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Fountain of Ink
Sep. 10th, 2021 11:19 amIt's not a ton of money, but I'm waffling on buying a fountain pen. I think I'm going to. It's a Pilot Metropolitan, and I've had Pilot pens and pencils in the past, and they've been very good. I had fountain pens all through college. Inexpensive ones, obviously, but they served me well. Later I got a Rotring fountain pen as a gift, but then lost track of it later. That doesn't bother me since it was from ex-husband and I'd prefer not to have his shit around. But I do still have a Rotring drafting pencil.
The drafting pencil is a little heavier than I like for sketching, so I tend to use (wait for it) Pilot mechanical pencils! I've still got a pastel green one I bought in college, but I also have two I bought in Japan that are a tad heavier but not as much as the Rotring.
Anyway, I started thinking the other day that I needed to buy a new pack of pens. Then I thought, I'm tired of buying pens and then tossing them out when they're used up. I should go back to a fountain pen, because even though I have to buy cartridges and throw them out later, it seems less wasteful. It's also cheaper to buy a 12-pack of Pilot branded ink cartridges than to buy a 12-pack of decent quality gel pens at Walmart. I don't know if I can get the cartridges locally or if I'll need to buy them online, but it seems like the kind of thing any of the big box office supply stores would carry.
I'm not going big on this purchase because I don't write longhand as much anymore. My reading journal, daily journal, and some sketching is about it. I don't even have anyone to write letters to anymore. But it would be nice to have a good pen again.
The drafting pencil is a little heavier than I like for sketching, so I tend to use (wait for it) Pilot mechanical pencils! I've still got a pastel green one I bought in college, but I also have two I bought in Japan that are a tad heavier but not as much as the Rotring.
Anyway, I started thinking the other day that I needed to buy a new pack of pens. Then I thought, I'm tired of buying pens and then tossing them out when they're used up. I should go back to a fountain pen, because even though I have to buy cartridges and throw them out later, it seems less wasteful. It's also cheaper to buy a 12-pack of Pilot branded ink cartridges than to buy a 12-pack of decent quality gel pens at Walmart. I don't know if I can get the cartridges locally or if I'll need to buy them online, but it seems like the kind of thing any of the big box office supply stores would carry.
I'm not going big on this purchase because I don't write longhand as much anymore. My reading journal, daily journal, and some sketching is about it. I don't even have anyone to write letters to anymore. But it would be nice to have a good pen again.
