Fountain Pen
I took a step back from all the convinces of modern day life and bought a fountain pen.
Not that I’m giving up electricity and computing or anything but this pen is somewhere in the middle. It uses a medium nib (the tip part) and ink cartridges instead of filling a well in the body of the pen from an eye drop dispenser. I can buy a well adapter if I ever wanted to use scented ink or blood to “seal a deal” — but I don’t see that happening in the near future.
I did a little research on introductory pens and found a site that recommended a Lamy Al-Star pen as a great starter pen that is rugged for daily use and the ink writes really well on moleskin paper - which is my notebook of choice.
So far I’m happy with it — when I opened the pen and punctured the cartridge I got ink on my fingers.