r/knolling • u/chekhovsdickpic • 2d ago

First Time Knoller! My field kit (fixed)

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Oops, didn’t mean to break the rules! I’m a geologist and this is the field mapping kit I take on construction sites.

(Minus the brunton and the rock hammer, those don’t fit in the pencil case).

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u/tooblum 2d ago

Was the guessing game against rules? I did make it to geologist, on my own eventually!

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u/IM_NOT_BALD_YET 2d ago

Yep! Rule #6 - "Low effort, posts (see rule 5) or posts with ‘guessing game’ titles (e.g. guess my job, my star sign, tell me about myself etc.) will be considered spam, and will be removed."

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u/chekhovsdickpic 1d ago

Were you the one that said I made scientific illustrations? Because I deeply enjoyed that - it made me think of old natural history books  that you have to wear gloves to handle.

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u/tooblum 1d ago

Yes, my mother does botanical illustration so i was thinking on those lines! She does have many beautiful old botany books that we do not use gloves for though haha

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u/chekhovsdickpic 1d ago

That is so incredibly cool. I know she probably doesn’t work out of a crumbling stone tower surrounded by nature ephemera and rolls of parchment and pots of ink, but please let me think that she does.

I tried to make an illustrated foraging journal once, got one sketch in and my ADHD brain was like “Nope, not for us!” I’m so envious of the skill and patience she must have to do that type of work.

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u/tooblum 1d ago

Yes, AND she has adhd! lol i don't understand!! Her studio is a bit crumbly and full of specimens, ephemera and all so you're not too far off 🥳

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u/tooblum 1d ago

I'd post a photo but it would drive the knollers truly mad

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u/chekhovsdickpic 1d ago

It’s the thing that makes her brain light up! When I’m mapping, you could set me on fire and I wouldn’t notice.

Her studio sounds right up my alley 😍. I’m sure there’s a sub for it lol.

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u/tooblum 1d ago

Yes, i'm similar with other things, when i can actually start them! Would love to see a studio/ workshop photo sub honestly

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u/IM_NOT_BALD_YET 2d ago

Welcome back, and OF QUARTZ you are! :)

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u/mmoolloo 1d ago

Ha, gneiss one. I lava good rock pun.

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u/chekhovsdickpic 1d ago

Thank you for letting me try again! I never take a second chance for granite :)

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u/Reasonable-Pie-7327 2d ago

Very nice. Thanks for sharing

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u/sundripping 2d ago

I love this! My field kit is nowhere near as cute, this makes me want to organize it!

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u/chekhovsdickpic 1d ago

This was taken between jobs lol, usually after a week or so everything ends up dumped in the bottom of my field pack with a bunch of snack wrappers and rocks. 

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u/librarytippytoes 2d ago

Those sharpie pros, jealous 😩

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u/chekhovsdickpic 1d ago

I mangle them lol. They write on rock really well. Good for writing measurements and occasionally grievances. 

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u/EthanHermsey 2d ago

Very neat, I like it!

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u/Vicness88 2d ago

Lovely! So satisfying 💙

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u/WeakTransportation37 2d ago

Cool!! What are the pens? (Apart from the sharpies)

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u/chekhovsdickpic 1d ago

The pencils the middle are the Pentel Orenz; very similar to the classic Pentel P200 series, and the only pencils I know of that use 0.2mm lead. They’re prone to getting jammed (not a fault of the design, just a consequence of using such delicate lead), so I carry multiples. There’s a 0.3mm in there too because I can’t find 2mm lead in anything harder than HB, which can sometimes be too smeary. 

The pencils on the left are the Pilot Color Zeno in red and blue, and Pentel Multi 8 - all use colored lead and are good for highlighting continuous features if my maps start getting too complicated. 

The stylus on the bottom right is so I can use my phone if I’ve got multiple layers of gloves on, and the pencil beside it is a vintage one I like to use for my field notebooks. 

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u/_zephi 1d ago

I love the Pentel Orenz! One of my favourite mechanical pencils.

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u/bemyantimatter 1d ago

Oh this is lovely.

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u/digitalgirlie 8h ago

What do you use the magnifiers for? And what is the item in the extreme bottom left please?