Hello you fountain pen owners and by-hand-writers,

many years ago at day job I stared at a note I had written and was unable to decipher it. I mean, really, I could not read what I had written down myself. Too many years of ruining my hand writing with cheap ball points and worse. That happened in 2004, iirc.

So I dug out my fountain pen from school times, cleaned it and started using it. And with a good pen and a bit of patience, my writing improved a lot. Then one day the pen fell on the floor, head first, of course. And of course there was no way to get a replacement tip. So I bought a new pen. And that was an insightful experience. I tried maybe two dozen pens of a given price range. The lady then said something like, "ok, you should try this one, but mind you, that is the next price segment up!". I tried it. I bought it. I never looked back. Never! This pen (by Cross) is just amazing.

Now, the funny part is this: coworkers watched me and were surprised to find, that I was faster taking notes with pen on paper than all their high speed typing :) I have produced at least one convert, who got himself an excellent pen as well.

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