Glass Quill

[omorka]

I mentioned, back around Owlcon, in one of my gaming posts that I'd picked up a glass writing stylus. I finally went by the local art supply place last weekend to get ink for it, in a few different colors. I figured My Friend the Internet could tell me how to properly use the thing, but so far I haven't found anything other than twenty million places to buy the thing and a few calligraphy sites that mention that they exist, but not how writing with them is different from writing with a regular fountain-type calligraphy pen (which I've used before, but not since college) or a metal-nibbed dip pen (which I've only used a couple of times)

Since I know a few of you are also fans of archaic writing implements, anyone know any good websites, or, failing that, books?

Comments

[emmacrew.livejournal.com]

I think you just dip it far enough that the swirly area gets covered with ink (since that's where the reserve ink hangs out) and then just go? I've tried one at a store a couple of times but don't otherwise know much about them.

[pinesandmaples]

Yep.

I have three or four of them.

Don't press hard or you'll chip them; once they're chipped, they are useless. It's really hard to recondition a chipped glass nib.

[pinesandmaples]

Also, I really like the ink from Levenger. (I have the slightly wild six-pack, which was only $40 when I purchased it.) They have colors I've never seen anywhere else, and the inks are really great in general.