(company page, on Wikipedia)
store on penloversparadise.com
https://web.archive.org/web/20170919123714/http://global.kyocera.com:80/prdct/fc_consumer/stationery/index.html

These are high-quality pens which use ceramic-tipped water-based refills.

Much of my writing is pen and paper, and the right pen is extremely important. A certain balance, texture and weight of pen, and a smooth writing experience are important to me. Put one of these pens down on a table, and spin them. They spin around the central closure for when the cap fits against the pen. That's Japanese quality.

I've bought these from ThinkGeek ^[ 1 ] was at thinkgeek.com/product/edb0/ , but most recently I'm buying them from penloversparadise.com.

I do not know if this ink is archival quality!

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(on Wikipedia)
https://web.archive.org/web/20210511011408/https://us.moleskine.com/en/

These are high-quality notebooks with archival quality paper.

Much of my writing is pen and paper, and it turns out that good paper also matters a lot. I'm perfectly comfortable with cheap paper in a three-ring binder, but I want something much better for travel and for long-term storage. A bookshelf of these little notebooks also look a hell of a lot better than binders.

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