Thoughts
Last week my wife bought her starter fountain pen and notebook - Kakuno medium nib and Clairefontaine 1951 notebook (links below). She is much happier using the medium nib than the fine nib of my Pilot. Her pen definately glides across her notebook very smoothly. The Pilot was a little scratchy on that.
I too went shopping this week and purchased pen #2 - a LAMY Al-Star medium nib (Petrol).
The writing of the LAMY Medium is slightly too thick for my liking…just as I experienced in store when I bought the Pilot. However, I am using it for general note taking while working and it’s performing well.
There will always be a place for another fountain pen. Always!
Until next time.
Quote
"None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try."
~ Mark Twain
Maker
LAMY first appeared on the scene in 1952
Clairefontaine began paper production in 1858
Resources
Wife’s starter kit - Pilot Kakuno pen and Clairefontaine 1951 notebook
My new LAMY Al-Star pen in Petrol colour
Fun Fact
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote his later Sherlock Holmes novels with a Parker Duofold fountain pen.
Tip
Test out writing with a fountain pen before buying.
Actually, test out a few different nib sizes.
How the nib feels and writes can make or break your experience.
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Brilliant. Love the colour on that pen.
Although I currently write in my gold-edged Paper Republic notebook, held in a Grand Voyageur cover by the same company, I also like my Paper On The Rocks notebooks. Paper made not from wood pulp but from, wait for it, stone dust - a waste product.