Interesting. I spent about a year trying different cheap notebooks and pens in Japan and what I ended up choosing as my favorite was Midori MD notebooks and uni-ball Signo pens. Both are highly rated on this site. The notebooks are 2.5x the price as amazon.co.jp though. I've yet to find a good source for these in Europe.
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#172Just this week I bought some J. Herbin Perle Noire ink for my Muji Fountain Pen. I loved the shopping experience on JetPens and the reviews were comprehensive. As for the Muji, loving this thing. It's so great for math, it's saving my linear algebra grade.
I bought the Muji fountain pen a few years ago and it's an amazing pen, especially for only $17! I've been looking for a new ink to try, I'll give J. Herbin Perle Noire a shot.
Which converter do you use?
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#173I 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…
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#174... what do yall scribe so much?
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#175Just this week I bought some J. Herbin Perle Noire ink for my Muji Fountain Pen. I loved the shopping experience on JetPens and the reviews were comprehensive. As for the Muji, loving this thing. It's so great for math, it's saving my linear algebra grade.
I bought the Muji fountain pen a few years ago and it's an amazing pen, especially for only $17! I've been looking for a new ink to try, I'll give J. Herbin Perle Noire a shot. Which converter do you use?
I didn’t use converters this time around. I’m moving to Seattle in a couple of weeks, so I can’t buy ink glasses yet. For now I just purchased the ink in prefilled international cartridges, which they sell in packs of six. :)
Chose Perle Noire because it’s widely regarded as a really deep black ink, which is something I like in my daily use ink. It’s also a good balance between quick drying and good waterproofing.
As for the converter, I’ve heard that the FP accepts any international converter as well. Make sure to check the subreddit though for compatibility reviews!
EDIT: Link https://www.jetpens.com/J.-Herbin-Perle-Noire-Ink-Pearl-Blac...
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#176The Pilot Manhattan fountain pen in medium nib is the best fountain pen I've ever used. Combined with a Maruman Mnemosyne notebook (also from Jet Pens) it's perfect for journaling.
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#177Fountain 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…
Your comment opened my eyes on the matter a little bit.
As some others in this page, I loathe the act of writing, but it's also a negative feedback loop where I use disposable ballpoint pen. I remember I used to prefer foutain pen in high school.
Still, for my case I see two potential downsides with foutain pen:
- mobility (train trips and bike commuting). I remember instances of leaks.
- Infrequent use. I'll keep being a keyboard-first note-taker. :)
I guess I need to shop for shake-proof, non-drying pen and cartridges.
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#178Earlier quoted context omitted.
As others have said, fast-drying ink. In fact, if I understand correctly, there are "left handed pens" that are mechanically identical to right-handed; the difference is fast-drying ink.
The "left handed pens" have a nib that's different so it doesn't scratch when you use it. Think of a mirror-image of a regular nib.
OK, but a ball-point pen has a symmetric nib, doesn't it?
Do left-handed pens also have faster drying ink?
Are there left-handed ballpoints? If so, is the ink the only difference?
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Amazon doesn't even organize or allow you to search for SHOES by size. Their search is about forcing crap down your throat and is actively hostile to getting what you want. I wish the reviews were the worst of it.
I'm guessing that's the major reason for Amazon purchasing Zappos a few years ago.
There was probably a warehouse ops/tech angle to it too. Zappos was something of a pioneer in large-scale robotic warehouse automation, and Amazon ultimately also acquired the robotics vendor Zappos relied on (Kiva).
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When I was a student I think I read online that (for water based inks) laser printer paper works well and better than a lot of notebook paper. I think something about feathering or drying time but I don’t really remember. I’m not sure how true it was and I preferred having loose leaf paper with no lines so I was pretty happy feeling like I was getting well suited paper on the cheap.
A notebook isn't just about the paper, but also the binding. If you're making your own notebook out of printer paper, I suggest you spend $10 on a 2-point hole punch and then buy the 2-point binders, which is far superior over staples. This should get you a good binding for personal use (sized for ~10 pages to 100 pages or so) with only 10-cents or so for the binding. Still, this gets you a "notebook" of size 8.5 x 1…
An incrementing number stamp sounds handy: faster than writing the numbers manually, which is what I do now.
For me, rounded outer corners are also essential. Hard to do with copier paper.