Hi! Transmission successfully received, thanks very much. I subscribed a while ago but as I'm more of a lurker I comment only once in a blue moon. I love the vibes, keep at it :D Let me start this essay with an anecdote: About a year ago I was getting back into the fountain pen hobby and started to watch people on YT gushing about their pen collections. I only had a handfull of fountain pens from my time in school, a couple Lamys and a couple no name pens, but nothing fancy. Every week or so I had a moment where I'd sigh "wouldn't it be nice if I got myself some new pens, even the newer Jinhaos and Majohns etc look so nice...". For months I kept saying that until I realised: "wait. WAIT A MINUTE, HOLD ON! . . . I- I could order a pen right this moment. . ." Who kept me from doing that all this time??? No one but me! Long story short, I hope these facts are in the same vein: - No one says currently inked lists have to be monthly, they are just called "currently inked" everything else is personal prference. I do 2 lists per month for example; I call em "currently inked 1st/2nd half of *month* (date I did the list)" you could do as many or as few as you see fit. From every 3 days to every 3 months you make the rules - They don't have to start and end at the same time, especially if a pen runs out of ink quickly you don't have to ink it up again until a designated time when you don't feel like it (began 1st half of July with 6 pens and 9 days later I have 3 left): I started June's list on the 3rd and the "second half" started on June 19th, just happenstance - You can create an extra list for "longterm currently inked" pens like [pen brand, ink used, used for XYZ, date first inked up - date last inked up] - If you ink up a pen spontaneously, just add it to the list, if you like, with "date inked up: so and so". I got a new bottle of ink today and felt like inking up one of my all time favorite pens with it, so I did. Hmm.. I thought I had more ideas at first but I lost all momentum now and looking back I see I'm extremely scatterbrained atm. sorry if this ends up being indecipherable D: At the end of the day do what you feel comfortable with and declare those as "your rules" for currently inked lists, not the other way around. Thank u for coming to my TED talk, looking forward to your next transmission (sorry for the long ah comment) 🙏

I have a very limited selection of inks compared to most KZfaqrs, too. Let's not talk about pens, though, even if mine are all mostly "cheap" Chinese pens ... 😂 I've been tweaking things for my own purposes, too. For example, I loved the idea of 30 inks in 30 days. But I don't own that many inks, even counting samples. So the first time, I picked 10 inks and inked the same 3 pens (EF, F, M nibs) over and over, cleaning them every 3 days. The next time, I did "30 days of Diamine" because I have exactly 10 Diamine inks, due to an international order that coincided with an incredible ink sale. So I used 3 different nib widths with each ink. I'm enjoying your videos!

I really like the Varsity fountain pen. How did you refill the pen? Rachelle in Seattle