I started my own Field Notes collection because of you! I loved how the yellow showed through that one purple National Parks notebook you were showing off the wear on (the one with the smoke plume)
Lukas: You say you use HB rather than anything softer because you like to press hard and achieve a dark line that way. I prefer much softer leads, and in fact veer towards 4B in my mechanical pencils, for the luxurious feel and darkness of result. But a transfer of marks is inevitable when writing on the verso, unless I use a paper-guard in between the leaves. Do you find you get this phenomenon with HB?
Yes I definitely get transfer marks through the pages! I don’t mind them though, it makes the paper below a bit more textured which is fun. I like the soft leads like 4B however the main reason I use harder grade is it keeps the point longer.
I like notebooks and have used a lot of them. My favs are Moleskine Reporter, small Apica and Field Notes. I use Travelers notebooks for my nightly journal. I've tried to get my stepson hooked on Field Notes. I just subscribed to Field Notes so looks like it's time for a new system. Thanks for a great channel!
I believe Sydney is using a small A7 notebook, likely moleskine Volant, in an OLPR cover. It comes with a pen very similar to the one we see in the show.
I'm interested in your personal opinion of lines vs grid/graph/blank. I am using a lined FN now and not enjoying the format so I started carrying around my "next up" August book already. I didn't consider that I could "wear it in" ahead of starting to use it. It made me feel clever and validated to see you carry a book ahead and give an actual reason for it!
i love this video so much! It was unexpected to see in my feed at first, and then utterly gripping! I want to watch the show now for the sake of notebooks haha!!
I loved this style of video! Your commentary and analysis was fantastic. Definitely the start of a new series for you; I look forward to the next one! ☺️🙏
I saw a couple of the black & silver TUL brand pens 6:39. I buy way too many pens. My favorite is the Zebra Sarasa Grand in vintage colors. Also Uni-ball one in 0.38. I just received the Tombow Mono 100 from Amazon by your recommendation, very good pencil.
Loved this video! Really different! great series and discussion of on screen notebooks and pens! Painters tape is a great idea as a cheap label maker! More like this please!
Having tried the original EF BW, Monos and Unis, I, to my great regret financially, never bought a second box of BWs. They were cool looking, love the silver paint, but just didn't write any better. I think, at the time, they were cheaper than the Japanese ones. I didn't love the BW eraser, though I'm happy, as a collector/user to have something different. I missed out, or was skeptical of, the new pseudo-blackwings. They are highest quality pencils, but IMHO the right grade of Uni or Tombow is as good or better. It's just Japanese vs German lead. For an ideal user pencil, I've settled on the Tombow 8900. If I want an eraser, something Pentel, either a cap or the clic.
Thanks for that insight. What about the 8900 do you like? I was looking at getting a box of them to compare, also got a few Mitsu-bishi pencils to test against. What's your comparison of the 8900 vs the Mono 100?
@@BlankFirstPage The highest end Uni/Tombow are just a little too smooth for my taste, and i like the feel of the paint better. There are so many coats of black on the 100 that it almost doesn't feel like wood. I do like the end-cap on the 100 vs the bare 8900, but I can always put on my own decorations.
@@BlankFirstPage Won't set you back much. Honestly, I've enjoyed trying a variety of Japanese brands more than any particular pencil. Most of them are quite good.
I like black inks too and the Lamy Crystal Ink is one of my favs. I also enjoy the Iroshizuku take-sumi. And I like the Diamine Jet Black, but I’m not shure of its archival quality. 👍🏻
