Just a nib wetting tool I bought from Aliexpress – is it any good?

Held up to the light, this is what I like a nib slit to look like. The left tine looks a little higher than the right tine – that’s a light reflection artifact.

It’s the Diamond Jubilee episode!

With today:
00:55 Iron gall ink in piston-fillers?
03:00 Ink making (raw ingredients etc.)
05:15 Re-magnetizing a magnetic Visconti cap
07:10 #6 vs. #8 nibs (does size matter?)
15:00 In(k)fluencers in the pen world
25:09 “Showing the state of the collection” and repercussions

This pen was kindly lent to me by Joost Appelboom – thank you!

Measurements
Length (capped): 107.1 mm/4.22”
Length (uncapped):  100.4 mm/3.95”
Length (posted): 127.8 mm/5.03”
Diameter (section): 9.5—10.0 mm/0.38—0.40”
Diameter (barrel): 10.1—10.9mm/0.40—0.43”
Weight (all): 11.0 g
Weight (body): 6.0 g
Weight (cap): 5.0 g

Measurements
Length (capped): 144.9 mm/ 5.70”
Length (uncapped): 135.3 mm/ 5.33”
Length (posted): 181.4 mm/ 7.14”
Diameter (section): 11.6—13.3mm /0.46—0.52”
Diameter (barrel): 13.0—15.4mm/0.51—0.61”
Weight (all): 36.0 g
Weight (body): 22 g
Weight (cap): 14 g

SBRE Brown fountain pen ink is back!  This ink is made by Diamine and will be  distributed by P.W. Akkerman in The Hague: get yours here.  I realize shipping outside of the EU may be costly, but you will also not pay 21% VAT.  You may want to see a full Inkcyclopedia entry on this ink, but bear in mind the ink now comes in very cool 120 ml (4 oz.)  Akkerman Dutch Masters bottles.  The price of the ink is 23.50 EUR – that’s more than the ink cost last time, but you get four times as much ink plus a very cool, reusable bottle this time around!

A review of the Montblanc Heritage Collection 1912 fountain pen, from La Couronne du Comte! Continue reading →

My sweet wife gave me a very cool Christmas present: this Leatherman Surge, in its latest incarnation (inmetalnation?).  In this video, I unbox the tool and give you my first impressions; after using it for a while, I will do a full review.