A shame that my favorite pen isn't on the list.
I love writing with Uniball Roller 0.5 mm micro tip rollerball pens
Extremely consistent pen with crisp lines
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#82My wife and I love fountain pens! It's an awesome hobby and collection to start
Honest question: what makes it a hobby and not just a collection? I think of pens as tools for a hobby but not as a hobby itself, collecting pens I can consider a collection hobby though. I get confused because I've seen this stated a few times and it does not make sense to me, there's no "power drill hobby" but one can have a hobby of collecting power drills.
It's a hobby if you go to "shows" and talk to other hobbiests about it.
A pile of stamps in a shoebox in someone's attic is a collection.
A well presented book of stamps that is taken to shows, shown, discussed, etc. That person is a hobbiest.
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#83The real question is, what's the best pencil?
The silver Rotring 800 of course
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#84I ignored fountain pens for a long time because I'm not a calligrapher or artist and I mostly want writing to be easy and convenient. On a whim, I finally ordered a LAMY Safari and was really surprised at how much better the writing experience was. I noticed my penmanship improved and I was able to write more easily on parts of the page that I normally struggle with, such as near the binding in some notebooks. I attr…
Among the obituaries of a former Conservative Minister a few years ago, there was one delightful snippet. A line in The Daily Telegraph described how, when she received the letter from Mrs Thatcher appointing her to the Lords, Lady Blatch initially believed it to be a hoax, because the letter was signed in Biro and she had been ‘brought up to believe that nobody who matters uses a Biro’. https://www.countrylife.co.uk…
TIL that "Biro" is British English for "ballpoint pen".
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#85What a great site! I realize that it is a store, but content like this is valuable: https://www.jetpens.com/blog/Pilot-FriXion-Erasable-Pens-A-C... I recently found these erasable pens and they are incredible tech. The friction of rubbing the rubber eraser on the ink heats up the ink and causes the ink to turn invisible. It leaves no ink residue on the eraser.
Of note, any heat will erase these, even including leaving them in your car. For anything that you need to make sure that what you wrote is still there when it is next read, I wouldn't trust these. Also, IIRC, extreme cold can bring the ink back, so I also wouldn't trust these to hide sensitive information.
tl;dr only use erasable pens for the least important writing, never ever use them for signatures.
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#86For those asking "why handwriting in 2024?", the paper has no notifications or web browser to distract you. It's just your own thoughts on the page. Being more effortful than typing, information becomes more disfluent, which helps you reason about and retain it. I find it a great tool for planning, consideration, and reflection. I find Jetstream ink to be the nicest for everyday writing. Like gel ink, it's very low-d…
There have been various attempts to modernize pen and a notebook. I'm rather happy with my Remarkable2 (no affiliation), because it lacks the features of an iPad/tablet, because, as you say, it has less distractions so you can focus more on writing and creating. My favorite part is that, while pencil input is foremost, it also has a keyboard, because I can type that much faster than I can write.
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#87I followed these guides for a while but was never happy with the recommendations. No matter which pen I chose it seemed like they would bleed, or dry up, or get "splotchy" if I didn't write at the correct speed. I think the primary thing is that I don't really like any pen that has a "ball tip", i.e. a ballpoint, rollerball or gel pen.
Finally I decided to try something new and discovered that my favorite pen for writing was actually a marker. I know this may sound like I'm shilling but I'm not, these Prismacolor fine tip markers, https://www.prismacolor.com/markers/premier-illustration-mar..., are my favorite things to write with. They're the closest in feel to a mechanical pencil, they never dry out, never bleed, etc.
For all the analysis posts like this one that I've read I'm just at a loss as to why fine-tipped markers don't feature more prominently.
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#88I ignored fountain pens for a long time because I'm not a calligrapher or artist and I mostly want writing to be easy and convenient. On a whim, I finally ordered a LAMY Safari and was really surprised at how much better the writing experience was. I noticed my penmanship improved and I was able to write more easily on parts of the page that I normally struggle with, such as near the binding in some notebooks. I attr…
I owned a safari and lamy 2000, but my favorite was the parker 51. Wish someone would do a modern remake.
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#89I’m not a pen guy. I mainly use pencils. The kuratoga is the best mechanism and the twist-erase is the best eraser. I hacked together some prototypes of the two together using a pipe cutter and a 3d printer. https://ruby.social/@Schneems/111115448981873661
This is amazing. I recently got a Kuru Toga and wish it had a Twist-Erase eraser.
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#90I followed these guides for a while but was never happy with the recommendations. No matter which pen I chose it seemed like they would bleed, or dry up, or get "splotchy" if I didn't write at the correct speed. I think the primary thing is that I don't really like any pen that has a "ball tip", i.e. a ballpoint, rollerball or gel pen. Finally I decided to try something new and discovered that my favorite pen for wri…
Yes, I definitely second this recommendation. I used to do IT for a couple architects and got turned on to these kinds of pens, which they use professionally for blueprint markup. They are just perfect for me, too.