEi1bTi18zHF7HTYi1E9GSkdyd54m7p_wzVFq2InwSNHoICdRy88W_XLHC5o-A9g5Tsk4wd1i7Ennm3Tla_thHDjMSDkoH3CTjztr1kY/s500/collection3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569389308382569778" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMM9DQTQL0iYtieQbmuYdO_gjKkI5_lzpWhokHormj-dNOPFUXjUeaA5F9z2nPcyN1l08HsgC6nkOm1USA2Bi-UQZ6qgTHEsux5BUSWLWkz6Ot1GDiGqa_wxeofyhaka1vD-X4KZZG84I/s1600/collection1.jpg"><br /></a>Au Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947651488453983116noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832962266039626007.post-41375242878173029512011-01-30T03:01:00.020+08:002011-03-22T12:34:00.496+08:00black beauty<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacpiKEOA_kW_duLSIxqPwhempPuRf51aJVr29HWL2piEExhIONSgzxw30pznearYbCjcoLg0U2f-o1Z670tP7YrNi2upWJNrnfnefdob5eHAVkArR8z3ak_C9ZdSMrhVKGAK4-wg7rtY/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 333px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacpiKEOA_kW_duLSIxqPwhempPuRf51aJVr29HWL2piEExhIONSgzxw30pznearYbCjcoLg0U2f-o1Z670tP7YrNi2upWJNrnfnefdob5eHAVkArR8z3ak_C9ZdSMrhVKGAK4-wg7rtY/s400/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567848856224214706" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI9vj0G2QPMziYs3TY34hFPDSpo6L8TqxH9u17iZcKAJmM6oj7S4frln_wfcZ1He47jsbybHCKi5n8mTznOViIFCC87eXcp3hDKt_HOVlywCUjrtG34zYfescC8nnZqOy0dmfCvwEChQI/s1600/clean-RQDL1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 397px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI9vj0G2QPMziYs3TY34hFPDSpo6L8TqxH9u17iZcKAJmM6oj7S4frln_wfcZ1He47jsbybHCKi5n8mTznOViIFCC87eXcp3hDKt_HOVlywCUjrtG34zYfescC8nnZqOy0dmfCvwEChQI/s400/clean-RQDL1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567847708845498146" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzRHoFXAjU_LmLgdNvYBdRE-ZCJPhFTBbWmZIx2VIMiZt9o01snqixbIDnmI4BqJ4rG0pBTkny4qB9te1iFczveRxlvC4x-5iLuG9fYW3AP6jAidAbMq1FTD1W1GbbGe20dy5VHC809po/s1600/_VD32474.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzRHoFXAjU_LmLgdNvYBdRE-ZCJPhFTBbWmZIx2VIMiZt9o01snqixbIDnmI4BqJ4rG0pBTkny4qB9te1iFczveRxlvC4x-5iLuG9fYW3AP6jAidAbMq1FTD1W1GbbGe20dy5VHC809po/s400/_VD32474.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567799545906084210" border="0" /></a>i really went to town cleaning up this assembly and that paper guide scale. it was so grimey and hardly readable. now it's all shiny.<br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8KNP9Xux-tjQM0gPbELSOR2GXA8d3Ud6wKynY9gYq-1ue2V59jWbk-1ZZnI_e2HvrmJTNpdxJ-9lOY3Gs_2JypPsrGtITMgjh2POGvJq7v_3jMxh8ow7TqcuQBq_Na9DsA3x5UwaAYew/s1600/_VD32565.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8KNP9Xux-tjQM0gPbELSOR2GXA8d3Ud6wKynY9gYq-1ue2V59jWbk-1ZZnI_e2HvrmJTNpdxJ-9lOY3Gs_2JypPsrGtITMgjh2POGvJq7v_3jMxh8ow7TqcuQBq_Na9DsA3x5UwaAYew/s400/_VD32565.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567799545575380498" border="0" /></a>i wish i could go under the glass to clean out the letter underneath but i'm a bit afraid of ruining them so i just buffed the tops and the metal rings.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis7Y4zpuL0o3eu-xU5RzHDAXTlFjCd5IXchnwh6tqfnTPG_yomzu2zUMWwyXDNfBU5uimV3gVH0GjR_wKavzMh6fG7lPPSr74qK3HmJNp5wRxkfPtFbmxvAQBPDjZn67_cjdraJ8z4qjQ/s1600/_VD32512.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis7Y4zpuL0o3eu-xU5RzHDAXTlFjCd5IXchnwh6tqfnTPG_yomzu2zUMWwyXDNfBU5uimV3gVH0GjR_wKavzMh6fG7lPPSr74qK3HmJNp5wRxkfPtFbmxvAQBPDjZn67_cjdraJ8z4qjQ/s400/_VD32512.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567854462140201122" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQFvPgjs4KQErfVZKiesd7sAM7hb1-G6Mg0B4qu66v1DjxjA7DeHv3TWFTa7WyyPW20GJvZQt5SVGwAflGBW0M6pWNZ9ZnWVHPTuqeTaRCJz7uMJC-mgMf5-lGkTGA6oatiAiraAcW-CI/s1600/clean-RQDL3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQFvPgjs4KQErfVZKiesd7sAM7hb1-G6Mg0B4qu66v1DjxjA7DeHv3TWFTa7WyyPW20GJvZQt5SVGwAflGBW0M6pWNZ9ZnWVHPTuqeTaRCJz7uMJC-mgMf5-lGkTGA6oatiAiraAcW-CI/s400/clean-RQDL3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567847717144544914" border="0" /></a>go ahead and scroll way below to compare these to my earlier 'typecast' posts!<br /><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4r_SZFoE6nWzveHKhkZt-0VPQQEsCwnJEPR6ZyzlPE5NVRGwhe3UJSaLWL4BsLb1YP6nj5BIn9bYbfYOe0IP1fztVU81GFtkxSP9uk0xylvIV_Zb8PdMKKrwWZV92LlJGGKJeLJNh1w/s1600/_VD32458.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4r_SZFoE6nWzveHKhkZt-0VPQQEsCwnJEPR6ZyzlPE5NVRGwhe3UJSaLWL4BsLb1YP6nj5BIn9bYbfYOe0IP1fztVU81GFtkxSP9uk0xylvIV_Zb8PdMKKrwWZV92LlJGGKJeLJNh1w/s400/_VD32458.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567849958566543602" border="0" /></a>this chrome accent now sparkles. it had some kind of gunk from adhesive on it. used a Dremel power tool on it to make it come alive.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SnyxRykN99-wxSs0pps4huQGgXbme5d1DMq728iDt5OMJLteXmbag6yorhHwtkfB3yBlWq5ERrXTrsx8gmSUyG2XBH6xF_OZT4n2dW2vnZ1HSobDPvMnefdKI2NkyAdviob3FPHTnGg/s1600/_VD32442.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SnyxRykN99-wxSs0pps4huQGgXbme5d1DMq728iDt5OMJLteXmbag6yorhHwtkfB3yBlWq5ERrXTrsx8gmSUyG2XBH6xF_OZT4n2dW2vnZ1HSobDPvMnefdKI2NkyAdviob3FPHTnGg/s400/_VD32442.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567849960283376242" border="0" /></a><br />this top was had some <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6Ou2IQJ1zpjRjEKCH5nsuOpfEdeyNC-ahOPrIIQ3_rqVkM4JEskrLR2BtRLVR0Ulzg_bDEVUReIbqgtMEYb2amwGn0mnO-uzMV_zSoiuQdg5KLUNg_QLGyFshcp50K6buY5rK7_WTkg/s1600/_VD32361.jpg">tiny white paint dots on it</a>, like some splatter you get when you paint your ceiling. i had trouble getting it off, it wouldn't scrape off, because of the crinkle finish. my solution was to use a black Sharpie to camouflage the spots. as you can see, that worked well.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEuU7IdbE9KvUkcPkbG860bxFIOKEJOSynXjtybCCLPPEbG5ix6QTpIokgwYReXMW2tTbgVZuksbtLM4dsoUlg3sM6owja1pGUWTea24X9-tHnOetIyQo5j4SSE0d7Bqp4b8EXTrdOSb4/s1600/_VD32440.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEuU7IdbE9KvUkcPkbG860bxFIOKEJOSynXjtybCCLPPEbG5ix6QTpIokgwYReXMW2tTbgVZuksbtLM4dsoUlg3sM6owja1pGUWTea24X9-tHnOetIyQo5j4SSE0d7Bqp4b8EXTrdOSb4/s400/_VD32440.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567799534887384626" border="0" /></a>there are a few more scuff marks that goes deeper in the crinkle finish. some even went to the metal. i can't do anything more about that short of repainting the entire thing which i don't really want to do. i am not aiming for perfection anyway, just clean. and i like that it shows it's history. but i did use the Sharpie also on the scuffs where the bare metal shows. that adds a bit more to the cleanness. compare it now to<a href="http://analog-dog.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-first-ever-typewriter.html"> my previous post</a> to see how it looked before.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3RRckgCtPu6JOkBb77jdZsi40icQ624yxOJxb8ET59P4D9Y_hkxrKrJHpQF8LVJnmYJF2_CveDbvVjY601wWgMMOnB62JLTnEI5p9TXgVsVupDff1Lm_GUvKVU9bJvfzBTi_uyyKo8lY/s1600/Design+A_.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 72px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3RRckgCtPu6JOkBb77jdZsi40icQ624yxOJxb8ET59P4D9Y_hkxrKrJHpQF8LVJnmYJF2_CveDbvVjY601wWgMMOnB62JLTnEI5p9TXgVsVupDff1Lm_GUvKVU9bJvfzBTi_uyyKo8lY/s400/Design+A_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567856163174674882" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPwZFtzRquEL6ABKMY6GOLGQOJgIIIPAv8pMnXDHl5MPYnwf-05mGNLMwRoStkqLedIArL-gMTL-Nk3E7_omHP8Qei7QI0U6etYsLkD2ns52OCl1l1vLzKOlmV6Ga9BCwlsa-vuvYaL1c/s1600/intro.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 127px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPwZFtzRquEL6ABKMY6GOLGQOJgIIIPAv8pMnXDHl5MPYnwf-05mGNLMwRoStkqLedIArL-gMTL-Nk3E7_omHP8Qei7QI0U6etYsLkD2ns52OCl1l1vLzKOlmV6Ga9BCwlsa-vuvYaL1c/s400/intro.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567847723783586802" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2uAkI5fulCvWpZ4zVzkE9MAbHoe0Z6NhX1FQSAxND3n7g_y575oFrcF0PO4zfgtEpzlbRvj7JyvfTltiCkWOuyR0C8ew1XqAW9HN4CgIm4GLF9UHIsQ0EcgdBr1Qjq-zRyBCE-BEVr8/s1600/the-RQDL.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2uAkI5fulCvWpZ4zVzkE9MAbHoe0Z6NhX1FQSAxND3n7g_y575oFrcF0PO4zfgtEpzlbRvj7JyvfTltiCkWOuyR0C8ew1XqAW9HN4CgIm4GLF9UHIsQ0EcgdBr1Qjq-zRyBCE-BEVr8/s500/the-RQDL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567848844218672962" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsRSki-cDjlpaUeqbenn74ucywMkC_ZS0TvNuVKrrUCycHBPJiqX4hEpIK0dj6bP_0yjqHJPJYOD7hWrKd1N-_8nCg7ETrJqmmJWsMq-1iucmhMRekrDtxaSveCwMnGoj8dZ1RlP0ZcVg/s1600/_VD32531.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsRSki-cDjlpaUeqbenn74ucywMkC_ZS0TvNuVKrrUCycHBPJiqX4hEpIK0dj6bP_0yjqHJPJYOD7hWrKd1N-_8nCg7ETrJqmmJWsMq-1iucmhMRekrDtxaSveCwMnGoj8dZ1RlP0ZcVg/s400/_VD32531.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567847142099657362" border="0" /></a><br />Magic Margin is a feature first patented by Royal (according to something I read somewhere but forgot where). <span style=""> </span>It was later copied by other typewriter manufacturers like Remington which Royal contested. incidentally, i will have a Remington Quiet-riter typewriter coming next week (yes!) that still has that feature. its successor, the Letter-riter, this feature was removed. Speculation is that this was because Royal won that dispute.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnWSQlCKap1u2B0Iz0F_p6JR_g0OpXpHUlwhZkem9ePAzlFvt_pO1Wah5iY_5-xcVrLoIZO1TQ2B9LIkEpRA6kqesOMRZxDrq9RqvmkW2kz1642QJ1-n2f4dfg8WjG_coWEhVXlS66Mw/s1600/serial.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 117px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnWSQlCKap1u2B0Iz0F_p6JR_g0OpXpHUlwhZkem9ePAzlFvt_pO1Wah5iY_5-xcVrLoIZO1TQ2B9LIkEpRA6kqesOMRZxDrq9RqvmkW2kz1642QJ1-n2f4dfg8WjG_coWEhVXlS66Mw/s400/serial.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567848841359010530" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj81-TEF_dveiayj46SewXw0FRm1HkcsR8sf47j-cG5BsDg-gRCQm6Bp3Ei3RknwMw98aQZF3LGKuR0YO8ptdP3SyYzSnwOLvhEZIVNb7dlpoMV3nWyel1pLXaDQnf8wgqyOjW9gCThDmg/s1600/_VD32525.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj81-TEF_dveiayj46SewXw0FRm1HkcsR8sf47j-cG5BsDg-gRCQm6Bp3Ei3RknwMw98aQZF3LGKuR0YO8ptdP3SyYzSnwOLvhEZIVNb7dlpoMV3nWyel1pLXaDQnf8wgqyOjW9gCThDmg/s400/_VD32525.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567847136068236786" border="0" /></a>The Typewriter Database is <a href="http://www.tw-db.com/indexen.htm">here.</a><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3RRckgCtPu6JOkBb77jdZsi40icQ624yxOJxb8ET59P4D9Y_hkxrKrJHpQF8LVJnmYJF2_CveDbvVjY601wWgMMOnB62JLTnEI5p9TXgVsVupDff1Lm_GUvKVU9bJvfzBTi_uyyKo8lY/s1600/Design+A_.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 72px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3RRckgCtPu6JOkBb77jdZsi40icQ624yxOJxb8ET59P4D9Y_hkxrKrJHpQF8LVJnmYJF2_CveDbvVjY601wWgMMOnB62JLTnEI5p9TXgVsVupDff1Lm_GUvKVU9bJvfzBTi_uyyKo8lY/s400/Design+A_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567856163174674882" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTSWUbGGtkM-Ljc3Gw9ML8afECKaL7Jm5voUqiVJYmDBoP2lCjgmBY_6NFYtcacnsbm9g7tGkJ0vdyoN9Ym3jtM4w9umhD4RDP7vKZntqTnRYW9xxPT7eGgtIdNd4paTWhqff6i2HWLU0/s1600/clean-RQDL2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 388px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTSWUbGGtkM-Ljc3Gw9ML8afECKaL7Jm5voUqiVJYmDBoP2lCjgmBY_6NFYtcacnsbm9g7tGkJ0vdyoN9Ym3jtM4w9umhD4RDP7vKZntqTnRYW9xxPT7eGgtIdNd4paTWhqff6i2HWLU0/s400/clean-RQDL2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567847710666374354" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLxczfkUYnQCw_ELodPJtbsR5V9mS9zVEHmQ8vhXtYLL8Edj7dWlhxl-2Tz2LfS8AFLa2Q7yZqiW7RejGZsUkBu1YuenTZWziHv8MJG2xO8ri7bEq5cVAXLRWYMhe9LZpyK1srhaztCY/s1600/1.jpg"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxsKJa_KZPqLgnxcXQu52htK1r7D67Xi4GmAtPPDj7jG-N_hoHYZcDNuqeUl5Tp6ityJopBbU765IzYSA5cGTQqoOPreB-dYs6WVpL75YMGXiDUQg4mI0_uaBu1aqZx8SJD4na7RO4Lx4/s1600/_VD32484.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxsKJa_KZPqLgnxcXQu52htK1r7D67Xi4GmAtPPDj7jG-N_hoHYZcDNuqeUl5Tp6ityJopBbU765IzYSA5cGTQqoOPreB-dYs6WVpL75YMGXiDUQg4mI0_uaBu1aqZx8SJD4na7RO4Lx4/s400/_VD32484.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567799531006991362" border="0" /></a><br />speaking of cases, i should be off to clean this Royal QDL's case. it's quite, well... almost a basketcase rather than a typewriter case, but it is utilitarian. and who knows, maybe it could come out well too. will post about it soon as i get to it.Au Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947651488453983116noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832962266039626007.post-82602092862099937362011-01-29T00:29:00.013+08:002011-02-10T20:18:04.216+08:00my first EVER typewriter<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxT-fn6b_AZ9mkm9o0vSI2LOo8Cr8MCOv1zGIhcxCBSLayNODOxsIZdsxymxCKOdXcxpqZoJD3nuhIhVADk6L0vHWktNqbV_GyoErAjGnwOJGVIwqy43yDz1EfinUtM4K5Vfu92NYB8NE/s1600/_VD32357.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxT-fn6b_AZ9mkm9o0vSI2LOo8Cr8MCOv1zGIhcxCBSLayNODOxsIZdsxymxCKOdXcxpqZoJD3nuhIhVADk6L0vHWktNqbV_GyoErAjGnwOJGVIwqy43yDz1EfinUtM4K5Vfu92NYB8NE/s500/_VD32357.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567277602630457810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqAJNgGLKQzxIAn8EiHWaAB2feN6qJh3H9QPn5QpC1XVGVNCKgTMJ-I9t1uEMpwHXqTtM8oTNELH9vP3HqOpwrkt-_iUeZyJ6j2yG31WK8_KlBy39pACXF7bTy4I1KI_cUId4Or5ykkBQ/s1600/my-first-ever.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqAJNgGLKQzxIAn8EiHWaAB2feN6qJh3H9QPn5QpC1XVGVNCKgTMJ-I9t1uEMpwHXqTtM8oTNELH9vP3HqOpwrkt-_iUeZyJ6j2yG31WK8_KlBy39pACXF7bTy4I1KI_cUId4Or5ykkBQ/s670/my-first-ever.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567275030876382706" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3eQaVXMskrGo8-wrM459OKZIqZUfXL_eu3GbvwquhXpN-_Bj8PZFJgB_-_6n4GRsF0DNLx7TsoqpM9pUeSRgoYVzsFU2BO9gnhKYayo0JAOcW7uCQCI6S-SpfBIuQnoqxFYTd_Ca69mo/s1600/_VD32380.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3eQaVXMskrGo8-wrM459OKZIqZUfXL_eu3GbvwquhXpN-_Bj8PZFJgB_-_6n4GRsF0DNLx7TsoqpM9pUeSRgoYVzsFU2BO9gnhKYayo0JAOcW7uCQCI6S-SpfBIuQnoqxFYTd_Ca69mo/s400/_VD32380.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567277623847395026" border="0" /></a>oh yeah, did i mention gunk?<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6Ou2IQJ1zpjRjEKCH5nsuOpfEdeyNC-ahOPrIIQ3_rqVkM4JEskrLR2BtRLVR0Ulzg_bDEVUReIbqgtMEYb2amwGn0mnO-uzMV_zSoiuQdg5KLUNg_QLGyFshcp50K6buY5rK7_WTkg/s1600/_VD32361.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6Ou2IQJ1zpjRjEKCH5nsuOpfEdeyNC-ahOPrIIQ3_rqVkM4JEskrLR2BtRLVR0Ulzg_bDEVUReIbqgtMEYb2amwGn0mnO-uzMV_zSoiuQdg5KLUNg_QLGyFshcp50K6buY5rK7_WTkg/s400/_VD32361.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567277607589743026" border="0" /></a>some scuffing and paint droplets on the top<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZkQBESIuUQk0As0ntggGgXZeRIan7W2s47eoER5PLyIhTbs3iucl_cXFYFmzFKu9JBI8IW8ehQLgYbA74bFhqaA-DUPvBsaNjUtYqddqpXa7HcDDhWKDUPzyrWjJKVKO0HriL3IGZMs/s1600/_VD32363.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZkQBESIuUQk0As0ntggGgXZeRIan7W2s47eoER5PLyIhTbs3iucl_cXFYFmzFKu9JBI8IW8ehQLgYbA74bFhqaA-DUPvBsaNjUtYqddqpXa7HcDDhWKDUPzyrWjJKVKO0HriL3IGZMs/s400/_VD32363.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567277612460510274" border="0" /></a>grimey...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnA_k4rQZLou4Pp3SGqBOAY_h4ZbNyDsfeqTOhDjHrBAXa36ZMvvSJHNXemzkTOp4Kt75OAf4Ls2zwb7cAIdkQEKHATl2tVPUhN4L6eiWRGnkQ0B2ThH2Glu9mHt6H022wuzFpHghcvak/s1600/_VD32405.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnA_k4rQZLou4Pp3SGqBOAY_h4ZbNyDsfeqTOhDjHrBAXa36ZMvvSJHNXemzkTOp4Kt75OAf4Ls2zwb7cAIdkQEKHATl2tVPUhN4L6eiWRGnkQ0B2ThH2Glu9mHt6H022wuzFpHghcvak/s400/_VD32405.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567279347669406034" border="0" /></a>oh look, Touch Control...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQujuwyrGchlguObhh-jTbbXPImk5Y85eWWQWpk4cYYZ1y4L58b9OtLnCi9c47jC2u2NIzBDU7G6xMMRSUcu-qDbXoq4fswnDUtMkGPDrzJKOwAdnInLGY4-X82OdcI9lvIhl7uRiWUs/s1600/_VD32369.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQujuwyrGchlguObhh-jTbbXPImk5Y85eWWQWpk4cYYZ1y4L58b9OtLnCi9c47jC2u2NIzBDU7G6xMMRSUcu-qDbXoq4fswnDUtMkGPDrzJKOwAdnInLGY4-X82OdcI9lvIhl7uRiWUs/s400/_VD32369.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567277620117342210" border="0" /></a>love the metal ribbon spool<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDhzLagZtohgMO61ED2T79TooVqxmyPS4T0nivzAt6N0Kt8-QTPOrgJ5JqZqy_5-IzMN53eQdQuBg3BoWI7eFZddar4FHFO_n-QAW-klz0D65tqbxHiuUzLZ-AToEQ6BTwNWsLbAtAXhA/s1600/_VD32418.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDhzLagZtohgMO61ED2T79TooVqxmyPS4T0nivzAt6N0Kt8-QTPOrgJ5JqZqy_5-IzMN53eQdQuBg3BoWI7eFZddar4FHFO_n-QAW-klz0D65tqbxHiuUzLZ-AToEQ6BTwNWsLbAtAXhA/s400/_VD32418.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567285262918386082" border="0" /></a>will be cleaning this to get crisper letters and open holes on the o's and e's<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6Oa4Fq77wZIiW-5XCZO1TObUqgLj6IAsvPtcx0q5SI_tWCorfiXTIU3omrnaAZ-GO791XuwpiXcgINZso_dYUn-6S_U0rwnCMSVkmpPHydc2bZTElADnno3e6te5sSBamrwfNYVpBQw/s1600/_VD32382.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6Oa4Fq77wZIiW-5XCZO1TObUqgLj6IAsvPtcx0q5SI_tWCorfiXTIU3omrnaAZ-GO791XuwpiXcgINZso_dYUn-6S_U0rwnCMSVkmpPHydc2bZTElADnno3e6te5sSBamrwfNYVpBQw/s400/_VD32382.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567279343357646354" border="0" /></a>it was these metal keys that made me really want to take this home despite the non-working carriage... which i did repair anyway. yes, i repaired it myself. :-D<br /><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgur0q4_vwOb-M_HIB1AXZcpOUPTirsrkyIlHIdWYeda9tuckDU8QqXyXrsnmXibZh9hJ-CkzKI7dj8Nk_8OW5ta1zOq5FM5XN1a7k5lCRbpjuKpQEleZySHUwIE4aTkFFJX_fXna6Y5bw/s1600/_VD32399.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgur0q4_vwOb-M_HIB1AXZcpOUPTirsrkyIlHIdWYeda9tuckDU8QqXyXrsnmXibZh9hJ-CkzKI7dj8Nk_8OW5ta1zOq5FM5XN1a7k5lCRbpjuKpQEleZySHUwIE4aTkFFJX_fXna6Y5bw/s400/_VD32399.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567279350045896050" border="0" /></a>Au Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947651488453983116noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832962266039626007.post-87116084019205492902011-01-28T10:20:00.001+08:002011-02-10T20:17:33.413+08:00writer's envy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tcBVEhKKEBzeKZw6cF7402-wsaKpo0qne9pWgIhLJ1Wzze0cXN9iSg2vVe3oHTh8-ViHMLLMnVbEFA76JnbUqtsjAtjJQavl3M8Ka_-m-Qy10B-qzv-xYWu4u0671JbbWzCzp6BPzGU/s1600/writer-envy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tcBVEhKKEBzeKZw6cF7402-wsaKpo0qne9pWgIhLJ1Wzze0cXN9iSg2vVe3oHTh8-ViHMLLMnVbEFA76JnbUqtsjAtjJQavl3M8Ka_-m-Qy10B-qzv-xYWu4u0671JbbWzCzp6BPzGU/s520/writer-envy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567272715750304754" border="0" /></a>Au Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947651488453983116noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832962266039626007.post-83651469483246401732011-01-27T19:35:00.001+08:002011-02-10T20:16:58.890+08:00the first typecast<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTfmouQN1796WzrNRD4ioWixyuXAPVT3GnTy1aamFkcfOZzcQ-VOCbLZY0roDYdCxbYjJJLDzfQqZLj34OQPE6rGQ8PLIWMmkUKYM57m7Qbui1nz3xk0b8iS7vWbQSUgRjtZzHakVzfDE/s1600/beginning-page1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTfmouQN1796WzrNRD4ioWixyuXAPVT3GnTy1aamFkcfOZzcQ-VOCbLZY0roDYdCxbYjJJLDzfQqZLj34OQPE6rGQ8PLIWMmkUKYM57m7Qbui1nz3xk0b8iS7vWbQSUgRjtZzHakVzfDE/s720/beginning-page1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566880186188847906" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07M0ByhdgGSHAS0Tzo-OpfPOHRdO0zCZTmB6FSEKhs4gYcby5JLuDHvZNf4O9JtJPKr9ukDZigtklfUD4ru7eJDt3DgKfU83vn_vmp9TG9EBwZKkiFf-0akxW971nfH_n6jsSf6IcfeI/s1600/beginning-page2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07M0ByhdgGSHAS0Tzo-OpfPOHRdO0zCZTmB6FSEKhs4gYcby5JLuDHvZNf4O9JtJPKr9ukDZigtklfUD4ru7eJDt3DgKfU83vn_vmp9TG9EBwZKkiFf-0akxW971nfH_n6jsSf6IcfeI/s720/beginning-page2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566892357122394290" border="0" /></a><br />yes, it is not perfectly typed. the grammar's not perfect either. just like life, it's not always easy to go over and redo something you've already done. that is probably why i get a kick out of this.Au Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947651488453983116noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832962266039626007.post-26928723304749940862011-01-26T18:55:00.000+08:002011-01-28T11:05:20.758+08:00hello digital worldthe earth is flat.<br /><br />i can now go all over the world in seconds, or minutes, depending on how fast my broadband connection is. i can be practically anywhere on earth, learn anything, and view anything within the confines of the smooth, 23-inch, diagonal span of my FLAT-screen computer monitor in an instant. yep, just like that.<br /><br />that is how the earth has become flat. practically anything now is digital and easily accessible. not that i don't appreciate it because i do. really. however, since this is so, we have also become multitasking, impatient people who expect everything to happen in a snap. and when we can get from here to there so quickly, we lose some of the flavor somehow. just like instant coffee. oh, snap!<br /><br />this is probably the reason why i find everything non-digital increasingly charming... alluring... irresistible... fascinating... satisfying. hence, i create yet another blog to express my thoughts, via words and more importantly, with images. not that anyone is interested. or, maybe someone WILL find it interesting just like how i occasionally go through someone else's blog and find tidbits of someone else's thoughts that jive with mine. it doesn't really matter. either way, i just want to say hello to the digital world and show how some things analog just simply make me happy.Au Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947651488453983116noreply@blogger.com0