The Fountain Pen Book On Sale Today

The Fountain Pen Book by Tony Thomas is on sale today in the Amazon Kindle format. Tony runs The Frugal Fountain Pen blog and has more than a nodding acquaintance with our favorite writing tool. Even if you are thoroughly knowledgeable about fountain pens, for a mere $1.99 you can support a worthy effort to bring more folks into the fold. Sweet and simple, eh?

You can purchase The Fountain Pen Book through my Amazon portal any day, but the sale price is only good through September 4, 2017.

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Sunday Reads: Fountain Pens, Paper, and One Very Lucky Dog

Gobsmacked by the first link. Mother Nature is a very confused lady…

• Two-faced
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Delike New Moon (AKA Knock-off Sailor ProGear Slim)
• Grandmother Asks For The Dog No One Else Wants
• Bloggers Weigh In: Collecting Fountain Pens vs. Using Fountain Pens
• Antique Trader: Fountain pen restoration requires patience, delicate touch
• The Pen Company: Pilot Capless Matte fountain pen review
• Scribble Jot: A Moleskine with Better Paper
• Eat Love Savor: Montegrappa Icons Collection Honors Sophia Loren

Japanese Flex Nibs

From left to right, Platinum #3776 Century Fine Flex (FF), Pilot Custom 742 Falcon (FA), and the Namiki Falcon Soft Fine (SF). None of the nibs are damaged but they do have little touches of ink here and there.

 

 

 

 

Sunday Reads: Pens, Hummingbirds, and Elephants

Elephants and hummingbirds fascinate me so this past week offered some special treats. A watercolor demonstration has inspired me to try painting elephants. It’s way outside my skill level, but fun nevertheless…

• Draw Tip Tuesday: Fountain pen and ink (illustrated filling of an FP)
• Brotherly Love
• Hummingbird Pool Party
• Fountain pen manufacturing a forgotten empire of Akron
• Elephants demonstrate courage, compassion and intelligence
• Wired: Ink Different With These 7 Sensibly Priced Fountain Pens
• Search engines that aren’t Google
• Love at first sight!
• Elephants in three colors

Anyone else a sucker for demos?

If You’ve Ever Wanted To Try A Pilot Kaküno

The Pilot Kaküno is one of my favorite bargain fountain pens. The white barrel with a soft blue cap is just right for a number of blue inks and looks rather sassy with orange. Pink and magenta are attractive colors for it, too. It writes well and is the most lightweight pen in my collection. That is all to the good.

While perusing Amazon for other items, I discovered the blue Kaküno has earned an Amazon’s Choice ranking and is currently listed at less that $10 for either the fine or the medium nib. I ordered mine with a three-pack of CON-50 converters though the pen comes with a cartridge that can be refilled via pipette or syringe.

Hey, what’s not to like about a nib that winks at you!

 

Sunday Reads: Pen Stuff Plus Healing With Art

Doodling, pens, and how art may keep people well…

• Draw Tip Tuesday: Art Journaling and An Urban Sketcher’s Secret (Fountain pens used for both videos.)
• STUFFandTHINGS: Review: MarteModena Chronicle Fountain Pen
• Diver Doesn’t Understand What This Gentle Giant Wants
• Jet Pens video of doodles anyone can draw
• Midori Eraser Dust Mini Cleaners
• Arts can help recovery from illness and keep people well, report says
• Nick Stewart: Krishna swatch tests
• Fountain pen blog: Cleo Skribent Classic Gold, Piston fountain pen; first impressions
• Who Invented It: Who Invented the Pen?
• The Gentleman Stationer: Deals and Drops: More Montegrappa and a new Platinum 3776

 

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— Keith (@lad) July 20, 2017

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Sunday Reads: Pens and Inks Plus Two Giveaways

Hurry, hurry, hurry. Giveaways ending soon…

• Mountain of Ink: Summer Lavender Ink Palette
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Ink Review: Sailor Jentle Sakura Mori
• The Serial Doodler: Review: Robert Oster Marrone Mustard
• Fountain Pen Hospital: Pelikan M200 in Smoky Quartz (Pel is my fave European pen brand.)
• Quo Vadis: Giveaway: Academic year planners with the new Noir covers!
• Pen Chalet: Monteverde California Teal Ink Review & Giveaway!
• Fahrney’s Pens: Platinum 3776 Century Shungyo Fountain Pen (Very pretty.)

My Summer Inks from 2012

Sunday Reads: Coffee, Ebonite, And Vinyls

Pressing records again? New ebonite pens? Bedding made from coffee grounds? What’ll they think of next!

• Which Brand of Watercolour Should You Choose?
• How a Scuba Diver Found a Good Friend Under the Sea
• Leigh Reyes: Vintage nibs in modern pens
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Paper-Oh Notebooks
• Sony to restart vinyl record production
• This Bedding Is Made From Coffee Grounds
• Ebonite Milano Fountain Pen Collection (I haven’t tried one yet, but am a fan of ebonite pens.)

Waterman’s 54 with Pink Nib