Well, not literally, but sometimes my enthusiasms lead me to tell pointless stories.
I was at a doctor's office yesterday, and needed to fill out a form. The receptionist pointed out the cup full of ballpoints, but with a haughty and superior smile I took out my Pelikan M205 instead, filled with an iron gall ink, Montblanc Midnight Blue.
This pen has an extra fine nib, which is not actually all that fine, but still produces a line small enough to write in my pocket notebook. I use it frequently on normal printer/copier paper at work. On this form, however, it was spreading out and feathering until it looked like I was using a broad nib. Luckily there was room to write large, but for a moment I almost reached for one of those ballpoints. I had to write something in my notebook afterward to assure myself that something wasn't going wrong with the pen.
It just seemed curious how a fountain pen makes you aware of the quality of the paper that you're using. I think this is probably the worst that I've run into, and yet it no doubt plays nicely enough with ballpoints.
I was at a doctor's office yesterday, and needed to fill out a form. The receptionist pointed out the cup full of ballpoints, but with a haughty and superior smile I took out my Pelikan M205 instead, filled with an iron gall ink, Montblanc Midnight Blue.
This pen has an extra fine nib, which is not actually all that fine, but still produces a line small enough to write in my pocket notebook. I use it frequently on normal printer/copier paper at work. On this form, however, it was spreading out and feathering until it looked like I was using a broad nib. Luckily there was room to write large, but for a moment I almost reached for one of those ballpoints. I had to write something in my notebook afterward to assure myself that something wasn't going wrong with the pen.
It just seemed curious how a fountain pen makes you aware of the quality of the paper that you're using. I think this is probably the worst that I've run into, and yet it no doubt plays nicely enough with ballpoints.
