This pen was kindly lent to me by Joost Appelboom. Don’t forget to click the Appelboom banner on the right to obtain a 10% discount on your order (excluding Montblanc).
My friend Peter (who is left-handed) and I have recorded a video for you on fountain pen use for left-handed people. Can left-handers use fountain pens? What should they take into account? What can they expect? What nibs, inks and paper might work well for them?
Victor of Constellations88 kindly sent me this pen for review – thank you!
Measurements
Length (capped): 128.4 mm/5.05″
Length (uncapped): 125.8 mm/4.95″
Length (posted): N/A”
Diameter (section): 11.6 – 12.9 mm/0.45″ – 0.50″
Diameter (barrel): 13.9 – 16.1 mm/0.54″ – 0.63″
Weight (all): 28.5 g
Weight (cap): 8 g
Weight (body): 20.5 g
The distributor of Platinum (and Lamy) in Canada generously lent me this tester set of Platinum nibs, which means I can give you an overview of all of these nibs!
Kunisawa very generously sent me a large number of notebooks – so let’s have a good look at them.
In this new series of videos, I chat about my pens. There will be no writing samples here: if you’re interested in that, please check out my reviews of the individual pens or see my Personal Pens videos.
In this first installment, I talk about my Visconti pens.
Maxpedition allowed me to purchase this pack for review purposes at a discount – thank you kindly!
Let’s chat about reviewers being enthusiastic about expensive pens, the cognitive dissonance phenomenon, and how to deal with that phenomenon. And, as a free bonus: let’s chat about objectivity in reviews again.
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Mr Peter Ford of MrPen very kindly sent me the complete lineup of 10 nibs he sells for the Churchman’s Prescriptor model. A very exciting opportunity to demonstrate how each of these nibs write.
Top to bottom: Extra-Fine, Fine, Medium, Broad, Left-Foot Non-Italic Broad, Right-Foot Non-Italic Broad, Left-Foot Italic Broad, Right-Foot Italic Broad, Extra Broad Italic, Extra Broad Cursive
Let’s talk about why anyone would want to use fountain pens in an increasingly digital age.