Guest LiterateParakeet Posted September 25, 2017 Report Posted September 25, 2017 On 9/25/2017 at 7:12 PM, JohnsonJones said: On the topic of pens, I'm not to great with Fountain pens. I did find, quite by accident, one that I love that is sort of a combo/midstep between your normal pen and the fountains called a Pentel Stylo. I actually really enjoy writing with it. Expand Okay, I'll accept that. Now go and help us assimilate others, LOL! @zil Brian mentioned the cracking...but I still can't resist. Good that they have great customer service.
zil Posted September 25, 2017 Report Posted September 25, 2017 On 9/25/2017 at 9:29 PM, LiterateParakeet said: Okay, I'll accept that. Now go and help us assimilate others, LOL! @zil Brian mentioned the cracking...but I still can't resist. Good that they have great customer service. Expand They don't all do it, and hopefully their process is always improving. I don't regret it.
Grunt Posted September 25, 2017 Report Posted September 25, 2017 On 9/25/2017 at 3:10 PM, zil said: Hmm... OK: PS: The paper is a WalMart Norcom notebook made in Columbia - not hideous, but not great either. Expand What's the backstory on the fountain pens?
zil Posted September 25, 2017 Report Posted September 25, 2017 On 9/25/2017 at 10:39 PM, Grunt said: What's the backstory on the fountain pens? Expand Do you mean beyond the fact that I like fountain pens? After sufficient mentioning of this fact, occasional posting of handwritten replies, and needling of people about their use of barbaric ballpoints, I'm now the infamous FP-user of MormonHub. Alternately, if you're asking how I got into fountain pens, let me know - I'm happy to reply, but don't blame me if we're subjected to excessive eye-rolling.
Grunt Posted September 26, 2017 Report Posted September 26, 2017 On 9/25/2017 at 10:55 PM, zil said: Do you mean beyond the fact that I like fountain pens? After sufficient mentioning of this fact, occasional posting of handwritten replies, and needling of people about their use of barbaric ballpoints, I'm now the infamous FP-user of MormonHub. Alternately, if you're asking how I got into fountain pens, let me know - I'm happy to reply, but don't blame me if we're subjected to excessive eye-rolling. Expand I think I'm just amazed that someone is a "writer". I'm constantly writing in my Leader's Book and I DO like nice pens, but I lose them so fast I'd never spend money on one.
zil Posted September 26, 2017 Report Posted September 26, 2017 On 9/26/2017 at 12:21 AM, Grunt said: I think I'm just amazed that someone is a "writer". I'm constantly writing in my Leader's Book and I DO like nice pens, but I lose them so fast I'd never spend money on one. Expand I know FP people who said they had the same problem - until they switched to FPs. Then, they liked them so well that they kept close track of them. I bet you'd like Karas Kustoms pens. Link later, gotta go. Grunt 1
zil Posted September 26, 2017 Report Posted September 26, 2017 On 9/26/2017 at 12:28 AM, zil said: I know FP people who said they had the same problem - until they switched to FPs. Then, they liked them so well that they kept close track of them. I bet you'd like Karas Kustoms pens. Link later, gotta go. Expand http://karaskustoms.com/ Their pens are machined in Arizona. Expensive, but that's because they're a small shop. One fountain pen reviewer took one of their pens outside, tossed it as hard as he could down a gravel road, got in his truck, ran it over, then turned around and ran it over again, and the pen was just fine. (I know, not scientific, and the chucking was probably a better test than running it over with car tires, but still.) I have a Fountain K Mini in aluminum - love it. Very sturdy, well-built, says craftsmanship all over it. They make pens other than fountain pens. And a cool top that I kinda want but kinda don't (how long can a top entertain an intelligent adult?). Grunt 1
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