tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163366133604455803.post2087822553627118070..comments2024-03-26T17:13:11.588+00:00Comments on Lucy Melford: The demise of the pen and pencilLucy Melfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124557363335770051noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163366133604455803.post-66487962793348904292016-07-14T22:32:35.093+01:002016-07-14T22:32:35.093+01:00Lucy, I can see you restoring that garden summerho...Lucy, I can see you restoring that garden summerhouse into somewhere for a tea ceremony...Colinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01667939789517989280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163366133604455803.post-53598302970839797742016-07-14T22:30:44.090+01:002016-07-14T22:30:44.090+01:00Pencil! I forgot that you mentioned pencils, so mu...Pencil! I forgot that you mentioned pencils, so much better and useful than a fountain pen. They are all over the house and workspaces, everything from hard as wire to soft as butter. NASA spent a fortune developing a pen to use in zero gravity, the Russians took pencils!Colinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01667939789517989280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163366133604455803.post-69827602724792877652016-07-14T14:36:37.012+01:002016-07-14T14:36:37.012+01:00My old Parker (cannot recall what model) died an i...My old Parker (cannot recall what model) died an ignominious death when the bladder that held ink split and ink went everywhere. I still have my Sheaffer calligraphy pen, with its interchangeable nibs and ink cartridges. I wonder if one can still purchase those cartridges?? <br />Thank you for the trip down memory lane. I need to go and sharpen my pencil now. Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163366133604455803.post-20952110757913550342016-07-14T14:27:05.947+01:002016-07-14T14:27:05.947+01:00Oh, I liked fountain pens very much, including the...Oh, I liked fountain pens very much, including the ritual of filling them. Not for me the cartridge. But they have no place in the world of 2016, unless you wish to be deliberately old-fashioned or eccentric. <br /><br />Lucy Lucy Melfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049627653901928427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163366133604455803.post-2373643708852646132016-07-14T01:18:15.153+01:002016-07-14T01:18:15.153+01:00We must have been leading parallel lives, my schoo...We must have been leading parallel lives, my school also insisted on fountain pens for taking notes which was crazy. At least it was an improvement over the inkwell and dip pens of primary school. Inkwells were still filled in the desks even when most of us had changed over to a quick cartridge refill.<br /><br />There is nothing so scary as a fountain pen and a pristine sheet of paper if you areColinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01667939789517989280noreply@blogger.com