Subj : Fountain Pens & Notebooks
To   : Ogg
From : Atroxi
Date : Thu Mar 25 2021 20:43:00

 Og> What are you journaling? I was raised to write a kind of diary
 Og> for myself or write letters to family and friends.  It was
 Og> always fun to get something back in the mail address to me: ESQ.

It's mostly daily stuff. I used to have this org-mode system in my
laptop that I synchronize with my phone before where I put my TO-DOs,
insights, ``at-the-moment thoughts'' and longform diary-esque entries.

That seems to be quite fun. I grew up at a time where letters are
starting to be obsolete so I didn't really have the chance to experience
writing to someone. Unless you count those small notes that you pass to
your friends during class.

 Og> I received a few quality fountain pens back in the day.  I
 Og> loved/hated using them. I did not always master the best flow of
 Og> the ink. And at least one of them dried up and could not be
 Og> replaced.

Yeah, that sucks. I haven't had a pen dry up on me yet but I have been
aware of that and I'm thinking of just cleaning the pen up if I know that
I'm not going to use it for a long time.

 Og> I have forgotten about the contruction of fountain pens. Do they
 Og> both have internal ink bladders?  That's the thing that one of
 Og> my favourite pens had and dried up enough to crack and then
 Og> leaked ink.

Yup, they have liquid ink inside them that feeds into a nib. Based on
what I've gathered when I was mulling over the thought of buying 
fountain pens there seems to be a number of ways to fill up a pen.
Though the most common one is to use a ``single-use'' cartridge.

 Og> Journals and calligraphy kits are having a modest reinterest in
 Og> my shop.

That's interesting. While I'm speaking from a sample size of one,
I do think that journals and the act of writing offer something more
that offsets the convenience of just typing on a phone or computer. 

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