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Subtle off white colouring...the tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God! It even has a watermark!

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Flashy - I didn't know you were a Huey Lewis & The News fan!

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I got given one of these (sans the little jewel on the clip) for my 40th. It's a very nice thing to own but I rarely get to use it

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I admit, I'm a bit of a ponce on this. I had 5 different fountain pens on the go, but I wasn't writing enough to use them all enough to stop the ink from drying out.

I've consolidated down to one fountain pen and a pencil - a Pilot Capless Fermo with black ink and a Pilot S20

I use a Rhodia webnotebook too, nicer than my old Moleskine

i love my stapler, it's a Rexel Optima 40.

and hows about this for a pencil sharpener?

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it's an Alessi don't you know...

You could have hours of fun prodding your pencil into that shiny beaver

I have a Rotring 800, but it's started sticking after a year when you wind the point in. Bit annoyed tbh.

Great pencil tho

I have a 3D printed Aerospace grade titanium pen which I designed and built myself.

Technically, given the time required to complete the design+build, it cost around £3k 😳

[url= http://www.penisland.net ]Penis land. [/url]

Sounds like a bargain

I've got another awesome office gadget, a Swiss Business Tool! (stapler, (single!?) hole punch, scissors, staple remover, knife)

My two Porsches. The only ones I'll every have.

I have this as a rollerball

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and this pencil

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Penis land.

I clicked, the first thing I read is "We specialise in wood". 😀

More seriously,

Everyday pens are Cross Townsends, black with bold trim.
I then have some vintage Pelikans, Conway Stewart lacquers, and Parkers.
Dirty, guilty secret....Pilot G2.

Moleskin (work logo) or Black & Red notepads.

Oh, and all the paperclips I want! Free! Yay! 😉

Oh, and all the paperclip I want! Free! Yay!

Can you still get the massive plastic ones? No practical usage but they looked cool...

DP.

My job means quite a bit of note writing and logbook filling. Day to day I can't do without my Lamy Vista. Certainly not a posh pen, but £10 for a plastic ballpoint retractable means I always look after it. Can't stand the cheap nasty pens that are bought for us.

I have a nice Mont Blanc too. Somewhere!

My current pen of choice is a TWSBI diamond 580al. It's great, the cap screws on so doesn't go rattly and is airtight so the nib doesn't dry out. The reservoir is huge and lasts a few days. I write a lot at work.

My pilot capless usually is the favourite but I dropped it again and need to buy a new nib. Ouch.

The lamy studio is relegated to spare as the lid went slack and doesn't stay on.

There's a kaweco sport somewhere which is a really nice compact pen but it doesn't have the optional clip so isn't getting used.

I'm not brave enough to buy anything more expensive, it might get dropped or lost as I don't work at a desk.

Settled on one of these made in UK. A joy to use Parker 51

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Coupled with a Staedler Mars Technio 780.

Shame moved into an office which is paperless 🙁

Leuchterm notebooks (A5, dotted) FTW

I :heart: Parker 51s.

So elegant.

Couple of Mont Blanc fountain pens in daily use, one is a retractable like flashinthepans, good excuse for blotting paper, although some Moleskines have a sheet included (nice). What colour ink do similar "old farts" use, I have one blue-black (gentleman's colour choice) and one red just because

Lamy 2000 Extra Fine fountain pen is the finest writing instrument on earth. I love mine and my equally pen geek daughter uses hers every day for her A-levels. To be fair all Lamy stuff is good.
Moleskine notebooks are the best I have found, but with a little stick on pen holder.

Use Mont Blanc roller ball pen at work, fountain pens are too much faffage for me. I use lilac ink as we are supposed to only use black and I like to be a pita.

Notebooks and pads from Fabriano for a bit of style

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Lamy Dialog 3 for writing, and a Leuchturm or Atoma leather notebook

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Never mind Penisland, Cu*t Pens is a website full of shiny, pretty things.

Oooh lilac ink. Must try

Kaweco summer purple is good for annoying colleagues

........as we are supposed to only use black and I like to be a pita

Just ordered some Lavender Purple for the MB.

'For delight - Sweeping fields of Lavender Purple bring beauty and lightness to the heart'

So says their website 😯

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Parker flighter 45 GT, I use the ball point and pencil daily, the fountain pen is in my office at home but might be going into work soon.

Nice enough that they're nice to write with, cheap enough (circa £20 each) that they get used daily.

Had all the big FP names in past corporate life as part of the uniform - now disposed of. If I was paying with my own money today it would be the TWSBI - Great writer, looks and value for the fountain pen lover over all models.

Current favourite is a Pilot Custom Heritage 92. Lovely springy and smooth writer. Currently wondering if I can in any way justify a Custom 823...

P.S. If anyone wants a TWSBI 580 AL Fine let me know. I don't really get on with mine and I have plenty of other pens.

Carpenter's pencil for me, sharpened with a knife.

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My everyday, I bought it because its bright so I wouldn't lose it, tbh its far to noticeable but I'm to scarred to tell my colleagues it was a mistake internet pen purchase...

To much time spent on Cult pens

Bah, I quite fancy pencil version now!

Also have an OHTO Tasche which I need to buy more refills for

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My everyday writer is a cheap fine nib Pilot I got off ebay years ago, I can't remember the name of it G something or other I think.

Edit- Pilot 78G

Lovely to write with, need to get myself a vanishing point when I can spare the cash, the clicky would make it perfect.

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Drac +1

That reminds me I need to order some more.

I've also got me a Porsche fountain pen like this:

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Which is lovely, but a bit of a PITA for every day, refilling etc. Being a lefty I also tend to smudge it a fair bit. I started to fray too, a couple of the 'fibres' split, which leave really sharp ends, ended up having to file it a bit, kind of annoying given it had only light use.

Now have a Mont Blanc Starwalker Ultimate Carbon roller ball, which I absolutely love. Yes Flashy - a crabon fribe pen!

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It's ridiculously excessive, but I think it's awesome!

Oooh, yeah; those Uniball pens are really nice to write with.

I use a Cross Click with a gel internal.

Perfect weight and doesn't take up any room.

Value for money wise, I think TWSBIs are one of the best FPs around. So cheap, yet look good and write great. Both of mine are clear demonstrators, really like them (though still favour the ease of a capless fountain pen)

Love the Lamy one above

a crabon fribe pen

*Swoons*

Thought you'd like it! 😀

Superficial - Member

P.S. If anyone wants a TWSBI 580 AL Fine let me know. I don't really get on with mine and I have plenty of other pens.

Oh do tell us more....

Oh do tell us more....

they're a bit of a cliche, but they are really nice:

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(Palamino Blackwings)

Anyone got a Faber Castell e-motion?
They look lovely

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Hmm I have a really nice Cross one I have not seen for a while, really need to find that and hope one of the kids hasn't 'borrowed' it!!

What's the deal with posh ball point pens? Are they better to write with, or is it just a case of looking nice? And presumably you have to replace the refill occasionally - so do you have to fork out a fortune for those to keep pen writing well?

Thought you'd like it!

Sarcasm doesn't come across well in text, does it? 🙂

I've got a Porsche carbon roller pen for the home desk - pretty nice thing but day to day I use a Visconti. Really nice feel to using it.

Are they better to write with, or is it just a case of looking nice? And presumably you have to replace the refill occasionally - so do you have to fork out a fortune for those to keep pen writing well?

Yeah, look nice (subjective I realise), feel nice. Mine goes through refills quite fast, but they're cheap, so... meh. Not that different to watches really, a cheap one works fine, but an expensive one is just a nice thing to have.

Anyone got a recommendation for a fountain pen that writes well rather than being fancy? Using a cheap one at the moment that is ok but interested in what is available

Oooh lilac ink. Must try

leffeboy - Member
Anyone got a recommendation for a fountain pen that writes well rather than being fancy?

At the risk of sounding (even more) like a w anchor, you should probably go to your LPS and try some. Sounds silly, but some pens suit a writing style better than others. Different nib flexibility/thickness etc.

For example, while I love my old Conway Stewarts, the nibs are a little too 'scratchy' for my writing style. My '51 and Townsend Cross however? Perfect.

So, test [s]ride[/s] write, then decide. 🙂

Rhodia Webbie is the best notebook I've ever had. I've also got a Leuchtterm for when the Webbie runs out just to see what it's like. I have a Midori Travellers Notebook for making notes on the go.

Currently trialling some microtip pens Pilot GTEC-C4 is my favourite.

For higher end stuff I've got my eye on one of these:

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A snip at $13,500

That reminds me, has anyone got a good Chinese domestic brand pen?
I've heard lots about them being very hit and miss. Which is weird as most of the big western companies manufacture there. There must be some excellent stuff out there.

Be careful, I was under the impression that priests or chaplains traditionally wrote in purple. The colour indication the occupation, similarly Doctors can write in red.

Hmm I'm not sure that's right. I mean anyone can write in whatever colour but you can't expect to be taken seriously using wacky purple/green/red inks. I'm a doctor and I've never seen any doctor write in red. It definitely would be frowned upon by some where I work. There are concerns about scanning and copying notes which means only dark inks are used. In the NHS at least.

Which means that in order to write using interesting inks, one has to fly below the radar of most people. I like really really dark (but not black) inks. My favourites are Diamine midnight (a dark purple-black) and Sailor Miruai ("Seaweed" - a dark teal really). I'm a stationery rebel 😈

Historically operation notes used to be written in red ink as it made them easier to find when all the notes were filed together. I used to enjoy the variety.
Sadly now most hospitals enforce a writing in black only policy (red didn't easily photocopy on old machines) and now we're having to type them instead. No room for individual expression although possibly more legible!

Rhodia Webbie is the best notebook I've ever had. I've also got a Leuchtterm for when the Webbie runs out just to see what it's like. I have a Midori Travellers Notebook for making notes on the go.

Rhodia looks tempting. I'm using Leuchtterm because they come in many weird colours so I can easily identify my current notebook from previous ones and from colleagues' boring black notebooks. Now I am waiting for the new ones with red dots to come out before replenishing my stock!

Superficial - Member
I'm a stationery rebel

Damn. Now that's reminded me of another essential item that I "need".

Makes a change from watch porn, I guess.

Now I am waiting for the new ones with red dots to come out before replenishing my stock!

What new ones pray tell?

I have an Amazon alert setup for the price drops to replenish mine. Ooh. And stickers help me differentiate my Webbie.

What new ones pray tell?

Apparently Leuchtterm are soon bringing out a number of new "colourways" and also dotted notebooks with red dots instead of black.

From an e-mail I saw ...

New Colours: Fresh Green and Ice Blue (available beginning October)
Fresh Green. It is fresh, bright and powerful. Greenery is currently a trend. An expression of desire for nature and green (DIGITAL DETOX). It is part of modern lifestyle. Moreover it is the colour of 2017 and meets the current trend.
Ice Blue. It is cool and clean. A very strong colour – natural as Fresh Green… these two colours complement each other very well.

Metallic Master Slim (A4+) (available beginning of October)

Bullet Journal in Nordic Blue (available mid of November)
The famous Bullet Journal is now also available in our very successful Nordic Blue.

RED DOTS Edition (end of November)
Red dots… we all know about the success of the dotted ruling. Now we have red dots with red page edges.

Graphite Pencils
Perfect supplement for notebook and Pen Loop – available in 17 colours.

I got fed up with the waste of disposable biros and got a Fisher space pen, kept losing the buggers tho so it got expensive.
I did like it and it had the 'bonus' of being able to write underwater, but whenever I tried it the paper went soggy.

That reminds me, has anyone got a good Chinese domestic brand pen?
I've heard lots about them being very hit and miss. Which is weird as most of the big western companies manufacture there. There must be some excellent stuff out there.

I've tried a couple of pens on recommendation via eBay from the usual suspect - Jinhao - a hooded one and a Lamy Vista copy. They were like two quid each or something daft.

Both were really nice writers, had to flush them first to get things going but really you should do that with all pens.

The hooded one wrote really well for a good while then decided it was going to dump all the ink through the nib in pretty much one go.

The faux-Vista (599 is model number), is still going strong.

Worth a try for a couple of quid, certainly.

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But as a pen tart at work, I've got a gorgeous Delta fountain pen filled with some ice Diamine blue/black ink...
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Too many pens and pencils to realistically use... Serial Cult Pens offender...

Current favourites...

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Leffeboy Parker 51. Would get me vote.
Tried others just does the job.

Loads around on evilbay and hold value to if not for you just put it back on the bay. Not sure what your budget is. 51 around 40 quid.

To the rest of the tread I love Viscontti Van Rough but can't justify it.

Given they're things I use daily - pens / ink / paper is something I get particular about. I love my vintage Dunill fountain pen with variety of inks - currently Diamine cartridges, I like Schneider Slider 755 rollerball inserts, Zebra mechanical pencils, Caran dAche Fluo Line Felt Highlighters, and Zig Millenniums. Superior Labor pen roll too 🙂

Mark & Fold do a mean notebook - have stockpiled their Mark One version - Naturalis Vanilla Smooth paper.

Anyone use a Lamy Scribble pencil? I saw one over the weekend and it looked very nice indeed

I use a Waterman pencil, 0.5mm, but then my writing is small and a larger width lead wouldn't work for me.

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Oops, I seemed to have strayed onto Kickstarter and bought a Namisu Ixion arriving next month.
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I really should get a little case for my decent stuff. What do you guys use for your "special" pens?

Oops, I seemed to have strayed onto Kickstarter and bought a Namisu Ixion arriving next month.

I hope that Pauline is in the new League of Gentlemen show to make up for my disappointment
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