I got given a mall voucher eight years ago and decided on a whim to get a Lamy Al-Star with it. I’ve been using it ever since as my daily pen. I keep a paper diary in an a5 notebook using it and have filled almost 10 volumes. In recent years I have de-emphasised verbose writing and started sketching small maps etc in it as well.

Nothing I do is particularly groundbreaking or interesting, but I like the exercise!