Comments on: field trip: old-school pens

By: damselindisdress

damselindisdress — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:29:53 +0000

You know, it’s true, they just work. They usually don’t skip or blob or … oh but don’t let them get in the dryer, oh no, not that.

By: damselindisdress

damselindisdress — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:27:42 +0000

I’ll get right on that!

By: Janci

Janci — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:19:56 +0000

Help, Damsel! I need to patch some jeans, but I want them to look nice.

How do I do it, Damsel? How?

By: alison @ cluck and tweet

alison @ cluck and tweet — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:12:10 +0000

I have a thing about a good pen with the right kind of ink and point. I love to write on paper with the perfect pen. I haven’t quite found it yet although I’m often pleasantly surprised with the cheapo Bic.

By: damselindisdress

damselindisdress — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:24:25 +0000

I also found myself oddly fascinated by this. People were skeptical at first about ballpoints, especially since the fountain pens were troublesome. The first ballpoints were a mess. But then they started getting it better, and there was an unbelievable amount of hype about this pen and that pen finally being THE GOOD PEN. The companies were tripping all over themselves to tout their latest amazing feature, like writing underwater (they hired Ethel Merman) or upside down. A cheapo Bic pen is pretty amazing when you think about it. It just works.

I’m excited because a friend has a feather-pen making kit and I’m going to force her to show me how.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:04:29 +0000

I find this so interesting. I don’t know why. So, were people like, super eager to jump on board with the ball point pen or were there some goose feather hold-outs, do you think? Was it the best thing since sliced bread? Did sliced bread come first? Should we be saying “the best thing since the ball point pen”?

By: Erica

Erica — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:12:08 +0000

How fun! That would be a cool post. Oooo, maybe one on sealing wax too! :^)