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n quickly nice price 7 10 faber castell ecco pigment 0 1 2 50 this oddly shaped pen writes as fine a line with its fibre tip as some of the nominally finer pens here but there is a big ridge in the ergonomic grip zone unless you have a really low grip the ink pad inside rattles around 6 10 nikko technical finepoint system 0 05 9 99 for 12 water soluble and presumably not archival ink undistinguished looking black and white pen with a nice plastic tip nb there is also a permanent version of this pen for writing on film plastic etc that has a grey barrel and blue cap and writes a much thicker line 5 10 ohto graphic liner 0 05 1 75 needlepoint tiny rollerball metal tipped pen which writes a slightly thicker line than the other pens here but still has the pigmented ink the answer to a field notes notebook users dreams maybe not because the ink is quite wet and may bleed black with orange lines on the barrel 8 10 pilot drawing pen 005 2 99 writes a thick line of wet ink that bleeds more than the ohto nice purple pen with funky grey squares that writes more like a 0 1 i imported mine from japan there is now a uk version with white blobs instead of grey squares which i shall have to try but this japanese one is not as good as the old pilot dr pen 5 10 sakura pigma micron 005 2 21 archival ink acid free the original pen of this type lightweight and controllable pen that lays a dark black line the tip does wear down to nothing before the ink runs out though 14 colours imagine the zentangles 9 10 staedtler 308 pigment liner 005 2 40 another classic pen good to write with firm tip i find the ink runs out before the plastic tip wears down indelible in accordance with iso 14145 2 resists highlighting 9 10 uni pin fine line 0 05 1 74 as good as the staedtler and writes an even finer line there s a funky window in the cap so you can see the polyacetal tip 10 10 zig millennium 005 1 80 acid free ink 8 colours the grip section is relatively thick which i find uncomfortable nearly as heavy as the metal copic sp at 11 g the rest of the pens are around 8 g 7 10 the pens tested on rhodia paper other pens to consider kuretake zig mangaka drawing pen 01 edding 1800 profipen derwent graphik line maker drawing pen black aristo geocollege pigment liner drawing pen marvy le pen technical drawing pen 0 03 mm black etc in the uk you can find these pens at tiger pens cult pens drawing pens and copic who sell other brands not just copic cult pens have a guide to technical drawing pens while jetpens in the us have a guide to drawing pens and a guide to technical pens posted in photo review tagged pen 2 comments these have seen the light posted on july 3 2016 september 4 2016 by jovike the field notes snowblind edition really deserves to be unwrapped and used outdoors the white cover changes to blue when the book is bathed in the uv light of direct sunlight i have never seen this effect placed on my windowsill behind double glazing and still wrapped in cellophane even in the british midsummer the photochemistry has no chance of happening update we had some sunny weather so i removed the cellophane the white covers that had been sealed inside turned blue immediately it looks like the top cover had been deactivated and slightly yellowed by continual exposure the notebook on the right is a silvine memo book 99p its front cover is the same colour as the ladybird on the left but the back is sunned as they say in the book trade with the faint pink shadow of a 50p coin the last element here is the retro 51 dr gray tornado rollerball pen which is luminous it does write very smoothly and actually leaves the same line as a vintage sheaffer fountain pen i bought recently there are still some dr grays available at the penshed at the time of writing the skeleton image is beautifully printed with a lacquer finish henry gray wrote the book on human anatomy anatomy published in 1858 well yes there are other books on the subject posted in photo tagged paper pen leave a comment meanwhile back at the maisonette posted on may 29 2016 may 29 2016 by jovike while i m working on a couple of blog posts i thought you might like to see what i have bought recently as a purple fan the limited edition dark lilac lamy safari is a must buy for me the other fountain pen in the photo is a dex by kingsley from their new smooth soft range the odd name aside this looks like it could be a classic design that might join the lamy safari and pilot mr metropolitan as a low cost 12 00 recommendable fountain pen the dex comes in a range of colours including acid green aceeeeed we can t get the lamy dark lilac ink in bottles in the uk such a shame i got some lavender purple montblanc ink from the pen shop 60 ml 10 50 and they have sent me the plastic platinum card you see here promising future discounts the brown notebook is the taroko design regular notebook 110mm x 210mm dot grid paper i got two notebooks from bureau direct for a total of 11 90 incl p p yes tomoe river paper in the uk these notebooks can be used as they come but are intended as inserts for leather folders the midori travelers notebook there is also a smaller passport size the taroko notebooks can also be obtained from the taroko shop on etsy who also stock coleto refills and pan am stickers these items rest upon the new hawkwind single remastered and cut at abbey road the first 7 inch vinyl record i ve bought for a few years the b side tunnels of darkness is not on their fine new album the machine stops the book is a collection of writings by ballard sladek angela carter beryl bainbridge etc from a magazine edited by emma tennant another fine purchase from fantastic literature whose latest booklist is always worth a look now i have to walk max again posted in photo tagged paper pen leave a comment a brace of parker 45s posted on april 16 2016 april 17 2016 by jovike the prologue i put an absolute block on myself in september john do not buy any more fountain pens i have bought seven since then mostly by reflex or to take advantage of a good price this is about one per month which is a big reduction in my habit anyway it is so much easier to buy than to sell even the simplest ebay listing with a few photos seems to take ages to construct but this is what i need to be doing selling duplicates and those other pens that i might quite like but are not my favourites so from now on i shall do comparative reviews of more than one pen where possible to weed out the collection oh parker yus milady parker pens are well known in the uk the many hundreds of w h smith shops around the country stock parker s low and mid range models hanging in blister packs from uninspiring displays the teenage me got one as a birthday present a heavy black parker rollerball with gold trim which was nice but the clip was delicate and always getting bent out i got it repaired a couple of times since it came with a lifetime guarantee but the new clip was never any better so i took to wrapping the clip with thick rubber bands and then the pen got stored in a box with all my other pens and pencils my mum lives on the south coast and told me a few years ago that the british parker factory at newhaven is being demolished now parkers are only made in the u s a and france you see what happens when i stop buying them parker s latest innovation is their 5th technology which looks like a fountain pen but has a fibre tip at 110 for the cheapest model it s a gamble for buyers the parker 45 was introduced in 1960 designed for the economy school market it has a tiny nib and an innovation ink cartridges the story of parker and this model including why it was called the 45 is at the comprehensive parkerpens net site found using pennaquod initially all 45s had 14k gold nibs later octanium steel nibs were used on cheaper models production continued until 2007 dirty dirty i bought two parker 45 fountain pens both made in the u s a one has a medium nib the other a fine nib the dark blue pen cost me 18 24 and the stainless steel pen was 14 01 including p p from ebay with patience you could get a better price both have a friction fit cap a squeeze convertor and the same type of replaceable nib and feed that unscrews from the grip section problem no 1 was the steel pen s nib which did not write i had to adjust it for flow and alignment then polish it in accordance with the excellent pen habit s videos problem no 2 was the amount of old blue ink left inside the blue pen whereas the steel pen flushed out with clean water in a few minutes the blue pen needed a lot of work and an overnight soak before the water ran clear fuyu gaki ink since random org chose an orange red ink for me i m expecting this to turn purple during this review ink can sometimes be better than water at dissolving old accretions of dye i filled both pens with pilot iroshizuku fuyu gaki ink so i could compare them more easily this is a really good flowing ink performing poorly on porous paper as found in field notes or whitelines notebooks because of feathering and bleed through but on denser paper like rhodia or tomoe river it behaves well the colour really pops in my photos but in actuality it looks a bit darker i would say it is similar to diamine coral thumbs up i like these pens both write smoothly and the ink flow is fine the steel pen weighs 22g and the plastic 16g i think i prefer the medium nib which will show off ink shading better even though i will have to form my script larger to compensate and i shall unscrew the medium nib and stick it in the steel body the blue pen will go back on ebay with a fine nib one down parker 45s by a six inch notebook flanked by a senator 47 a pilot custom black stripe and a big old purple lamy al star i haven t gone into the usual detail because these are vintage pens that you cannot buy new unless as new old stock nos and ebay buys and their descriptions vary in quality cartridge pens are usually a safer bet than piston or lever fill pens which can need skilled maintenance and replacement nibs can be found since this pen was common until a few years ago if you can find a parker 45 from a well rated dealer then you can probably go for it they are nice reliable pens music for this review ms 45 by l7 and my 45 by holly golightly the brokeoffs posted in photo review tagged ink pen 1 comment w h smith calligraphy pen posted on march 15 2016 march 15 2016 by jovike another random pairing a 20th century pen made by the british company platignum for the stationers w h smith paired with modern pilot kon peki ink an unprepossessing plastic tube you might suppose but inside is not only a converter but a broad italic nib that looks like a new lamy nib and it writes just as well the pen probably only cost me a few quid about thirty five years ago whs were certainly using the cube logo around 1980 remember these lyrics the pilot iroshizuku kon peki ink looks good here on rhodia dotpad 80 gsm paper with some shading and red sheen like the lamy italic nibs there is no tipping material but it writes smoothly the lamy leaves a crisper more square edge these photos show a lot of defects from the plastic moulding process this is not a high quality pen but it writes perfectly well weight with converter 14 g i wrote this to show that i can write quite small characters with the italic nib the nib is marked platignum england italic broad kon peki writing sample on tomoe river cream paper red sheen w h smith sell calligraphy pens to this day now stocking the makes berol manuscript lamy and sheaffer the old model i have is no longer made however platignum is still around as i have mentioned a modern lamy 1 5 nib fits on most of their cheaper models and will give the same results or you could spend about 18 and get a rotring artpen clearly i ve kept this old pen because it s good the italic nib suits my style of large lettering and makes writing fun posted in photo review tagged ink pen 2 comments some ink is not permanent posted on march 3 2016 march 6 2016 by jovike i ve been writing up old episodes of the pen addict in my field notes using a brown pilot g tec c4 but since a scrap of whitelines paper got mixed up with the shopping i realize this is not waterproof these are ios apps i m rating for another twitter account so i have switched to using a pigment ink in a drawing pen the popular staedtler pigment liner 0 05 this writes a finer line but needs a lighter touch than the metal needlepoint of the pilot g tec 0 4 at least i ll be able to read it after any water damage swings and roundabouts the staedtler soon ran dry well i ve had it for decades i didn t have any pigment ink handy so i switched to using a similarly indelible archival sakura pigma micron also with a 0 05 tip the micron leaves a broader line on the paper and feels slightly softer so i m using an even lighter touch than with the staedtler this is not conducive to long writing sessions although writing up old pen addict episodes in field notes notebooks is a bit of spare time fun for me so how to refill the staedtler my solution was to use a waterproof fountain pen ink i could not manage to open the pen at either end as with most of these pens the fibre tip is within a metal collar that is mounted on a plastic cylinder that protrudes from inside the barrel around the cylinder there is a gap presumably so air can replace the ink in the fibrous reservoir using a syringe i decanted drops of noodler s green gator ink down the side of the cylinder about 1 ml of ink disappeared inside and shows no inclination to come out again except through the tip which is what i want so now it writes in green ink i think now i should have a look to see if anyone has compared all the 0 05 pens out there if not there s a blog post in the making water damage is not the only problem with notebooks they can go walkies a tip from stephen hackett via the pen addict podcast 11 backup your notebooks i lost one which had my ebay price notes inside luckily i had captured an image of one page while photographing a pen so all was not lost scan or just photograph each page if your writing is neat you could even use evernote ocr to convert the text to digital form and make it searchable of course your computer is backed up online and in more than one place so you can never lose that data right posted in photo tagged ink pen 1 comment a chart of uk shops online posted on march 2 2016 march 2 2016 by jovike this is a chart of uk pen shops designed to help find elusive brands of pens and ink to compare prices or complete your collection i ve concentrated on fountain pens highlighted green and ink for fountain pens highlighted blue unless it s already green preview of the chart legend f fountain pens r rollerballs b ball pens d drawing pens p pencils i ink download as pdf csv this is a companion post to my earlier larger list of uk pen ink and paper shops on which you can find links to the web sites the list also contains brands only available at one outlet m...