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I thoroughly enjoy my Pilot Vanishing Point fine. However, lately I use a Uniball Signo 0.38 more. Just less fuss and the ink is always there. I wish I had reas
by pcmoney 6y ago
I thoroughly enjoy my Pilot Vanishing Point fine. However, lately I use a Uniball Signo 0.38 more. Just less fuss and the ink is always there. I wish I had reason to write more but too often using a computer is the default.
I have tried pretty much every note taking system there is and unfortunately none that support a platform agnostic, simple, and clean way to have hybrid handwritten and typed notes. Apple notes with iPad and pencil came closest. I find (and studies suggest) that handwritten notes allow for much better understanding and organic brain recall than typed but lose a lot of search/machine recall functionality.
I think if more people enjoyed writing by hand we would soon have better hybrid analog/digital note taking solutions. Strongly recommend picking up a Lamy Safari!
- jamesliudotcc 6y agoI used to switch between Lamy Safari (or Vista, which is a Safari with clear instead of colored plastic in EF) and Pilot Vanishing Points (in F) depending how rich I felt when I lost the last one. I owned some other hundred-dollar-ish fountain pens too. The Pilot was the only one that ever wrote as nicely as the Lamy Safari. I never settled on a notebook I really liked with the pens. Rhodia pads have the best texture for those two nibs, but were never great for anything but throwaway notes. Now I write short notes with a pencil.
- pcmoney 6y agoMiraculously I am still on my one and only VP. Had the matte black and it has been scratched and used so the brass underneath shows through, I am pretty attached to it now. I strongly recommend Nanami Papers Journals and other Tomoe River products. Great quality and value, not much more than a Rhodia and 2x the pages.