#the pen is the aesthetically prettier version of a less expensive model. literally the same except for the finish

[discountalien-pancake]

The friendship harem has started up some good old analog correspondence, so I fell down a fountain pen rabbithole and splurged on some new materials. Did I choose a very expensive ink purely because it was glass green and named Cinderella’s Slipper? Absolutely.

In the meantime, I dug out a very old, inexpensive dried up pen that I have no idea where it even came from. Took it apart and tossed the nib and cartridge into a bottle full of water to dissolve the old ink.

Something about this image of my dimly lit desk covered in art supplies and papers and random junk, with a bottle of bright blue water smack in the middle of it is immensely pleasing?? No idea why.

Anyway, perhaps I will pick up a bottle of less expensive, more versatile blue-black ink tomorrow so I can put my cheap pen to use while I wait for my nice pen to arrive.

#the ink cost more than the pen #well. sort of. #the pen is the aesthetically prettier version of a less expensive model. literally the same except for the finish #so the cheaper version of the pen costs less than the ink #but it’s still on the lower end of fountain pen nonsense tbh #the prices on these things gets. astronomical #but it’s an investment of sorts #fewer disposable plastic-bodied pens #i won’t ever have to replace it if i take good care of it #if you are also intrigued by fountain pens then jetpens.com is a wonderful place to start #their guides are so thorough and informative and less daunting than the fountain pen forums #and all of their listings having samples of how the pen/ink/paper performs #the stat breakdowns are so detailed #you can filter by sooo many criteria #it’s like. ao3 for penmanship nerds