I work at an IT Center Helpdesk on my campus and a coworker stole a converted platinum preppy pen to annoy me. She unscrewed it, and had blue fingers for two days. :) It was filled with diamine registrars ink and I only lost a few drops of ink....it was so worth it. BTW, I've never had any...

After reading about the mixed opinions about MB blueblack, I've given it a try. It's great, especially with moleskines: no bleeding, smearing.... I'm using it with a parker 45 first since I can unscrew the nib in case of clogging, but I'm a bit scared about using it with a parker 51 because of the...

I need a new pen. I've been looking at the Pelikan Soverans. Does anybody have one and willing to tell me about it. How would you rate it among other comparables? Is it really among the smoothest writers? T

Oh my goodness... Recently, I began to write again, and what a mess my handwriting has become! As a former letter writer (a change of jobs and then the computer did my writing in), I used to correspond with friends through pages of letters. Because of speed and the ball points that I used,...

I did a bad thing. I put my Sheaffer Triumph Imperial (by far the best $12 pen I've ever encountered!) in my shirt pocket with the cap posted. The ink is from one of the black cartridges that came with the pen. They are not marked like they were in the old days, so I can't tell if it is supposed...

Since we've been on the topic of ink recently, another Pop Survey to correspond is appropriate. Question: What brand(s) of black, blue-black, blue, red, green, purple, and/or turquoise do you currently have loaded in your pen(s)? Me: Black - Noodler's in a Namiki Falcon & a Core, and Sheaffer in...

I use waterman's blue-black ink as I was told it has small ink particles and will give good even flow. Any suggestions for a better ink? Also, the only way I can fill a converter is to remove the nib and dip the converter into the ink well. It seems that other's may dip the whole nib into the ink,...

Hi, Since these are on closout, I picked one up to leave on my desk at work so that my loss would be small if someone walks off with it... It's a nice, inexpensive pen, but I'm having a problem with the converter they supply. Seems that it gets stuck in the barrel when I unscrew the barrel, and...

Hi, I normally use a Koh-I-Noor technical pen and ink to write in my Moleskin notebook. The paper is very smooth but very thin. (I use the plain notebook with the orange label - hence lots of pages. As opposed to the Moleskin notebook with fewer but thicker pages - ideal for art and probably...

OK, I know I'm among friends, so I can admit this, and it will go no further, right? Stays in this room? OK. See, I have all these wonderful FPs. A couple north of $500 to purrchase. Several more not far below that. I love them. I use them. But recently I got hold of a pack of Pilot G-2...

My handwriting is awful. It's never going to be neat, but a lot of the problem is the _style_. At English schools of the '70s, I was taught a *******ised copperplate. It's an ugly hand, with a lot wrong with it. Now I think I need to learn something different. English copperplate is an arrogant...

I just bought a pen from someone on eBay. Included with the purchase were two Parker ink cartridges wtih Turquoise ink. These were items she bought when the Parker plant closed in Janesville, WI. I never knew Parker made a Turquoise ink. Penman probably did, but these were definitely Quink...

Hi Everyone: Here are some last minute updates for you for this weekend's New York City Pen Show. 1. Krone Pens, the sponsor of the New York City Pen Show will have their complete line of both daily writers and limited edition pens on display. They will have the newest editions, the Marilyn...

I am looking for a pen like the Pelikan 800, but less expensive for an everyday pen. I like the ink capacity, the girth, the filler mechanism...(I fill my pens daily) My pens get a lot of banging around. They are out and in use constantly, sometimes would getting hits on bars (at the jail),...

Hi, Pen Enthusiasts, I'm co-inventor of a new kind of fountain pen. It's one of three finalists in an invention competition on BBC television. If you'd like to find out more, visit www.mosquitopen.com. There's even a draw to win one of a hundred individually-numbered, limited edition pens as soon...

Hello I have discovered some bottles of ink that I bought about ten to five years ago. Thay are mainly Parker and Waterman. Can anyone tell me if i can still use these inks, or will the fact that they've been opened affect the ink and therefore damage my pens? Many thanks Gary

I am looking for a new fountain pen in the $50 - $100 range. It looks like I can get a Pelikan 200, Waterman Expert II or a Northpointe for around the same price. Will someone who knows far more than I compare and contrast these pens for me as I have not used any of them. My daily writer is...

Hi Did a search, and found a little bit of information, but I know there's more out there. :-) I've been using MB blue-black ink, and find that it feathers far less than other inks I've used. What other recommendations do you have for non-feathering ink? (Concentrating on the JCIIACP, or John...

sorry... alliteration breaks the monotony. Got the blind cap off of the snork. found the 0-ring. And quickly figured out how the mechanism works. slick. just couldn't picture it with the filler tube still in the barrel. the o-ring is quite hard and will probably take some effort to remove it...

satrap wrote: (Do they even teach penmanship in American grade schools anymore?) They certainly need to, as my junior high students have terrible penmanship. Dave, I think they need "handwriting boot camp"! (just KIDDING!) Satrap