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Let's see:

 

  • Japan. Pilot Murex and Pilot Custom Heritage 92 pens. Sailor Jentle Tokiwa-Matsu, Namiki Blue, and Pilot Blue-Black inks.
  • Netherlands. Akkerman Shocking Blue ink.
  • U.S.A. Parker Vacumatic and Sheaffer's Admiral pens.
  • France. Quo Vadis notebook (using Clairefontaine paper) and Rhodia notebook.
  • Vietnam. Banditapple notebook (very limited and specific use).

I guess that's about it for today.

 

Interesting, i'm in Vietnam now and never heard of Banditapple. Must look around to find it.

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That I wrote with/on:

Pens: Edison Glenmont, USA

Ranga 3 & 3C, India

Ink: Diamine, UK

Noodler's & FPN(Noodler's), USA

Paper: Ampad Gold Fibre, USA

Maruman Mnemosyne, Japan

May we live, not by our fears but by our hopes; not by our words but by our deeds; not by our disappointments but by our dreams.

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Pens currently inked:

Japan - Sailor, Nakaya, Pilot

France - Waterman, ST Dupont

Italy - Omas

 

Inks:

Japan - Iroshizuku, Sailor

France - J. Herbin, Hermes

 

Journal:

Japan - Midori

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ethernautrix Museum Piece

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Seven pens - six Japanese, one American.

 

Seven inks - three Japanese, two Polish, one American, and one what is Faber Castell? German, right?

 

Paper - mostly Polish brands + Japanese (Tomoe River).

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etherX in To Miasto

Fleekair <--French accent.

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Interesting, i'm in Vietnam now and never heard of Banditapple. Must look around to find it.

 

If it helps, the company itself may actually be Korean, with the notebooks made in Vietnam. Some information in English is on this page (linked).

 

I got mine in a sample pack of small notebooks from Goulet's a few years ago (they no longer sell them). Nothing at all special, but FP friendly enough, and I had something I needed a small notebook for.

"So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do."

 

- Benjamin Franklin

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Guardy Rare

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USA - Sheaffer, Noodler's

Italy - Delta

Germany - Pelikan, Geha, Lamy, Heintze & Blanckertz (dip nib)

UK - Parker, Diamine

China - Jinhao, Wing Sung

Japan - Zebra (dip nib), Pentel

France - Oxford (paper; owned by Hamelin and thus technically French)

 

Hm. Could be better; I clearly need more pens and inks ;D

 

(to be fair, I did a lot of ink and nib comparisons today, which explains the list to some extent. Besides, there's no university courses on right now, which means that I'm sitting next to my entire pen collection and grab a different pen for just about everything)

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Badger & Blade and FPN -- Ink on the fingers and blood on the chin. I use a Rolls Razor.

 

Parker 45 ........................... France

TWSBI Diamond 540 ......... ROC

Pilot Metropolitan ................Japan

Wingsung 233 ..................... PRC

CLICK neo-Tulip ................. India

Pelikan Soveran M-series ... Germany

Bexley Corona .................... USA

Parker Duofold .................... Britain

Composition notebooks ...... Vietnam, Brazil, Columbia

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Pen: Parker Sonnet, France.

Ink: Yama Guri, Japan.

Paper: Tomoe River, Japan.

 

Computer, clothes, shoes, lamp... China, China, China. Even my Kangol Cap is made in China.

 

DAC: UK.

Headphones: Romania (!).

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."

 

B. Russell

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AAAndrew Antique

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Pen 1:

Taiwan - TWSBI Pen

Britain - Diamine Blue Velvet Ink

 

Pen 2:

US (Philadelphia) - vintage Turner & Harrison 45 flexible dip nib

Britain - vintage British straight holder

Britain - Diamine Registrar's Ink

 

Paper

US - Southworth 25% cotton

 

Sitting in the US drinking Sri Lankan tea

 

“When the historians of education do equal and exact justice to all who have contributed toward educational progress, they will devote several pages to those revolutionists who invented steel pens and blackboards.” V.T. Thayer, 1928

Check out my Steel Pen Blog. 

"No one is exempt from talking nonsense; the mistake is to do it solemnly."

-Montaigne

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Let's see, just what is currently in use:

 

Americas:

  • US = Sheaffer, Parker and Esterbrook pens, Noodler's and Private Reserve inks, Scripto mechanical pencil
  • Brazil = spiral bound notebook
  • Argentina = Staples Sustainable Earth sugar cane paper

Europe:

  • UK = Diamine inks
  • Germany = Lamy pens
  • France = Waterman ink, ? Parker ink ?
  • Slovakia = Sheaffer inks

Asia:

  • Japan = Ohto and Pilot pens, Pilot gel pen
  • Taiwan = TWSBI pen
  • China = Baoer and JinHao pens, replacement nibs, 10x loupe, hand magnifier

interesting list

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eliweisz Vintage

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Pen: Sheaffer Targa 1001 - US

Ink: Montblanc Toffee Brown - Austria

Paper: Clairefontaine Europa Notemaker - France

Practice, patience, perseverance

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Today in the office I used:

 

Pen 1: Jinhao X750 (China) with a Goulet/Jowo 1.1. stub nib (Germany)

 

Pen 2: Kaigelu ??? hooded-nib pen (China)

 

Ink 1: Pelikan 4001 Violet (Germany)

 

Ink 2: Noodler's Air Corps Blue-Black (USA)

 

Ink 3: Hero Dux 402 Blue-Black (China).

 

Ink 4: Rohrer and Klingner Sepia (Germany)

 

[it was a busy day of writing!]

 

Paper 1: Oxford Pro-pad Legal Pad (South Korea)

 

Paper 2: Kaisa Legal Pad (China)

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MHBru Vintage

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Fun question! Easy and interesting answer for me... I'm in California. I use a Pelikan M800 with Iroshizuku ink... a few of thousand miles in each direction with every stroke.

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praxim Donor Pen

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English Onoto with Australian Oster ink. Italian Aurora with French Waterman ink. On a side note, the age spread from older pen to ink is 80 years, or 20 years between pens.

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Esterbrook Relief 2-L (England) with Kwz IG Turquoise (Poland) on Roaring Springs Environotes filler paper (USA)

 

Asa Maya (India) with Kwz IG Green #2 (Poland) on cheap recycled copy paper (USA)

 

Esterbrook SM Deluxe (USA) with Diamine Safari (England) on either of the two papers mentioned above.

 

Twsbi Eco Clear (Taiwan) with Diamine Bach(England) on either of the two papers mentioned above.

 

My pens have the greatest international variety, followed by inks used.

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DrDebG Antique

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Today:

 

Pens:

 

Japan: Pilot Metropolitan; Pilot Vanishing Point

 

Italy: Delta Horsepower

 

Germany: Lamy Al-Star; Lamy Studio

 

U.S.A.: Franklin Christoph Panther

 

U.K.: Italix Captain's Commission

 

 

Inks:

Austria: Montblanc JFK, Montblanc Burgundy Red

 

France: J. Herbin Bleu Pervenche, Waterman South Seas

 

U.S.A.: Franklin Christoph Tenebris Purpuratum, Spanish Blue

 

Japan: Pilot Iroshizuku Ajisai,

 

 

Paper:

 

U.S.A.: Franklin Christoph Notebook - sugarcane paper

 

Japan: Traveler's Notebook - Tomoe River Paper

 

 

 

Agenda: Planning for trips to Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe

"Today will be gone in less than 24 hours. When it is gone, it is gone. Be wise, but enjoy! - anonymous today

 

 

 

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chromantic Antique

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Tonight will feature:

 

Pens:

Germany - Pelikan M150

France - Waterman JIF, Herbin rollerball

 

Inks:

Japan - Sailor Yama-dori and Kana-cho Midnight

USA - Noodler's Red Black

 

ETA: Noooooooo! When I got to work, I discovered the JIF (Kana-cho) had run dry. :crybaby:

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It's hard work to tell which is Old Harry when everybody's got boots on.

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Pens: Japan and Germany.

Inks: USA, Japan, and Poland - and Faber-Castell (Germany?).

Paper: Huh, it's French. Did not know that.

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etherX in To Miasto

Fleekair <--French accent.

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eliweisz Vintage

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Pen: Conklin Mark Twain (US brand, pen made in Italy, nib most probably comes from Germany)

Ink: Diamine Sapphire (UK)

Paper: Rhodia spiral pad (France)

Practice, patience, perseverance

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