fountainpens

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These are photos from when I first took delivery of my Nakaya, an aka tamenuri (red urushi lacquer) Neo-Standard, from back in 2016. The nib was an SF with added flex cuts, and though it ran dry fairly quick, when it was primed it wrote in an almost brush-like manner. It was very unique, but difficult to use every day, which is...

The big, beautiful nib of the Montblanc 149 is what first captured my interest in fountain pens. Many years later, and many pens tried, I have a handful I really just love writing with and I still think the nib designs are some of the most beautiful....

I saw this community and got inspired to buy a fountain pen as well. I bought a Monami Olika blue fountain pen. I’m still getting used to writing with a fountain pen but it’s been a nice experience.

I was riding with a Wing Sung 3009 today (a pretty nice, super cheap piston filler BTW) when I noticed this gunk on the inside of the cap. I’m pretty sure that I filled the pen up with Noodler’s Air Corps Blue/Black a few months ago and then let the pen sit. It wrote pretty much right away....

I've tried lots of pens over the years. The ones I can remember:...

Left hand Lamy Safari Vista alongside a travelers company notebook in basic brown leather.

It’d been a minute since I bought a new pen, and I’ve always wanted to try a vacuum fill pen so I finally pulled the trigger. The pen writes so well straight out of the box but that’s always been my experience with TWSBI pens. The kon-peki ink is a nice beautiful blue that also seems to dry fairly quickly which is nice...

Hello, I’m hoping to find someone that has experience repairing a Sheaffer Snorkel....

New pen came today: a Jinhao 82. This is Jinhao’s “homage” to the Sailor Pro Gear Slim, released late 2022 I think. I got a medium nib, transparent blue body. Takes a #5 nib, available in EF, F, and M....

Now to figure out how to work it LMAO

I was really excited to sneak away for an hour and pick this up on a recent work trip.

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Currently Im taking all my notes at work digitally again, after using my trusty Fountain pens for a while, because its just so more convenient. I really like the thought of taking notes to do lists again on paper. I seem to better recall written text and I like the attention it takes to think about What to write down and...

I love retractable fountain pens. So when I found that Platinum had one I had to give it a try, and I’m glad I did. Overall experience is this is a pretty decent pen, it feels good in hand, and it writes very well. I also got this pen for about half the price of the Pilot Capless. I’m hoping this pen does well as an every...

I was recently gifted what I believe to be a Pilot Metropolitan Taupe Lizard (see photo)...

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1622504...

I made these on my laser cutter a few years ago. The lids use magnets to help them stay on. They’re cut from 1/8" maple and walnut plywoods. Short demo video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjAaykdz8H8. If you have access to a laser cutter and are interested in making some yourself, the files are available for download on my...

[Image description: A white fountain pen with a silver clip on the cap and a silver zebra stripe band around the middle lies on a blue dotted grid desk pad.]...

I’ve had my eye on this pen for a long time (thanks Reddit, haha), and I’ve wanted to try iroshizuku inks too. Found both for a decent discount, so finally pulled the trigger 😁

Really happy with this one. I love the ribs!...

Do you have any inks that you wanted to buy after reading great reviews that turned out less exciting than expected?...