Comments on: What do you write with?

By: Walter

Walter — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:23:44 +0000

I use fountain pens in planners, notebooks, and journals. If I’m reasonably careful, smearing and bleedthrough aren’t issues, especially if I pick the right paper. When it’s necessary, I’ll use waterproof inks like Noodlers, otherwise my favorite ink is Waterman, which is compatible with the vintage fountain pens I prefer. My favorites are the fine-medium nibbed Parker 51, Vacumatic, Striped Duofold, Namiki Vanishing Point, and a variety of other mostly vintage pens. I also like the Platinum Preppy, Ohto Tasche, and a few other inexpensive modern pens for notebooks and travel. I wish I had some artistic talent so I could sketch too!

By: Speedmaster

Speedmaster — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:47:47 +0000

Mostly a Pelikan M800 w/ J. Herbin or Lamy blue inks, Lamy Dialog2 rollerball, and Sometimes a Uniball Signo.

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:18:12 +0000

I never use ink in a planner; I use a mechanical pencil with 0.5mm F lead. In journals or notebooks I like to switch pens and inks a lot. I use fountain pens (F or EF nibs). Most of my inks are J. Herbin or Private Reserve. If the paper doesn’t work well with fountain pens, then I use gel pens, usually 0.4mm Slicci.

By: Inkophile

Inkophile — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:24:04 +0000

Fountain pens (all sorts) in notebooks and planners. Once in a while I will “pencil something in” with a mechanical pencil.

By: Okami

Okami — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:34:51 +0000

Fountain pen – always.

By: kookychick

kookychick — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:28:46 +0000

I use lots of different types of writing utensils! For my to-do lists, meeting notes, etc., I use gel pens, fountain pens, ballpoints (ugh), rollerballs, felt-tip markers, or mechanical pencil–whatever I have handy!

For my journals and class notebooks, I primarily use fountain pens, from ~0.1mm-0.3mm. Mostly J. Herbin ink (great flow AND most of them dry quickly!) or Noodler’s ink (for extra permanence).

I primarily write, I don’t usually sketch, so I don’t use colored pencil, paint, etc. Wish I had time to pick up that hobby!

By: carmen

carmen — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:18:15 +0000

For daily use I use an Uniball Signo Micro. I also use a fountain pen (Lamy Safari an turquoise ink)and a red Pilot VBall in Extra Fine. For fun, a Pilot Hi-Tec C Coleto in orange and purple.

By: Carys

Carys — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:00:28 +0000

For journals, letter writing, lists, etc., I use fountain pens, currently ranging from an XXfine nib to a medium/fine. (I have arthritis in my hands and since getting interested in fountain pens last December I’ve been able to write more than I had in the past 20 years. They’re so much easier on my hands than any other sort of pen.)

I use pencils for sketches or markers for marking cloth for sewing, but they’re both more painful; I avoid them as much as possible.

Carys

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:49:22 +0000

almost always fountain pens, sometimes whatever gel pen is at hand.

i never write in pencil because i hate the smudging that occurs. i only write in pencil when i know i will need to erase, i.e. doing math problems for a class, or homework. that happens generally in a spiral notebook separate from my planner.

By: Zoe

Zoe — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:06:53 +0000

I use whatever is at hand, but prefer fountain pens, wide nib generally, with a variety of inks, including J. Herbin.

I also doodle and draw in my notebooks and planners and would like to think there is a way to incorporate all media in one sleek paper product.

Good luck at the meeting.