I love big dumb plastic fountain pens because I am a big child and I love bright colors and especially inexpensive fountain pens. Okay, I'm cheap. But, I would not trade my vintage Sheaffer No Nonsense pens for nothin' and I have quite a collection of other everyday fountain pens from different eras that would have been the Bic pens of their day. I also do enjoy the various student or beginner pens that other countries still produce a lot of because kids elsewhere learn to write with proper pens, unlike our sad chunky pencils in the US. I have a Kakuno with a medium nib and it's not bad. I still say the old Sheaffer cartridge pens (No Nonsense or others) are still the smoothest mothers out there. But I do prefer a larger nib, so that's just me.
I'm pretty sure it's just the standard Pilot Black in the cartridges.
Kaküno's are pretty great for what they are. If you ever get a hankering for the Platinum 3776 UEF nib, give the EF Kaküno a try first. It's pretty damn close in line width.
Well thanks, you just saved me like $200 on a Platinum. For the ink, I guess I assumed it was more complicated in terms of their fancy black inks, but even better if it’s just a basic black.
To be fair, I adore my 3776 UEF & I wouldn't change it for the world, but it's shocking how close the Kaküno EF gets to it. I've no idea why it's so fine, since none of Pilot's other EF's come close. 🤷
It's all about the smiley face! And some of the smiley faces are different. I desparately wanted to collect all the different faces but 3 Kakunos seemed like enough. Now that I see that typed in black and white on this screen, I think I am wrong.
Hmm… you shouldn’t have burping. Wondering if it’s positive pressure in the cartridge. Store it nibble end up for several hours. See if that relieves the pressure and ends the burping.
I love big dumb plastic fountain pens because I am a big child and I love bright colors and especially inexpensive fountain pens. Okay, I'm cheap. But, I would not trade my vintage Sheaffer No Nonsense pens for nothin' and I have quite a collection of other everyday fountain pens from different eras that would have been the Bic pens of their day. I also do enjoy the various student or beginner pens that other countries still produce a lot of because kids elsewhere learn to write with proper pens, unlike our sad chunky pencils in the US. I have a Kakuno with a medium nib and it's not bad. I still say the old Sheaffer cartridge pens (No Nonsense or others) are still the smoothest mothers out there. But I do prefer a larger nib, so that's just me.
I'm pretty sure it's just the standard Pilot Black in the cartridges.
Kaküno's are pretty great for what they are. If you ever get a hankering for the Platinum 3776 UEF nib, give the EF Kaküno a try first. It's pretty damn close in line width.
Well thanks, you just saved me like $200 on a Platinum. For the ink, I guess I assumed it was more complicated in terms of their fancy black inks, but even better if it’s just a basic black.
To be fair, I adore my 3776 UEF & I wouldn't change it for the world, but it's shocking how close the Kaküno EF gets to it. I've no idea why it's so fine, since none of Pilot's other EF's come close. 🤷
It's all about the smiley face! And some of the smiley faces are different. I desparately wanted to collect all the different faces but 3 Kakunos seemed like enough. Now that I see that typed in black and white on this screen, I think I am wrong.
Good news is that it's never too late to right that wrong
Hi, I have the Black & Pink combo. I found out online that Kaweco makes & sells online a pocket clip for the pen that clamps fairy hard.
Hmm… you shouldn’t have burping. Wondering if it’s positive pressure in the cartridge. Store it nibble end up for several hours. See if that relieves the pressure and ends the burping.
I wish I had read this before I spent thousands on Sailors…
I just ordered my first Sailor so I'll let you know how they compare