Fountain pens use a liquid-based ink which doesn’t dry as quickly and allows for the pen to flow more smoothly. It’s this difference that probably explains the bias that pen enthusiasts have against ballpoints. Fountain pens were not only invented first and as such represent the purist’...
That depends on whether the cap proves effective at preventing evaporation of ink. There is a lot of headroom in the cap, so I'm not expecting it to be very good at that. It's not a pen you'd want to flush and refill often, at least not with different inks, because the extensive...
1. Do you have a pen that allows you to hold and manipulate the pen without excess grip pressure? Is it wet/smooth enough to glide smoothly on your chosen paper? A lightweight pen with triangle grip can make this quite nice provided that you are comfortable holding the pen that way....
Through arrangement of the capillary-type air passage in the tube plug which is located at the tail end of the pen tube, the recyclable fountain pen refill can ensure that the ink is smoothly discharged out, and can also prevent the ink from flowing backwards. The recyclable fountain pen ...
Through arrangement of the capillary-type air passage in the tube plug which is located at the tail end of the pen tube, the recyclable fountain pen refill can ensure that the ink is smoothly discharged out, and can also prevent the ink from flowing backwards. The recyclable fountain pen ...
Most fountain pens are filled with cartridges or converters, but some have built-in mechanisms that allow you to fill the pen barrel with ink. They’re not as convenient as cartridges, but they can be filled with far more ink. The TWSBI GO is a great place to start if you want ...
I flushed the pen prior to use. I filled the pen with the provided converter, which really needed greasing. Performance? Really, really good. The nib does not hard start or skip as a result of the nib under performing. It also does well on pretty smooth paper. Ink flow is moderate but...
This is my second Lamy fountain pen. It looks really modern and works nice. It took a while to start running smoothly, though. I had to write all afternoon till it started flowing well. It has an M nib and I put in J Herban Cafe de Iles ink. Am not complaining too much, though...
* Flows smoothly and is fast drying * All natural dyes Rouge Opera is a free flowing ink with some shading. It's a slightly pinker version of Larmes de Cassis. To me, it's pretty similar. Shading is more evident on the Canteo paper, which is more absorbent than the Clairefontaine. ...
The Azure Kingfisher really is, as Antique Apprentice notes, stunning. It shimmers like nothing I’ve seen. I’ve only used it in my high-flowing Additive pen, but it writes very smoothly, though it helps to tip it upside down once in a while while writing. ...