You are all enablers!

So a while ago I thought that I would get a Lamy fountain pen to see if it would help with my handwriting.

So off I go looking around at what is available and find the Lamy Safari, then I find the Lamy Al-star which cost a bit more than the Safari and I prefer metal pens due to my gorilla sized hands.

So I buy the Lamy Al-star with a fine nib, some Lamy blue black cartridges and a converter.

Wasn’t really happy with the blue black ink (wasn’t dark enough) so I went looking and found the Diamine blue black ink which is my new fave.

Got a small bottle of that plus a bottle & cartridges of Lamy black ink and a EF nib for the Al-star.

Time goes on and I see people talking about the TWSBI ECO and the Platinum Preppy pens.

So after some debate I visit my local fine pen and stationary shop (kind of dangerous to my wallet) I am now the owner of a TWSBI ECO with an EF nib, a PP with EF nib, Platinum Pigment Carbon Black Cartridges & a A5 Rhodia Webnotebook.

All was good for a while then I had a need for a better pen to carry in my bag.

So today I purchased an Kaweco AL Sport with EF nib, another Platinum Preppy with a fine nib, a box of Kaweco perl black cartridges and a box of Diamine blue black cartridges.

Hopefully I have enough pens for now but something tells me that I don’t.

vorpuni,
@vorpuni@jlai.lu avatar

Fountain pens are tools and collecting them can become a dangerous hobby. There’s no limit to how much you can spend. There’s a limit on how much you can write.

Keep a spreadsheet of every penny spent if you want to keep yourself accountable: when an extra pen in your AliExpress order is less than $1 it may seem like it’s nothing…

dr_jekell,
@dr_jekell@lemmy.world avatar

Don’t worry I 'm not going to end up with piles of different pens.

I am most likely only going to to get one more pen (Likely another TWSBI ECO with a fine nib) to fill up with a nice dark purple ink (likely either Diamine Scribble Purple or Lamy Dark Lilac).

That way I will have one pen with Lamy black ink, one with Platinum pigment carbon black, my main & backpack pens with Diamine blue black and one with a dark purple (can you tell that I like dark colours?).

KidnappedByKitties,

My everyday carry is a Lamy CP1 with an F nib and Pilot iroshizuku Yamabudo (purple) or Diamine Steel Blue when I need to be boring; metal, sleek, understated, fantastic with a converter (don’t lose yourself in the ink bogs, I’ve spent so much on inks, send help!).

dr_jekell,
@dr_jekell@lemmy.world avatar

Sorry no help here, I have about 15 inks I am interested in.

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