I agree that the Apica notebooks are probably the best for the money and the intended use. I order them from the Goulet's and I'm very happy with them.
I agree that the Apica notebooks are probably the best for the money and the intended use. I order them from the Goulet's and I'm very happy with them.
To continue to diminish the place of the handwritten in our lives is to diminish, in a small but real way, our humanity. Philip Hensher
Dunno ergo sum
Thanks for the well wishes everyone!
Thank you for the feedback as well. I finally got around to trying the fine P51 with Noodlers Black on the cheap composition notebooks and it works great on the ones made in the USA. I am sure if I went with a broader nib, it would feather and bleed, but the P51 puts down a nice fine dry line that is completely indistinguishable from a ballpoint in these notebooks.
Cheap notebooks for the win!
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
~ Romans 8:38-39
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The 51 will give you not only a lifetime of service, but will be available to be passed down in your will. Quite simply one of the best pens ever built and definitely the pinnacle of fountain pen technology.
No.6: “I am not a number, I am a person.”
New No.2: “Six of one, half a dozen of another.”
The 51 is also a GREAT note taking pen in my experience. Because of the hood (I suppose) the nib doesn't dry out sitting uncapped while you listen to lectures. So it's always ready to write.
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Current pen rotation: way too many!
The hood helps prevent drying out, yes, and there's also a giant collector under there, so a vast amount of ink is always at one's disposal.
No.6: “I am not a number, I am a person.”
New No.2: “Six of one, half a dozen of another.”
Exactly! I use my M200 for sermon notes on Sundays, and it occasionally dries out a touch if our Pastor goes on a tangent haha. Once I stop by the hardware store tonight and pick up some shellac, both of my P51's will be serviceable again and will be my primary note-takers.
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
~ Romans 8:38-39
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Back to school sale--buy anything made in Brazil, especially composition books. Also try Staples sugarcane paper spiral bound notebooks.
Much Love--
--Virginia
I recently bought a Mead Five Star notebook at Target and surprisingly it's FP friendly.
Hmm... I should think about doing another post graduate course, so I get to write more with my FPs and get through some of the ink.
Kai
"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." -- Lao Tzu
We get staples products at work. The pads with recycled paper in them work better then the pads with regular paper
My mead 5 star is awful. Some pages worse than others, but all basically unacceptable.
Sustainable earth is ok, no bleed through, but a bit toothy.
Found my campus bookshop has suddenly started stocking miquelrius notebooks. and clairefontaine 1951 basics!
Score!
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"What are moon-letters?" asked the hobbit full of excitement. He loved maps, as I have told you before; and he also loved runes and letters, and cunning handwriting, though when he wrote himself it was a bit thin and spidery.
Black n' Red fan - decently priced - I get them at Office Depot.
I find comp books from Brazil the best, USA are fairly decent too.
Brad "Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind" - Rudyard Kipling
"None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try." - Mark Twain
I just snagged three plastic-covered comp books from Dollar Tree. Though they are Made in China, a discreet test proved them to be somewhat fp-friendly. The covers are very colorful and flexible, and the pages are an off-white, but seem very smooth. They are slimmer than other comp books, and I don't have them handy to check page numbers.
To me, they look and feel elegant.
Love Dollar Tree!
My other pen is a Montblanc.
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