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Selling a used FAIR Kakimori Brass Nib in a Tachikawa wood holder. Has some tarnishing, but writes fine. I just never got the hang of a dip pen. Asking $40, seller pays shipping.

Throwing my hat in with the two other people who want to buy a Kakimori Dip Nib and Holder!

Steel or brass is fine, I'm located in the continental US.

This is not a complaint post. I'm just looking for solutions and next steps. Thanks for taking the time to read!

The first fountain pen I ever bought was a Lamy Safari. I bought one for my wife (red with a Fine nib) and one for myself (dark brown with a Medium nib). Hers works beautifully. But mine skips, drags, and is generally annoying.

I bought a new Medium nib which had the exact same issues. I have been trying some nib grinding (thanks, Doodlebud) and have been able to improve the wetness, the width, and the smoothness. But it still skips!

I tried to capture the difference between the nibs compared to the working fine nib. Photo Evidence. This sample is

Anyone else find this to be true? It settles my stomach, lessons the tongue bite, and is like a palette cleanser.

I think a Dark Chocolate is also an effective alternative.

About $200

Those Greenland paddles look nice, but I could buy a used kayak for the price of a nice Greenland paddle!

How do y'all organize your RPG pdfs? I tried:

Unread 
Archive (stuff I didn't like) 
OSR Rules 
OSR Adventures 
Storygames 
Other 

But then is a Mothership adventure OSR? Or should it have it's own folder? Do ALL Mothership adventures go in the mothership folder? Does Cloud Empress? HALP!