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Fountain Pens

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Welcome fountain pen enthusiasts from around the world! Share your fountain pen obsession with fellow enthusiasts. Pens, inks, paper - everything fountain pen related is welcome!

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Look what the postman brought to my collection (lemmy.world)
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[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think these are all ballpoint pens.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The top one is a fountain pen, a clone of the Pilot Vanishing Point. They’re clicky like a Bic, sorta, but the mechanism goes a lot farther, is more complicated, and has a little door to keep the ink from drying out.

[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 months ago

What's new in the 2024 version?