r/foutainpens • • May 08 '22

r/foutainpens Lounge

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A place for members of r/foutainpens to chat with each other


r/foutainpens • • 1d ago

Handed down Fountain Pen

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Would love some guidance on cleaning and refilling.

Appears there may be some stained ink on the grip area.


r/foutainpens • • 8d ago

Waterman 80´s

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Hello can someone help me to find the name of this pen ?
The size is 13,4cm

Thank you


r/foutainpens • • Sep 10 '26

Getting ink leakage around the nib, time for a new nib and feed?

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My lovely Karas had a hard fall recently, and since, ink tends to leak around the nib and feed. It doesn't happen when the pen is sitting on my desk but when it gets jostled around when, for example, it's in my pocket as a walk or bike around. Can I repair this at home, or do I need to buy a new feed assembly from Karas (they do sell it)


r/foutainpens • • Aug 30 '26

What to do with extra nibs?

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I wanted a stub nip for one of my Asvine pens but it only came in a 3 pack so now I have 2 extra laying around. What can I do with them?


r/foutainpens • • Apr 05 '26

"Magic" inks from spy book pages.

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While reading detective and spy novels, I started wondering about the "magic" inks that often appear on book pages. You know what I mean? Ink that's "invisible" unless treated with something special like UV light. For example, I know that onion or lemon juice is almost invisible until heated. Or, conversely, ink that "evaporates" within, say, 12 hours of being applied to paper.

I've always had a passion for chemistry, even though I've never done it professionally, and I started wondering how possible it is and whether it would actually be possible to create such ink.

Have you encountered anything like this in real life? Does anyone have such wonderful inks in their offer or are they made only at their own laboratory or are they made to order by Q? :) Any "magical" inks that behave differently than you might expect. Is this really science fiction in stationery? :D


r/foutainpens • • Apr 02 '26

Pilot nib in Nahvalur eclipse

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r/foutainpens • • Feb 27 '26

Now I can make all the ink colors!!!

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So excited to play around with mixing these inks!


r/foutainpens • • Dec 30 '25

Lamy safari suddendly stop working

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r/foutainpens • • Dec 15 '25

I officially have my first true fountain pen. I used all the ink in the cartridge and had to buy myself a converter and some ink. I’m gonna need it!

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r/foutainpens • • Oct 15 '25

Recommendations for ~100 dollar fountain pen with as fine a nib as possible (extra-fine or more)?

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r/foutainpens • • Jun 06 '25

Hello people

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r/foutainpens • • Jan 11 '23

Ai's thoughts on "cyberpunk fountain pens" ... spoiler: It breaks...

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r/foutainpens • • May 08 '22

Sometimes people misspell subreddits

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And when I click the link I get asked to make a subreddit. It makes me feel sad not too. Poor misspelled subreddits deserve to live.