Category Archives: Pens

The Pilot Pluminix

August 20, 2010 – 8:27 pm

A compact fountain pen that looks a bit like a cuttlefish. Do people actually want compact pens with italic nibs? Well, if they do, this is one.

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How small can one write, anyway?

August 14, 2010 – 6:07 pm

This morning I received a brand new Pilot Decimo Capless, with an F nib. I was aware that the Japanese do tend to produce nibs with much finer grades than the European equivalent, but in this case I was really quite surprised; this is easily the finest fountain pen I have used, and in fact [...]

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Jinhao “Long March” fountain pen

August 7, 2010 – 8:40 pm

After hearing about some outrageously decorated pens by the Chinese company Jinhao, available for basically buttons and of good quality, I decided that I had to at least try one. Nothing actually with dragons with gemstones for eyes around the cap or anything like that, but something reasonably subdued. There are several people selling Jinhao [...]

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The Schneider iD fountain pen

July 24, 2010 – 10:34 pm

I recently saw these on Cultpens, and thought that I might depart from my usual range of Lamys and try something slightly new. As of time of writing, the description of these pens on the catalog page of Cultpens is simply “Weird”. It’s an absurd-looking pen, but has a certain charm if you like that [...]

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