Ding ding ding!

I hope that I remember to take out the batteries before then. That would suck to get the whole place set up and then have a whole corner coated in battery acid due to my own negligence.

It’s one of the reasons that I love collecting them. They all have their unique flavors and quirks!

Another beautiful review! Too bad the pen is such a lemon, because you make it look so nice!

That is a beauty! I have the fx-115W from about the same era, and it is a lovely looking machine. I think that if we’re going off of pure aesthetics, I’d have to put the fx-9750GIII at the top of my list for Casios.

I’ll have to see if there’s a deep dive on that somewhere. It sounds fascinating!

That’s a whole line of pretty calculators there! Is the magnetic reader on the top of the unit?

That’s a great looking machine!

My second fountain pen was a Kuratake 13, and I love it! I’ve been using it daily for more than a year and had no problems with it at all. I’ve used it with Diamine Ancient Copper, Robert Oster Deep Purple, and Organics Studio Santiago’s Sea. The only thing to be careful of is that it will get your fingers inky for the first week or so after a refill. The breather holes are above the brush and they seep for the first seven to ten days.

Thank you for that wonderful review, and for sharing your passions with us! I’ve done product photography in the past, and I know that this post had several hours behind the lens, followed by many more in front of the screen editing. It is all greatly appreciated!

I thought it was a beautiful word to stumble upon

Honestly, this is probably the first and last Leuchtturm I’ll buy. The Midori MDs have fewer pages than a lot of other A5 notebooks, but they are also so much cheaper.

Right now I’ve got a Leuchtturm1917 A5 dot grid as my Bullet Journal, a Midori MD A5 graph for my journal journal, a Top Flight A5 dot grid as my Commonplace Book, and a no-name daily planner for my work notes. The Leuchtturm has a few minor issues with ghosting if I’m not careful. The Top Flight isn’t that great for fountain pens, but it was cheap at the grocery store. I only use my fine nibs on it. I do most of my correspondence on either Tomoe River A5 or Clairefontaine A4.

Another one to add to the list of future purchases!

You should check out the Calculator Community if that’s one of your gigs, too!

I have two 1851s and they are the narrowest sections of any pen I own. 7.9 mm at the thinnest, but it has a pronounced bump at the end of it to keep your fingers from slipping into the nib and feed. They are comfortable enough for me to write with, even if I do prefer a wider section. For a pen that costs less than $20 USD, they write great, feel substantial, and come with a pretty good converter. Just be aware that the powder coating wears off pretty quickly with use. The other one that I have is the Forest Rainbow, which is anodized and shows no sign of wear.

That’s gorgeous! Are there any converters that fit it?