Happy Sunday to you all. First notice: I added a few more pens to my For Sale page, including the incredible and hard-to-find Pilot Custom Urushi. Community I love it when new ink makers come on to the market, even though the market is so crowded it often seems like there are no colours left … Continue reading UKFP Uncapped, 10th November 2019

On my mind This week was Fountain Pen Day, which is from one perspective our community's Black Friday, filled with deal-hunting and shopping. But I've been thinking this week about the opposite: generosity. Just today, my daughter received a pack of pens, ink and notebooks from a kindly benefactor (thanks Ian!). He went out of … Continue reading UKFP Uncapped: 1st November 2019

Community This week Sakura Fountain Pen Gallery — where I bought my 17mm Cigar — held its Nakaya event. Dries from the Pencilcase Blog was kind enough to send me some photos and try to tempt me with more large Nakayas! I must get myself one of the show-exclusive "Dorsal Zero" designs at some point... … Continue reading UKFP Uncapped: 20th October 2019

Welcome back to Uncapped! This is my 301st post on UK Fountain Pens. I hadn't realised I'd passed that milestone, so raise a belated glass with me here.... Community Fudefan took us on a photographic tour of the Tokyo pen show. I practically hyperventilated with excitement. It looked amazing. Mary from From the Pen Cup … Continue reading UKFP Uncapped: 13th October 2019

Today has been a pen-heavy day, thanks to my morning at the London Pen Show. So today's Uncapped will be on the short side... Community Bungubox's latest edition Tears of Alice pen and ink leapt straight on to my radar when Kaoru posted it on Facebook this week. I find these Japan-only special editions inexplicably … Continue reading UKFP Uncapped: 6th October 2019

Hold on to your hats. Busy week this week. CommunityKaweco Dia nib swap. You forget how much you know, don't you? I figured this out ages ago, swapping the #76 nib from a Visconti Van Gogh with the nib from a Kaweco Sport. I may even have mentioned it on this blog. Completely compatible, much … Continue reading UKFP Uncapped: 28th September 2019

I've been active enough on the blog this week, so I'll keep today's post brief. Community This is not a pencil blog. But I do love factory videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPb-slJH9Vs I told you I was going deep into the world of typewriters. This was doubly joyful for me because I love Firewatch. It was the Pelikan … Continue reading UKFP Uncapped: 22nd September 2019

Community Loving reading the updates from this pen maker. I really enjoy getting a behind-the-scenes view from craftspeople. (I'm also queueing up videos like this Montegrappa behind-the-scenes and Graf interview from Appelboom) I reinked my Pelikan M805 with italic broad with Sailor Studio 140 last week, only to see a review pop up on the Well Appointed … Continue reading UKFP Uncapped: 15th September 2019

A day early for Uncapped this week — I gotta keep you on your toes, right? Community It looks like there's a new Platinum RED version of Montblanc's M. Hideously expensive (£1,200) and in my opinion has lost the appeal of the M's design... More reviews rolling in on the Vertex. I personally haven't experienced … Continue reading UKFP Uncapped: 7th September 2019