I've Given Up!

[bigstick]

I've carried a lot of different ballpoints, felt-tips, spacepens and rollerballs in my winter jacket and Jeep over the decades, but yesterday, as temps hit -25C, I had a moment of brilliance and common sense, and put mechanical pencils in Jeep and jacket pocket. To hell with winter.

[TheRealScubaSteve]

Take that, Mother Nature!

[Icywolfe]

I wonder does really thick dip pen inks work that low?

[cadfael_tex]

That's what I finally did with writing tools in my car.

[kidde]

"Right tool for the job!" More than an expression, it is a rule of life. While I know some circumstances don't offer choice, when and if you can then pick the right tool. For the car I have a ballpoint, mechanical pencil and Sharpie under the front seat attached to a notebook. When I was a Jeeper I kept them in a small zippered bag due to the dust and vibrations.

Yep, pencil lead doesn't freeze and can't dry up locked in a car.

 

Paul

[KBeezie]

I wonder if Noodler's Polar line can keep up with that temp...

[WetNoodle]

I wonder if Noodler's Polar line can keep up with that temp...

 

^ same thought.

[ajcoleman]

That cold and I would be more worried about keeping my fingers warm enough to write!

[Ursus]

Just carry your fountain pen near the heart. Then the ink will not freeze before your blood does.

[Arkanabar]

In my location, even conventional ballpoints tend not to freeze. But if they did, my inclination would be to leave my matte black Fisher Space Pen in there.

[KBeezie]

That cold and I would be more worried about keeping my fingers warm enough to write!

There was a video demonstration of it when someone was out in I think -15C or so on youtube, filling an eyedropper with it with bare hands. And I was joking about how he was shaking so much I thought he was going to spill the whole bottle.

[pgmrdan]

I think I'd keep wood pencils handy instead of mechanical pencils. Break up a few pencils to start an emergency fire when the Jeep breaks down. It's a Jeep thing (the breaking down).

[brunico]

Someone needs to do this with ink...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LFtYUUXJlE

[Wandering Man]

I think I'll just stay in South Texas. A place where we all panic if the temp drops below 32.

[KBeezie]

Someone needs to do this with ink...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LFtYUUXJlE

Bay State Blue... Vibrant Mist.

[KBeezie]

Found the video of the guy shaking like crazy in the cold.

 

[georgeb]

That's Nathan Tardif in the video.