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Old 31 July 2016, 01:48 PM   #1
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What do you use your pens for?

Title says it all really...fire away..try hard not to just put writing....
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Old 31 July 2016, 07:40 PM   #2
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Well I use my pans for everything. Work. Note taking. Carbon paper and journaling. Just about everything. Sometimes even springy gold nibs for carbon paper if I'm feeling froggy. Even have some tactical ballpoints but have not needed to kill anyone with them yet.
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Old 31 July 2016, 07:49 PM   #3
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Just stirred my tea!
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Old 31 July 2016, 08:04 PM   #4
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Just stirred my tea!

Do they make earl grey ink though??
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Old 31 July 2016, 08:35 PM   #5
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Do they make earl grey ink though??
Should have seen what the document looked like afterwards!!
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Old 1 August 2016, 12:12 AM   #6
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Twirling during boring meetings.


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Old 1 August 2016, 05:27 PM   #7
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Twirling during boring meetings.


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Dare we start a thread of the best pen for twirling?? Who knows where that would go.
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Old 1 August 2016, 09:17 PM   #8
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Everything! I haven't used a ballpoint for years.

I have a cheap FP I use for work. In addition to that, I'm using a FP my dad gave me for my 16th birthday to keep a journal about becoming a father for the first time to pass on to sprog when he's older or to grandkids.

Beyond that I use the others all the time for any writing that's required.

I love giving people books as presents so one of my favourite uses for a FP is writing something in the inside cover to personalise the book to the recipient.
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Old 2 August 2016, 03:57 AM   #9
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Everything! I do not use ballpoints at all :-) Doodling, meeting notes, memos, grad school paper drafts, etc!
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Everyday writing, journaling, cards and letters, and all the normal stuff like digging ear wax (fountain pens are especially useful) and cleaning fingernails.

They are really a multi-purpose tool you see!

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Old 2 August 2016, 11:49 AM   #12
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I use 2 FP's at work 99% of time and at home 98% of time. Of my two work pens one is used for general use and the other is extra fine Japense nib used to edit documents etc.
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Really got into using a fountain pen at work with sepia MB ink. ( We make country furniture and sell antiques, so it looks great ). So much so, I have just bought a Yard-O-Led fountain pen to use at home. Not looking back now.


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Old 3 August 2016, 05:48 AM   #15
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Interesting responses. I've got a few nice pens and simply found myself not using them. Do now though!
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Writing notes. Checks. Signing credit card receipts.
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Old 3 August 2016, 05:08 PM   #17
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No letters I notice. Thing of the past to you guys are they?
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No letters I notice. Thing of the past to you guys are they?
Include letter writing with my response.
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