On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Denise Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, Mike, I've tried several brands of pen. The one I like best is the > Pilot Varsity. I find the ink it comes with to be a bit thin, though. > I have gotten disappointed enough with fountain pens, they're all in the > attic right now, so I don't remember the various brands.
The Varsity is a neat, inexpensive little pen, and in spite of being a disposable, it *can* be refilled; the one I have at the moment has ben refilled twice already. Pilot ink, though, does seem to be a little watery. > My first one was a retractable (Namiki?), a gift from a friend. Levenger > sold them. It had a very fine nib, which allowed me to write a little > slower on checks and not have it soak (meaning spread) into the paper. I > can't use fountain ink (or rollerball ink for that matter)at all in my > check register. Probably a Pilot/Namiki Vanishing Point, a *very* popular pen. Again, the problem is likely the ink and paper rather than the pen. If you have a converter for the VP, you might try any of Noodler's "Bulletproof" inks in it; just be sure to flush out any traces of the old ink first. > The paper Levenger sells is nice but expensive. What I crave is a small > spiral notebook, narrow ruled that would be good for fountain ink. The Eco-Friendly notebooks from Staples are highly recommended by FPN people; I haven't tried them yet, but they're 80% recycled material (bagasse - waste from cane sugar production). I don't know how small they're made. Also the Rhodia line; I think JetPens has them. > I guess my complaint is that the papers I have to write on -- received > from various places -- are not fountain ink friendly. Maybe what I need > is an ink that won't clog the pen or soak into the paper. :-] If your ink clogs your pens easily, it's the wrong kind of ink, or very old, or a bad batch. Noodler's Bulletproof line, Private Reserve, Diamine, and Hero ink from China have all been touted lately as reliable, non-clogging, non-feathering inks. I only have any experience with Noodler's and Diamine so far, though, but both have worked well for me. > I appreciate the suggestions. I'll look around. > Denise > > P.S. -- I'm testing the scissors suggestions made her in response to my > left handed scissors whine. I'll try to give a report soon. Always happy to be able to help. :-) -- Mike Hungerford http://www.chthulhu.com/ "Fashion is not an art form. If it's anything at all, it's pornography." -- Dame Judi Dench --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
