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  1. Coolmint
    I have used nail clippers, and I think I used them for my last clip job, but I also have jeweler's tools, and one's like a refined wire-cutter. On the whole, I prefer the nail clippers. Protect your eyes when you do the cut.
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    I dip it in ink, not water. I've 'stubbed' about a half-dozen nibs by now and some need more fiddling than others. Today I also managed to lubricate the piston mechanism in my Reform calligraphy pen. Yay.
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    I do have some mylar, but mostly rely on those four (or more!)-sided manicure buffing sticks. Clip, dip, scribble. Feel nib for scratchy or catchy portions. Repeat until you feel it's smooth enough. Yes, you'll have inky fingers. Sometimes I also use a loupe or other magnifier to eyeball it.
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    I have any number of Wing Sung and NoNami piston-fillers, but they all have F or even EF nibs. Sometimes, I want to lay down more ink. I once swapped out a Lamy M nib into one of them. It worked the first time but not since. So I've tip-clipped a couple of them into italic nibs, and this seems to do the trick.
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    All it takes is patience.
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    If a tine chipped off (and it was me), I'd clip the tip, smooth it out, and presto, italic nib. I've done it using manicure supplies. General question: have any of you gotten the InkVent calendar this year? I got last year's. Hesitant on this one.
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    I agree with the general consensus that swear words are tedious, et cetera and so forth. Though I sometimes 'swear' in Japanese.
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    Too easy.
  9. Coolmint
    Talk about nail polish.
  10. Coolmint
    And a whole bottle of green food coloring. Joking! You could probably look up a pistachio muffin recipe. And I've got some pistachios in the nut bark I just made, thanks to this thread.
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    I've seen them in our local supermarket. They are GREEN. Like St. Patrick's Day food. Normally, I make my own muffins, but of the commercially available ones… maybe banana nut…. No watercolors last night. Instead, I made some blue ink swabs.
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    Like. Still have some, but long time no use.
  13. Coolmint
    Vellum, as in paper made from animal skin, nope. The other kind, like they show on Amazon, probably. Thin tracing paper might be the equivalent of onionskin. I liked the onionskin due to its slightly crinkled texture.
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    I bought two packs of oddball onionskin paper years ago. One has black numbers from 1 to whatever almost flish with the lefthand margin. The other has two indented red lines down the page, one on each margin. I was pleasantly surprised that they take fountain pen ink… but you can't write on both sides. I've tried tracing paper… unimpressed. By vellum, what sort do you mean? (I probably have). Any particular reason for asking?
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    I live near one and it makes me cry, too.
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    Meanwhile, my poor nails have been bare for an entire week, while I worked like a house elf, and actually put a dent in one with a carrot peeler.
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    Oooooo shiiinyyyyy! Which is yours, the amber or green? I would absolutely want mine to write well, it's a gorgeous pen. I might even try a cartridge, if you have one. Converters sometimes do funny things.
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    I hope that works! What sort of pen, a Pen BBS, or is that just the nib? Could you show a photo of the pen, or a name/model?
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    So many… but if I told you, it would date me. Badly. I mean badly. Message me if you want my embarrassing reveal. (Has anyone heard of The Hassles?) I was in a band as the bassist. I can't play bass. Bought one anyway. Had lessons on violin, piano, viola, helpless with any of them now except I can make a sound on the viola. I also bought (thanks to some random video that made it look EZ) a lap steel guitar I haven't mastered. I can sing, though.
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    He's cute.
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    Sounds frustrating. I would suspect an air leak somewhere. Maybe a crack in the cartridge or converter lip (I've had those a couple of times), or the c/c isn't seated firmly. Have you removed the cart and looked down into the section? I once had a pen that did the same thing, looked at the piercing post, found a piece of something or other that prevented the cart from correctly seating.
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    What kind of filling system? Do you have a loupe to check for micro cracks? And when you say 'constantly leaking,' is this just when you're writing or is there ink in the cap the first time you take it off @Cyclops I just read yesterday that Conklins are notorious for hard starts.
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    When I was little, I had violin and viola lessons. Last year, in a fit of insanity, I bought a viola. I can make a sound on it. I also bought (in the same fit of etc.) a lap steel guitar. It has strings on it. But I should have bought a cello. Love the sound. Love it. Has anyone here seen Hibike! Euphonium? This is a Japanese cartoon about a high school band trying to make the Nationals. I love it as much as I love the cello sound. Kawashima Midori, bassist, is awesome.
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    I used to watch the show on TV, then got interested enough to want to hear it in its original language. Yugi was a baaaaaad boy at first in the manga, setting people on fire, electrocuting them….(I have raw feed of 'Season Zero,' in Japanese, totally different voice actors). I used to play the game, too, kept buying card packs. I think the cards are still around the house somewhere.
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    There's more than one way to 'cure' a hole in the cap… hot glue? Teacher's tack (sticky, puttylike substance), even Elmer's white glue. Or washi tape. Depends how reversible you want it. And now I must check all my caps for holes.
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