# What is your favorite school/office supply? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 12, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574 "2003-08-12T03:37:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/41 "2014-01-24T21:22:27Z")
Fountain Pens! Vintage, new, cheap, fancy, flex, stub…I love 'em all!!! Maybe even better than fountain pens is **INK**!! I love ink. I have a couple dozen bottles and ink samples galore! > [@ISiddiqui](#): > > The Pilot Varsity, disposable fountain pens. I have the multicolored 7-pack right in front of me. 🙂 The Pilot Varsity is a remarkably great-writing fountain pen for the price. (appx $3) I normally use one of my “better” pens, but I keep a bunch of Varsities around my desk. We can actually get them through the office supply catalog, but only in blue, black, or purple. This 7 pack is my own. I was just feeling frivolous today. p.s. They are refillable if you know the trick. And for those of you who like staple removers: [Stapler Removers – Jac Zagoory Designs](http://www.jzpen.com/collections/stapler-removers) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/42 "2014-01-24T21:51:07Z")
The things I currently use the most are acid-free foam core, Elmer’s glue, rulers, single-edge blades and Xacto knives. When I was a kid, my favorites were boxes of colored pencils and crayons, the more colors the better. I still have every color pencil made by PrismaColor. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/43 "2014-01-24T22:04:59Z")
I love Pilot Precise v5 black rollerball pens. I buy a package of them and just rotate between them. And blank books. Notebooks, sketchbooks, any kind of blank books. I have a drawer full of them. My favorites come from [Barnes and Noble](http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/home-gift-black-spiral-medium-notebook/18205225): medium-size spiral bound notebook with different colored sections. I just love the way the paper feels. I buy these things two and three at a time and just keep them around the house. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/44 "2014-01-25T01:51:55Z")
Oh, I forgot Post-it Notes. I use the 2x3" which they haven’t made in years . . . but I stocked up on them and will probably never run out. I keep them all around the house and car and in pockets, now that I can’t remember things like I used to. ---
**Author:** ![tadtooornamental](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@tadtooornamental](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tadtooornamental)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/45 "2014-02-02T15:33:16Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > When I was a kid, I was jealous at the girls with their fancy Pentel R.S.V.P pens. Don’t know why. They looked so classy. You can get a 2 pack of these at most office places for about $1! Mine is notebooks. I’m a list maker, and a planner, and I love nothing more than a fresh spiral notebook with a pretty cover 🙂 I’m also a big fan of fun colored pens. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/46 "2014-02-02T20:02:39Z")
I love a brand new spiral bound notebook. I keep a notebook handy to jot down ideas and lists and I use every page till it’s full, then start another. They are kinda like journals, but without all the writing and deep thought. I also love Pilot G2 pens. They are the best! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574.md?page=2)