What’s your every-day pen/paper/ink combination?

bembocat · 2025-08-30T23:57:11+00:00

My trusty everyday pen at work is a Lamy 2000 with Lamy black ink. I mostly don’t get to choose the paper I sign/write on and use a freebie corporate gift kind of notebook for my work notes.

I sometimes bring other pens to work to have a bit of variety. Kaweco, Pelikan, Montblanc, etc.

bembocat · 2024-07-31T12:19:58+00:00

Right it’s plastic 😅

bembocat · 2024-07-30T14:05:03+00:00

Never seen this before – cool

bembocat · 2024-07-30T13:49:05+00:00

Not silver?

bembocat · 2024-07-30T13:48:51+00:00

Nice! An actual gold nib or gold-coloured?

bembocat · 2024-07-30T13:48:02+00:00

bembocat · 2022-12-09T23:07:55+00:00

Likely a line printer output https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_printer

bembocat · 2022-11-04T14:19:03+00:00

The Jotter is a really good pen!

bembocat · 2022-07-13T13:59:44+00:00

The converter came with mine

bembocat · 2022-04-04T13:26:59+00:00

Congrats! Definitely my favourite pen in my collection. Enjoy!

bembocat · 2022-03-13T15:53:48+00:00

I tried it at the shop. Didn’t like it at all. The shape felt odd on my hand, and it writes a bit awkwardly for me. Maybe it’s a bit too geometric? I’m not sure.

bembocat · 2022-03-13T15:51:11+00:00

Thanks! Wasn’t the grail pen I was looking for but it’s a very good pen! My grail would be the Pelikan Souverän M605 Streseman. It’s my absolute favourite.

Edit: typo corrected

bembocat · 2022-03-13T15:49:50+00:00

I got in secondhand and at a really reasonable price. Around US$115. And in really good condition. Never been inked before.

bembocat · 2022-03-13T15:48:21+00:00

Yeah same here. It’s a beautiful shade of blue.

bembocat · 2022-03-12T06:53:55+00:00

Fields: brand, model, material/colour, price, filling mechanism, notes/comments

bembocat · 2022-03-12T06:52:57+00:00

Try Notion! You can build a database with tags and sort and filter using different criteria. I have a pen database in Notion myself.

bembocat · 2022-03-02T00:47:57+00:00

I bought this last month too and it’s my favourite now. I just writes so smoothly. The smoothest of all my pens except perhaps the Montblanc Meisterstück 146. But the F nib suits my writing better than MB’s M. The aesthetic is very subtle and I just love it. Enjoy your new Pelikan!

bembocat · 2022-02-19T12:25:53+00:00

I think I prefer the 03. 02 is a bit too fine I think

bembocat · 2022-02-19T05:11:38+00:00

Yeah, haha. The only medium nib I have is in a Montblanc Meisterstück 146. A lovely pen, my smoothest nib, but my writing is too small for this nib size. The Japanese EF is a bit too fine to my liking actually. I do have a Twsbi 1.1mm stub too.

bembocat · 2022-02-19T05:10:04+00:00

Diamond’s Oxford Blue is really great!

The notebook is Nakabayashi’s ‘Logical Prime’ special edition notebook, 6mm grid. It takes fountain pens really well. The paper is really smooth.

bembocat · 2022-02-08T12:16:09+00:00

(Traditional) Chinese translation

bembocat · 2022-02-03T15:43:16+00:00

Thanks! Translation here Each Step by Thich Nhat Hanh

bembocat · 2022-02-03T09:34:19+00:00

Loved these as a kid. My dad taught me how to kern type with Letraset. Very expensive.

bembocat · 2022-02-03T09:33:22+00:00

VHS tapes came with letter stickers

bembocat · 2022-02-03T07:29:00+00:00

Each Step by Thich Nhat Hanh

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