We're all on computers here (or smartphones, or tablets, I get it)--and for some, I'm sure that's 99% of all they use.
For others of us, we still use writing utensils. What do you use?
I go through phases. I was in a "pencil" phase for awhile. I still enjoy the feel of pencil on paper, and particularly when I have a nice, $15 or $20 Pentel type vanishing point pencil, and/or when I "go large" with the 0.9mm lead, rather than the standard 0.5mm or sometimes 0.7.
For awhile I was in the "fountain pen" phase. I still love this, as impractical as they are. Give me a broad point fountain pen (notice the theme here), and I truly enjoy writing. Have one expensive Waterman fountain pen with a broad point I love. I also enjoy the process of filling the pen with bottled ink, as opposed to ink cartridges, which I do not like at all. I know, they're more convenient. Less messy. But if you're about convenience and neatness with fountain pens, why not go with a ballpoint, gel, or something else?
Currently I'm in a standard, near-disposable ballpoint pen phase. But I like the Bic Velocity 1.6mm bold point ballpoint, which sells for about $2.98 for a two-pack. Very smooth, although it will sometimes have "excess" ink, so if neatness is required, pass on this one. You can tell, I enjoy big, bold lines.
Speaking of which--I also have a phase, and I often use this simultaneously with others, of using Sharpie markers. Sharpie came out with a silver, metal, refillable one a few years ago, and I enjoy using it--although I do pick up a dozen Sharpie "fine point" markers (a misnomer if ever there was one), and use them. When I make "to do" lists and such, nothing better than marking out something completed with a big, bold, Sharpie.
What do you use, and what do you like?
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