TL;DR: This website is (mostly) about drawing with fountain pens. How did it all start? With two fountain pens, both Sailor Fude DE Mannen (the 11-0127 series) and two Pilot Iroshizuku inks.
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Pallas’ cat, the grumpiest in the world -OR- PILOT Elite with 18k F nib (1974)
TL;DR: Did you know Pallas’ cat is the grumpiest in the world? It must be true, because that’s what David Attenborough said during his Frozen Planet II coverage of this grumpy cat (for the whole series, start here). Great subject for a PILOT Elite tryout!
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PILOT Elite E95S EF (2010s) -OR- In which a cat chases a bee
TL;DR: I fished from my pen drawer a pocket pen. Turns out it’s a PILOT Elite model E95S, in Burgundy red, with an enormous 14k-gold nib, EF-tipped, stamped with “P921”. I bought it last year and never got to try it out properly. Today’s the day!
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Sailor Mini 21 with Zoom Nib (1970s)
TL;DR: In the 1970s, Sailor made its Mini line with 21k-gold nibs. Better, they equipped these pocket pens with various nibs, of which the Zoom is the nib that produces different strokes depending on the writing angle: Hold the pen higher, closer to the vertical, and it writer thinner; hold the pen closer to the ideal hold at 45- to 50-degrees, and it writes thicker. Here is such a Sailor Mini 21 with Zoom nib.
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A 1970s PILOT Elite fountain pen with fingernail 18k SCRIPT nib goes to Basel
TL;DR: And here is this pen, 1970s PILOT Elite fountain pen with ‘fingernail’ 18k SCRIPT nib, visiting Basel, CH.
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Two Platinum Soft-Fine Nibs, From the 2010s and the 1970s
TL;DR: I got to try these two Platinum Soft-Fine nibs, pens attached, one made in the late-2010s and placed in a PNB-13000A Platinum #3776 Century in Chartres Blue, the other in the 1970s and fit into a PB-5000 long black pen.
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