If you really want the best writing experience, buy a decent pad of paper to work with. You might luck out and find something that holds fountain pen ink perfectly, or it might be total crap. I'll try to get my part done and get this thing out the door soon.įor now, printer paper may be a step up (notecards just suck), but it will be a crapshoot. I've been busy with other stuff, so I'm holding up the works. We've hinted at it before - MR4001 and I are working together on a paper thread. You don't want to lose those thick to thins! If you're going to use a fountain pen, especially one with a calligraphy nib, you'll want some paper that will hold the ink and not feather it all over the place. I don't know if you'll damage the nib, but it's no fun writing on crappy paper. It's such a gorgeous ink! I used a diluted wash of momiji for the card I made for my mum: It goes on a little more pink, but shades to a rich red, with little hints of gold. They write beautifully and the shading you get from them is insane!). They seem to be universally loved among FP people. The brilliant Sera O got my hooked on Pilot Iroshizuku Momiji, which is the closest to a straight-up red they make (Iroshizuku is Pilot's super premium line of inks. You can get a selection of reds, for example, or a complete set of Iroshizuku. They have some collections pre-made, too. It's like being a kid looking at penny candy - you can spend an afternoon browsing samples, fill your shopping cart, and end up with a bill for $20. And Goulet is THE place to look for inks. Jetpens has the wider selection of pens, paper, and office supplies, and more cheap stuff - Goulet tends towards the premium a bit more - but both have great prices and phenomenal customer service. Just, in general, Gouletpens is a wonderful company to shop from. And, at $16.50 each, it may become the pen I give tot people who are interested in trying a fountain pen. It's great if you get hung up on writing with a fountain pen being this super serious thing, only for your most super serious thoughts. And maybe there's some psychological effect from it being a chunky plastic pen aimed at kids. It just makes me happy to write with my Kakuno! The silly nib is obviously part of that - I'm a sucker for things like that - but it just feels great in your hand, I like the colorful cap, the weight is all comes together to make for a really nice experience. Goulet pens sells a set of two syringes with blunt needles which are super handy, particularly for Lamy or Kaweco carts, which have smaller openings. The capacity is higher than the standard converter, so I really recommend this. As always, Pilot cartridges are super easy to rinse and refill. It comes with one standard Pilot cartridge and it will take Pilot converters, too. Coming from writing mainly with mechanical pencils, I find that I often like a bit more "feel" between nib and paper than you'll get with the smoothest, most luxurious fountain pen. It's a bit scratchier than most of my non-italic nib pens, but it's very very minimal. I picked up an F nib for once and I'm very happy with it. But come on! No Montblanc pen will give you that feature, no matter how much you spend! And look at it! Look at how happy he is! It's a chunky, hexagonal body, plastic pen, but it's a Pilot, so it writes ridiculously well for something that costs less than 20 bucks. It's a pen aimed at children, hence the smiley face engraved on the nib. Jetpens has the Kakuno in a variety of colors, in F or M nib, for $16.50.
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