• DiscoShrew@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    This could be niche, but I’m a fountain pen nerd. I love stationary, different types of papers inks and nibs and how they all influence the writing experience.

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      1 year ago

      Fountain pens are also for some people more disability friendly. Handwriting has sucked for me as long as I remember as it causes a lot of pain and cramping. Fountain pens glide easier and I can write longer with one than with any other type of pen.

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        1 year ago

        Handwriting has sucked for me as long as I remember

        So fountain pens are not the default tool for getting into handwriting everywhere? What did you use to learn to write with as a child?

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          In the US most kids learn with pencils. When I was a kid we used wooden pencils until mechanical ones were eventually allowed and ballpoint pen usage typically was discouraged until high school. I settled on smooth flow liquid ink ball point type pens for extensive handwriting nowadays.

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          1 year ago

          I’m Finnish. We also start with wooden pencils and graduate to either ballpoint pens or some kind of fineliner marker. I am the only person I know with a fountain pen who actually uses it for normal writing. Mainly because it hurts so much less.

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      1 year ago

      Ooooh I’ve inherited a Pelikan Meisterstück from my father and it is glorious.

      I’m totally on board with inks and different paper textures… It is cool to see and experience all the little details.

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      1 year ago

      oh, absolutely!

      i spent way too much buying my grail pen a couple years back (pilot namiki falcon with 14k soft flex nib) and it is an absolute dream… though i do still love my pilot metropolitan and cheap jinhaos!

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        1 year ago

        Oh don’t feel bad, my personal favorite and most expensive is my Pilot Custom 823. It holds a ton of ink and the nib is amazing

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          1 year ago

          ooh very nice… i better not look into it or i will be buying more pens… haha.

          my biggest issue is finding paper that is not super expensive and can hold the ink well… bristol board is my favorite but loose sheets are annoying. i’ve found platinum’s carbon black to be the absolute best ink, after trying out many goulet and noodler’s blacks…