hobby of the day
May. 22nd, 2021 11:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kaberettToday 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.
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.
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Date: 2021-05-23 04:26 am (UTC)Been there, re breaking a pen by kneeling on it. I broke my rust orange Lamy Al-Star that way. My sister (who didn't even know about this) won Christmas by giving me a grey Lamy Al-Star last year.
I assume you already know about converters vs cartridges, but just in case: here you go.
Goulet Pens' shipping to the UK probably is not great, but their service is good and the site has some good resources pages.
Cheap fountain pens shaped like sharks are a thing that is exists. In a variety of colours, even.
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Date: 2021-05-23 08:06 am (UTC)In particular it answers the question
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Date: 2021-05-23 10:50 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2021-05-29 04:26 pm (UTC)