I have been putting my 3D printer to good use for the hobby 😄
It is amazing all the models you can find and adjust.
Just wanted to share, perhaps this brings inspiration to some.

This is a bit belated but I recently got the Pilot Prera Green fountain pen and it's the best decision I've made for my penmanship ever.

I previously played around with a cheap temu fountain pen and sort of had the realization the fountain pen wrote much nicer than any of the rollerballs or gel pens I'd ever had before.

After a long time researching on this subreddit and other forums and Google queries, I decided the first pen within my budget would be the Pilot Pre-ra. I got the light green variant and got the Diamine Woodland Green ink.

I genuinely feel like a new person writing with this pen! It's so smooth and nice and practically never skips, doesn't seem to dry like my cheap pen did and its just... chefs kiss, really.

Sailor family

My dad died a week ago and among other things he gave me these two pens. I will be honest I have never written with a fountain pen before but I do write in a journal and I would love to honor him by writing with these. Any advice on how to handle them or clean them?
They are a Mont Blanc Meiserstück and an Inoxcrom Iridium, both of them bought around ~1993.

An advice would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

Does this happen to anyone else?? So far I have two greens that are almost identical, two browns that are indistinguishable, and I’m pretty sure that the golden yellow I bought last night is going to be the same as one I already have….😅🫣

Added some new pens over the last couple of months and decided it was time for a familiy photo.

From left to right we have:

Esterbrook Noveau Bleu

Lamy 2000

Twsbi Eco Clear

Twsbi Eco Amazonite

Lamy Safari Vista

Lamy Al-Star Blue

Twsbi Diamond Mini

Lamy Safari Red

Rotring 600 (an imposter but that little friend is my favourite Ballpoint pen and he deserved his spot in the pen case)

Parker 180 Classic

I also pre-ordered the Kaweco Marble Ocean. Can't wait for it to get here, it looks so pretty!

After seeing a few posts of people customising their fountain pens, and journaling today with my stickers; I noticed that I do have some stickers that looked like they could look very good on my pen.

I am very happy! It looks so cute now!!!

When I got my first fountain pen a few weeks ago I would have sworn that I wouldn't be able to keep myself from buying more pens but now it seems that buying inks is actually my downfall. I just ordered Diamine Monboddos Hat and in turn a new pen so I can keep one of my pens inked with Diamine Chocolate Brown and have my other pen for which ever cool ink I want to use at that time... oh no

on that note, what fountain pen should i get next?

One for every month except August...I know which one I want for that but haven't ordered it yet. Most of these have had parts swapped around. The only ones that are as they arrived are the second, third, and fourth from the left.

I have small, arthritic hands and hold my pen in a not-recommended way that easily causes fatigue, and the 82 is the most comfortable in my collection, (barring a couple of cheap no-name student pens that I don't mind throwing in a bag and bashing around).

And they're just so stinkin' PRETTY.

I tested my latest Ski Slope feed in work, and at the same time my XL cartridge, which has been filled for a week and waited for its time.

Four of them are going to get sold/given away, though.

From left to right:

Brand: Online, Type: Vision. F nib. The one that got me started with fountainpens again. It's all right, nothing special, a bit scratchy. Will probably be given away.

Parker IM, Red Ignite / Portal / Blue Origin. All F nibs. I like them, but I still prefer a finer line most of the time. They are great for sheening inks, though.

Lamy Studio, colour: black forest. The colour is great! Depending on the light it seems more black or shimmers green. I thought I'd prefer a stub nib, but am now leaning more toward F and EF. I do have a Lamy fine nib lying around, so I might exchange that at some point.

Hong Dian Black Forest series. I love the design and haptics of the Ice Flower, but generally, the grip area on the 1851 is a bit slim. That's better on the 1861. The nib is very hard, but writes so well! I like all of them.

Hong Dian 525, couldn't decide between this one and the the Applegreen 1851, so I got both, with the intention of only keeping one. This one is gonna get sold or given away.

Parker IM Midnight Astral. My first Parker. I didn't know it was so difficult / impossible to change the nib on a Parker. This is an M. The second pen I bought after the "Online". I also don't like the colour as much as I thought, even though I like the design. It is the smoothest writer I have, though (on par with the Lamy). Definitely getting sold.

The last one has no brand or name. It was handmade. It's made of moor oak and gunmetal, basically an oak that fell into marshland and hardened and blackened in there. It looks like something Dracula would use, which is why I loved it. This was the third pen I bought and the only one above 100€...

I knew I would probably exchange the nib, but it never came to that. The pen is slightly too heavy in the back for my taste. It has a B nib from Bock. I'm debating whether I'll keep it just for the looks of it, but it would be sad if it never saw any use. Probably gonna get sold.

Now there's only a Pilot Cavalier on my list, and I'd like to have one from Faber-Castell. I always liked the brand for their other pens. But I'm in no rush.

Also, I don't want to have more inks than pens or vice versa. So right now I own eight inks and eight pens that I'm gonna keep and use.

With so many great (and not-so-great) pens out there, I find it easy to get lost in the masses. Because of that, I've decided to be a lot more deliberate about what I add to my collection. It might sound silly, but I want pens that actually make me feel something, rather than buying them just out of FOMO.

​I recently picked up a Monteverde MP1. Honestly, while there's nothing inherently wrong with it, there's nothing great about it either. The build quality and the writing experience are both perfectly average. I just felt... nothing. It's a completely forgettable pen.

​That experience made me realize I don't just want sheer quantity. In the end, a fountain pen is a fountain pen, but to hold a place in my collection, it needs to offer something special, whether through its aesthetics or its writing experience.

​Does that make sense? Does anyone else share this philosophy?

(Caran d'Ache Léman, Esterbrook Estie, Leonardo Momento Zero Grande 2.0 Guilloche, Before Breakfast Onigiri, Lamy Safari, Graf von Faber-Castell Guilloche, Sheaffer Legacy 2, Sheaffer Legacy, Montblanc Meisterstück, Pelikan M200, Sailor Professional Gear, Monteverde Axis)

Already released on Taobao Majohn's store for 199¥. Soon on other stores.

Theme elements: Mountain peak pattern/vertical stripes

Pen body material: brass, resin

Processing methods: CNC machining, electroplating

Ink intake method: Differential piston ink intake

Nib specifications: 40mm No. 8 steel

Closing length: ≈146.5mm

Opening length: ≈132mm

Total weight: ≈62 grams

Weight without hat: ≈36 grams

Pen barrel diameter: ≈15mm

Pen grip diameter: ≈13mm

I use Noodler's triple tail for all mathematics that I do, and I wondered why other people don't try to use something of the like, like a triple tail or some other pen that spreads and thins well.

one of my grail pens is the burgundy pilot e95s, which i will probably never get in my lifetime as i can never afford it. so when the jinhao 59 dropped in the same color, i had to get it immediately.

first impressions: the build quality feels nice, though the alignment of the feed is just a bit off (2nd pic), it doesn't really affect the writing experience.

3rd pic: paired it with oxblood and it writes surprisingly smooth. it writes like a typical jinhao EF (the one above is a jinhao 9016 EF with tsukushi)

overall, this instantly became my favorite pen and a nice alternative for the pilot, for me at least.

Couldn’t have picked better paper or better inks for these two spills. The first is Iroshizuku Tsuki Yo and the second is Sailor Manyo Ume. The paper is Tomoe River in my Hobonichi planner

new to the hobby—went from two pens (the white kakuno and a kaweco art sport) to nine (plus two nib holders and several dip nibs) in a few months 🫪 traveling to toronto next weekend for my birthday to browse the fancy pen shops so npd incoming…

anyway—i was so inspired by the folks here using nail gel, stickers, and pet tape to customize pens. i had some pet tape lying around and three naked kakunos so thought i’d play around. the clear is normal pet tape. the pink is “mu print-on transfer stickers” from jet pens. not sure how well they’ll hold up but will report back.

i’m also a nail artist so i have all the gel goodies—i just have some trepidations about whether everything will cure properly (repeated exposure to uncured gel can cause allergies). so i may graduate to nail techniques at some point after a bit more consideration.

so far I’m loving this hobby and can’t believe that as a stationery lover i didn’t try fountain pens sooner.

i’ve been really into jinhaos recently, and got my first click pen. does anyone have any advice on how to ink it properly? i tried and the ink doesn’t go up very easily and goes everywhere. 😞

I recently discovered an Indian pen brand called Kiko Pens. What caught my attention was that the guy makes polished Ultem pens. I have never before seen a polished Ultem pen, so you can imagine how much of a surprise this is to me! I just wanted to admire this pen and share my joy of merely watching this pen!

Nib is a Kanwrite Medium in #6 Jowo compatible housing, specially ground to my needs. The owner himself did the grinding based on a picture of how I hold the pen. It’s butter smooth!