2B pencil, triangular cross-section, sharpened with a Stanley knife.

the ubiquitous graphite pencil

they are all good. Mostly.

The oldest know one was lost by a Bavarian Carpenter in 1600's

Left to right:

• Parker ball-point—Isn’t that sleek as a 707? I’ll click it again!
• Sheaffer calligraphic pen—laborious and needs a good warm-up.
• 3 mm mechanical pencil—handy for developing drawings (the top harbors an eraser).
• Uni Ball—good for notetaking in Moleskin.
• Parker fountain pen—smoother and faster than the Sheaffer.

White cellophane tape was another handy addition to the toolkit for preparing camera-ready line art.

Porsche Design has a cool concept for one of their pens. Quite ugly though..
Shake Pen

@BrettR: Magnificent Butcher is an awesome kung-fu film. I recommend watching it.

Is this the type of movie you watch in the afternoon with a glass of shiraz or the type that you watch at 3am with lots of cheep beer by your side?

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Dually noted. I shall write it down on my Moleskine "Movies to Watch" list with my faux Montblanc.

Since we’re talking about wuxia films with ties to calligraphy, “The bare-footed kid” by Johnnie To (the hero learns to write with a broom) and “Hero” by Zhang Yimou (parallels between the art of calligraphy and the art of the sword are a major plot element) are a must.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JhQtN8R7fA8

https://typography.guru/forums/topic/101252-forwarding

Holy @!#$

I have committed the sin of posting a link that has already been posted in a different thread over a month ago and that I knew nothing about.

:o)

Did you? I thought your link was about water calligraphy, while mine is about snow calligraphy.

Just wait.

hhp

> Did you?

uh-oh... Whoops -Someone (moi) was on a hair trigger today. Sorry.

:o\

R