“Pilot Prera” Cedar Park, 2024
The Pilot Prera is my new favorite fountain pen. It feels so good!
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“Pilot Prera” Cedar Park, 2024
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“Pilot Prera” Cedar Park, 2024
Favorite Pen
“Fountain Pen” Cedar Park, 2022
I have a notebook on my desk that I use to jot down notes when I’m in meetings. My pen of choice is my Pilot Metropolitan fountain pen. I have a several budget fountain pens, but I really like my basic all-black Metropolitan (medium nib) with blue/black Pilot Namiki ink for general-purpose note-taking. Smooth and consistent writing, and minimalistic body design. Very nice!
My Current Pen Lineup
“Pens” Cedar Park, 2021
I’m down to using four fountain pens regularly: three Pilots and one LAMY. All my other Jinhaos are cleaned and put away in a pen case. They are nice pens, but they are the pens I used to keep at the office. After the COVID-19 pandemic is over and I return to working from the company HQ, I’ll break them out again, but for now the three pens in the photo (plus a Pilot Metropolitan) are the only ones seeing use these days.
I bet fountain pen enthusiasts will have no problem identifying the pen models in the photo just from seeing the caps. 😀✒
Writing by Hand
“Green” Cedar Park, 2021
Today’s snapshot if of my Pilot Kakuno and Iroshizuku Chiku-rin ink. I am really enjoying this combination!
For 2021 (and for the previous month) I’ve been writing and doodling in my Traveler’s Notebook. It’s a fun experience, and very different for digital note-taking and drawing for me. I think digital has many advantages over analog, but writing by hand is kind of… heartwarming? Good for the soul? A connection to reality? I can’t explain so well, but I think it adds something positive to my daily life and rounds out my well-being.
Fountain Pens In Use
“Smiling Pen” Cedar Park, 2020
Part of my work-from-home routine includes writing notes using my fountain pens, but I have pretty much narrowed down my in-use pen line up to three: Pilot Metropolitan (M) filled with Pilot Namiki Blue/Black ink, LAMY Safari (B) filled with Iroshizuku Ama-iro, and Pilot Kakuno (M) filled with Iroshizuku Chiku-rin. The black, blue, and green combination looks nice on the pages, and my notes are actually kind of fun to look back on! I tend to prefer thicker lines, so I retired my Pilot Metropolitan (F) and replaced it with the Kakuno medium-nib as my green ink pen. I really like the Kakuno because it’s all about fun – even the smiling face on the nib gives off a happy vibe! You can see it in the photo above. That’s my home notebook, and a short list of ukulele songs that I practice.
I hope you had a good day!
Fountain Pen Day
“Pens” Cedar Park, 2018
Today is National Fountain Pen Day! I haven’t bought any new pens lately, but I did create a Google Keep note to keep track my pens and the inks I use in them. Makes it a lot easier to organize. 😄
I hope you had a nice day!
またね～
More Pens
“Shark Pair” Cedar Park, 2018
こんばんは。How’s it going?
So, I bought a couple more fountain pens – the Jinhao 993 Shark in green and blue! Aren’t they cool? I’m going to use them at work, with Iroshizuku Ama-iro and Chiku-rin inks. I love them! What is nice about these pens is that not only are they dirt cheap, but they come with converters which makes refilling with ink super easy.
Highly recommended as a fun, beginner fountain pen. Enjoy!
“Nibs” Cedar Park, 2018
またね～
