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avram ([personal profile] avram) wrote2005-12-19 10:46 pm
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More sketchpad and pen neeping

Stopped off at Borders to use a 30% off coupon and pick up yet another Moleskine book. This time one of the ordinary blank notebooks, instead of a sketchbook, and reporter-style because that’s all they had left. Since I’ll only be using one side of the paper, that ought to work out well.

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Then off to Kinokuniya Books to try out some new pens. Got a bunch. The Pilot Hi-Tec-C 0.25 tip is probably the finest-tipped pen I’ve ever used that wasn’t a high-priced technical pen. (This was around $3.)

The brush pens were a mediocre bunch, though I see the prices seem to have come down a bit. My fave of the lot is a Pilot with fine-point brushes at both ends — one black, one gray. No identifying info I can read, because it’s all in Japanese, see?

[identity profile] mephistakitten.livejournal.com 2005-12-20 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I love that style of pen... I use the .4 for everyday work (my handwriting gets too small with finer points).

I don't know where to get them in Boston, and I'm really tempted to place a big order from that site, being that $30 would lead to free shipping and ten pens and colors that I've never seen in the store.