The Ideal Pen - For many years I've kept a journal. I'll write a little about events of the day, and occasionally sketch an object or person. I use a Koh-I-Noor Rapidagraph technical pen for most writing and drawing. I've found the Strathmore 5.5” x 8.5” sketch books to work the best. They're compact, have no lines and hold ink washes well. I use a permanent ink, the Koh-I-Noor Ultradraw Waterproof Ink. If the paper gets wet, it holds up well. There's something almost theraputic about writing with a good pen on decent paper.

One of the advantages of the Koh-I-Noor is that it can be disassembled easily and cleaned. When you see someone rapidly shaking a technical pen, it's probably because it's not clean. A clean pen writes very freely. Another advantage is that ink is poured into a refillable tube, that could last for years. There are no discarded ink cartridges.
posted by Bruce Wright at 6:22 PM #