fountain pens

[silverflight8]

I bought myself Pilot's Metropolitan fountain pen, and I really like it. It's a starter fountain pen at a very affordable price (I got it on jetpens, where it was $18) and very unfussy. It's got a rounded nib, not an italic nib, unlike my other fountain pen, so you can write like you would normally. And it can take a cartridge and comes with a converter, which basically sucks up ink from a bottle of ink, instead of a disposable cartridge. I have a lot of dip pens, which are great because they're super flexible in effects and inks, but tends to be really fussy to work with - I have to clear off my table to accommodate everything, need water to wash nibs with, etc. And whenever I have to work with ink like that, I always get it all over my fingers. I like that with this pen it writes like a nice gel pen might, with a thin tip too, and is as easy to use as a ball point.

(I also bought like four 0.38 mm gel pens at the same time. I REALLY like the fine points. 0.5 is terrible and 0.7 is unspeakable.)