re: #46 Eric The Fruit Bat
Where do you get your gel pens? My favorite pen/pencil place is jetpens.com.
My favorite pencils use the Kuru Toga lead rotation engine, where the point is always sharp. I also dropped some serious coin on a Pilot retractable fountain pen.
I got this set of 40 pens/colors from amazon for $20. Not willing to spend serious bucks but do enjoy the nice quality (to me, but I don’t really know any better). These:
amazon.com