Who knew it mattered for pens? We like it in our tech, version 2.0 absolving the sins of 0.9, bringing the past into the future with fonts smoothened and engines rewritten. Platinum has a line of inexpensive fountain pens branded “Preppy.” They have steel nibs and see-through plastic bodies. Preppy ink cartridges come in violet, …
Yesterday I received a Well Koi pen in the mail. According to Dr. Dutcher’s listing, Well was one of the smaller pen manufacturers in Japan, and it eventually went under. This pen might have been a last gasp. I photographed it beside a Koi pen from one of the manufacturers that survived: Platinum. The Platinum …