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I have been to three live concerts in total, the first was Imagine Dragons so obviously that one was massive in a basketball stadium, the next was Wardruna so slightly less massive in a concert hall and the last was Moon Walker in a pretty small venue. So standing through a whole concert kind of sucks and the most recent one didn't even have an option for sitting. And the one that I actually could sit at had the most uncomfortable sets I have ever been in. And despite having silicon ear plugs at the last two, I could understand most of the words being sung with the drums drowning out everything at the Wardruna concert. This was once I might have thought that venue had poor sound balancing but twice in a row? The nice thing about the most recent concert is that the openers offered to chat with fan at their merch tables but since they were in the same room at the on going concert so it never really felt quite enough to talk to anyone. I don't know it feels like everyone else there got way more out of it than me that is a sucky feeling.

Edit: I'm going to bed so won't reply for a while but you answers have been reassuring and helpful.

I spent sometime years ago being part of the SCA during which I learned of the wealth of beautiful mens garb historic global cultures have had and ever since then I have wondered why modern people and men even more so use close to none of it. Is the problem that old means its passé, despite the fact that fashion is very cyclical with old being new within like 30 years? Is the idea that it would be cultural appropriation that is the problem? Or is modern manufacturing just not capable of it? Some examples of what Im talking about but not exhaustive: https://pin.it/1Tyx8zNbP https://pin.it/45cuzzliu https://pin.it/6jq6GlZbJ

So I am more curious than anything. At first I was thinking that a rollerball could right on paper that fountain pens can't but as far as I can tell that is only marginally true and there don't seem to be many "inkball" or "cartridge rollerballs" or what ever desciption they go by. And of those that I have found, they are either plastic disposable looking pens or more expensive pens that leak all over the place. I have read that one of their main weaknesses is that since fountain pen ink is on lower end of viscousity, tolerances must be tight and the rollerball wears much faster than fountain pen nibs. After learning all this I wonder if there is a pen that has addressed all of this. One that lets you use fountain pen, replace the nib when it is worn, and doesn't look just like a disposable pen. Any one know of a pen like that?

It was around $30 and only once it was delivered did I realize that the design contains metalic threads. And the inside feels like a stiff yet thin leather. Got it from etsy and it shipped from China. If anyone is curious I can post the link in the comments

I had no ink flow issues with either while using them with fine and extra fine nibs. One of my pictures shows what happens when both ink get wet and are smeared. And for the Hongdian 1862, I bought it because I loved the look of the coral color and was not disappointed by its looks in person. Initially I was concerned by how much lighter it was than my 516 despite being larger. But as far as I can tell, the barrel and cap are all stainless steel with a coating and the only plastic is the feed and the converter.

But more expensive pens or ones made elsewhere are not. There are only so many basic geometric shapes, no one has a patent on the hexagon. Every single company makes cigar shaped pens but they aren't being called knockoffs or clones. And even the ones that are even similar looking but not identical are still called clones. There are a few that even I would agree actually are clones such as the cap-less pens that use the same patented mechanisms but the term is getting way over used.

I had wanted cheap black ink to experiment with and found a 40ml bottle of Boake ink for $3.81 and a 48ml bottle of Ostrich ink for $5.15. Since the prices went up right after buying them I am assuming I got a first time buyer's discount.