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Everyday Carry. What essentials do you carry on a daily basis?

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A slightly eccentric physicist's EDC (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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  1. An all-black LAMY Safari fountain pen filled with a mix of water, Platinum carbon black, and inkjet printer ink.
  2. A blank sheet of A4, folded in half three times.
  3. My passport.
  4. A fully loaded Secrid card carrier.
  5. A really nice rock. It has been in my pocket for a year. Don't think about it.
  6. A dumb watch. (Casio W-59. Very small, light as a feather. Green LED-backlight LCD display. 50 metre water resist. Tough, within reason. Effectively infinite battery life.)
  7. A beta of the PinePhone Pro, equipped with dreemurrs archlinux.
  8. A USB drive containing all of my computers' boot partitions and Archiso.
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I've heard good things about the LAMY. Do you find it's as practical for daily use as say a ballpoint?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

You kinda have to be an enthusiast to make a fountain pen an edc. They require more work, are more prone to damage and has the potential to spill all that lovely ink all over your nice clothes. I just keep mine at my desk. They're a pleasure to write with given a quality make.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

FWIW, I've never had a leak with a modern FP.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

This, Lamy Vista FP at my desk, Zebra ballpoint in my bag.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Same practicality but it requires more care. If you want a daily use beater, go for Pentel energels or Sharpie S-Gels for some smooth writing and deep colors.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I don't use a Lamy (I use a Kaweco) but I can say that fountain pens are pretty nice if you like liquid and smooth writing. It's not good on other materials other than paper like hard materials but for doing math and writing it's a breeze.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

More practical, even, at least in my experience.

Ballpoints always jam on me, requiring about a kilonewton of force and about five minutes of blank scribbling to get it going again. Then, often, they leave big blotches of their sticky ink on the page when turning a corner.

The Safari does jam on occasion, but usually, a single well-placed drop of water is enough to get it going again. That depends on the ink you use though. If you use water and inkjet printer ink, it never jams, though it is a little bloody. 30 water : 1 platinum carbon black makes a lovely grey, but it jams so bad that I need to add a bit of inkjet printer ink to keep it running. Yeah, you're definitely not supposed to water down that ink so much lol.