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Anyone who knows me knows I have a strong dislike of planned obsolescence. Everything is increasingly made of garbage and it drives me nuts.

Enter the fountain pen.

To start, they're made to be refilled which means they're too be reused in a way (for a lifetime) that your average ballpoint or rollerball aren't. They're really made to last and I love that.

Second, they write SO NICELY. Their performance is far above mass market pens. As an artist, I've had some nice pens in my life but these outstrip all of them. And these two are beginner pens!

I'm genuinely enjoying writing maybe for the first time in my life and these pens feel like the kind of item worth buying with Bitcoin as they stand the test of time, they are fun to use and they are beautiful to boot.

#grownostr #plebchain #penstr #fountainpens
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Digital Panhandler 1y ago

I like a fine Platinum Preppy over the safari.

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The Pentographer 1y ago

They're certainly nicer than a Bic, but I've not used one yet. I like the look of the Lamy pens better and the Al-Stars are a much nicer material than both the Preppy and Safari.

I might need to try a Preppy just to see how it writes.

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Digital Panhandler 1y ago

Yes the body not as nice as safari but writes smooth. It came with ink already so not sure how it will write with other ink

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The Pentographer 1y ago

The Al-Star comes with an ink cartridge, but I swapped them out for converters. I'm big on bottled ink.