Kokuyo paper, Waterman 7 Pink flexible nib inked with Sailor black, taken with the Nokia N85 in low light. This is today’s phone wallpaper.
I’ve always found it fascinating, that Waterman color-coded their nibs. Richard Binder’s site, richardspens.com, features an ad from 1927 headlined “Pick your pen point by color.” It’s a concept alien to the one-ballpen-fits-all generation, and the what’s-a-ballpen generation just around the bend. It doesn’t have to be. Writing by hand is one of the last …