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I spend way more money on jetpens's selection of notebooks than pens though. Also, I tend to prefer pencil, and will recommend the Pentel Kerry. --------- I've said it before, and I'll say it again. The future of online stores is jetpens and websites like it. Jetpens is useful because I trust their reviews. They're a store, yes, but more importantly, they're a trustworthy source of information. Amazon reviews are no…
Fountain pens completely changed how I write. I've always gripped ballpoints like my life depended on it and gotten hand cramps from how hard I press them down. I don't want to, and can temporarily stop doing that when I consciously notice, but then I forget and go back to trying to stab the desktop through the paper. A Lamy Safari's triangular shape makes it physically hard to hold the "wrong" way. It nudges me to w…
I'd love to use fountain pens. Unfortunately, I'm left-handed.
The Nevada State Bank once recommended a Uni-ball 207 (any pigment ink pen will probably do) to prevent check washing fraud: [video] https://youtu.be/zhR-koBU4zM
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It's worth investigating the effect of ballpoint pen technology on society. Beyond cleanliness and general convenience, the ballpoint pen has stood as an example of technological innovation that makes the rounds in one form or another as the central figure of progress, yet there is a dark side to its past. The Fisher Space Pen did its part to promote the American space program of the 1960s and Xi used the lowly ballp…
Does anyone actually care about cursive beyond personal interest? I haven’t used it since 5th grade and haven’t missed it one bit.
I have a bag of BIC Cristal pens that I've been working through for over a decade now. There are still a few left. What am I missing? I've used a lot of random pens when signing my name at various places of business, and none of them seemed better to me than a BIC Cristal. In fact, many are so much worse that I usually bring my own BIC Cristal to places where I know I'll be filling out paperwork.
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Hardly a danger. Amazon store is filled with counterfeits and scammers due to its comingling policy. When you buy from a small shop where its reputation is on the line, you're assured you're getting what you ordered. When you buy from Amazon, it could be comingled scammer-goods from that one guy who ruined the collective commons for everyone. Its clear how Amazon works. They merge SKUs together, and "Fulfilled by Ama…
Most people don't know that the Amazon stores have counterfeits and they don't care because they will almost never actually get one. I place close to 100 orders a year and have yet to receive a single counterfeit product, or at least, one that substantially differed from the product advertised.
There seems to be counterfeit printers who will give lower-quality books (runny ink, editing errors, etc. etc.). This is a bigger deal for $100 to $200 textbooks. You're gonna get a lower quality product than the official printers if you buy enough books on Amazon.
https://twitter.com/nostarch/status/1183095004258099202
No Starch Press was also complaining about it pretty loudly, but Amazon never made a response as far as I'm aware.
I've caught counterfeits of my own. Ligatures (ex: fi or fl) are completely missing from my Art of Electronics 3rd Edition... so my table-of-contents says "ip-ops" instead of "flip-flops". Among other multitudes of errors that is in no errata that I'm aware of.
It is also well published to be the case: https://artofelectronics.net/the-book/counterfeit-editions/
And I have one of these counterfeit books myself as proof. Amazon really does have crap counterfeit detection.
I spend way more money on jetpens's selection of notebooks than pens though. Also, I tend to prefer pencil, and will recommend the Pentel Kerry. --------- I've said it before, and I'll say it again. The future of online stores is jetpens and websites like it. Jetpens is useful because I trust their reviews. They're a store, yes, but more importantly, they're a trustworthy source of information. Amazon reviews are no…
As an aside, anybody got recommendations of good websites for Japanese stationery? That have the widest selection and can deliver globally.
Fountain pens completely changed how I write. I've always gripped ballpoints like my life depended on it and gotten hand cramps from how hard I press them down. I don't want to, and can temporarily stop doing that when I consciously notice, but then I forget and go back to trying to stab the desktop through the paper. A Lamy Safari's triangular shape makes it physically hard to hold the "wrong" way. It nudges me to w…
I similarly fell in love with fountain pens. My writing was finally legible. That said, I just don't use pens often enough for it to be viable. Ink's dried, tip needs cleaning, etc. So I went back to my trusty old ball points I so hate.
https://www.jetpens.com/TWSBI-ECO-Clear-Fountain-Pen-Extra-F...
There are others too, but this one costs less than $40, and is very well-made!
> The TWSBI ECO offers phenomenal value in the under $50 bracket. Most piston-filling fountain pens cost north of $100, Does anyone know why fountain pens are just so expensive? I figure its a low volume niche but a piston filling pen really I'd think would cost a few cents to make. You can get good smartphones for $50.
I guess they’re more popular in China - you can get good quality Chinese fountain pens online for a lot less than these brands.
My experience was that these ultra-cheap Chinese pens are fun to play with, but extremely unreliable. The number-one issue was that they'd dry up after a day without use, which renders them annoying as writing tools (but they're still fun to look at and play with!)