hey, is anyone in my feed a pen nerd? i got a nice leather notebook with handmade paper in it and i want a nice pen to go with it, so i've been learning about fountain pens, but some folks have told me that fountain pen ink only works well on really glossy non-absorbent paper. so i'm curious if anyone has any alternative recommendations, like, idk, a dip pen or something
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@typhlosion I've used a fountain pen just fine with bog standard moleskine notebooks
it does smudge and "blur" less on "better" paper, but I wouldn't say it "doesn't work" on standard notebook paper
@shi this is handmade deckle-edge paper, which i would say is also not standard notebook paper but in the other direction. i've seen some reviews for the notebook i got that say they've been able to write just fine in it with a fountain pen, but i figured i'd ask around for advice before just going in willy-nilly
@shi yeah... i'll at least try using a fountain pen, but if anyone has got suggestions for another kind of pen or ink i could try instead that would be better suited to that sort of paper, i'd love to hear it
@typhlosion oooh, gotcha. yeah that might be a more sub-optimal medium 🤔 (as in: if you end up doing it, you might want to keep two sheets of blotting paper - one for both sides of the last page, and only write one-sided, etc.)