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I think I'll stick with my beloved Bic Cristals, this looks like an incredible amount of trouble.

by JohnJamesRambo 9y ago

ggg9990 9y ago
Fountain pens are unnecessary but you at least owe yourself a uni-ball micro or similar.
eckza 9y ago
jetpens.com - hook up some Pilot Hi-Tec Cs. Cheap as anything but I guarantee you’ll never look back.
projektir 9y ago
I'm not sure how anyone can stand these pens. :) There are just so many better ones without having to go all the way down to the fountain pen route. Microns, for example, or decent jet pens, or...
- stewbrew 9y ago
  Light. Robust. Cheap. Perfect form factor. Always works. Doesn't drip. Replacements can be bought about everywhere. I have at least a dozen of these lying around and I pick the one whichever is closest.
ecspike 9y ago
The guy uses a lot of vintage pens. Most modern pens are very low maintenance. I can refill a pen in less than 30 secs if using a converter, 5 secs if I'm popping in a new cartridge. For those that want to go the disposable route, there are several options. The guy is making it sound more involved than it is for 99% of the FP using community.
- rukuu001 9y ago
  > Most modern pens are very low maintenance. And very forgiving. I dragged out a Pelikan I hadn't used in a couple years and found it was half-full of ink, dried ink all over the nib. Gave it a quick wipe, worked perfectly.
  - zarex 9y ago
    Amazing. I'd expect it to be clogged. Nothing a thorough rinse cannot fix, but just a quick wipe? What ink was in it?
    - rukuu001 9y ago
      Yeah, I couldn't believe it :) The ink's Waterman South Sea Blue.
gkya 9y ago
I've been using a fountain pen since when I started uni (nearly 4 years ago), first used a local brand for some months, then found the Pelikan I bought second hand from a pens repairsman, which I still use. I write quite a bit on paper and almost exclusively with my fountain pen, and to this day, I've only been through one bottle of ink, a Lamy Black I bought for TRY15 back in the day (~$3,5 currently). All I ever do to that pen is fill it up when it needs a filling up. And very infrequently I switch from black ink to blue or viceversa. A usable ballpoint or rollerball pen costs at least ~TRY5-10, and it does not last me more than a couple months. Cheaper stuff tends to not be reliable. And it may be hard to find that particular pen again, with the same tip and same feel, whereas with my fountain pen I always know what will happen when I put the thing on some paper.

I think I'll stick with my beloved Bic Cristals, this looks like an incredible amount of trouble.

ggg9990 9y ago

Fountain pens are unnecessary but you at least owe yourself a uni-ball micro or similar.

eckza 9y ago

jetpens.com - hook up some Pilot Hi-Tec Cs. Cheap as anything but I guarantee you’ll never look back.

projektir 9y ago

I'm not sure how anyone can stand these pens. :) There are just so many better ones without having to go all the way down to the fountain pen route. Microns, for example, or decent jet pens, or...

stewbrew 9y ago
Light. Robust. Cheap. Perfect form factor. Always works. Doesn't drip. Replacements can be bought about everywhere. I have at least a dozen of these lying around and I pick the one whichever is closest.

ecspike 9y ago

The guy uses a lot of vintage pens. Most modern pens are very low maintenance. I can refill a pen in less than 30 secs if using a converter, 5 secs if I'm popping in a new cartridge. For those that want to go the disposable route, there are several options. The guy is making it sound more involved than it is for 99% of the FP using community.

rukuu001 9y ago
> Most modern pens are very low maintenance. And very forgiving. I dragged out a Pelikan I hadn't used in a couple years and found it was half-full of ink, dried ink all over the nib. Gave it a quick wipe, worked perfectly.
- zarex 9y ago
  Amazing. I'd expect it to be clogged. Nothing a thorough rinse cannot fix, but just a quick wipe? What ink was in it?
  - rukuu001 9y ago
    Yeah, I couldn't believe it :) The ink's Waterman South Sea Blue.

gkya 9y ago

I've been using a fountain pen since when I started uni (nearly 4 years ago), first used a local brand for some months, then found the Pelikan I bought second hand from a pens repairsman, which I still use. I write quite a bit on paper and almost exclusively with my fountain pen, and to this day, I've only been through one bottle of ink, a Lamy Black I bought for TRY15 back in the day (~$3,5 currently). All I ever do to that pen is fill it up when it needs a filling up. And very infrequently I switch from black ink to blue or viceversa. A usable ballpoint or rollerball pen costs at least ~TRY5-10, and it does not last me more than a couple months. Cheaper stuff tends to not be reliable. And it may be hard to find that particular pen again, with the same tip and same feel, whereas with my fountain pen I always know what will happen when I put the thing on some paper.