I agree; I sent a reply off-list, so will only add that I have not yet found a suitable substitute for wood pencils. Soft ones copy pretty good, especially if one prints block letters with a not-too-sharp lead. Sharpening is, of course, a pita, but if one doesn't do it too often, there's a double benefit. I got pretty good with a pocket knife, but does anyone know of a good pocket-sharpener that can put a long taper on the tip? I found the little fixed-blade devices put too blunt a taper on the pencils and required too-frequent sharpening, but they are better than carrying around the big wall-mount type.
Of course, if there is no decent "automatic" pencil available out there, would someone please invent one? WT At 10:06 AM 6/6/2007, Warren W. Aney wrote: >As a long time user of Rite-in-the-Rain paper with pencils, I did a quick >test of writing media on wettened Rite-in-the-Rain paper: Graphite pencils >worked best, of course, followed by Pilot G2 ink pens (but I don't like them >because they tend to leak in your pocket). Ballpoint ink pens were somewhat >inconsistent and UniBall even worse. Sharpies failed the test. So test >your writing instrument under the conditions you expect to encounter (here >in western Oregon we're prepared to write in the rain). > >Warren Aney >Senior Wildlife Ecologist >Tigard, OR > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of William R. Porter >Sent: Wednesday, 06 June, 2007 05:38 >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Good pens and paper to use for field notes > > >Barbara, > >For the pen, try the Uniball PowerTank RT, available at many drug stores >(Long's here in SoCal) or office supply places: > >http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/upgrade/4206754.html > >For paper, try Rite in the Rain notebooks: > >http://www.riteintherain.com/ > >I use both of these, and they're excellent. > >Bill Porter >San Marcos CA > > > Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 14:05:48 -0700 > > From: Barbara White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Pens or pencils for field notes > > > > We would like to solicit people's ideas about what kind of pens or pencils >they think are appropriate for taking field notes with respect to >permanence. > > > >
