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"If you accidentally make your writing disappear, you may be able to get it to reappear by placing the paper in a freezer that reaches below 14°F (-10°C)."
Pens are all well and good, but what are people's favorite notebooks? I've found that the paper is perhaps just as important as the pen in a satisfactory writing experience.
Pens are all well and good, but what are people's favorite notebooks? I've found that the paper is perhaps just as important as the pen in a satisfactory writing experience.
I've settled on the B5 10"x7" size (2) with blank pages. I love that it has two ribbons for keeping my place, and a handy pocket (I keep stamps and stickers in mine). The hardcover versions are sturdy, which is perfect because my notebook goes everywhere with me.
At first I used the ruled and or dotted versions, but now prefer blank pages for drawing.
1: https://www.jetpens.com/Leuchtturm1917/bd/254
2: https://www.jetpens.com/Leuchtturm1917-Hardcover-Notebook-Co...
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why would pens perform different for right vs left? they're asymmetrical
In left to right languages lefties are draging their hand across what they just wrote and so need something that dries fast or it smudges. I suppose right handed hebrew writers would have the same issue (are their other bidirectional languages? )
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The Bic Cristal is my all-time favourite pen, to the point where I don’t really understand why other pens exist. I was recently thinking of getting a Mont Blanc for fancy business writing (contract signing), but went with the Cristal. Not kidding. The one flaw: no upside-down writing.
You mean a Mont Blanc ballpoint pen? Because I wouldn't use fountain pens with their water-based inks for signing contracts (even inks that claim to be waterproof).
Noodler’s Baystate Blue is at least as waterproof as the paper it’s on.
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I also realized I like smooth ball points, used to use the finer Pilot gelpoints in school. The Caran D'ache ballpoint is quite nice for a more luxury product https://www.carandache.com/us/en/ballpoint-pen-ballpoint-pen...
40 for a pen seems excessive for a regular budget even if 40 is not a lot of money anymore