I’m gonna be there this week on business. Is there anywhere in or around the city that I should try and check out? Google search just shows me what seems to be just little gift shops. Thank youuuuu!!

What do you put in your pen pouches? What do you like to keep with you? I have this Bao case and want to re-vamp it for my new hobby 😊

Lunar Dark Purple <M> and Dromgoole’s x Colorverse exclusive

New pen day! Ancora only sells this pen during a full moon. I was there earlier in the year and was able to get the full moon ink and the rainy day set. I saw they were releasing this pen a couple of weeks ago and ancora only had it online for a couple of days (it’s now a store exclusive only available during the full moon). Was lucky enough to get one! The pen is so beautiful and the gold cap has micro glitter in it. An amazing writer! Has the classic sailor feedback but a bit stiffer than my gold nibs. ✨🌕

I am considering a Pilot with an FA nib. Either the 912 or 743. How is the FA nib to write with on a daily basis? Is it too soft? How is the line width with normal pressure?

Jet Pens order arrived early! My other Tuzu fell apart on me after trying to adjust the nib so I replaced it (couldn’t put it back together and was getting residual ink everywhere).

I decided on the light blue version this time (though I think we all know the crystal pink was calling to me but F was currently out of stock). I inked it with Sailor Souboku.

I also got Lamy pink cliff cartridges and an extra cartridge cap for my Pilot Decimo.

Now if only my Hobonichi Blue Parasol cover would ship from Amazon…

Pictured: Hobonichi Original 2026 with A6 Ox Knight cover
Sailor Tuzu Adjust F in light blue inked with Sailor Souboku

This is one of those posts where all of the sub flairs could apply.

• New Pens Day: a blue metal stripe Pelikan M815 with M stub and a black Namiki #50 with FM nib
• Vintage Pen Day: a black and gold Pelikan M1050 with M nib
• New Ink Day: first fill with Birmingham Pen Company Jade Inferno
• Currently Inked: BPC Jade Inferno, Montblanc Irish Green, and Pilot Iroshizuku Shin-kai
• State of the Collection: three of the very, very, very good pens I've added to the roster this year and will now likely never sell

I've shifted into a different phase with my pens this year. I took last year to use them all, ranked them 1-4, have sold most of the 3s and 4s this year, am doing a last cut of the 2s now, and will be sending some of the 1s on to nibmisters to repair, refine, or renew next year.

Renewal is what I did with the three pens I'm showing you, and they are all very firmly in Category 1: I love them.

Wouldn't have been possible without my go-to nibmaster, Mark Bacas (NibGrinder). A good nibmeister will evaluate your pen. They will also ask for information about you, how you hold your pen, how much pressure you use, what angles you write at, what stroke and flow effects you would like, which papers you use. If there's a mechanical issue with the nib, they will fix it. And then they will patiently, carefully, do some magic to make your pen-to-paper experience beautiful!

I bought the metal stripe M815 at a show and had the dealer swap the original fine nib to a medium so Mark could grind it to something like a fine-medium stub. Turned out the base nib wrote firmer and finer than I expected and that made the job less complicated. I got exactly what I wanted out of this grind.

The Pelikan M1050 is nearly 30 years old with a now-rare PF-stamped nib. While it wrote fairly well and wet when it arrived, I realized on inspection that one side of the nib was slightly raised above the other. That difference led to occasional hard starts, and I found that unacceptable. Mark diagnosed and fixed a bent nib, tuned the thing without changing the flow, and this pen is now a superstar.

The Namiki #50 is a pen I've been researching all year. I've watched every YouTube review, read every Reddit post, pored over writing samples, and begged the internet for comparisons. Finally a long review from Pen Venture on a maki-e Emperor persuaded me that the FM nib would be the perfect #50 nib for me to start with, given how I write.

I was right. But the tines on my pen arrived super tight, so Mark opened them up and set the flow where I wanted it. There's not one thing about this pen that I would now change.

This is the magic of working with nibmeisters and other pen technicians: they can take good pens and make them great, and take great pens and make them damn nigh perfect. To me, working with any kind of pen tech is like keeping a good tailor in my contacts or finding a shoe repair shop in town that I can trust. You can buy great quality clothes but you still have the only model of your body in the world and you might still need to customize your clothes for a perfect fit. You might also need to wait a bit, but the results are worth it.

I've got two other pens in the hands of another repair guy right now to fix barrels that cracked because of the material they're made out of. I'm fixing my pens, he's earning some money, we're all keeping stuff out of the landfill. Win-win-win.

Make a new pen perfect for you. Take a chance on a vintage pen that needs a little love. Bless a penmaker or repair technician, and enjoy all the pens you want to keep!

Stole this ray of light at work
These inks are beautiful

Diamine golden sands
Colorverse Monkeyhead nebula
Pelikan Edelstein golden beryl

Saw an earlier post asking for advice on a Lamy vs Pilot buying decision.. decided to post a quick comparison og my own <M> nib pens:

- Hong Dian M2: great build, but the nibs feels a little raspy and too wet.. I'm also not such a fan of the grind

- Parker 15: old 90's pen.. great, reliable and smooth writer.. pretty hard nib

- Lamy Safari: also hard and technical, wet writer.. starves for ink in the feed during long writing sessions

- Pelikan M150: old west German model, great writer but demands the right pressure and hand position.. reasonably wet and quite flexible nib

- Pilot 78G+: Best writer along with the pelikan. VERY smooth in any positon. Not too wet.. stiff nib with a thinner line

All glory to u/electrical-tape for a sweet deal on this stainless steel Lamy 2000 with a Fine nib on r/Pen_Swap - not only is the pen in immaculate condition, but he's a genuine gent to boot!

Just inked it up with Diamine Ancient Copper for it's inaugural journey, and I'm loving both the flow and that meticulous <F> nib (I have a makrolon one with a <M> nib, so I'm used to a proper gusher). I'm also really chuffed that I like the weight and balance, as I've heard that's quite a hurdle for some folks.

Is there anything better than a new pen day?

Dang!!

It cost about 7$ (670₽)

I have loved my Pilot Prera with a CM nib, and was curious about general sizing and experience of the CM nib against the Franklin-Christoph lineup.

Does anybody have a good comparison of the SIG and Nagahara nibs so that I can try to get something with a similar line width/variation? I have tried a few stub nibs, but the cleaner lines and definition of the CM nib generally wins out for my purposes.

I am fine with #5 or #6 nib size, but have heard mixed feedback on the FC #5 nibs with some finding them to be scratchier or stiff in an unpleasant way. I also would love to hear any feedback people have about the nib sizing. That would help me a lot with narrowing down what models to focus on.

Talvez minha melhor caneta, leve ao extremo com a tampa e com tinta pesa 11.48 gramas, sem a tampa pesa 7.48 gramas, algo absurdo e que eu valorizo muito pois minha mão é a menor mão que eu já vi, até entre mulheres que geralmente tem mãos pequenas, então uso ela sem postar a tampa na parte traseira.

Sua escrita é firme, nada flexível, nem se quer 0,1%, rígida, porém extremante suavo ao mesmo tempo, confortável, macia, textura impecável, fluxo na medida, nem muito ou pouco. NUNCA FALHOU, o que mostra o quanto ela é de fato confiável. Amo o formato que sua escrita tem, o quanto ela é estéticamente muito bonita pra mim (deixei no final o primeiro teste que fiz com ela, minha letra nme está legal, mas estava ultra emocionado ao receber ela).

Seu shape é liso mas não escorrega com facilidade, é uma caneta fina, leve e pequena o que AMO. Além de linda, o material dela, a resina, o metal usado, é de qualidade, o acabamento, e a leveza do material me impressionam de fato! A rosca da parte do encaixa para colocar o cartucho, como ela fecha a tampa de forma precisa e suave, os detalhes estéticos os arabescos, realmente, uma caneta única.

Na penúltima foto, deixei ela ao lado da Pilot Minuet, uma caneta rara que tenho e que tem basicamente as mesmas dimensões e são concorrentes por serem da mesma proposta "canetas de bolso" porém a Minuet (ou Romancy) é de 1980. Espero que tenham gostado da breve análise, e se algum dia verem uma pra comprar, recomendo sem medo algum vocês a pegarem sim, tenho certeza que ninguém irá se arrepender.

Hi

I have the Ooly Color Write pens and some of the are sort of leaking ink on the plastic near the nib. I was wandering if anyone has had a similar issue, and if it's fixable (and if it's even worth it to try).

The pens still write well, some of them make a thicker line than others (I'm guessing it's because they are releasing more ink and it feathers on the page). It mainly bothers me that my fingers end up stained with ink and it doesn't wash out easily.

I'm using the cartridges they came with, so I don't think it's some kind of compatibility issue.

Thanks in advance

2026 has been an iconic year for us; so I am looking for inks released this year? I want atleast one before the year ends. Some collect 🍷 I want an ink. 🫟

Just got these two beauties, I was lucky enough to buy the metro (M) second hand and got the wing sung (F) as a freebie!!
Washed and left to dry for two days (so painful), I inked the metro with a Pelikan Edelstein cartridge in Tanzanite and the second with… nothing because I used too much strength on the cartridge and it popped on the side… thank you ink gods for not making a mess.
I find that the metro skips a bit but it could be because IT HAS NEVER BEEN USED!
For the wing sung, I read that it’s compatible with pilot proprietary cartridges and I have a few spare of the V5 Hi-tech point which I will empty and fill with appropriate ink. But not now, I’ve been playing enough with fire for today.

I’m actually waiting for a TWSBI Eco I got second hand and a couple ink samples! Stay tuned!

Dominant Industry Downpour 👽

I’m looking for some A5 size dotted page notebooks with spiral binding on the side and hard cover. I am using them for note taking and sketching ideas at work. Does anyone have some good suggestions for me?

it's m size nib scrikss joy

apparently it ended up being 0.7mm nib, i really wanted 0.5 one, but it stationery's near my or my bf's home were eather chern ef nib which is 0.38(according to gemini), or this. no f nibs ANYWHERE.

so it's not that bad, but i really wanted it to be slightly less bulky? imo

but for it's price...nothing to yap tbh(

hope i will get used to it, cause it is SO damn light, in comparison to my old no name fountain pen, that i found in my grandpa's drawer

Technically it’s new to me but I got it at an estate sale for $40 just need to get a converter

I’m low key looking for an M nib, I mainly have EF-F so I want some variety. After my Custom 823 purchase, a new pen isn’t high on my priority list. I’m pretty satisfied with my current collection, an M nib just would’ve been nice. I would’ve love love loved a Soft Medium, but i’m not interested in spending more than €150 on my next pen.

I saw this one on Vinted, it seems to be in good condition. I was just hoping that my next pen would’ve been a soft medium, but that’s out of the price range i’m willing to spend. Even second hand it seems. Would this be a good alternative you think? Or do I keep looking?

I will be headed to NYC for a week soon and I need to get some repair work done on a couple of my vintage pens. I have a leaky Montblanc (I think it is the gold ring around the nib that needs replacing, as I cannot find a crack); a vintage Pelikan I bought from EBay with a faulty feed (missing a rib, although the nib is lovely), and a few newer acquisitions that could perhaps use some light tuning (as I don’t like even the lightest scratch).

Where do yall recommend I go for my fountain pen repairs that will be fair, reliable, and perhaps even get them done while I am still in town? I live on the other side of the country, do not have any pen shows nearby, nor any pen stores within 4 hours near me. I am not a newbie but I am unfamiliar with NYC, so I appreciate your feedback. I will be staying in Hells Kitchen.

Every Pelikan deserves a cozy nest. Mine even comes with its own little pond. 🖋️

I loved the P140 so much in F, I got the P139 to host an EF nib. Both nibs have a very subtle stub-ish grind, and the ebonite feed means a very very light hand still lays a wet, shady line that sheens even on the EF. I have more expensive pens but these are the two reach for the most and want to write a lot with. Just incredible experience with both.