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8 reasons why fountain pens are making a comeback

December 19, 2018 ♦

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With the advent of ballpoint pens and rollerball pens, many people were tempted by the convenience of these new options and therefore moved away from using fountain pens. After all, ballpoints and rollerballs don’t tend to leak like old fountain pens did, and cheaper versions were and are disposable meaning…

Extra Fine fountain pen nibs – Writing robot & handwriting comparison

October 19, 2017 ♦

Expert Advice & Product Reviews, Fountain Pens, Handwriting

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Fine or Extra Fine? That is the question. We’re frequently asked about the various nib widths of our fountain pens and we fully understand your curiosity. After all, the most important thing about a pen is how it writes. Over the years we’ve discovered nib widths can vary quite…

Pilot Capless Matte fountain pen review

July 18, 2017 ♦

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The Pilot Capless Matte fountain pen (aka Vanishing Point) is very interesting in many ways. First of all, it is one of the very few – if not the only, good and widely available – retractable fountain pens on the market, which means that the pen combines the comfort of…

Kaweco Skyline Sport fountain pen review

July 11, 2017 ♦

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The popular Kaweco Sport range has, until now, always featured a gold nib and furnishings. So, the new Skyline Sport range is causing quite a stir with its silver nib and furniture, alongside a bunch of brand new, gorgeous colourways. I settled on Mint, with a matching ballpoint pen and…

Faber-Castell Ondoro fountain pen review

June 7, 2017 ♦

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I’ve been a fan of Faber-Castell since very early on in my fountain pen obsession interest. The Ambition was one of the first fountain pens I bought and it remains, many years later, one of my favourites. Since then I’ve acquired examples of all their modern range, finally completing the…

Kaweco Brass Sport fountain pen review

April 13, 2017 ♦

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A couple of years ago, you’d have been hard-pressed to find a pen made out of solid, untreated brass. Fortunately nowadays they are much more common, in part due to the contributions of German pen manufacturer Kaweco! Brass is different from most other metals that are commonly used in pens;…

Diplomat Excellence Rhombus fountain pen review

March 22, 2017 ♦

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Diplomat’s Excellence Rhombus, a cartridge/converter fountain pen, arrived a couple of weeks ago, and you’d be hard pressed to find me reaching for any other pen. I own a few other Diplomat pens — from the economy model Magnum Soft Touch to the higher-end Aero—and I’ve been consistently impressed with this…

Why you should try a fountain pen

October 27, 2016 ♦

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The first Friday of every November is Fountain Pen Day, which falls on the 4th of the month this year. This is a day to celebrate the existence of fountain pens, embrace our love for fountain pens, and spread the word on the joys of using a fountain pen as…

Lamy Z55 14K bi-colour gold nib review

August 3, 2016 ♦

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One of the lovely things about Lamy pens is they all (except the 2000) use the same nibs and these nibs are very easily swapped (simply pull one nib off and push another one on). Lamy produce a wide variety of stainless steel nibs and they’re generally pretty good. They…

How to clean your fountain pen nib

February 5, 2016 ♦

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Your fountain pen’s nib should be regularly cleaned to ensure it’s free from dried ink; once a month is recommended, and certainly at least once every two months, but obviously if you have any problems or issues writing with your fountain pen then it may be that it needs to…