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Something good from Philip Pullman

reepicheep — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:01:01 -0400

I know this is a somewhat dormant thread but I just happened to catch the author Philip Pullman (Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass) being interviewed on British TV. He says he does not listen to music while writing because it alters the rythm of what he writes. For me this is the only good thing he has ever said; I abhor his work finding it no better than an amateur who's been to a writing class and learnt a few tricks. But still at least here he and I agree writing should be undertaken in silence so the music of the words is loud and clear.

I need a Hero

pinkyreeny — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:06:41 -0400

I have several Hero pens. And they are some of my favorites. Inexpensive, and write well.
I love the fine point!

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Inexpensive Fountain Pens

Jeff Antoncich — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:07:23 -0400

The Hero is indeed a nice pen for the money, although the shipping can exceed the cost of the pen itself. The biggest problem with the Hero is that most only come with the Fine Nib option which can be rather scratchy at times. The other less than desirable trait is that most Hero's only fill from an Aero converter, with cartridges not being an option. In my pocket at this time proudly rests a Big, Black Hero 551 oversized FP which looks as good as any Pekikan or MB. My total output for this beautiful pen was $23 including shipping.

I found the hipster

genisoy — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:35:20 -0400

I found the hipster satellites template to be very useful and very efficient. The fact that the author thought of many different situations and adapted the template accordingly made me love it at first site. Too bad the voting is over.

Guru

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:15:10 -0400

Who ever inspires you ( or what method) it's important not to get distracted by the organization process while forgetting about your work/life commitments ( for which you wanted to get organized in the first place). The solution I have found is to limit the organizing process (including reading/searching on the net) to 30 to 60 minutes a day.

Try JetPens and/or JPens

ygor — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:24:44 -0400

Two places where you can find fountain pens under $5
I have 3 of the Pilot Petit1 Mini Fountain Pens so far, but I love my (only one) Ohto Tasche.

JetPens Here (Free shipping for orders over $25)

JPens Here (Free shipping for orders over $20)

I do not work for either of them, I am just a very satisfied customer.
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Inexpensive pens

caligatia — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:13:51 -0400

There are lots of good pens to be found under $20. Heck, even under $10. I've heard good things about Hero pens, for example, and they usually run about five bucks. There are others, too -- check fountainpennetwork.com for listings.

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:-) The UK is where I got my

CodeMonkey — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:17:14 -0400

:-) The UK is where I got my Parker (I'm from there originally). At school we were specifically banned from using biros, it was rollerballs or fountain only. The Parker Fountain I'm using at the moment I think might actually be left over from when I was at school. I think a large proportion of the kids there used Parker.
I found it in my drawer about 6 months ago and after a clean out with some warm water, filled it with Parker Black ink cartridges.
Having read this post, I'm feeling the pull to get another pen and fill it with something daring like purple (apparently this and green are favourite colours to write in for psychopaths...)

The only thing putting me off is the high price of the pens, which seems a little extravagant for me (I'm a programmer, so I tend to do most of my writing on a keyboard and my hand writing is horrendous to the point of being offensive to people of a delicate sensibility).

Pelikan roller will use converter

hblanchard — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:02:14 -0400

I also have several of these rollerballs of various brands which take fountain pen ink. The instructions that come with the Pelikan version say that you can fill them up with a fountain pen converter. I haven't tried it (because I couldn't imagine how that would work - where does the ball go when you do this - but that's what it said). All these pens take international size cartridges and converters. Some nice ones were being sold at yafaoutlet.com a while back, Italian manufacture.

The Pelikan rollerball/ink pens are very cheap, so I'd recommend trying it with a converter and bottled ink if that's your goal.

For me, I dislike these pens now. The lines they write are way too bold and they tend to be wet writers. I like rollerballs that are extremely fine, as with Japanese pens. I don't have the premium priced Montgrappa roller ball pen, perhaps it's better.

There was a poster in a thread here who described pulling apart a Pilot V-Ball rolling ball (a la Pilot Varsity) and refilling it with fountain pen ink. However I lost the cross reference to that post. Anyone done this? Certainly not worth the effort - but it does pique my curiosity.

I might still have leftover

grog — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:42:58 -0400

I might still have leftover Penman Mocha (brown). Certainly won't use it (ever). Dunno what state it's in, but I'll see in a couple of weeks when I visit my parents. Interested? I could try to ship it to you.

Glad you like it! It's the

grog — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:40:27 -0400

Glad you like it! It's the closest thing I've found to the long gone Sapphire Blue (Parker Penman) - without the clogging.

Enjoy!

Thank you!

Tournevis — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:48:56 -0400

Thanks for the link, but my hope is not to order from the US if I can.

Coolness.

caligatia — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:42:06 -0400

The Glacier Blue, ordered Friday, showed up today. It's reversing my opinion of Noodler's. My VP hated the Legal Lapis -- too dry -- but seems to love the new stuff. I've been happily scribbling since this afternoon and I'm quite pleased.

The Legal Lapis has gone into my Lamy Studio. Maybe it'll do better there, as the Studio isn't as dry a writer as the VP.