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ESCALA Scale Ruler Fountain Pen

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ESCALA Scale Ruler Fountain Pen

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If the art of the fountain pen is lost on you, just ask an architect, engineer, or designer how important they still are. Designed specifically for those who work visually, the ESCALA fountain pen features a triangular cap that doubles as a scale ruler graded with six imperial and metric scales Read More

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Aug 10, 2019

For those below, who have cast aspersions on the concept of drafting with ink in combination with scale rulers or any number of analog devices, French Curves, Protractors, etc.. (all replaced by CAD programs before most of you were born), I would remind you of the humble (and clever) Ruling Pen:

Once upon a time, all formal architectural drawings were originated in pencil, and then inked with a ruling pen. The pen was dipped in India Ink, a small portion of ink was retained between the pen's adjustable jaws (adjustable to set the line-width), and the pen was carefully supported against, and drawn along the edge of the appropriate guide tool to ink over the the corresponding pencil line. These pens, and the similar attachments for a Compass, required a lot skill to use, but were the standard "drafting pen" used for decades. It's safe to say that drawings for any project or building, from a Frank Lloyd Wright home to the Chrysler Building, were all created with these same tools. Years later, ruling pens were replaced by the Rapidograph pen, but drawings were still inked by drawing their tips along the same guides used earlier with ruling pens. So, ink and rulers or guides certainly have been used together. Before computers, there was no other way.

Meantime, I advise everyone to purchase one of these sets--not because you'll use them together, but because they're both kind of cool separately, and they're reasonably priced ;- )

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MrSharkbait

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Aug 15, 2019

Well, I wanted to be more like this...

but ended up like...

RayF

22220

Aug 15, 2019

MrSharkbait;- )

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TheProfosist

135

Aug 10, 2019

A ruler and a fountain pen really don't go together...

choiceweb0pen0

276

Aug 10, 2019

Not an architect, but echo these guys below. Kind of like a slide rule metronome

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SlicerGBA

Aug 9, 2019

I purchased this through Kickstarter. I am also an Industrial Designer. I enjoy having it on my desk for quick measurements. And while I also like using the pen, they don’t really go together. They are two separate tools stuck together. It’s a cool idea that has potential, but more useful if it were a pencil, so they could work together. Fountain pens and straight edges just don’t play well together. Even technical pens need a raised straight edge to prevent capillary bleeding. But, like I said, I enjoy having it.

warriorscot

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Aug 9, 2019

I'm an engineer and I haven't done paper drafting in years. If I'm doing rough sketches I'm going to use my rotring. Fountain pens are also rotten for drafting, I really like them, but not for the engineer part of my life.

dedalian

Aug 9, 2019

I am an architect but I dont see the point of this. The scale and pen separately might be ok but together they are actually worse imho. The triangular scale make the pen cumbersome to carry around. I think a smaller square sectioned scale that was actually the body of the pen itself might be better.