My wife got me this Hongdian 1851 for Christmas last year, along with the astronaut pen holder. Since I keep it out on my desk, it is the pen that I reach for most often. It has the finest line of all of my pens and I keep it inked up with iroshizuku murasaki-shikibu, which is an incredibly close match to the body of the pen. It has a lot of feedback without being scratchy, and is great to write with.
The calculator is a Casio fx-260 Solar II, which Kristi also got me for Christmas some years ago. It's the calculator that I grab most often since it is the easiest to get to. It's my little Apocalypse Calculator since it has no battery and is solar powered only.
17 Comments
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I dig your little spaceman dude.
JakeSparkleChicken@midwest.social · 3 pts · 2y
Thank you! He's an awful lot of fun, and well worth the desk real estate devoted him!
snake@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Calculator connoisseur!
JakeSparkleChicken@midwest.social · 3 pts · 2y
You should check out the Calculator Community if that's one of your gigs, too!
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 1y
!calculators@midwest.social
lunaticatlarge@toot.io · 3 pts · 2y
@JakeSparkleChicken@midwest.socialUntil I took a closer look, I thought that was Buddha holding the pen. 🙃
JakeSparkleChicken@midwest.social · 2 pts · 2y
Maybe it's Buddha in a space suit?
xia@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y
Aka "Space Buddha"?
JakeSparkleChicken@midwest.social · 1 pts · 2y
Buddha! In! Spaaaaaaaace!
Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y
I've been looking at that pen thanks to your post and I have two questions.
JakeSparkleChicken@midwest.social · 2 pts · 2y
I'm not sure about a European distributor, but I can tell you that mine, from Amazon, has a nib that looks like the one that you've found on Aliexpress. I don't know if there's a difference between them. The Forest Rainbow that I have has an anodized nib that probably started off all silver, but both of them are extremely fine, and wrote beautifully right out of the box.
vext01@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y
It's a beaut.
I've heard the section is quite narrow on these. Is it so?
JakeSparkleChicken@midwest.social · 1 pts · 2y
I have two 1851s and they are the narrowest sections of any pen I own. 7.9 mm at the thinnest, but it has a pronounced bump at the end of it to keep your fingers from slipping into the nib and feed. They are comfortable enough for me to write with, even if I do prefer a wider section. For a pen that costs less than $20 USD, they write great, feel substantial, and come with a pretty good converter. Just be aware that the powder coating wears off pretty quickly with use. The other one that I have is the Forest Rainbow, which is anodized and shows no sign of wear.
vext01@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y
I was also impressed with my hongdian (different model).
Much better than Jinhao.
JakeSparkleChicken@midwest.social · 1 pts · 2y
Which other model do you have? I have a 525 EF that was nothing but trouble and had to be benched.
vext01@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y
The M2 I posted recently.
JakeSparkleChicken@midwest.social · 1 pts · 2y
That's right! Sorry for the brain fart!