Just curious... a lot of fountain pens, when capped during use, are way longer than most clickable pens. Does this present a problem for anyone? In short, do you write with the cap on the back of your pen or with the cap on the desk? Thanks for your input! JC

A pack of black Quink cartridges cost $2.50 a month ago, but are no longer stocked. Now, Wal-Mart has neither fps nor fp ink :(. We're losing ground, folks. -- ~~Bluesea~~ Spam is great in musubi but not in email. Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply.

I have a question about my newly acquired, used Pelikan 400 (older style, not two-toned) medium oblique nib. Usually when I uncap it to write with I find a little "pool" of ink on the top of the nib, midway between the tip and the hole. Is this normal? I'm using Pelikan 4001 ink (blue) too. ...

Jo wrote: " Is anyone using black ink in a fountain pen? Does that look good? I know black ink only from india ink and calligraphy. Pelikan sells ink refills in big bottles (1000 ml) only for the two colors royal blue and black. So there must be a market for black ink, I guess. I'm trying...

I'm a complicated person with a peculiar dichotomy of tastes. I have a technical position which affords me the ability to wear T-shirts and jeans everyday to work. The problem is, I'd like to carry a fountain pen with me (no shirt pockets) and would like to get some feedback and personal...

A pack of black Quink cartridges cost $2.50 a month ago, but are no longer stocked. Now, Wal-Mart has neither fps or fp ink :(. We're losing ground, folks. -- ~~Bluesea~~ Spam is great in musubi but not in email. Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply.

I've tried a number of pens such as the Levenger/Sheaffer Seas pens, Conklin (moderns) Visconti Kaleido, etc. and they all have one thing in common. The sections stain and usually ink works itself between the blind cap and the cap and stains the material in that area too. I don't have a blind cap...

Cigarettes carry warnings such as "Cigarettes damage your health". The warnings are written on the outside of the packaging. Perhaps there should also be compulsory warnings on the outside of the packaging of new fountain pens. The warnings might say "Fountain pens often skip until their nibs...

Bought a pack of wax crayons, ala crayola, but an own brand one. A cheapo, 24 or 32, I think, chunky crayons for less than a =A31. Now I use them to highlight stuff I wrote. I noticed that one of my cheapo fountain pens stopped writing well just after I rewrote something I had already highlighted...

TRAVIS, YOU HAVE HAD MY PENS FOR OVER A MONTH. I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU'RE ALIVE AND WELL, THAT'S WHY IT'S PUZZLING WHY YOU ARE NOT RESPONDING TO MY EMAIL AND PHONE MESSAGES. I ASK THAT YOU RETURN MY PENS AND CONFIRM THE FACT EITHER BY EMAIL OR PHONE. Mark

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A few years ago there was a man in Illinois, either Rockford or Freeport address (?), who was a retired retailer but kept a supply of main brand pens at home and sold them from his website. I bought a couple from him, including my intrroduction to the Namiki VP. Seems that he summered up north in...

I have a BHR Waterman 52 and a blue marbled Conway Stewart 14 without usable caps. Can anyone help with these parts? Many thanks, Jim Liggett

Has anyone had an opportunity to try one of these pens? I'm wondering what's so special about the ink. I hear it's a sort of gel which supposedly out-lasts ballpoint pen (refills). Thanks, JC, who's not afraid to try something new as long as someone else tests the waters first.

I can't recall the last time anyone asked these questions, so here goes... 1. What is/are your favorite fountain pen(s) for extensive writing? 2. What is/are your favorite rollerball(s)? 3. What is/are your favorite ballpoint(s)? 4. What is/are your favorite gel(s)?

I have way too much ink. I'd like to sell the following, which will reduce my inventory to a sensible level. I'd like to deliver this to someone in the Portland, OR area or perhaps at the Portland Pen show. Then I don't have to ship it and worry about it breaking, although I'll pack it as if it's...

Just when I think life in Evansville, Indiana stinks because of the lack of ink, I read this in today's local news: http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=3518282&nav=3w6nbQlu Granted, it isn't fountain pen ink, but exciting just the same!

Having gotten some nice art deco ink wells and some bizarre-looking Soennecken nibs I would like to give dip pens a try. But what inks ought I use? I have pretty much standardized on Noodler's/Swisher's for my FPs, but dip pens would seem to have different requirements or allow other...

Black, that is. Finally got around to washing out a (pretty wet) Pelikan and filling it from one of the two bottles I bought at the Portland Pen Show last July. It ain't black, folks. It's an insipid light blue black. Is it possible I have a couple of bottles from an early defective production...

pilot hi tec c pens. they are awesome...smooth ink flow, fine tips (they even come in 0.25mm tip sizes now!), tons of colors...mmm. they used to be really hard to find, but i recently found them on www.jetpens.com what is your favorite gel pen and why??