09-14-2016, 11:18 AM
(09-14-2016, 10:25 AM)xxlt Wrote: I have limited experience with them but don't like them. The recommendation makes sense, but I find the ink slow to dry so you are likely to end of with ink all over your hand and a smeared page unless you are a very deliberate person. Plus, maybe they have cartridges or something now, but my understanding was filling them back in the day was kind of an adventure. Do you load/reload the ink like in the old days, is there a disposable cartridge now, or do you just trash it when it runs out like a ball point?
The Varsity is a disposable pen, so trash it when it runs out. My Lamy takes cartridges, so it's just pull out the old one and pop in a new one. Very easy and mess free. You can get a converter which is more planet friendly and allows you to refill, but the ease of the cartridge works for me.
For note taking I haven't had any issue with the ink drying. A couple of times when signing papers at work there has been some that has ended up on the back of another page, but not often, and not much. I don't write slow and my handwriting can get very sloppy, hell, my signature is unreadable, but I'm guessing it would be the specific ink that would play a big factor there. The nib would also have a lot to do with it too, I suppose. a broader nib will lay out more ink with thicker lines. I tend to use a fine or an extra-fine for writing, though. A lefty would have more problems with it, though.
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