There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
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Maybe I just need to spend a little more for a good fountain pen.
From a paper perspective, I can say that Tomoe River has the best hand of any of the papers I have used, but it is more like onion skin in weight which turns off a lot of people who want a more substantial paper. The Clairefontaine and Rhodia papers have a nice hand, are very nice for use with a fountain pen and are a more substantial GSM (weight). At the end of the day, the paper you use is the paper that you like and works with your writing style, ink, and nib(s).
And as an aside, purchase from the small pen shops and stores. Amazon is nice for books, but the shops can tell you what is good from experience (and we want to keep them around).
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