Stationery matters

[culcreuch]

Don't use anything else but a Fountain pen now. Was encouraged across the way. Platinum Preppy for me at work with Diamine Registrar's Ink for compliant permanent notes....and it looks so neat!

 

[bagman]

All gone now

 

[Paper Plane]

Atoma notebooks.

Anyone have any experience of this brand? I'm interested in the idea of a refillable notebook and wondered how reliable this system might be.

Thanks

steve

 

[Chris]

I mostly use fountain pens, I have a couple of fairly expensive ones but my most-used are my Lamy Safaris, normally loaded with either Waterman Serenity Blue or Sailor kiwa guro. One of my absolute favourite pens is my Rotring 600, unfortunately they're like hen's teeth now so I don't take it to work. TWSBI have done a similar-looking pen that I'm kind of interested in though.

I have tried a couple of Jinhaos and while I was impressed initially the writing experience was not good with either, hard starts followed by burping ink. I possibly just got two bad ones but I didn't feel like ordering more to check.

Paper-wise I like Rhodia, especially the dot pads.

 

[Tonyschin]

@Paper Plane,
I use one, I actually think it works quite well, I also got a mushroom punch so I can use normal paper instead of branded. They are very well made and the system itself works well. I have the A5+ leather journal and a few "free" pocket books with the plastic rings. The rings are the same size and are replaceable.

The original page on the right, with the punched page on the left, works well for me.

Hope that helps.

 

[Vacumatic]

I haven't used them myself but they have a good reputation. The only refillable notebooks that I have I have tried were from William Hannah and I had a few issues.

https://williamhannah.com/

First off was the price at over £100 for the bare essentials, you then need to buy a lot of pages to make it work. I also wasn't sure what I would do with the filled pages, should I store them and how. The notebook book itself was also quite small, especially if you are used to A4 paper and also I lost some of the width of the page because of the ring system, my hand was forever bumping against the rings, I had the same issues with Filofax.

My working life was involved with infrastructure projects and I used to keep individual notebooks for each project, these were easy to file when the job was finished and also easy to refer to in the future, especially if you date each page of notes. I had one situation where I needed to produce in Court my notebooks as evidence of instructions. The judge accepted my notebooks as evidence and said that he would not have accepted any computer notes or a loose leaf ring binder as they could have been altered. My notebooks were case bound and dated on each page.

The Rhodia notebooks from The Writing Desk are excellent for the purpose.

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I hope that others can chip in with their experiences of Atoma.

 

[Paper Plane]

@Paper Plane,
I use one, I actually think it works quite well, I also got a mushroom punch so I can use normal paper instead of branded. They are very well made and the system itself works well. I have the A5+ leather journal and a few "free" pocket books with the plastic rings. The rings are the same size and are replaceable.
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The original page on the right, with the punched page on the left, works well for me.

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Hope that helps.

That’s great Tony!

Many thanks

steve

 

[Smiffy]

If you are interested in buying cartridges at a low price, Morrisons are selling 25 cartridges for 10p.

https://groceries.morrisons.com/products/morrisons-ink-cartridge-refills-509639011

I don't know the maker, perhaps Diamine? But 10p does not buy you very much these days.

 

[dc68]

Fountain pen and Lalo Notepaper........cannot be beaten.

 

[Smiffy]

Lalo was a new name to me.

G Lalo: Free UK Delivery on Orders Over £30 | The Hamilton Pen Company

G Lalo is a brand of fine correspondence products, specialising in quality writing paper and envelopes. For all your writing needs, G Lalo has the perfect stationery for the occasion, whether writing a personal note, crafting a thoughtful letter or any situation which requires class and...

www.hamiltonpens.com

Looks good stuff.



Wouldn't it be nice to receive a hand written letter from someone you care about?

 

[dc68]

Lalo was a new name to me.

G Lalo: Free UK Delivery on Orders Over £30 | The Hamilton Pen Company

G Lalo is a brand of fine correspondence products, specialising in quality writing paper and envelopes. For all your writing needs, G Lalo has the perfect stationery for the occasion, whether writing a personal note, crafting a thoughtful letter or any situation which requires class and...

www.hamiltonpens.com

Looks good stuff.



Wouldn't it be nice to receive a hand written letter from someone you care about?

The problem is that now I am in my 50's I seem to be writing more letters of condolence these days.

 

[Smiffy]

The problem is that now I am in my 50's I seem to be writing more letters of condolence these days.

I know just what you mean and sometimes those letters are very hard to start and can sound a little trite if anyone dares to use the words "time" and "heals". Time still hasn't healed the loss of my dog who died 20 years ago, how people can come to terms, over any amount of time, with the loss of a child is beyond me.

 

[chazt]

Trouble is it’s rare these days to actually use a pen. My handwriting has got really bad, everything’s a scribble Lol !

Maybe you were a physician in a previous life?

 

[Northam Saint]

Maybe you were a physician in a previous life?

No I haven’t got the “patience” !

 

[Twelvefret]

I use mostly 2 1942 Parker 51’s for daily scribble…lol