I know some of your nerds have way too many pens. Tell me about your favorites. Bonus points if they don't cost $200+, because that's silly.

I have a lamy safari medium nib that is very nice to use, but considering getting something else because they are fun, good for drawing and I'm switching back to paper for notes anyway. Any favorite inks?

  • Llituro [he/him, they/them]
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    9 months ago

    well i was going to recommend you a platinum century because i'm pretty sure i got mine for a hell of a lot cheaper than $200 but apparently that's about what they go for now. if you want something fun with kind of different vibes, TWSBI ecos are quite solid. i'm a sucker for inks that do cool things, so i gravitate towards the flashiest inks made. some favorites are j. herbin emerald of chivor, one of the craziest inks of all time; noodler's baystate blue, which is so vividly blue it's sort of a crime and will stain anything it touches; sailor shikiori yamadori, which is a teal ink with some crazy copper sheening. tomoe river paper is also an interesting thing, ink looks kind of crazy on it. fountain pens were a special interest for a while for me.

    • Parsani [love/loves, comrade/them]
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      9 months ago

      I saw the Ecos, they look cool, and so do the TWSBI vacuum filler ones.

      I've been pretty boring with the ink I use, just the Lamy black as I still have a bunch of cartridges of it. Gonna go to the pen store close to me and look through some inks some day. I need a converter for my safari too.