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looks like tobasco
Not saying - at least not yet. It seems weird that I'd be willing to wear something in public but feel afraid of sharing it in a space in which I'm so open, but that's the reality right now. I'll tell anyone who asks in a DM, though.
During my primary schoolboy days, we had desks that still had inkwell holes in them
I'm almost ashamed to admit this but my Brother and I as children ruined a very very expensive antique fountain pen that had belonged to my grandfather. We did not know about things like filling the pen, or not putting too much pressure on the nib so we were just dipping the thing into the ink bottle and then trying to write. I know my Father still has the pen, I should think about sending it away to have the nib replaced and bring it back to its former glory. And at the same point lay claim to it for my own collection.During my primary schoolboy days, we had desks that still had inkwell holes in them
When I was in Grade 2 we were taught to write with a dip pen and ink. We weren't allowed to use biros until we were proficient with "real" pens. I was always incredibly slow but I liked using a fountain pen.
We started off on big fat oldschool pencils
Education standards used to be very high here, not so much these days. But there was also the mentality of our education department where they thought the new biros were just a passing fad and they wouldn't last. There's no art to them.
Me neither.
Me too. I printed all my bluebook exams in college. Anything more formal required typing. The only cursive I really do is my signature. Nothing more.
My preference, unless I switch over to the fountain pen is the rollerball and not the ballpoint. Rollerballs have much more free flowing ink than ballpoints. From what I've read the rollerball is halfway between the feel of a ballpoint and a fountain pen. I know as a lefty with rollerballs I have to be more cautious about the ink as it does not dry instantly like most ballpoints.I used a fountain pen by choice for most of my years in grammar school and junior high.
I liked the tactile smoothness of ink on paper....more so than a ballpoint pen.
I still use rollerball pens and specialized ink for some very specific transactions.
I had office workers at business ventures I was involved in that wanted to be on my check signing list.
