r/fountainpens

If you could only have five fountain pens for the rest of your life, what would they be?

Mine would be:

1. Pilot Custom 823 - F

2. TWSBI Vac 700R - F (easily swap JOWO #6 nibs)

3. Kaweco Brass Sport - EF

4. Opus 88 Demonstrator - M (easily swap JOWO #6 nibs)

5. (undecided) - B

Bonus:

Non Fountain - Kaweco Brass Sport Roller with Pilot G2 Refill

Mechanical Pencil - ROTRING 600

i got a TWSBI eco rootbeer in a stub nib at my local art supply store! currently inked with j. herbin’s café des iles

Today is my birthday and my wife gave me this gift. A few months ago, she asked me in casual conversation what my favorite Pokémon was.

After saying that it wasn't a simple question since we were talking about more than 1000, I told him that my favorite Kanto starter was Bulbasaur.Now I know it was all a beautiful trick

Materials used:
_Majohn wancai mini [F-nib], filled with Octopus Fluids Document ink orange, looks a bit more pale/less intense irl.
_Pilot prera [M-nib], filled with Pilot iroshuzuku Momiji, one of the wettest inks I have.
_Life noble note B5 size
_Metal clip
_DIY isometric grid printed at home

So many firsts in my late night journaling: First time using a stub nib and a fude nib, first time using shimmer ink, and first ever commonplace entry!

Technically I’ve attempted a commonplace before, but this feels like the first “complete” entry I’ve ever done, and also special because it’s something I will want my loved ones to know I was passionate about if they look through my notebooks one day. I’ve been collecting bits of knowledge about pens, ink, and other stationery things and now am finally starting to turn it into a fond memory of using my physical collection.

I’m already thinking of getting a new stub nib because the TWSBI isn’t juicy enough for me… could be the FWP ink reducing the flow, but I’m still considering an Opus 88!

Items used: TWSBI ECO Crème <1.1> Sailor Fude de Mannen 40 degree Zento Signature Mark’s EDIT Grid notebook (cut down to TRC Standard size) Sarica Studio fountain pen stickers Inks: Ferris Wheel Press LOTR Verdant Voyage, Kakimori Pigment Ink #10 “koton”

I am just realizing now I have 10 pens inked up right now..this feels like a lot so I’m not letting myself ink up anymore until I finish these. That’s my new challenge 😂 is this normal for you all? How many pens do you normally have inked up at a time?

I’ve held off on buying new pens and inks for a few months to save up. I knew I wanted my first gold nib to be a Pilot (and not a VP). Fell in love with this Falcon at the Detroit Pen Show and knew it needed to come home with me.

Just stumbled upon these pens. Look pretty interesting.

I was doing some "photographic swatching" of this new ink I got and thought I'd snap a couple of extra photos and post them on here while I was at it.

This is a Stipula Etruria Wild Honey with a Medium nib filled with Teranishi Wild Honey ink. Paper is Tomoe River 52gsm.

This is one of only two Italian pens I own (the other is a Stipula as well) and I would say it just slightly nudges out my Botanical Gardens Estie as my prettiest pen. I love the resin this pen is made of. It has a steel nib and is a very nice writer.

I really like this ink as well. It's my third bottle from them: I also have the Classy Burgundy and Smoky Navy.

Pilot Custom 74 in Lavender Fog, inked in FWP Blushing Mushroom.

Couldn't get the pic to upload when it arrived.

I made the trip up to the Pen*Time Port show in Hamburg with one main goal: getting my Lamy 2000 professionally tuned. 

Huge shoutout to Phillip u/Landsiedel-FW for the incredible work. He completely transformed this pen into something literally addictive to write with. As soon as I got back to Dresden, I inked it up with Heart of Darkness, and the flow is just amazing. 

Just some goofy, therapeutic scribbles, i admit one of these isn't a fountain pen, but four out of five is hopefully a good enough ratio for you folks to enjoy, so, enjoy!

Thanks to anyone who can help.

I ordered a little Majohn Wancai 2.0 and it’s perfect and tiny!

About two weeks ago I got my hands on the Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Brown ink and I think I found a favorite. I love it and I have been using it on my journal almost exclusively, I really enjoy the lighter brown tone as it reminds me of a nice mocchacino.

I have been using it on my Jinhao 59, but I would like some recommendations on other pens that I could match with this color. Recommendations on similar inks would also be appreciated!

I finally settled on my October pen & ink lineup, and I’m really happy with how these pairings came together. 🍂

I started with a much larger pile of possibilities, so I swatched everything first and let the colors narrow it down. The final six are:
• Golden Journey — Pilot Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo
• Pelikan M200 Apricot Achat — Pilot Iroshizuku To-ro
• Tortoise Estie — Esterbrook x Bungubox Kingfisher
• Bordeaux Kaweco Sport — Birmingham Pen Co. Iron Ore
• Slate Blue TWSBI Eco — Van Dieman’s Nightfall
• Purple Monteverde Ritma — Pilot Iroshizuku Syun-gyo

The swatch page is probably my favorite part of the process. Seeing all six together made the final choices so much easier — and I love that the overall palette feels very October without being aggressively orange/brown.

Which pairing would you pick as your favorite?

And what are you all inking up for October?

So, I got a Lamy 2000 (1st Gen) used from eBay, unfortunatly the Barrel that was delivered with the fountain pen stopped working after a while. Since then i cant screw the knob in the back to fill it up with ink. Even using force wont move it much.

I just got a new Barrel delivered, but there is a difference to see and feel between the barrel and the grip part. The grip part is slightly bigger then the barrel, where they make contact. If I use the older Barrel, its flush to the gripsection and you cant feel or see where they make contact.

Is it possible, that there are two different generations with two different dimensions?