ooh I love this. makes me want to highlight my own collection as well. let's start with this gift received a long time ago: https://objet.cc/kev/plume-montblanc
Ooh yes - for pencils I rather like the really thin Muji propelling pencils. And for paper, I’m always interested in paper that will ‘take’ fountain pen ink without blotting. Filofax paper isn’t great for this, which is disappointing
I’ll have to check out the Muji ones. I’m a big fan of anything Blackwing puts out. I love a good cedar shaved pencil for writing. And I used the Leuchtturm Journals for most of my writing. I found Moleskines didn’t hold up to normal wear and tear well and their pages were too thin.
It’s worth pointing out that Japanese fountain pen nibs are more fine (thinner) than their western counterpart. So for example a Pilot Kakuno EF nib fountain pen will give you an extremely fine (& smooth) write...
ooh I love this. makes me want to highlight my own collection as well. let's start with this gift received a long time ago: https://objet.cc/kev/plume-montblanc
Could you do one on pencils? And paper preferences? This Inquiring mind wants to know.
Ooh yes - for pencils I rather like the really thin Muji propelling pencils. And for paper, I’m always interested in paper that will ‘take’ fountain pen ink without blotting. Filofax paper isn’t great for this, which is disappointing
I’ll have to check out the Muji ones. I’m a big fan of anything Blackwing puts out. I love a good cedar shaved pencil for writing. And I used the Leuchtturm Journals for most of my writing. I found Moleskines didn’t hold up to normal wear and tear well and their pages were too thin.
I even wrote about paper this week which made this topic near and dear. https://open.substack.com/pub/kathekon/p/paper?r=7j6pb&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
Just ordered a clutch. Thanks for these recs.
It’s worth pointing out that Japanese fountain pen nibs are more fine (thinner) than their western counterpart. So for example a Pilot Kakuno EF nib fountain pen will give you an extremely fine (& smooth) write...
I know. I many Reilly was endorsing that pen too. I’ll make it more clear. Thanks Charlie.