Its a well-established fact that I love Kaweco pens. As fountain pens go, the Kaweco Sport line ticks all my boxes: great nib not too big/heavy reasonably priced pocket-able classic looking clip is optional interchangeable nib system The only downside with Kaweco was the lack of appealing body colors. Beyond black, white and aluminum, I…
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Attn: Lefties!
I got wordy today on The Cramped with a Fountain Pen Guide for Lefties. Big thanks to Patrick Rhone for letting me contribute. If you have any other questions, leave them in the comments here or shoot me an email or holler on Twitter.
Link Love: Four P’s and some I’s
Inks: Organics Studio Nickel Teal (via Pens! Paper! Pencils!) Akkerman Hague Brown (via A Fool With A Pen) Pilot Iroshizuku Tsuki-Yo (via Ed Jelley) Pens: Kaweco AL Sport (EF Nib) (via The Pen Addict) Lamy AL-Star Blue-Green Broad (via Gourmet Pens) TWSBI 540 Amber Fountain Pen – F Nib (via The Clicky Post) Pilot Kakuno…
Esterbrook 9314F: Fine Stub
Do you ever come across a pen or a nib you think “this is my signature pen?” The one that makes your handwriting look better without doing anything but using it? That’s how I feel about the Esterbrook 9314F Relief Fine Stub. Its from the “higher end” line of nibs from Esterbrook, the Master series…
Top Five Best (and Worst) Round-Up
There’s been several new Top Five pen lists pop-up on the web in the past few weeks so I thought I’d share them here. Alt.Haven’s Top 5 Pens. The list is fountain pens but its a great assortment. Brad’s collected Top 5 Pens list includes his top five fountain pens, micro gels, plastic-tipped, inks and…
Happy Ester(brook) Sunday!
Spring is the perfect time to pull out the Esterbrooks, dust them off and see which ones need a little spring cleaning. This is my whole Esterbrook collection and I can see a gaping absence of a brown or rootbeer model as well as a need for several more pastel pocket pens to fill out…
Link Love: Official Mascot and more catch-up
First, I’d like you to all admire my new and fully customized Link mascot thanks to my pal and co-worker Adan who, clearly, is a fabulous illustrator. I think I need Link on a t-shirt! Now, on to the links: Paper: Leuchtturm 1917 soft cover notebook review (via Pen Addict) “Stone” Paper (Da Vinci Notebook)…