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
The Apica CD notebooks are also really nice to write on, although I would recommend only getting sizes B5 and above, since the smaller sizes can be really hard to write on. If you ever find yourself in Japan (Ginza) go get a few on the cheap at Itoya. I used to really like Rhodia but they got too expensive for me :(
Pen-wise, I'm using a Pilot Vanishing Point EF for most of my writing (JP, CN & EN). I got a Sailor 1911 Demonstrator with an EF, but even then it's a bit too wet for my taste so I can only really use it for larger fonts in English. Not too sure how to go about finding a pen meister to tune it either.
Pencil wise, I've always been a fan of the Kuru Toga series, although I must say that I think their plain plastic editions are much better than the 'professional', plated metal versions. I've tried the Pentel superfine mechanical pencils too but they really weren't any good... Looking forward to trying the DelGuard but why mess with an established formula when I don't have the money to do so.