Cap'n Pete Straw Posted October 25, 2006 Author Share Posted October 25, 2006 My pen is mightier than your sword. No, seriously -- I have it crammed down the barrel of my flintlock backed by 70 grains of black powder. I have no doubt yours may be better, becasue I am rushing through mine... I could do so much better. My only claim to fame may be infecting you all with this contagoin. "He's a Pirate dancer, He dances for money, Any old dollar will do... "He's a pirate dancer, His dances are funny... 'Cuz he's only got one shoe! Ahhrrr!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowsnest Kate Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Good luck to all of you duelists on your books. I hope some of you show up at the Port Washington Pirate Festival next summer In Wisconsin so I can seek you out and see your work. Sounds like a fine thing to be undertaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Pete Straw Posted October 26, 2006 Author Share Posted October 26, 2006 Good luck to all of you duelists on your books. I hope some of you show up at the Port Washington Pirate Festival next summer In Wisconsin so I can seek you out and see your work. Sounds like a fine thing to be undertaking. Oi -- Crowsnest Kate... Were you at Port Washington '06? Get yer buns over to the RAIDS section, and look up the thread "Pirate Festival! Port Washington, Wisconsin" (I just renewed it, so it will be easier to find) and post something there. Hell, yeah, I will be at PW07. Several pages of my aforementioned journal chronicle my adventrues at PW06. "He's a Pirate dancer, He dances for money, Any old dollar will do... "He's a pirate dancer, His dances are funny... 'Cuz he's only got one shoe! Ahhrrr!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Hand Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 I've been messing around with how I want the illistrations.... I'll sketch them first in brown ink, and then detail/highlight them with black ink... So far the few sketchs that I've played with come out realy good.... My new pen should be here hopefully on Friday, so I will have to play with it a bit... but it should have a flexable , fine nib for the style of writting that I want... Going to look for some better capital letters ... I'm not too happy with the ones used in Copperplate/Spencurian, so I will go through a buncha my books and see if I can find something I like better.... Hey... my penmanship is improving with all the writting I've been doing for practice...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Hand Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Playing with writting.... I'm still waiting for my new pen... so my other fountain pen will have to do for now..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Hand Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 I was looking how the "y" was used for "Th". and in an example I found, he spelled it out without using the "Y"... I think that may be the way I do it...... ye just dosen't look right.... I do like the elongated "S" and the reversed drop on the "Ds" tho......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Very nice work, Patrick. (Note to self: Need more practice!) ...schooners, islands, and maroons and buccaneers and buried gold... You can do everything right, strictly according to procedure, on the ocean, and it'll still kill you. But if you're a good navigator, a least you'll know where you were when you died.......From The Ship Killer by Justin Scott. "Well, that's just maddeningly unhelpful."....Captain Jack Sparrow Found in the Ruins — Unique Jewelry Found in the Ruins — Personal Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Hand Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Aaaaargh... got me new pen today.... and it be better than expected.... will post more when .... !. I'm kinda sober..... so 2. I can write something...... with it... well other than the "test" and playing with it kinda ramblings...... Happy happy ... joy... joy..... oops.... AArrrrgh...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCholeBlack Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 very nice Mr. Hand. Can't wait to see how it comes out all put together. I too am going to need a significant amount of practice to do any handwritting. I'm putting something like this on my "someday" list to be certain. "If part of the goods be plundered by a pirate the proprietor or shipmaster is not entitled to any contribution." An introduction to merchandize, Robert Hamilton, 1777Slightly Obsessed, an 18th Century reenacting blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidd Dread Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 aye... capt. straw has started an infection.... he got me doin' a journal as well. if ye read the first entries in this topic, i was drawn into it i tells ye. good man, that capt, full of huff and able to lead a crew.... i was suppose to go to cutlasses the other day, but i sent me oponent a fancy cursive note sayin' i was busy writin' in me journal!!! he showed up ready to dual and after seeing what i was doing asked me where i bought me pen and paper.... and if i'd mind if he made one.... hell...... dates, places, names, where i started in pyracy, what i've bought or borrowed.... okay, gots to go load me ink pen.... ...up close and personal means one of two things: You are either waking up with me in the morn or I am the last face you will ever see...</span> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Hand Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I found another interesting site on "Hand Writting"..... OK... it is WAY outta Period, but it has a lot of practical information on how to write..... A Guite to Self-Instruction in Practical and Artistic Penmanship Daniel T. Ames, 1884 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidd Dread Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 mr. hand, ..the site didnt work! can you check it and post it again. thanx, -dread ...up close and personal means one of two things: You are either waking up with me in the morn or I am the last face you will ever see...</span> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Hand Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Hummm.... let see if this works..... I think there was one too many Http's in the last one.... http://www.iampeth.com/books/ames_guide/am...uide_index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Hand Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 I started actullly writting it tonight.... unfortunatly, the pages in the book handled ink differently than the paper I practiced on, and my pen started to run out of ink... and it's the last of that bottle..... and.... Awh heck... if I didn't start writting something, I'd never get it done....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Cat Jenny Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 WOW Patrick! Impressive! You have really done yer homework. I love it! Damn when is my pen going to arrive? Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants won't help.... Her reputation was her livelihood. I'm a pirate, love. By nature and by choice! My inner voice sometimes has an accent! My wont? A delicious rip in time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 That's awesome, Patrick. I went back through the thread, but couldn't find where you said what kind of pen you are using - unless I just missed it. So, what kind is it? BTW loved the ink drawing of the skull. ...schooners, islands, and maroons and buccaneers and buried gold... You can do everything right, strictly according to procedure, on the ocean, and it'll still kill you. But if you're a good navigator, a least you'll know where you were when you died.......From The Ship Killer by Justin Scott. "Well, that's just maddeningly unhelpful."....Captain Jack Sparrow Found in the Ruins — Unique Jewelry Found in the Ruins — Personal Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Hand Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 couldn't find where you said what kind of pen you are using I bought a vintage 1940's German pen with a fine flexable nib....(for $25.00) I wish the nib was a little finer and more flexable... but it works...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 couldn't find where you said what kind of pen you are using I bought a vintage 1940's German pen with a fine flexable nib....(for $25.00) I wish the nib was a little finer and more flexable... but it works...... Thanks. You sure do a nice job with it. ...schooners, islands, and maroons and buccaneers and buried gold... You can do everything right, strictly according to procedure, on the ocean, and it'll still kill you. But if you're a good navigator, a least you'll know where you were when you died.......From The Ship Killer by Justin Scott. "Well, that's just maddeningly unhelpful."....Captain Jack Sparrow Found in the Ruins — Unique Jewelry Found in the Ruins — Personal Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Cat Jenny Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Sooo? so? pictures? progress? Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants won't help.... Her reputation was her livelihood. I'm a pirate, love. By nature and by choice! My inner voice sometimes has an accent! My wont? A delicious rip in time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Hand Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 I'n taking it with me to PiP...... I'll work on a few pages on the airplane... then do some drawings and such in Key West.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Cat Jenny Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Considering the price of the Amalfi paper (Which is just too beautiful to pass up) at $10 a sheet, I was looking for a place in NY *land of everything* to beat the $10 shipping. I came across an aged leather journal filled with 80 (count em!) pages of authentic Amalfi paper for about $140 - $180- considering all, I think it's a much better deal and like with your kit , beter to spend for the goode stuff "This Handmade Italian Distressed Leather Journal is filled with Handmade Paper from the Amalfi Coast." Journal shopping Hey Patrick any pics of your writings from PIP? Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants won't help.... Her reputation was her livelihood. I'm a pirate, love. By nature and by choice! My inner voice sometimes has an accent! My wont? A delicious rip in time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Hand Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 I just bought one ot those standard black covered sketchbooks (about $14.00) the paper only very slightly bleeds, so I figure it's no problem.... I have almost all of the "How to make a Pyrate Shirt" done, and did two sketches at PiP.... unfortunatly, I ran out of brown ink, and placed an order for some.... I tool the journal with me, and did some writting in the airport, and on the plaine... Had a couple people check out my writting.... I was looking for a place in NY *land of everything* There is supose to be a really good pen store in NY city... It's one of those places that people on the Fountain Pen Forum type about.... The Fountain Pen Forum is.... http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/ They talk about different brands of pens, ink, and paper.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Thanks for the links, Patrick and Red Cat. Southern Oregon tends to be the "land that time forgot" so finding this kind of stuff can be hard. Can't wait to see your pictures, Patrick. ...schooners, islands, and maroons and buccaneers and buried gold... You can do everything right, strictly according to procedure, on the ocean, and it'll still kill you. But if you're a good navigator, a least you'll know where you were when you died.......From The Ship Killer by Justin Scott. "Well, that's just maddeningly unhelpful."....Captain Jack Sparrow Found in the Ruins — Unique Jewelry Found in the Ruins — Personal Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Hand Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Southern Oregon tends to be the "land that time forgot" Sounds like the Sierra Nevada Mountains..... I went looking for fountain pen ink...... without listing all the towns in Calaveras County (skulls in Spanish... kinda cool isn't it... ) anyway..... I have come to the conclusion the reason people don't use fountain pens anymore.... is you can't buy the ink.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Hand Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 I just got two bottles of ink in the mail today (brown and black).... so I can get back to writting in the Pyrate Journal...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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