This was my first fancy fountain pen. I love it. This is most likely the single pen I have written the most with ever.

I have lost one of them, long story, but I lost a bunch of stuff when a winter coat was stolen from me in a pub years ago. Not sure if I was the most annoyed about losing the pen or walking for 20 minutes in a snow storm without a coat.

During the 2nd half of my bachelors degree this was the only pen I used; during the first half I only used the Retro 51 and Pilot Metropolitan.

The great thing about using the Lamy 2000 was that it never ran out of ink. It had enough ink capacity to last me a full 8-10 hours of lectures / studying with constant note taking or writing. And then I usually did a refill before leaving each morning.

The pen itself is an art icon, writes great and I never get tired of using it.

One note on the nib. It is hooded, and that can require some getting used to. It can feel a little scratchy until you get used to how to angle the it. But once you do it is a freaking awesome writer.

The thing about it is that it seems like there are a smaller angle where it writes well than other nibs I use.

This is also one of the few pens I own that starts writing immediately.

Why can’t they do more alternate designs of this pen? Like in different colours and more nib options.

I think it is a no brainer for me to recommend this pen to anyone. It is just a great writer. But it is a Lamy so it will be a wet writer, so that might not be your cop of tea. And as stated above, it might get some getting used to the nib.

There are two kinds of syringes all fountain pen users should own. I bought these from Goulet years ago:

• https://www.gouletpens.com/products/goulet-bulb-syringe?variant=11884649873451

• https://www.gouletpens.com/products/goulet-5ml-ink-syringes?variant=11884650168363

The bulk syringe makes it way faster to clean a cartridge converter fountain pen. You just fill it with water, stick it into your nib section and flush like 50 cartridges of inks through it in seconds.

The ink syringe on the other hand can be used to different things. Some use them to re-fill used cartridges, I use them to fill my converters all to the top. And can also be useful for quickly rinse converters.

They are not expensive, but can make your fountain pen life much more enjoyable. Makes it way faster to clean or fill your pens.

If you use fountain pens, I think you should have them. Made my life so much easier.

I have owned three of these. Two of them are gone because my ex lost them. And the last is the first Pen Addict limited edition.

This was the first “fancy” pen I bought, and probably the start of me becoming a “pen addict”.

It looks awesome, the build quality is great, and there is a design for anyone.

What makes this pen great is 50% of awesome the build quality and design of this pen is; and the other part is the Schmidt P8126 refill.

It is the perfect gift pen, and if you just want a really good regular pen this is it. I cannot recommend it enough.

This is my main notebook brand.

In 2016 I stopped buying “the least terrible I could find locally” and started to order online again. After stopping the same stuff in 2013-2014 because of expense.

And since then I have used Leuchtturm1917 most of the time. Except a period I used the large Field Notes notebook, and another couple of periods where I was into Travelers Notebooks.

They are awesome. Think the Moleskine aesthetic with good paper.

I have never had any problems with them. They are however not as good as Rhodia in some aspects. But Leuchtturm1917 dries faster. Pick your poison.

You find them in all kinds of page formats, sizes and designs. I usually buy something different each time if I can find something.

If you want a good hardcover notebook, I always recommend Leuchtturm1917.

I have had three of this pen over the years, two stubs (I broke one of them) and a broad.

One of them were the black model, and my current two are of the fully transparent version that I prefer.

After my Lamy 2000 this is without a doubt the pen I use the most. It holds a ton of ink, relative to its size. Has a lot of different colors and nib options. And it is very inexpensive.

It writes very well. If I were to re-order them I’d probably go for stub and a fine.

The stub is smooth and awesome. And the broad is also very good, for what it is.

The one thing I have to note about it is that the feed sometimes struggles with keeping up. This is usually not during writing though, but more when I am scribbling out a lot of stuff.

It is one of very few stationery products I recommend without any buts.

The regular Field Notes notebooks are awesome. You have the regular “Kraft” edition, that kind of started this entire industry of “back pocket sized” notebooks you see today. If not started, they at least made it much more popular.

There are different versions of it, with different paper quality. The regular edition have paper that works “good enough” with more or less anything. But not great with anything. But don’t expect anything like Leuchtturm1917.

You can get them in blank, lined or square format; and they also have a mixed sampler pack. Some of the limited runs have dot grid. If I can find any with dotgrid I usually get them instead of the regular because of this.

I think the format is great, even though I do miss having a hard cover pocket sized notebooks sometimes. Before getting into Field Notes in 2013, I used to use these thicker Moleskine’s with a hardcover.

What I loved about those hardcover notebooks was that I could just stop in the middle of the street, write something and go on. That is not that easy with soft covers. The soft covers work much better in your back pocket though.

Something I really love about Field Notes is all the awesome design and writing they have on the covers. My favourite is the list of suggested uses. Always cracks me up.

I haven’t used them in a while, because COVID. But I’ll probably order some once I start going place again. Do I recommend them? Yes, as long as you don’t expect the best fountain pen performance.

I used to do a website called The Ink Smudge between 2015 and 2019. You can read more on why it ended here

I recently have felt more and more like doing a stationery blog again, among other things because I now have more time for it.

This will in a lot of ways me trying to do the same again, learning from my mistakes and trying to follow the site Philosophy closer. It isn’t the same as back then, but in the same spirit.

I have a lot of posts planned. My plan is to post two regular posts per week, and maybe link posting in addition. I have not decided on if or how I want to do that.