A few months ago, almost the moment that I saw it, I bought a Vazir Claro from the Vazir website in India. The Claro is an attractive crimson resin pen in a pretty standard cigar shape, but what caught my eye was the fact that it was fitted with a stunning hand-engraved nib. I made […]
Over the past several months, the Jinhao x159 has been one of the most discussed and reviewed new fountain pens on the internet, largely due to its larger than standard nib. Perhaps looking to capitalize on this large-nib fervor, Kanwrite has recently begun producing one of the largest fountain pen nibs on the market: a […]
The Nauka is a hand-made fountain pen from the company “ASA” out of Chennai, India. I ordered the Nauka in matte black ebonite with a broad nib, and I absolutely love the pen. The price, when ordering from the USA, is about $60, but if you’re ordering from India, it’s less than half of that: […]
A couple of months ago I ordered a beautiful acrylic Abhimanyu from a Ranga “group buy” on facebook and loved it, so when I saw that there was a new Abhimanyu Grand model, I had to buy a couple of them. As always, the production and shipping were remarkably fast, with my order placed on […]
I’ve purchased several Indian fountain pens from Kanwrite, Click, and Fountain Pen Revolution and I’ve really liked most of them, but this is the first one that has been a true work of art. As the name suggests, the Ranga 9B is a very large fountain pen: it’s seven inches long and 3/4 of an […]
As I mentioned in my previous video, converting Jinhao pens to use Zebra G-nibs is a popular way to get a nice soft, flexy nib for calligraphy, vintage scripts, and just general awesomeness. This video explains how to convert a Jinhao 750 to use a Zebra-G nib, though “conversion” is a bit of a stretch. […]
If you’re watching this, you’ve probably also seen some of the amazing results that people get when using flex nibs in their pens. In my quest to get some of the same capabilities for my own writing, I have tried a few different options, and this is what I found. My first foray was with […]
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