Truly, the most economical ink option

[cashew]

Pelikan 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.

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[sailorstarsun]

I like pencils. ^^

But when I do use pens, I use FriXion erasable pens, of which the ink is stupidly expensive. I can go through an ink cartridge in a month, and a new one is something like ￥120. But, I like the variety of colors, and, most importantly, that they're erasable, since I make so many mistakes when I write.