fountainpens

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

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

Platinum 3776 and my cat Una.

This interesting pen was released by Nahvalur at the 2023 DC Pen Show. They had an announcement event that featured the CEO of Nahvalur and Ralph Reyes, the nibmeister behind Regalia Writing Labs. The speakers’ passion for writing instruments was clear through the presentation, and the collaboration has borne delicious fruit....

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...

[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 tend to gravitate to cheaper pens including a lot of Chinese-manufactured versions of more famous pens (clones / knockoffs), and thought it might be interesting to post some of them?...

I’d love to see some ideas or suggestions for a better banner image for this community, something that shows a bit more spirit and interest. This current image is one that I found on Unsplash....

Hello, all! I’ve only recently jumped from dip pen calligraphy to the wonderful world of fountain pens, so I naturally found myself drawn to the Noodler’s flex nibs. I’ve been using my Creaper for months now and figured I’d finally earned myself the next big sexy- the Triple Tail. It arrived yesterday, and it writes like...

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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...

Figured I’d make my first post here with my newest pen. This was a little gift to myself for 49 successful orbits of the sun. A polished Gravitas Skittle Paisley. I’ve wanted this one from the first time I saw it....

As the title says. I’m looking for orange ink. Not too bright, not too muted, ideally tangerine 🍊 colour but a bit dirty - imagine a tangerine tree growing next to a busy road. Available in Europe.

As the titler says - what is your favorite ink, and why? Does it change with the seasons or the use case?...

Are there any inks that wash out of clothing very quickly and easily? I’m especially interested in inks that wash out cleanly without stain treatment....

Thank you to @Valdair for submitting the suggestions for a banner and to everyone who voted! The photo of the Nakaya Decapod (#3) won by a 60% landslide.

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 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....

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

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...

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

As I said in the post title, I bought this as a self reward. It was between this and a Waterman Carene L’Essence de Bleu, but I ultimately settled on this. Haven’t even inked it yet - wish me luck!!...

Hi everyone, I’m pretty new to fountain pens. I’m looking to buy a teal ink. I have two Iroshizuku inks that I really like, tsuki-yo and yu-yake, so I was thinking maybe I should get syo-ro. However, I’m also thinking that it would be worth trying another brand. Can anyone make any recommendations?...

I’ve been having trouble keeping this instance up - right now, it’s a problem with proxy errors between the docker containers as well as with the Ansible scripts. It’s taking too much time to maintain. I’ll be shutting down wayfarershaven.eu per 31 October 2023....

Hey all! My apologies for the fact that the instance has been down. For those who are curious, it turns out that the Lemmy volumes had ballooned and taken up all the space on the server. I’ve reclaimed the space and set a recurring task to make sure that it automatically gets cleaned up going forward....