Edit: so it turns out that every hobby can be expensive if you do it long enough.

Also I love how you talk about your hobby as some addicts.

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    1 year ago

    Fountainpens. Started with some cheap Chinese pens. Now I have multiple vintage pens and a Montblanc that I love writing with.

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      Would I be correct that this hobby, if it’s not just having a nice thing for everyday use, does it eventually lead into: calligraphy, fancy stationary, special vellum papers, custom wax stamp seal kits, grinding your own ink, etc?

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        Vell naturally.

        Rhodia paper FTW!

        Then it might bleed out in mechanical pencils, sketching, drawing, painting, general arts …

        Or just getting your hands on that really really nice colored P200…

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        It certainly can. I now order inks and paper from various countries, but I have yet to move into wax stamps.