There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
1. set of FP and rollerball that both use cartridges or converters with fountain pen ink Monteverde RB ink rollers are sensitive to inks and will squeak with the wrong ink Kaweco ink roller (RB using fountain pen ink) are great but discontinued Herbin RB using FP ink are only available in the US with plastic demos - consider higher end pens from Herbin that are not plastic demos. maybe try Rosetta's RB pen
2. flex fountain pens. but not noodlers.
3. complete set of FP inks from a good suppler - include specials, one-offs, etc. Maybe a Massdrop special blue-black that's bulletproof.