Most fountain pen inks aren’t water-resistant. Unless you have a habit of spilling coffee on your notes, you normally wouldn’t mind. It’s for a good reason: modern pens, with finned plastic feeds and relatively tight tolerances between feed and nib, need inks that flow easily. What can make an ink water-resistant or waterproof can inhibit flow, stain …
When a market is diversifying, it’s thriving. On that basis, 2015 was a healthy year for pen addicts everywhere – an especially happy observation to make in the fountain pen segment, which is almost two centuries old. The Year of Personalization Bespoke bodies and custom nibs have been around a while, but personalization was truly the …
I picked up a couple of TWSBI Diamond piston-fill pens at Scribe Writing Essentials over the weekend. (This is your fault, Karlo.) I wasn’t really intending to mod one, but these thoughts do cross your mind when you’re working overtime on a Sunday. The EF nib felt – normal. I pulled it out of the …