hobby of the day

Today I have mostly been self-soothing by playing around with A's collection of fountain pens, various, from back when it was his hobby of the day, and also by window-shopping. I think I am dithering toward replacing the Pilot Penmanship FP60 I broke the other day by kneeling on it (in such a way that ink did not go all over either the sofa or my trousers, through a combination of both luck and judgement), and also toward getting something with an italic nib for the sake of Fancy Writing.

The Pilot Penmanship is acquirable for £12, which is the basis on which A got me one as a present in the first place without me doing a Concern about What If I Don't Like It (or indeed What If I Break It, as I promptly did), and I think I am still sufficiently interested in Experimenting with it as a primary writing tool that having another go at it isn't wildly unreasonable.

The italic nib I want almost entirely for the purposes of decorative writing in my ongoing journal, and otherwise Messing Around. I have very nearly convinced myself that "I'll enjoy it" is a good enough reason to get (1) it, and (2) a variety of blue sparkly inks.

If this is one of your hobbies also, I would very much enjoy reading your Thoughts And Opinions on the general topic.