Recently I've taken to using pencil for diary entries that have yet to be confirmed. The entry might appear on all the possible dates. I can then erase the unused dates and use a pen to ink in the chosen date.
Does any one have a favourite mechanical pencil that will fit your average size pen loop?
Of course it is Friday so please feel free to discuss anything else Filofax related.
Have a good weekend.
Great question Steve. I wanted to ask about a thin pencil or pen to fit in my William Hannah notebook, as the pen loop is tiny I have to use the pen clip to fasten to the loop. BTW I have nothing to do with the company but can say the notebook is superb and the paper quality divine.Thank you Anita for your WH post a while back. I bought the same colour one as yours!! Liked the lime one too. Jane (Butanben)
ReplyDeleteB allograft is en excellent mechanical pencil.
ReplyDeleteThe Caran d'Ache 844 (ø 0.7 mm) and Fixpencil (ø 2 mm) are 8mm wide, just like the 849 ballpoints. Great pencils, but some would prefer a thinner lead. Personally I like to use the 2 mm Fixpencil kind. The are made from aluminium, so quite durable.
ReplyDeleteAaaaah... I have a Filofax from the 80s (2MLF) and regular pencils fit the pen loop perfectly... Unlike the pen I normally use. I know some people have techniques to make the pen loop bigger but I won't try, I am afraid it would damage it. I love this Filofax so much, dealing with this small pen loop is absolutely worth it :)
ReplyDeleteI have a Pocket Windsor with a very small pen loop, and it happily holds a Zebra G-301.
DeleteI use a Rotring Tikky with 0.5mm 2B leads in my Hamilton Personal, it's quite a nice firm fit in the smaller loop. With the larger loop then I partly use the pencil's clip, works fine. Also use a very reliable 15 year old W H Smith 0.5mm pencil in the same way, it's outlasted 2 Rotrings...
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