Truly, the most economical ink option
Friday, February 21st, 2020 22:17![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cashewPelikan 4001 Bottled Ink, Brilliant Black, 1L, as of writing, at $55.08.
That works out to be 0.5 cents/mL of ink. In other words, $0.005/mL. Given that 1mL can give you anywhere between 10-20 pages depending on nib width, that's a lot of writing. I think that's honestly an entire lifetime's supply of ink.
And just when I thought that's as cheap as ink can go, China one ups them with $10/L bottles. How is this even possible? 🤯 Anyway, my point is, fountain pens are an economical alternative to disposable pens. I don't want to hear this nonsense about how fountain pens are an expensive hobby.
That works out to be 0.5 cents/mL of ink. In other words, $0.005/mL. Given that 1mL can give you anywhere between 10-20 pages depending on nib width, that's a lot of writing. I think that's honestly an entire lifetime's supply of ink.
And just when I thought that's as cheap as ink can go, China one ups them with $10/L bottles. How is this even possible? 🤯 Anyway, my point is, fountain pens are an economical alternative to disposable pens. I don't want to hear this nonsense about how fountain pens are an expensive hobby.
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Date: 2020-02-29 15:42 (UTC)I personally prefer writing in ink because I like the hand feel. As such, my pencils don't get much of a work out anymore. (Not to mention ink-only forms and stuff, so not a lot of use for pencils in non-hobby settings.) I really should take up more drawing to use up all the lead I've stored...