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This article over on Hack-A-Day seemed like it would appeal here. It discusses how the physical aspects of a cheap ballpoint pen are just less well suited to cursive writing as compared to a fountain pen. Enjoy!
Sharing because I can see this community having thoughts to share. :)...
Today is Montblanc Heritage 1912 with Aurora Black, taking notes at work. What about you?
As we round the corner into autumn in the northern hemisphere, the air is a little crisper, the days are shorter, and the leaves are changing… and looking for some new inks to try out. Do you have favorite inks for the season?
I currently have a Life writing pad for letter writing. I like it, but I would like to try some other loose leaf paper. Does anyone have recommendations? I would prefer lined, but unlined is ok if the paper is thin enough to use a guide sheet underneath.
I bought a Wingsung 699 recently from AliExpress because I wanted to try out a vacuum filler. Ink leaks from around the nib whenever I cap it, leading to ink getting on the grip. When I write, blobs of ink sometimes burp out onto the page. Is this typical for this brand? I have another no name Wingsung (I think it’s actually a...
Edit 23-08-10: It’s live, and there’s even some content there. Descend freely upon it, y’all know what to do. :) Working on rules, wiki, and the trappings of communities that aren’t yet baked into the codebase....
I know the A-series is more common, but I sometimes prefer the B-series. It’s nice if, for example, you’re looking for something between A4 and A5 (i.e. B5)....
Currently, I use the old Tomoe, but someday that will run out, and it’s hard to know what shows off ink the best.
It’d been a minute since I bought a new pen, and I’ve always wanted to try a vacuum fill pen so I finally pulled the trigger. The pen writes so well straight out of the box but that’s always been my experience with TWSBI pens. The kon-peki ink is a nice beautiful blue that also seems to dry fairly quickly which is nice...
Left hand Lamy Safari Vista alongside a travelers company notebook in basic brown leather.
I saw this community and got inspired to buy a fountain pen as well. I bought a Monami Olika blue fountain pen. I’m still getting used to writing with a fountain pen but it’s been a nice experience.
So, I like to write simple notes, journaling, to-do lists, or essays/fiction with a fountain pen whenever possible, and I’m trying to find a good journal or planner to use. My Pilot and Diamine inks feather a lot on the paper I’m currently using, and that’s really the main problem I want to address....
Currently inked list just keeps getting longer…...
Oh boy, where do I even start. Some time ago I decided to buy a second pen. I wanted something cheap to use with a document ink. Because my choises of ink were quite limited (and still are), I decided to pick Koh-I-Noor Document Blue as...
I occasionally have to read & critique manuscripts for work and I find it much easier to do with a printed page. But the computer paper that we have in the office is not ideal for fountain pens - tons of bleeding and feathering....
I've tried lots of pens over the years. The ones I can remember:...
I was really excited to sneak away for an hour and pick this up on a recent work trip.
Notebook is a Maruman Mnemosyne A5. These items were purchased at a shop in St. Louis, Missouri.
Do we have a wiki? Didn’t see one, in the sidebar. Would be willing to host and port content from r/fp. There was some very useful data/collected wisdom there.
Pilot Metropolitan Calligraphy Nib - Herbin Rouge Grenat
Got a fair price on ebay on a couple of Sailor 21s. Love them, but modern converters seem to fit only in theory....