Favorite Writing Instruments

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These are my favorite freebie pens. I try to swipe as many of these as I can when the receptionist isn't looking. The cap is also good for scooping out earwax.

@auntblabby Some counterpoints addressed in no particular order:

It can be with or without the hyphen. I insist on the hyphen because it links two separate qualities as one not just conceptually but visually.

I've neglected to point out that the idea must be associated with its own unique physical gesture. Typing is all just identical tapping motions; there's not much to it. Yes it's true that every letter can be remembered by associating it with a finger and row so yes, you may have a point. For me anyway, the extra motor neurons and fine motor skill it probably it takes to hold a pen help me think better.

I would not want an app that turns my longhand into text (I think that technology has been out for quite a while now, actually). There is so much more about the handwritten word than pure communication. It's also a form of self-expression intentional or not. Type removes personality and people are intrinsically aware of this. Why do you think people pepper their communications with purposely misspelled words, typos, nonsense punctuation, emoticons, etc? I think they're trying to make up for the depersonalizing effects of using generic text to represent their thoughts.

I forgot that keyboards can also be considered writing instruments; that's a good point. My favorite keyboard:

The Kensington 64338 Comfort Type USB


It conforms to the natural angle of your wrists. The "bar" key is oddly-placed though.

What's your favorite keyboard auntblabby?

I'm not too strict with what constitutes a writing instrument. I'm just more into the technical details. Some of you might even prefer writing with a porcupine quill dipped in goat's blood to which I would say, what kind of goat, how much did it cost, and from which end of the porcupine?

Also, you can create a font based on your own handwriting. Where would one stand in the Luddites vs Millenials debate when you type in your own handwriting?

http://www.yourfonts.com/print.html

felt tip ink cartridge pen please. you know the kind benjarmin franklin used

COOL
i also collect pens that people carelessly leave behind all over the place, sometimes i pick 'em up off the sidewalk or ground where i walk around. i have a couple of syringe pens that i inherited from my late mother, one has red ink "blood" and the other has purple something or other in it. they would get dessicated from time and evaporation so my mother took an insulin syringe and 30 gauge needle and refill them with food coloring. my sister gave me a corkscrew pencil she got from the puyallup fair one year working there, and i put 'em all in a box which i take out every now and then and just look at them and handle them admiringly. i seldom write anything with 'em, though. i should just use them to write notes to myself with, just to keep 'em exercised and the ball points lubricated. one of these days...
i also still have a 1950s era portable typewriter with ink still useable, as well as onion-skin typing paper and carbon copying sheets.

I was so excited when I finally figured out how to save the template the way they wanted me to and was so annoyed when they told me I'd have to pay before I could begin using my own handwriting as a font.

How do they compare to these?

i have slender fingers but for some reason i need a fat pen in order to not get hand cramp.

HB #2 * Ticonderoga * I pretty specific!

I like pencils, but I'm picky about them...I use the fattest ones I can find. I never learned (or put into practice) how to write correctly so they help. I still write like I'm in kindergarten, grasping the utensil with more fingers than necessary.

Or failing that, a fountain pen.

They sound like the same syringe pens to me. You're so thrifty AuntBlabby! I've seen them corkscrew pencils before, they're fascinating. That's great you have an old typewriter. I had an old Royal(e)? but now I can't remember what happened to it. Probably disappeared during one of my moves. Things like that happen sometimes.

NICE!

merci beaucoup
in a far distant lifetime, i must've been a crow because i always have an eye out for shiny flashy discarded things i see lying about. old pens, funny rocks, various other bits of the mindlessly discarded/ignored jewels of civilization.

I like the coloured pencil. It can be any colour that I want it to be, at any given time. I compare it to the Internet. I have complete control over my coloured pencils.

Thank you!