{"id":1446,"date":"2011-11-15T11:51:32","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T17:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tom.hise.org\/blog\/?p=1446"},"modified":"2011-11-15T11:51:32","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T17:51:32","slug":"writing-instruments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tom.hise.org\/blog\/?p=1446","title":{"rendered":"Writing Instruments"},"content":{"rendered":"

All my friends know I am an office supply junkie.\u00a0 I have shelves of special paper, file folders, sheet protectors — you name it.\u00a0 One of my worst faults is writing instruments.\u00a0 Pens, pencils, markers, highlighters and such.<\/p>\n

I have a few favorites, each for a special purpose and I would like to recommend some of them to others who share my same vice.<\/p>\n

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On the left is a beautiful, hand crafted fountain pen made for me by a friend and master woodworker.\u00a0 This is a wonderful pen for journaling and for when you just want the silky smooth feeling of putting ink on paper.\u00a0 There is also a certain nostalgia in using what many consider an ‘Old Fashioned’ pen such as this.<\/p>\n

Next on the left is my work-horse, the Pilot G-2 gel pen.\u00a0 This is my choice for general writing and I have many around the house.\u00a0 They come in various sizes but I favor the 0.5 mm tip. They write smoothly but on some paper can have a problem with smudging.\u00a0 One problem is that when I loan one to someone it tends to not return home.<\/p>\n

Third from the left is the Uni Ball Vision Exact, essentially a very fine point pen, almost like a Rapidograph technical pen.\u00a0 If you need precision writing or drawing this is a good choice.\u00a0 I like it because it works well with templates and lettering guides and because it does not smudge as much with glossy, non-porous paper.<\/p>\n

Next is the trusty Pentel automatic pencil.\u00a0 This has been my standard lead pencil for years and I use it for general notes and always when copying Morse code over ham radio.\u00a0 No worry about broken or worn down points and it glides smoothly over most paper.\u00a0 Again I use the fine point but also have a couple of the larger (0.7mm) size which have\u00a0 different feel but work just as well.<\/p>\n

Finally, for completeness, is the classic yellow #2 wooden pencil.\u00a0 I don’t use them a lot but love the aroma of the cedar when you sharpen one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All my friends know I am an office supply junkie.\u00a0 I have shelves of special paper, file folders, sheet protectors — you name it.\u00a0 One of my worst faults is writing instruments.\u00a0 Pens, pencils, markers, highlighters and such. I have a few favorites, each for a special purpose and I would like to recommend some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-the-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tom.hise.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tom.hise.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tom.hise.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tom.hise.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tom.hise.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tom.hise.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tom.hise.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tom.hise.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tom.hise.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}