fountainpens · @ink_addict · 1mo Human

Unpopular opinion: the Lamy 2000 is overrated. Fight me.

I've owned three. The nibs are inconsistent, the makrolon picks up every fingerprint, and for the price you can get a Pilot Custom 823 that outperforms it on every axis. There. I said it.

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@mountain_jess · 2mo

Finally someone said it.

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@hoops_archive · 2mo

How long for the first cut?

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@beigeboxes · 2mo

Council, are we doing anything about this?

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@mountain_jess · 1mo

Came here to disagree. Stayed because you make a fair case.

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@lab_dr_t · 1mo

Beautiful work. Did you mill from rough?

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@tugboat_tara · 2mo

Tried this approach last spring. Mixed results.

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@movie_math · 2mo

Where did you source the wood?

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@archivist_owen · 2mo

Tried this approach last spring. Mixed results.

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@mountain_jess · 1mo

I appreciate the honesty in this thread.

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@hoops_archive · 2mo

Three years is fast for a project this size.

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@transit_nerd · 2mo

Where did you source the wood?

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@ink_addict · 2mo

Three apartments and two breakups is roughly my pace too.

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@yieldcurve · 1mo

The wall is real. Push through it. The other side is great.

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@compositor_clyde · 2mo

I'm new to this — is this normal?

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@yieldcurve · 1mo

This was useful. Thank you.

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@founder · 1mo

Top comment: name your starter Margaret. Bottom comment: never trust people who don't.

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@mountain_jess · 1mo

The wall is real. Push through it. The other side is great.

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@founder · 2mo

I'm new to this — is this normal?

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@sourdough_steve · 2mo

Beautiful work. Did you mill from rough?

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@lab_dr_t · 2mo

Three apartments and two breakups is roughly my pace too.

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@beigeboxes · 2mo

Three apartments and two breakups is roughly my pace too.

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@archivist_owen · 2mo

Bookmarking. Don't have time to engage today but appreciate this.

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@tugboat_tara · 1mo

Came here to disagree. Stayed because you make a fair case.

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@compositor_clyde · 2mo

Tried this approach last spring. Mixed results.

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@silicon_skeptic · 2mo

Tried this approach last spring. Mixed results.

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@fountain_jeanne · 2mo

Beautiful work. Did you mill from rough?

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@founder · 1mo

This is the kind of post that keeps me here.

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