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CatalinaWOW:
I have learned not to fall in love with pencils or papers since my career and hobby have far exceeded the life of several product lines. It is disappointing when after years of service a good instrument finally fails and you find that it is no longer made.
That said I have been able to stick with 0.5 mm black lead mechanical pencils for a long time. when replacement time comes I usually have to cycle through a few tries to find something suitable.
I like spiral notebooks for things that have to stick around for a while. But for the scratch work, notes and just general work I use the never ending supply of drafts/misprints/etc of printer paper. It accepts pencil well, usually has one completely clean side and saves a few trees.
emece67:
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tszaboo:
A4 notebook with 5mm grid
Staedtler pigment liner 0.3mm <- buy this and try it, you will never regret it.
And sometimes Zebra F-301 Compact Ballpoint
raptor1956:
--- Quote from: RandallMcRee on August 26, 2020, 01:37:47 am ---Mechanical pencils--try this one (both 0.5mm and 0.7mm)!
https://www.amazon.com/Pentel-GraphGear-Automatic-Drafting-PG525A/dp/B0006HXQXA
As for pens--just don't.
Btw--true story--my office fired someone in the IT department. They made the mistake of letting him wander around to gather his stuff. Yep, the mechanical pencil shown above disappeared from my desk. Unfortunately, I was in a meeting. |O
Hey, for paper I always have a pad of this:
https://www.amazon.com/TOPS-Engineering-Computation-Punched-35500/dp/B001J87JTM/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=engineering+paper&qid=1598407161&sr=8-1
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Well I do prefer pens...
I also like the TOPS ENgineering Graph Paper, but with the 10 lines per inch with the 10th line a bit darker/thicker -- pad form is best a I can't deal with spines or binders. I also tend to clip the pad into a clip board so I can write on my knee or where ever.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0013CIJ20/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Brian
bsfeechannel:
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--- Quote from: bsfeechannel on August 26, 2020, 03:03:00 am ---Cheap-butt Chinese Hero 329 fountain pen (a Parker 51 knock-off) filled with Lamy blue ink and A5 sized notebooks. Sometimes I use a uni-ball micro deluxe blue. I used to use a 0.7 mm Pentel P207, but I switched from graphite to ink a few decades ago.
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Do such Hero pens work? I tried some Parker 21/51 chinese clones years ago, but with really bad results, all of them failed to simply keep the ink inside them.
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The Hero 329 works surprisingly well. It's pretty reliable. It has a smooth nib, doesn't skip or scratch. And the ink flow is moderate, not wet, not dry. I've had no issues with leakages. For the price, it's worth a try.
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