Hopefully this post isn't in wrong place, but figured might be more interest here than up at pen collecting/polemicizing.
Am no calligrapher & Speedball set only has 8, but they're nice for borders & filling in when doing cartoons.
What blew me away though was old 1957 article about Speedball brush with amazing 90" stroke! : 0 !
They used it on a mop handle for billboards? Or does "stroke" in this case mean it could hold that much ink? Never heard of 'stroke' referred to as ink capacity.
http://www.fileswap....t_1957.pdf.html
If at all interested, free PDF sharing site = very clunky interface. Click yellow "Slow Download" button of left or they will try to sell you something!
Opinions/comments welcome. Lately I've been so focused on collecting & history forgot *real* reason got into pens & dip nibs in the first place.
*Use* them!
--Bruce
Now off to go draw a man painting billboard w/giant speedball nib. Yes, his apprentice will probably get inked. ; )
