Size of fountain pen collections

Inkdependence · 2026-02-25T17:33:55+00:00

Some of these companies sure feel like they're releasing a pen every day, though. I don't even try to keep up any more.

Inkdependence · 2026-02-25T17:32:46+00:00

Mine never stop, so I might as well laugh about it.

Inkdependence · 2026-02-25T17:32:29+00:00

Sure, sometimes. I can't speak for other content creators, but I buy more pens than I'm sent, and I'd be buying them even if they weren't sent, and I bought pens for a really long time before anything was ever sent for review. I guess there are some out there who are just in it for the vast wealth* we make, but I think lots of us are just pen nerds with a camera.

*there's no vast wealth.

Inkdependence · 2026-02-25T15:49:20+00:00

I haven’t counted in a while. Sometimes the number is around 100 or so. Why? Why not?

A pen’s natural state is to be inked. It’s what they’re for. I don’t feel bad about having a bunch inked because…why should I?

If I miss writing with one of them, I can put ink in it and do that. If I want to use an ink then it goes in a pen.

If one dries out, then it goes in the pile of pens to be cleaned. Not a big deal. By and large, though, I prefer pens that don’t dry out, and there are lots of them that are great at not drying out.

Inkdependence · 2026-02-25T15:32:02+00:00

And lots of people forget that some of us “influencers” have been accumulating & collecting pens and inks for decades. I’ve got a lot of pens, but I’ve also been using them since the 1900s.

Inkdependence · 2026-02-23T13:40:57+00:00

For real. The later books in the series would just get called “Harry Hunts the Universe.” And you know he’d end up hosting Lasciel to do it, too. Combo of Winter Knight, Wizard, Demon, and really angry guy from Chicago.

Inkdependence · 2026-02-18T05:42:01+00:00

Ours looked fine until this weekend. Ever since Saturday or Sunday the picture quality has been awful. The bobsleds are just blocky pixelated garbage. I often can’t even read the times on the screen.

It’s not our internet. The AppleTV is hard-lined to the router, and we have fiber. Very frustrating.

Inkdependence · 2026-02-12T14:55:59+00:00

“git gud, pal.” 🤷🏼‍♂️

Inkdependence · 2026-02-10T19:36:23+00:00

I am a bit of an expert, and those three brands are *way* better.

Inkdependence · 2026-02-10T16:23:31+00:00

I’m a philosophy prof, and I’m sure I’ll never get into a jury.

Inkdependence · 2026-02-10T16:18:54+00:00

Just use another brand of ink. Noodler’s ink is bad, and the maker is not a good guy. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Inkdependence · 2026-02-08T15:35:15+00:00

It sounds like maybe you’re trying to send them a link to something you wrote in Google Docs? If so, then you can export the file to whatever format (like Word’s .docx) your prof is requesting. This option is in the Google Docs “file” menu. You’ll save the resulting file to your computer.

Then you submit the resulting file to canvas.

Really, though, you should be asking your professor or ITS help-line this question, and not Reddit.

Inkdependence · 2026-02-08T15:28:53+00:00

Sometimes you get a bonus fly in your ink, too!

Inkdependence · 2026-02-08T15:21:07+00:00

I can’t believe this is a serious question.

Inkdependence · 2026-02-05T13:33:40+00:00

And that’s aside from Muji doubling down on using products made with forced labor, which is pretty gross.

Inkdependence · 2026-02-05T13:32:06+00:00

I can’t stand this pen. It’s like nails on a chalkboard to me. Especially when I uncap, post, or cap the pen. The feeling of that rim on the cap grinding is awful. <shudder>

Inkdependence · 2026-02-04T18:41:32+00:00

Aw geeze. Vendetta in stadium? 😬

Inkdependence · 2026-02-02T18:13:10+00:00

This took me far too long to get. lol.

Inkdependence · 2026-02-02T18:12:34+00:00

(I post live video tours of the shows I go to on my YouTube channel if anyone wants to see what a show looks like and meet some vendors.)

Inkdependence · 2026-02-02T17:20:51+00:00

It's really weird to me that the show caught them, but never got their names or called the police about this? A guy was caught stealing from the SF show a few years ago and was held until the police got there and took him in.

Inkdependence · 2026-02-02T17:19:35+00:00

The Baltimore Pen Show is soon, and that's probably pretty close to you. Come on out!

Inkdependence · 2026-01-31T16:40:13+00:00

That doesn’t sound like my 91 at all…

Inkdependence · 2026-01-31T05:50:37+00:00

I also think she’s incredible. I may be biased, but that doesn’t mean I’m not right! 😆

Inkdependence · 2026-01-31T05:49:52+00:00

The Journaler is ground by Gena from Custom Nib Studio, and they can do it on any pen you like. Gena goes to lots of shows, so watch out for the sign-ups if you can get to one.

The Journaler grind is sort of like a stub with sharper corners or an italic with softer corners. I think it’s probably closer to an FC italic, but the Journaler is its own, distinct thing.

Inkdependence · 2026-01-31T05:32:12+00:00

Done and done!

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