I like pencils -- real wooden ones that you need to sharpen. I have a small collection of them in various hardnesses, mostly for note-taking and working out ide

I like pencils -- real wooden ones that you need to sharpen. I have a small collection of them in various hardnesses, mostly for note-taking and working out ideas. I'm not an artist; I don't sketch with them, excluding simple flowchart-type diagrams. They always work, the lines don't fade or bleed, they can write in any position, when you use them up the stub is biodegradable, not a plastic shell that will sit in a landfill for 200 years. I think pencils for everyday writing and refillable/fountain pens for stuff that really needs to be indelible are the best combination.