Office Supply Geeks

[diarcher]

Aiden, starstruck? LOL! I'm just one of the many pen and paper bloggers.

Pomegranate, Recto is a mine of treasures. Try going there and you'll be surprised.

Also, try visiting Cosmos Bazaar in Binondo. Sila ang distributor ng Pilot pens sa lahat ng National Bookstore branches. Super! Dami pens! And 2-3 stores from Cosmos is Times Trading, ang only official distributor ng Lamy pens in the country.

Heatherette, Scribe is the only seller of Pelikan pens here in the country. There are other sellers in Asia, though. In Malaysia, there is Pen Gallery (http://pengallery.com/). In Singapore, there's Aesthetic Bay. Hay. There's also eBay.

Sana we can meet up one of these days. It will be an exciting gathering of OSGs. Yun sa FPN-P kasi, fountain pens lang talaga.

Cheers!

~Clem

Btw, I'm not only into fountain pens,

[aiden]

I'm thinking of getting a Lamy pero sa April pa siguro. Hay. Ipon ipon muna. dami gastos hehe.

Sis Heatherette, you got the anniversary ink! Inggit! Pinag-iispan ko kung bibilhin ko pero kasi nagtitipid ako lately. hehe. How much a bottle?

[Heatherette]

^Nice yung Lamy sis, I want to check out NBS kasi may Lamy na rin daw dun. Gusto ko ng ibang colors hehe Sa Scribe kasi limited nalang like sa Safari may red, blue (which I got) and yellow (not sure kung AlStar to or Safari). Hay... I'm eyeing on Lamy Vista kasi see thru haha!!! But my Lamy AlStar in black purple = LOVE! LE din ata tong color na to hehe

I got the anniversary ink at a little over P900. May nakita pa kong isang bottle naka-display sa Scribe.

Gusto kong bumili pa ng maraming J. Herbin inks pero that will mean kelangan ko din ng fountain pen haha Yung nandito sa akin puno na sila ng iba't ibang klaseng ink.

[Heatherette]

^^^Thanks sis. Ms. Cindy already informed na may parating daw this March together with the loots daw ng mga taga-FPN-P hehe

Excited na ko for my first Pelikan! Muntikan ko ng bilhin kahapon yung M215 haha Nagpigil lang ako and now I'm that reading other forums, parang mas ok nga na starter pen ang M215 than the M200 considering na plastic pala tong M200. Hmmm.... Sana meron nito mamaya sa NBS haha

[Heatherette]

I bought another Lamy pen haha Addict na ata ako (hindi na ata).

Parang mas ok yung promo sa NBS kasi when you buy a Lamy Al Star pen, may free ballpen from Lamy as well. Sa Scribe kasi walang ganung promo.

[pomegranate]

The fountain pen fever here is so infectious. Also, the term "lost art" got me. Anyway, finally bought a fountain pen weee  It looks so elegant kahit I only got the cheapest.

diarcher aka. clem, thanks for the tips  I'll go to downtown Manila once I have the time.

^ sis Heatherette, I saw your Franklin Covey pink pen. Por favor, I want to know how much is it kahit pm lang.

[Heatherette]

^Hi sis. Di ako maka-pm. Naka-block daw. I got the pen for P640.

[pomegranate]

Nakablock pala, sorry. It is so nice that it caught my eye, thank you 

[Heatherette]

^Yan din reason ko why I bought it. Ang cute kasi at pink haha Ano ba, I don't like pinks naman pero nagugustuhan ko siya lately.

[shopaholic18]

meron palang thread na ganito...akala ko ako lang ganun...hindi na ganun kadami yung mga school supplies ko dito since im done with school na pero i still buy once in awhile cute notebooks and stuff...i also love writing anything under the sun kaya i have pens in different colors and parker pens(ballpens,sign pens,jotter and vector) some of them given by my mom and dad pa...i also love writing using fountain pens, hindi nakakapagod and i also use them in work for signatures...ngayon im on the hunt for extra fine ones...kasi yung fine ng parker nakakapalan padin ako...i use pilot G-tech 0.3 back then...kung meron akong mahahanap na ganun kanipis ill definitely buy one...(or 2)...

[Heatherette]

^Post your collection sis!

I might drop by Eastwood Mall tomorrow kung aabot pa or some other time to get a J. Herbin black quink. I like kasi yung pwede patungan yung bottle ng pen hehe Then next month, bibili na talaga ako ng Pelikan haha M215 nalang instead of the M200.

[shopaholic18]

^naku sis konti nalang collection ko...pero sige try ko kumuha ng pics pag nakapag organize na ako dito...kalat kalat pa kasi,..

[mihaihere]

meron palang thread na ganito...akala ko ako lang ganun...hindi na ganun kadami yung mga school supplies ko dito since im done with school na pero i still buy once in awhile cute notebooks and stuff...i also love writing anything under the sun kaya i have pens in different colors and parker pens(ballpens,sign pens,jotter and vector) some of them given by my mom and dad pa...i also love writing using fountain pens, hindi nakakapagod and i also use them in work for signatures...ngayon im on the hunt for extra fine ones...kasi yung fine ng parker nakakapalan padin ako...i use pilot G-tech 0.3 back then...kung meron akong mahahanap na ganun kanipis ill definitely buy one...(or 2)...

Meron na uni pen for 0.1 or 0.2 kaso medjo expensive na sha kung di naman pang architect..so i stick to .3 na lang ng gtech XD

[numonorean]

Uy... May ganito pala.  

I also hoard office supplies.  Pag nadadaan ako sa stationery section ng stores, I end up buying more than I intend to.  I'm particularly addicted to journals. 

I like fountain pens, but they don't seem to like me.  A friend made me use his, and it inked on me.   Nag-try din akong gamitin yung Montblanc fountain pen ng dad ko dati, ganun din.   Maybe I should get my own for it to work.

[Heatherette]

^Awww... bakit ganun sis? Ganun din yung sa brother ko tapos nakakatawa pa kasi baliktad pa niya ginagamit eh ang konti ng labas ng ink. Nagre-reklamo siya na may sira daw yung FP niya.

[pomegranate]

^^ naku ako rin naman e, nainfluence lang ako dito nila Heatherette, clem and yung "lost art" thingie ni aiden kaya I gave it a try again. Imagine, the first time I had a fountain pen was in high school, it was Shaeffer. I thought it works like a quill kaya I used to dip the pen in the ink like Rizal, so needless to say it did not write until the ink spilled over my bag.
I had to have the SA to demo last time I bought it, ayun pala yung converter then cartridge etc. Ok naman, except for the part that she told kailangan standing up lest the ink will spill. Buti na-consult ko si sis Heatherette. Now lang, I need to practice writing because I'm still not convinced that it has gotten better . . .
Ay I found the engraving so chic . . .

[numonorean]

Ewan ko ba, mga sis.  Mali siguro yung pag-gamit ko.   Magpapa-demo nga din ako sa SA, para matuto naman ako.  Ibig sabihin, kailangan kong bumili, diba?  Naghahanap na naman ako ng excuse para bumili.

[Heatherette]

^haha!!! Ok lang yan, mas nagagandahan ako sa sulat ng fountain pen. Tsaka di sayang kasi diba pag naubos ang regular pen tapon na unless may refill na nabibili. Eto pang-matagalan talaga siya

[numonorean]

^Yun nga sinasabi sakin ng friend ko.  Mas practical mag-fountain kesa makailang ballpoint ako.  At nagagandahan ako sa output.  Parang dapat may kasama siyang parchment.  Sige nga, makiki-"lost art" din ako.  Inggitera lang.

[pomegranate]

Oo, tama bagong term yan. Maki-"lost art" ka na rin.
Ako, I'm starting with the cheapest, dapat Inoxcrom lang but can't find it so napunta sa Parker. I bought one from Saizen, but up to now di ko pa rin nagagamit. Iba kasi yung tawag nung Parker, not because it is a little bit more expensive, but because mas elegant e. But I always have Staedler pens as back ups, isa pa lang kasi fountain pen ko e mahirap kapag naubusan ng ink in the middle of an exam just like yesterday. Pa-slant na akong sumulat, something I never acquired until now.