The Fountain Pen Thread

Feek · 1 Jul 2022 at 16:03

Bought a purple Safari with the 1.1mm snub nib to go with the purple ink I bought a few weeks ago.

Cromulent · 23 Jul 2023 at 17:55

Blimey, I completely forgot about this thread. My sister gave me my Dad's old fountain pen, which is really nice. I just need to get some replacement nibs for it now.

Feek · 24 Jul 2023 at 08:41

Cromulent said:
Blimey, I completely forgot about this thread. My sister gave me my Dad's old fountain pen, which is really nice. I just need to get some replacement nibs for it now.

I am disappointed that you posted this without a picture

dlockers · 24 Jul 2023 at 08:49

Mine are all dried to heck; and each time I service them I get distracted/never fully complete the job

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NickK · 24 Jul 2023 at 11:54

Feek said:
More details here. NASA didn't spend a penny on making pens work in zero gravity, it was all done by Fisher.

Pencils create dust..

Cromulent · 24 Jul 2023 at 12:18

Feek said:
I am disappointed that you posted this without a picture

Cromulent · 25 Jul 2023 at 10:16

I spoke to Waterman about the fountain pen I mentioned above, and apparently, they no longer make it or parts for it so they have offered me 50% off a brand new fountain pen. They have some really nice ones so I'm looking through what is available.

Feek · 25 Jul 2023 at 10:23

I just hope you buy a new mat as well, that one is minging!

throwaway4372 · 25 Jul 2023 at 10:25

guy gets a special fountain pen and puts it on a biohazard

Cromulent · 25 Jul 2023 at 10:43

Feek said:
I just hope you buy a new mat as well, that one is minging!

Yeah, it isn't great. I'll put it on the to-do list

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dlockers · 27 Sep 2023 at 15:40

Not a fountain pen question - but has anyone found a pen that writes as well/effortlessly without the maintenance of a fountain pen? E.g. like a gel pen or something? My lamy ballpoint is giving me wrist ache and my other fountain pens are all in disrepair at the moment...

Cromulent · 27 Sep 2023 at 15:43

dlockers said:
Not a fountain pen question - but has anyone found a pen that writes as well/effortlessly without the maintenance of a fountain pen? E.g. like a gel pen or something? My lamy ballpoint is giving me wrist ache and my other fountain pens are all in disrepair at the moment...

I use Pilot G2 07 pens as my day to day writing tool. Cheap and feel good in the hand and to write with.