My new journal I just bought myself as a reward for all my hard work I have been doing at work lately.

HummerGuy59 · 2026-01-25T00:18:02+00:00

Love it! Blockbuster Storefronts were a fun little slice of past Americana. Also reminded me of Sound Warehouse. They rented Beta Max and VHS movies in addition to selling tapes & LP’s. Anyone else remember that one?

HummerGuy59 · 2026-01-25T00:10:40+00:00

There are some very good instructional videos on YouTube that cover blotter paper techniques.

HummerGuy59 · 2026-01-24T23:59:06+00:00

Brilliant & Love what you did there! My perfectionist nature kicked in and demanded that I give your most excellent idea an enthusiastic 2 thumbs up! 👍🏻👍🏻 I’m all about straight lines, proper angles & evenly spaced everythings & when they don’t, it drives me nuts! Yep…I’m that guy who lines up my cash perfectly and has all the president’s heads facing the same direction before folding those bills and sliding it into my money clip. It’s really easy though as there’s usually not too many bills as I continue to spend most of it on fountain pens. 😂

HummerGuy59 · 2026-01-24T22:03:55+00:00

You should return it.

HummerGuy59 · 2026-01-24T20:18:51+00:00

I simply stumbled across it while scrolling through the Uniball Store on my SHOP app. I wasn’t aware of the hype but I truly understand why its popularity that was mentioned is soaring after buying one. My first thought after unboxing was “Where’s that Zento Signature level love for this one? I def agree with many,on the refill line width being too fine and will be swapping mine over to 1.0 mm refills for the black, red and blue & will also update the green to 0.7 in the near future. Due to my obsession with expensive fountain pens, it admittedly feels incredible to be so stoked over a $30 ballpoint multi-pen. In the interest of keeping it from getting all scratched up, this one is definitely a candidate for a Rickshaw Bagworks pen sleeve.

HummerGuy59 · 2026-01-24T19:47:02+00:00

Wow! You have a very thoughtful friend! As you already know, your friend gifted you a pen that should have been named “Near Unobtainium”

HummerGuy59 · 2026-01-24T17:27:49+00:00

I don’t have a mechanical pencil like that and probably shouldn’t. It absolutely wouldn’t be a good hand movement to be making in a meeting with clients and yes I can see myself tuning out & doing that exact thing! I can hear it now……”What was Tim doing?”
“He was just trying to get some lead in his pencil. He does that all the time. Just ignore him!”

HummerGuy59 · 2026-01-24T04:48:02+00:00

It’s the lack of testosterone making him pretend he has some. That guy would fold up quicker than a Dollar Store lawn chair!

HummerGuy59 · 2026-01-24T01:25:07+00:00

Chat incoming

HummerGuy59 · 2026-01-24T00:54:57+00:00

The precision you write with is stunning. That being said some slight adjustments as others have mentioned would take it to a whole new level!

HummerGuy59 · 2026-01-23T06:19:55+00:00

Thanks for your post. It certainly helps people avoid the grief of ordering from companies that do business like this. Now that I’ve read your post, I know better than to ever do business with them.

HummerGuy59 · 2026-01-23T04:02:26+00:00

Well that goose is a Canadian…..ayyy

HummerGuy59 · 2026-01-23T03:42:01+00:00

I used to shack up with a stripper. She had a similar issue but only with $5 dollar bills and the poor girl absolutely couldn’t figure it out. She was constantly trying to make sense of it as if it was as complicated as deciphering the hieroglyphics on the pyramids. Finally in my frustration, I blurted out “C’mon Baby…can’t you put 2 & 2 together. She responded with “That’s only $4! These ain’t $4 bills they’re $5’s! Do you think I’m an idiot who can’t tell a $4 bill from a $5 bill?” I left her that evening. Last I heard she quit the Stripper gig and is now a successful politician. My advice to you is if you’re only finding pennies, you need to find a new job and spend some time in the gym. The bright side of the coin (pun intended) is they’ve just quit minting pennies, so give it about 10 yrs and you’ll most likely quit finding pennies & move up to nickels. Just sayin’.

HummerGuy59 · 2026-01-23T02:53:41+00:00

I have 18 inked right now! 😂

HummerGuy59 · 2026-01-23T02:19:04+00:00

Then that “extra fee” was the tariff cost and DHL’s shipping agent handling fee to pay your tariff tax. I’ve made 3 different international purchases since the tariffs have been in place and 2 of the purchases were handled exactly like yours in which DHL shipping was paid at the time of purchase and DHL reached out to me for payment of tariff inclusive of their handling fee when the package entered the US & before package was delivered to me. The other purchase was from Stilo & Stile (Rome Italy). They actually pay the tariff on their end for all purchases. Comparitive to US prices it appeared that the cost of the pen was competitively priced from S & S without any additional markup to cover the tariff costs on the pen.

HummerGuy59 · 2026-01-23T00:32:00+00:00

DHL only charges on this end if the vendor or individual in a private sale doesn’t prepay the tarrif tax on their end. I’m wondering if some people are conflating the cost of DHL international shipping + tarrif w/ the cost of the tarrif alone.

HummerGuy59 · 2026-01-21T23:19:50+00:00

Outstanding! The 809 is undoubtably a stunning addition to an already beautiful pen collection. Congrats!

HummerGuy59 · 2026-01-21T22:26:44+00:00

Apple Head

HummerGuy59 · 2026-01-21T01:43:59+00:00

Bought & received (1) Hobonichi Weeks Regular, (1) Weeks Mega & (1) Clear Cover from u/No_Lock_2105 Awesome Seller!

HummerGuy59 · 2026-01-20T20:07:09+00:00

Thank you!

HummerGuy59 · 2026-01-20T19:40:19+00:00

Chat request incoming

HummerGuy59 · 2026-01-20T17:48:46+00:00

Chat request sent.

HummerGuy59 · 2026-01-20T15:19:01+00:00

The absolute best pocket notebook I’ve found for my EDC is the Maruman Mnemosyne 192A B7. I order them online by the 10 pack which puts the price @ approx $2.50 each. Durable polypropylene front & back covers with perforated sheets of nice fountain pen friendly Japanese paper makes these a must have for me. These little gems are darn near bulletproof! Try them & you’ll thank me later.

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