When I got the same rollerball multi pen with my Hobonichi order this year that I always get, and for some dumb reason didn’t throw it out with the rest of the packaging, and started to write with it. I did as mentioned earlier go “fuck”, and started to collect interesting multi pen links on JetPens.

After some pruning I decided on the Pilot Hi-Tec C Coleto line. Ordered a 15 pack of colorful refills and two empty bodies:

• a red Coleto 1000 4 Color
• a pink Coleto 5 Color

I’ve been down this road of considering this for a really long time at this point.

I have a 5 year old journal from Midori, that I’m fine with. Nothing to complain about, but I don’t love it either. And not long after I started using it I discovered the thing Hobonichi have and started to regret it.

For most of the year I have moved back and forth about if I should get the Hobonichi one or not, and last week I decided to actually do it. It is dated so I’ll start using it on 1st of January.

My existing journal will be changed into being a gratitude journal, and the new one will be used like I use my current one and used the Leuchtturm1917 one before that. And that is to write the most important thing of the day.

The reason I’ve been wanting to get this one is mostly because of how much I enjoy the Hobonichi journals but also because their format is two pages per day.

Left page is a A5 (or A6 if you get that model) divided into 5 (one for each year) and then a full page on the right for whatever you want.

Good desk accessories to hold the pen you’re currently using is a on going issue for me. It is either stupid expensive or not really what I’m looking for.

These belong in the latter category, but was cheap and cute enough for me to just get a couple of them.

I have one at work and one in my desk at home. It is just a small plastic crab where you can put a pen.

The one problem I have with it is that my daughter keeps stealing it.

Great if you want something fun pen holder.

These clips are really cool. I’ve been looking at them when buying other stuff for years and never bought them.

I finally got a pack of the small ones a while back, and they’re really cool.

They’re these plastic clips that fold into a clip that hold together by magnets. I use two of them in my Theme Journal to make it super easy to upen on the next journal page and my current daily themes page.

I’d check them out if you look for a solid and interesting take on bookmarks.

As mentioned in an earlier post, I use a sling. Often it is just thrown in another bag, or worn when I’m going into the car.

I usually have my wallet, keys, AirPods etc in it. Plus my pocket notebook of choice (Passport Travelers Notebook) plus 3+1 pens.

• Kaweco Sports Brass EF
• Kaweco Sports Aluminum EF
• Ystudio brass w/FC EF steel nib
• Gel Ink pen, currently a Zebra

The idea behind this carry is to have what I need to write on the go. Plus something that works as a backup at work and similar if I forget to bring pens.

Plus enough in capacity to not be in the “remember to check the ink levels all the time” space.

Not many minutes after I got my purple alu Kaweco Sports I knew I’d end up with the brass one fairly soon.

And not many weeks later I ordered this one. Also in EF.

They are very similar, this one is a bit heavier. Something I personally like. Also love how brass pens get hot as you write with them.

It looks great, and I know it will start to look cooler and cooler as it gets scratched up by being used over time.

This immediately became one of the three fountain pens I have in my sling. It is my Passport Travelers notebook plus this, the alu Sports and my brass Ystudio pen.

I usually have one of the Sports in the pen loop on it, and the other two in the pocket I have a tiny pocket knife and flashlight.

Until now I have mostly used cartridges with my Kaweco’s. Not sure if I’ll start using converters or not.

Sometimes I’m this place where I’m bringing like 10 pens with me to work every single day. Plus too many notebooks etc

Recently I have felt like getting back into a place where it is more like two regular pens and two fountain pens; plus my two pocket notebook fountain pens just in case. And just the notebooks I need.

In general the stuff I always bring in addition to my pocket notebook is my two Hobonichi A5 notebooks, plus a Rhodia pad and sometimes my common place notebook. Plus sometimes my Theme Journal and 5 year journal when I don’t have time to fill them out the day before

The moment I started to mess around with the multi pen that came with my 2024 Hobonichi was the moment that I knew this would become my next rabbit hole.

I just: Fuck. Multipens? Really?!

I guess there will be some gel ink based multi pen related stuff the next time I order something wrong JetPens.

When I was ordering my Hobonichi I bought two of these rubber bands they had in the accessories section. They seemed like a less annoying solution to keeping my Hobonichi covers closed in bags without having to always stick a pen through both pen loops.

After a few weeks of use they absolutely are. They are also kind of large, so I can just also kind of use one of them to keep both of my Hobonichi notebooks closed.

Really awesome. Would prefer better packing cubes like products for carrying multiple notebooks though. |