OT what about pens

fishlessman

always been a ticonderoga pencil guy, always the yellow painted number 2.  never use the eraser, just scratch out what i dont like and move on last year i went black though, just cant seem to go back

sumoconnell

That's such a Maine thing..  Down East folks love that pencil!

My family is from Maine, and they bring me those pencils.

RRP

Going to also start using the same dude who sharpens all of Stikes's pencils are you?

berndcrisp

Fountain pens for me, Lamy, Diplomat, Acme, Sheaffer, Pelican and my grandfather's Parker P-51.

Pencils, the short golf ones with an eraser.

fishlessman

RRP said:

Going to also start using the same dude who sharpens all of Stikes's pencils are you?

im putting that guy out of business, the trend is old school sharpening

JohnInCarolina

I only use red pens

fishlessman

berndcrisp said:

Fountain pens for me, Lamy, Diplomat, Acme, Sheaffer, Pelican and my grandfather's Parker P-51.

Pencils, the short golf ones with an eraser.

used one of those pens for a while but i couldnt read what i wrote   i dont even attempt cursive any more cept for signing my name

fishlessman

JohnInCarolina said:

I only use red pens

glad youre not stuck in the only black ink club, i dont know where those guys come from

hafta say though, i always pictured you writing names on the bathroom mirror with red lipstick and occasionally crossing those names out

Focker

I'm a Pilot G2 guy, has to be black, and extra fine.
Use a Pilot G2 in red, in fine, to note orders, 12hr chart checks.
And Ticonderoga #2s with eraser for the chemo MARs, our erasers are gone fairly quickly by erasing administration times, so we have eraser blocks too.  Hand crank sharpeners, old school.
And a Curaplex EMP disposable pen light with pupil gauges.  I am approaching pocket protector status.

Eoin

fishlessman said:

RRP said:

Going to also start using the same dude who sharpens all of Stikes's pencils are you?

im putting that guy out of business, the trend is old school sharpening

Sandpaper block to finish the point?

fishlessman

Eoin said:

fishlessman said:

RRP said:

Going to also start using the same dude who sharpens all of Stikes's pencils are you?

im putting that guy out of business, the trend is old school sharpening

Sandpaper block to finish the point?

only at the drawing board, i may be the only one left that uses a drawing board

Eoin

Lamy fountain pen, Uniball Eye for everyday and Staedtler for pencils.

WeberWho

RRP

Speaking of pens - here's a "pin pen" I made my for 90 year old neighbor. His family built a post and beam barn in IN in the early 1800's. It stood until a devastating fire in 1994 in which most of it burn up, though some parts were saved. He had it torn down and gave me several of the salvaged hand hewn walnut beams and the pins that held it together. I have made some things for him, but the simplest was the "pin pen".  Just the same you would have thought I gave the man a thousand dollars - he was that appreciative! 

Ozzie_Isaac

Pentel P207.  That is the perfect pencil.  I much prefer the .7mm to the .5mm in the P205 ..... yes, its sad I know the model number of my preferred pencil, but not my anniversary.

theyolksonyou

People still write?

Ozzie_Isaac

theyolksonyou said:

People still write?

Nope.  I just like the pencil.

SciAggie

I use a Sailor 1911 daily. 

Botch

fishlessman said:

Eoin said:  Sandpaper block to finish the point?

only at the drawing board, i may be the only one left that uses a drawing board

There's two of us; board, t-square and triangles.  I would like one of those wheeled doo-dads that allow parallel lines to be drawn, they came out my Senior year when I was student-teaching Freshman EN Drafting ('82).  

nolaegghead

Legume

nolaegghead said:

Sure, but Ron's got wood.

Fred19Flintstone

My usual wring instrument is the Pentel 7 mm mechanical pencil.

RRP

Fred19Flintstone said:

My usual wring instrument is the Pentel 7 mm mechanical pencil.

Though I have now been retired for 12 years I still use my .7mm Pentel as well and mine is now 51 years old! How I managed to never lose it is still a mystery!

northGAcock

https://youtu.be/IhG7dEPQpoc

Gulfcoastguy

Until a year ago whatever pens they supplied at work. Once I worked in final Plans, you can think of it as project audit, for 3 months. We were each assigned a color to use for initializing and filling out the checklists. Being the last brought in on it I ended up assigned pink ink. As a retiree I use gel type pens but I never use a pink one. On the last multipack I bought I am currently using the orange one to fill out the New York Times crossword puzzles, I can't remember where I laid the green one down.

Botch

RRP said:

Fred19Flintstone said:

My usual wring instrument is the Pentel 7 mm mechanical pencil.

Though I have now been retired for 12 years I still use my .7mm Pentel as well and mine is now 51 years old! How I managed to never lose it is still a mystery!

Still have both of mine, too; one with 2H and one with 4H leads.  

RRP

Botch said:

RRP said:

Fred19Flintstone said:

My usual wring instrument is the Pentel 7 mm mechanical pencil.

Though I have now been retired for 12 years I still use my .7mm Pentel as well and mine is now 51 years old! How I managed to never lose it is still a mystery!

Still have both of mine, too; one with 2H and one with 4H leads.  

Oh and on top of that I still have my two ended mechanical - one end is red and the other is blue. These were required pencils for us auditors when I hired in at Price Waterhouse back in 1966. I still have a lifetime supply of red and blue leads! Tick marks could ONLY be in those two colors!

Danielson

Two of the absolute best products I've ever found. Used these for years and love the quality of the a

stlcharcoal

AG-7 Space Pen!!  I bought it at the factory store in Boulder City, NV 10 yrs ago.

YukonRon

Donald Trump uses red pens.

GrateEggspectations

fishlessman said:

always been a ticonderoga pencil guy, always the yellow painted number 2.  never use the eraser, just scratch out what i dont like and move on last year i went black though, just cant seem to go back

In the style of Dixon.