I use a makeup pencil sharpener. They come pocket size so you can put them in a purse.
---------------------------------------- > Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 15:37:27 -0700 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Good pens and paper to use for field notes > To: [email protected] > > I agree; I sent a reply off-list, so will only add that I have not > yet found a suitable substitute for wood pencils. Soft ones copy > pretty good, especially if one prints block letters with a > not-too-sharp lead. Sharpening is, of course, a pita, but if one > doesn't do it too often, there's a double benefit. I got pretty good > with a pocket knife, but does anyone know of a good pocket-sharpener > that can put a long taper on the tip? I found the little fixed-blade > devices put too blunt a taper on the pencils and required > too-frequent sharpening, but they are better than carrying around the > big wall-mount type. > > Of course, if there is no decent "automatic" pencil available out > there, would someone please invent one? > > WT > > At 10:06 AM 6/6/2007, Warren W. Aney wrote: > >As a long time user of Rite-in-the-Rain paper with pencils, I did a quick > >test of writing media on wettened Rite-in-the-Rain paper: Graphite pencils > >worked best, of course, followed by Pilot G2 ink pens (but I don't like them > >because they tend to leak in your pocket). Ballpoint ink pens were somewhat > >inconsistent and UniBall even worse. Sharpies failed the test. So test > >your writing instrument under the conditions you expect to encounter (here > >in western Oregon we're prepared to write in the rain). > > > >Warren Aney > >Senior Wildlife Ecologist > >Tigard, OR > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of William R. Porter > >Sent: Wednesday, 06 June, 2007 05:38 > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: Good pens and paper to use for field notes > > > > > >Barbara, > > > >For the pen, try the Uniball PowerTank RT, available at many drug stores > >(Long's here in SoCal) or office supply places: > > > >http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/upgrade/4206754.html > > > >For paper, try Rite in the Rain notebooks: > > > >http://www.riteintherain.com/ > > > >I use both of these, and they're excellent. > > > >Bill Porter > >San Marcos CA > > > > > Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 14:05:48 -0700 > > > From: Barbara White > > > Subject: Pens or pencils for field notes > > > > > > We would like to solicit people's ideas about what kind of pens or pencils > >they think are appropriate for taking field notes with respect to > >permanence. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Make every IM count. Download Windows Live Messenger and join the im Initiative now. Its free. http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=TAGWL_June07
