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The 1974 Pilot Elite — A Pocket Pen with a Long Shadow

Greetings and salutations Hivers. Today I want to look at another small but mighty pen from Japan. Another one @livinguktaiwan. Pilot Elite pocket pen, 1974, 18k

The story of me starting using fountain pens

The reason of me using fountain pen comes from a necessity. At first, I was using the ball point pens and gel pens just like most people. However, as I picked up

How the Ballpoint Pen Destroyed Handwriting (and Banished Cursive)

Isn't it strange that cursive handwriting lasted for hundreds of years but then sometime in the Baby Boomer Generation everyone stopped writing in cursive almost

Fountain Pen ASMR | Waldmann Edelfeder Broad

This is my second fountain pen ASMR video in two days, this time writing with the Waldmann Edelfeder pen with a broad nib and Jacques Herbin 1670 Rouge Hematite

The Pleasure of Writing Daily Morning Pages | Fountain Pen ASMR

I love writing my Morning Pages every morning and often write with a fountain pen. I decided to share that experience this morning as a way of leading by example,

Fountain pen nibs

I took some pictures of the nibs of some of the fountain pens i own.

The Tale of the Two Fountain Pens | April's Slice of Life | Photo Writing Prompt 2

These are Lolo (Grandfather) and Lola (Grandmother). It's my first time to name my fountain pens. I don't even know if it's a thing, but it is for me now. You see,

Abstract Drawing

This work is entirely original by myself. I drew it on paper with a modified Falcon fountain pen and Arteza colored pencils, then slightly adjusted brightness and

Iris

Nature is a relentless and intelligent machine. Isaac Newton believed that the vegetative growth that he observed in his alchemical elements were the instant in

파커51 만년필 복각

Drawing: “Gnothi S’Auton”

Today's drawing started very early in the morning, as you can tell from the color of the progress shots, which I include here for your viewing pleasure: Here I decided

Drawing: “Supdog”

Today's drawing is not as explicit as most of my other ones, but most people would probably consider it more explicit. I will leave the final decision on this question

Creating a fountain pen: the main difference between Nakaya and Montblanc

A friend recently sent me the following video clip that displays how a Nakaya fountain pen is made: As you can see, the process of making a Nakaya Urushi fountain

new pen day! this is a Cross ATX and it’s just lovely!

Wancher: Dream Pen repaired and another writing option appears! + Seven Treasures Kickstarter

One of Wancher's artisans applying lacquer to a Dream Pen. My Wancher Dream Pen went on a little repair excursion to Japan recently, after I found out that writing

Review: Wancher Limited Edition Zogan Dream Pen

I recently received my Wancher Limited Edition Zogan Dream Pen, which I've written about when it was first announced. It's the real dream pen. When I received my

라미 만년필 컨버터 교체시 주의할 점

요즘 디지털 기기에서 잠시라도 벗어나려 만년필을 많이들 쓰시죠. 독일 제품으로 가성비가 좋은 만년필 중에 라미가 있는데, 컨버터 교체시 주의할 점 하나를 알려드립니다. 라미에 대해 올라 온 내용들이 꽤 많은데, 이 점은 잘 모르는 분들이 꽤 있으신 듯해서요 듯합니다. 컨버터를 세척하고 잉크를

Wancher Dream Pen Zogan (special edition)

Edit: my review of this pen is found here. Wancher has recently announced the release of a new fountain pen in their Dream Pen series, this one named Zogan. Limited

A fountain pen.

A fountain pen is a part and parcel of our student life. It is divided into two parts. One part is the main body and the other is the cap. It has an ink holder,

The Rider

The gift has been given and now I can share! The owner approached me about a vision he’d had and asked me to put it on paper for him. As soon as I began the inking