I absolutely have the same problem with letter consistency. I drop letters all the time as well. You are not alone. These inks are stunning! I got my first Birmingham ink through an ink swap we did on our discord server and I LOVE the one I got. Looks like I'll be trying a few more in the future. How cool you now have that huge bottle of mystery ink!
Yeah, they answered me within 2 days and shipped it right out, it was probably a little over a week. My initial order took over 3 weeks to ship though, they are just a little 2-person shop but they did not mind me reaching out :)
Fabulous selection! You may just push me over the edge to order some more. I’m inconsistent in my handwriting too, especially when printing so you’re not alone! I look forward to seeing your mixes.
I have the same problem with skipping letters, really makes deciphering my handwriting later on interesting. Really liked the look of the proper ceramic kiln, tempted to get some for myself.
@@jannahlyon Different! I bought the Canterbury Raisin, Monongahela, and Sunburst. CB is a violet ink with a little bit of shading. It looks pink in Fine nibs, but more of a red violet on broader nibs. Monogahela (named after a river in Pennsylvania) is a bright blue ink with a hint of green. Has very good shading. Sunburst is somewhat dark orange ink in broad nibs, but more of a gold/orange in finer nibs. Some shading but the gradient isn't as specacular like Monogahela and looks "flat" on fine nibs. I find them all a bit dry when compared to Sailor and Private Reserve inks so Medium and above is the way to go, but that's just me. The colors make up for it because they''re just the right hue! Seriously thinking of getting an Everlasting, Delicate and Twinkle from them one of these days.
I really like your improper Ceramic Kiln.. I like the real ceramic kiln too. I have it inked up for April (yes, this is way after your video) I am actually rewatching this.. hehe
Yay on rewatching, glad it is helpful :) I still don't know what the mystery ink is - if it is actually a real one that was mislabeled - but it is pretty!
@@jannahlyon yeah I am not sure. Carnation came to mind but the shading looks different. It is a very pretty color. I think it was just a bad mix maybe something was missed or added wrong. It would be cool to know though.
The mystery ink looks like their Boysenberry swatch to me. I flip/skip letters too. For me it's mostly when I'm trying to get things down quickly before I get distracted and forget.
I am right there with you with the non-dyslexia, but still switching letters around and also with my handwriting changing all the time. my handwriting and penmanship is atrocious and never in school was nice penmanship a focus and even as an adult it wasn’t. Now I am 42 and I am trying to figure out how to write in a way that’s not chicken scratch. I feel like every time I hold a pen it’s a different form, I don’t know if I should write with my fingers my whole arm or something in between 😂 and I can absolutely tell that over the last 15 years or so of auto correct on phones and computers that my spelling has gone down the toilet 🤦♀️
I also have issues tying stuff right on my phone, it always auto-corrects to something completely wacko so I have to get in the habit of double checking before hitting send! 😹
TL;DR: Left-handed underwriter here! I *do* make letters in different ways without trying to do so. Maybe a primary life lesson for us was to improvise our way through a backwards world. It seems like my brain just randomizes among letterforms it has learned are equally correct because it wants to speed along with meaning rather than form. While language is innate to humans, writing is not, so I suppose it follows that we think faster than we write, with muscle memory controlling hand movement and the left hemisphere tossing together language. At least with keyboarding, it's easy to fix mistakes. While I'm crazy for fountain pens, Frixon is my work-a-day method since I can make some of my blunders disappear if I can make my eyes see what's on the page instead of my brain again speeding ahead because it remembers what it thought while I was writing. As to ink: I LOVE these, especially the Abandoned Shipyard that would look great on a page with some Chrysan Themum (my guess for the mystery ink, too). Very much looking forward to your mixes. And thank you for continuing to make videos for us during your recovery. I hope you're truly well very soon.
That is really interesting about the brain being faster than the hand, I think my is always skipping ahead and my hand just can't keep up - great idea with using the Frixon :) I have tried to slow down when I write with fountain pens, but I also think I have it in my mind that there will be too much ink if I write slower - I feel pressure to write faster when I use a FP as I have some fear of pooling ink or something! I am really liking the Abandoned shipyard, it is an interesting color for sure - I am editing my mixing video to post soon and I have enjoyed playing with its green qualities.
Love the vid! So funny about the mystery ink... wonder how many people got that batch and didn't realize there was a difference 😂 ps I sent you a PM on IG about swapping samples 😊
love this video, got the same inks as you, CMYK for mixing (Abandoned Shipyard for K, it's also one of their foundational inks), also a leftie! can't wait for the next one (PS i built a mixing excel sheet if you/anyone here want to reproduce existing B'ham recipes)
oo! The mixing sheet sounds awesome, I bet a lot of people would love that (including me). I am going to just mess around with some informal mixes and see what I get, hope to post soon!
Yeah, it is definitely a blue but it does lean a little more towards the green than I thought it would, I should have bought a blue that leaned towards the red instead of the green for mixing with the others :)
I would love to trade BPC damoles with someone!! Esp the first 2 you swatched. I have 18 now i believe. Lmk if you are interested, I am in the states 😊
