Pens

[urban genie]

How do lefties not smudge as they go along?

we do at times.


luckily we are less anal than righties and can. cope with such difficulties

 

[Boo or Boo-urns]

Liquid Gel Ink pens is where its at. I use a Pentel EnerGel XM as my daily scribbler.

Pentel EnerGel Xm Retractable Rollerball £3.20 (UK)

Pentel EnerGel £2.00 (UK)

I also collect a few fountain pens, namely the German Lamy Safari in the yearly limited edition colour range and have a few Japanese fountain pens including the pocket sized Pilot Prera and the Pilot Vanishing Point (retractable nib)

All my fountain pens are inked with various Diamine & Pilot Iroshizuku bottles

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

Bring back the fountain pen

I have over a dozen of them. Had to use them in secondary school and always loved them.

 

[Banshee]

I take a notebook and pen pretty much everywhere with me.

I too have notepads and pens to hand at all times. If I think it and dont write it down notes its gone, shopping lists are a nightmare. Notice how three females liked this post. Menopausal brainfog is a bitch.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Plane spotter?

I haven't bought a copy of CAMS since 1986 ;-)

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

An ex of mine, her friends fella had Mont Blanc pens given to him from his employer. He also had a black strap, £30 Casio watch.

I used a 10p shitty pen from my employer but wore a relatively decent watch. All 4 did exactly what they’re meant to do.

Just goes to show that it’s all bollocks really.

 

[Marklr]

How do lefties not smudge as they go along?

Someone always has to bring politics into a thread...

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

I too have notepads and pens to hand at all times. If I think it and dont write it down notes its gone, shopping lists are a nightmare. Notice how three females liked this post. Menopausal brainfog is a bitch.

I normally carry a moleskin A6 paperback notebook (64 pages). I buy them as a 3-pack, and have one in my camera bag, one in my work jacket and one on a shelf at home. I number all the pages, and I also add a key to the front page so I remember to annotate every scribble with a dot, a dash or a 'to do' box. I also write useful phone numbers in the back because if my phone dies, I'm absolutely screwed.

 

[stonerblue]

 

[Bri1975]

Only pen you'll ever need , smooth transisition from blue to green in less than a second , no turning the house upside down when green ink is required

 

[ChicagoBlue]

It's the weight and balance that gets me. Also, the writing angle. It's a tactile thing. I'm also very particular with eating irons, especially cake spanners.

I used to use a left-handed fountain pen with a curved nib to prevent smudging which was alright, but not comfortable to use for long periods. Being left-handed, I also struggle with whiteboards as I usually end up scrubbing off half of what I've written.

Also, if you notice (and I know this is being picky) any pen or pencil that has writing on, the writing is upside down if you hold it in your left hand ;-)

Your school nun clearly didn’t rap your knuckles enough to “encourage” assimilation to God’s will…be a rightie!

Dad and sister are/were lefties, but the rest of the family are normal. ;-)

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Today, the pen of choice, for ease of both carrying and use, is the Pilot G2. I prefer the 1.0 for writing text, but the 0.7 is far more widely available and the generally accepted standard roller.



However, the best years of my writing life were spent wielding this beauty… The Parker Jotter, sporting blue black ink.



Ah, the good old days of carrying a thick glass bottle of ink for when you ran out, later to be overtaken by the criminally inefficient ink cartridge that, while keeping your hands clean and blotting paper surplus to requirements, stole some of the panache of being a fountain pen user…although it did have a satisfying “click” when the pen punctured the cartridge!

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Only pen you'll ever need , smooth transisition from blue to green in less than a second , no turning the house upside when green ink is required View attachment 171936

Or the red/black/blue/pencil variant, which are really useful.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Your school nun clearly didn’t rap your knuckles enough to “encourage” assimilation to God’s will…be a rightie!

Dad and sister are/were lefties, but the rest of the family are normal. ;-)

My dad is a lefty.

My missus and 3 kids are also lefties. The amount of mishaps we've had over the years due to being wrong un's...

 

[1961_vintage]

I always end up with inky fingers so prefer pencils myself.

Blackwing Volumes are excellent.

 

[Man-chester copperpot]

If you know, you know ;-)

 

[Betterdeedthan red]

I keep the wife in one.

Haha.
Best reply I've seen on here in a long time

 

[Rodri’s ACL]

Today, the pen of choice, for ease of both carrying and use, is the Pilot G2. I prefer the 1.0 for writing text, but the 0.7 is far more widely available and the generally accepted standard roller.

View attachment 171937

However, the best years of my writing life were spent wielding this beauty… The Parker Jotter, sporting blue black ink.

View attachment 171938

Ah, the good old days of carrying a thick glass bottle of ink for when you ran out, later to be overtaken by the criminally inefficient ink cartridge that, while keeping your hands clean and blotting paper surplus to requirements, stole some of the panache of being a fountain pen user…although it did have a satisfying “click” when the pen punctured the cartridge!

I find they smudge a lot easier than the Pentel ones which never do

 

[BlueMonkey79]

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[Djibrilshairdo]

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Best pen ever made or designed. Ergonomic perfection

And also the best for sticking a bit of chewed up paper on the back of spotty Herbert's neck.