Striking a balance between moderates
I entered this week reflecting on my nib choices. With nibs on my mind, I opted for a septet that balances broad lines (two B nibs), medium lines (two M nibs), and three narrow lines (three F nibs). Balance in all things stationery. Stationery in all things balanced.
I may have a growing addiction to buying ground nibs out the gate
I’m struck by a growing pattern in my recent purchases: I’ve had three of my last four pen purchases ground on day one. My Nahvalur Nautilus twins survived less than 24-hours before they were ground to a Mini-Cutlass and a BBG multitasker stub. And now I opted for Hongdian’s in-house wild card. Why?
Quality simplicity is hard to pull off but makes for fabulous notebooks and reading tools
Quality simplicity holds powerful appeal for me. There is joy to be had writing with a F nib in a notebook with a precisely printed, simple grey grid on white paper. A simple thing done well is quite extraordinary.
I outsourced my currently inked this week
Time to shake things up. I asked my partner to select three pens for this week’s kit. And I asked my good pen friend to select three inks from his own collection. No requests and no exceptions. How serious.