I'm A Sad, Pathetic Stationery Junkie.

[AmandaW]

12 hours ago, inkypete said:

But there is nothing more exciting (at my age) than opening a box with a new notebook or pen inside. 

We're all on the same page here.

 

Is it possible for you to change priorities to give you an allowance for small pleasures? It doesn't need to be much, cos saving it for a while can add up to enough.

[USG]

16 hours ago, inkypete said:

But there is nothing more exciting <snip> than opening a box with a new notebook or pen inside. 

 

Ain't that the truth !!!!😀👍

[Gloucesterman]

9 hours ago, USG said:

On 9/16/2024 at 5:45 AM, inkypete said:

But there is nothing more exciting <snip> than opening a box with a new notebook or pen inside. 

 

For me, I would phrase that as, "there are few things more exciting..."

At the Commonwealth Pen Show this weekend, I had a table with pens, ink, etc.. near the end of the Show, a family (mom, dad and a little girl) came by an were looking at stuff. I ended up giving the little girl a Parker Vector pen with multiple colored cartridges - after asking her parents permission. For me, that was one of the best parts of a really great show.

 

Of course I was also a bit excted about the Magna Carta 600 that I bought from John Corwin - flexinibs.com as I was leaving the Show to drive home.

YMMV of course!

[inkstainedruth]

Oh, you enabler, you!   In a few years that girl is gonna have a whole bunch of Vectors -- all sorts of colors and designs!  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Runnin_Ute]

At the Pelikan Hub the other night, one of the items in the goodie bag was an Inkjournal pad. Approximate size is A5 (135 mm x 210 mm vs. 148 mm x 210 mm for A5) I was thinking of using them with some sort of binder. I have a punch that I bought for my Franklin planner years ago that while it has 7 holes, they are placed in such a way as a standard 3 hole binder would work.  Or other ideas if you have them.

[midnightblues]

Oh it's been a while! A few things of note have joined the collection when I transferred to a new role in the same company - a William Hannah A5 discbound, I went for cobbled leather, and a Platinum #3776 C nib, which were my "hurray I escaped from terrible job" gifts to myself. I wish I'd gone for the standard leather as the textured is a bit softer, but it is a lovely thing. The Plat I wish had a nicer body! The nib is great, I wish there were more fat round B/BB/C nibs around at a sensible price point. I've also added a couple of Benus and extra B nibs.

 

On the stationery front, apart from stocking up on William Hannah paper, I've finally got myself a Rhodia No. 13 memo block and a new Rhodia sewn spine softcover A5 for my next "ink book". Then catching up on the thread, some kind soul mentioned Plaza Japan and their Iroshizuku range and holy carp, it's less than £9 a bottle. Even with Japan Post fast shipping, my only option, it's still only around £16 a bottle. Cult Pens charge £35, and although I like Iroshizuku A LOT it's not £35/bottle likes. 

 

Now I have a stationery itch, and as it is my Birthday Month I might look out for some papery treats. 

[ParramattaPaul]

1 hour ago, midnightblues said:

William Hannah A5 discbound,

I have one. I use it to track what inks I'm using amongst other things.

[Mechanical]

2 hours ago, midnightblues said:

my "hurray I escaped from terrible job" gifts to myself.

You know how to transfer out of a bad job properly!

[Penguincollector]

On 9/17/2024 at 1:39 PM, inkstainedruth said:

Oh, you enabler, you!   In a few years that girl is gonna have a whole bunch of Vectors -- all sorts of colors and designs!  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

  That girl’s going to be like us in a couple of years! Vector fam for the win! 

[midnightblues]

8 minutes ago, Mechanical said:

You know how to transfer out of a bad job properly!

it would appear I may have moved into an equally uninspiring position, but it is at least lower stress most of the time... Now eyeballing another potential move to an entirely different project. If I get anywhere with that it will definitely be worthy of a new pen!

[inkstainedruth]

8 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

  That girl’s going to be like us in a couple of years! Vector fam for the win! 

Oh, true that!

I don't understand the people who sneer at Vectors and Lamy Safaris and the old Sheaffer school pens.  My Vectors and Safaris are well behaved little workhorse pens (and if I could find converters tor the other two Sheaffer school pens that fit and DIDN'T cost an arm and a leg, I'm sure they'd be workhorse pens as well as the one I WAS able to get a converter for...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[ParramattaPaul]

2 hours ago, midnightblues said:

it would appear I may have moved into an equally uninspiring position, but it is at least lower stress most of the time... Now eyeballing another potential move to an entirely different project. If I get anywhere with that it will definitely be worthy of a new pen!

👍🙂👍

[midnightblues]

New notebooks arrived! I decided to try out Silvine's offerings - I've tried their tiny Pocket books and they are excellent, but the A5 notebooks / 9"x7" exercise books have different paper. So I went Amazoning and found a couple of multipacks for roughly £1 per book. I sort of didn't notice there were 10 in one pack and 12 in the other, so I now have 22 exercise books.

 

Fortunately, they seem EXCELLENT! I tested out my currently inked, mainly Benu B nibs which are quite wet, and I have no bleed, feathering, spread or other unpleasant proclivities. Even ghosting is really minimal, which is something that drives me nuts - I think I could write both sides happily. The only fault I've found so far is that it buckles slightly due to the generous ink load. I'm going to have a crack at a sort of Morning Pages, so these will be perfect.

 

[midnightblues]

ok that's upside down but you get the idea! Just waiting for Art From the Heart to deliver my first Stalogy and a couple of Sakae TR slim books. I wish Silvine did an A5 dotgrid, I don't think they do - I have suggested it on Instagram! I did see some gorgeous Mitsubishi Bank paper dotgrid journals, but they're an American seller and eyewateringly expensive. Maybe I'll have to learn bookbinding, I love MB paper. 

[Sailor Kenshin]

Tiiigggerrrsss!!! 👍🏻

[Misfit]

@midnightblues you have lovely handwriting. 

[midnightblues]

6 minutes ago, Misfit said:

@midnightblues you have lovely handwriting. 

well thankyou! About the only useful thing I learned at school 😏 It looks better the right way up to be fair...

[ParramattaPaul]

5 hours ago, midnightblues said:

New notebooks arrived! I decided to try out Silvine's offerings - I've tried their tiny Pocket books and they are excellent, but the A5 notebooks / 9"x7" exercise books have different paper. So I went Amazoning and found a couple of multipacks for roughly £1 per book. I sort of didn't notice there were 10 in one pack and 12 in the other, so I now have 22 exercise books.

 

Fortunately, they seem EXCELLENT! I tested out my currently inked, mainly Benu B nibs which are quite wet, and I have no bleed, feathering, spread or other unpleasant proclivities. Even ghosting is really minimal, which is something that drives me nuts - I think I could write both sides happily. The only fault I've found so far is that it buckles slightly due to the generous ink load. I'm going to have a crack at a sort of Morning Pages, so these will be perfect.

 

I have two of their A5 notebooks.  I agree. They are great.

[Stompie]

10 hours ago, midnightblues said:

 I wish Silvine did an A5 dotgrid, 

They do, or perhaps did - I have an A5 dot grid book from then that is a sort of copy of the Leuchttuerm 1917.

 

I can not recall where I got it from but I think it was via Amazon

[midnightblues]

7 hours ago, Stompie said:

They do, or perhaps did - I have an A5 dot grid book from then that is a sort of copy of the Leuchttuerm 1917.

 

I can not recall where I got it from but I think it was via Amazon

Oooh. I will have another check. The only thing I could find on their website was a Memo sized dotgrid called Bullet. Maybe they stopped making them ☹️