People delight me

Dip pen: I love to write with this pen. It’s a little scratchy and there’s something very organic and wild about dipping it in ink. I never know entirely how the pen will react, whether it will stammer or buck and so it makes me draw in a very particular way. It’s my favorite thing for ‘calligraphy’ and turns any writing into a decorative element. I’ve saved a lot of boring drawings by scrawling with it. I’ve used various cheap nibs; this one is the most expressive. I hate italic nibs and think they should only be used by people who really know what they are doing. Otherwise, you look like some fancy 8th grader.

This person has produced an inventory of their pens, which are all "waterproof and under $10". Each entry has a brief personal description and a drawing done with the corresponding pen. Lovely.

(Via things magazine)

Disclosure: It's an improbably warm 7°C here in Helsinki today.