{"id":7985,"date":"2025-07-21T13:56:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T12:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/?p=7985"},"modified":"2025-08-08T09:40:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:40:48","slug":"ive-used-this-block-for-20-years-but-no-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/ive-used-this-block-for-20-years-but-no-more\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ve used these blocks for 20+ years, but no more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"873\" src=\"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250528_074633-1500x873.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250528_074633-1500x873.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250528_074633-640x372.jpg 640w, https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250528_074633-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250528_074633-1536x894.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250528_074633.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The first time I used the <em>Plano F0 sketch pad<\/em> was when I was studying in Karlstad, if I recall correctly. That was back in 1999, and even though I occasionally switched out of necessity, I always got back to it if I had the option. Together with the <a href=\"https:\/\/gummiapan.com\/en\/products\/14085\/fiberspetspenna-artline-204-faxblac-04\">Shachihata 204 FAXBLAC 0.4 pen<\/a> it was a perfect combo, and it&#8217;s my reference for how writing on paper should feel. I bought a whole bunch of Plano blocks a while back, but I&#8217;m on my last block and wanted to order more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, Plano was run by one man \u2013\u00a0and the man died with no-one to take over the business. So the F0 block I have now is the last one. Unless someone has a supply stashed away somewhere I&#8217;m going to have to either manufacture a similar block myself or find something close enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regardless, I will miss the quirky logo and the feeling of continuity that it gave me. I appreciate well made tools, and the apparent simplicity of pen and paper made me think I&#8217;d always have access to it\u00a0\u2013 one purchase away. But someone died and now it&#8217;s no longer made<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first time I used the Plano F0 sketch pad was when I was studying in Karlstad, if I recall correctly. That was back in 1999, and even though I occasionally switched out of necessity, I always got back to it if I had the option. Together with the Shachihata 204 FAXBLAC 0.4 pen it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/ive-used-this-block-for-20-years-but-no-more\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I&#8217;ve used these blocks for 20+ years, but no more<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doodles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7985"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7999,"href":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7985\/revisions\/7999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}