In other news...
Sep. 21st, 2011 07:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpA nice, 7,500-word job came in today, which brightened the day, although I felt a bit puny around noon, but a nap seems to have fixed that right up. The client wants the file back by Monday, which ought to be eminently do-able.
In el-cheapo fountain pen news, the Pilot V-Pens that I picked up in Paris (I noted a heck of a lot more use of fountain pens being used for everyday purposes, BTW, in Paris) are nothing special, but they work, producing a satisfying black line wherever needed. They are intended for one-time use (once the ink is gone, you're expected to toss the pen), but I seem to recall the package of two pens ran about €5, which gets me thinking.
At the other end of the spectrum, perhaps, is a $2 pen I picked up at the Fit store in Houston (which appears to specialize in stocking inexpensive items from Japan), produced for Daiso, about the size of my antique Conklin, and fed by a cartridge. (If memory serves, replacement cartridges were hanging next to the pen, but they seem to be of "standard" size.) It's a nice, compact pen that I am reluctant to "start" because of all the other fountain pens that are lying around, ready to write.
Cheers...
In el-cheapo fountain pen news, the Pilot V-Pens that I picked up in Paris (I noted a heck of a lot more use of fountain pens being used for everyday purposes, BTW, in Paris) are nothing special, but they work, producing a satisfying black line wherever needed. They are intended for one-time use (once the ink is gone, you're expected to toss the pen), but I seem to recall the package of two pens ran about €5, which gets me thinking.
At the other end of the spectrum, perhaps, is a $2 pen I picked up at the Fit store in Houston (which appears to specialize in stocking inexpensive items from Japan), produced for Daiso, about the size of my antique Conklin, and fed by a cartridge. (If memory serves, replacement cartridges were hanging next to the pen, but they seem to be of "standard" size.) It's a nice, compact pen that I am reluctant to "start" because of all the other fountain pens that are lying around, ready to write.
Cheers...
