Pen, Pens, Pencils, Quills, Writing Implements

Think it could be time to order a replacement for my beloved Lamy.

Think it could be this, but then again I think this might be more of a desk pen - looks a bit weighty to carry around in my notebook:

Sleeve Weight: 74 grams (2.6 oz)
+
Pen Weight (including ink cartridge): 50 grams (1.75 oz)

= over 6 times as much as my Lamy which weight 20g

Also I've never used a Hi-Tech C.

csb

.5mm pilot hi-tec C. Black. And currently awaiting delivery on one of these. http://cwandt.com/#pen-type-a

What fresh hell is this- Weight Weenies, Pen edition?

^ Ha, needs a photo of the pen on some digital scales

Lusting after a Faber-Castell Ambition mechanical pencil in black

What fresh hell is this- Weight Weenies, Pen edition?
Take your shoddy time keeping elsewhere.

I was 24 hours early!

Surprised no one's mentioned this:

Absolute classic, and it's the star of the show in this scene:

Goldeneye - Boris and the Lethal Pen (original score) - YouTube

I'm a big pen fan, although for general writing purposes I've always used a perfectly ordinary pen, one of the cheapest models, with a fountain pen converter, as I love drawing ink from ink bottles rather than using cartridges.

I also have a lot Rapidographs and Isographs (which I prefer). Here are some general tips on maintenance of technical pens. Some of this is perfectly obvious, but there are some non-intuitive tips which work.

These days there's no lead in my pencil...

Snap!

Plus:

I use Bic Cristal Medium for sketching and writing, but I'm moving more towards fineliners.

Goldeneye - Boris and the Lethal Pen (original score) - YouTube

Music is absolutely amazing.

I was 24 hours early!
Which shows an overeagerness no one should readily admit to. Chill yo'self.

Here you go, I hope you are happy.

Ha, I don't have scales to weigh my pencils but here they are and each one serves its purpose well :)

Rotring Art Pen (great for ink drawing)
Pentel P205 (classic drafting mechanical pencil)
Pilot Croquis 6B (good for quick sketches)
Conte a Paris graphite 4B, 2B (smooooth toning)
Stabilo CarboOthello pastel (for highlights)

I think my Rotring must be a lemon.

Artpen? I've bought a few over the years, I find they are erratic in quality.

I think my Rotring must be a lemon.

Probably. I had one ArtPen which worked extremely well for years until it finally breathed its last. I now have another one which I use less often, as it doesn't work as well as the old one did. sniff

I've always loved drawing with biro type pens due to the shading, thought I'd get the Rotring to make myself lose the finely graduated shading, and just use line work.

Bloody thing was crap from the get go. I'll pick up another one at some point and have another go.

I never used my ArtPen for drawing, just for writing.

Thats why you always write pieces of art.

Not when I'm on the forum, as it doesn't seem to work here for some reason. But yeah, at all other times, yeah. Yeah.

Based on the forum love for magnets I often offer them as solutions to problems at work. One of these landed on my desk as a Christmas pressie last year.

www.usus-berlin.de/en/index.php?skip=1

Looks good, writes shit. In my hand anyway.

Oooooh. Lovely.

I've been looking for a decent pen roll, but I can't find anything decent in the UK. I'm really tempted by a Nomadic PE-10, which looks like a really decent bit of kit, but I don't want to pay more than the price of the thing in postage from the US. You only seem to be able to get them here.

Another thing I like the look of is a moleskin pen holder designed by some chap in the UK. However, they look a little shoddy in the pictures, and the only place to buy them is charging £5 for standard delivery. Jog on son!

Anyone got any recommendations for keeping a small number of pens (maybe 10, plus ink cartridges and refills) secure and orderly? I'm a really uptight about stuff like this.

Not a clue but I like the idea. Shall keep my eyes peeled.