The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The plastic feels cheaper, the mouldings have a little edge to them, but they are not worn down after 25 years use. It is the reason why I'm so keen on the idea of a personal library — of pens, nibs, inks, paper products, etc.

The only slight drawback is it is very long and does not fit in my pencilcase but don't care really . The extra resistant fibre used in the tip ensures that the colour laydownis always smooth, clean and precise. I think the nibs on the Rotring come complete with the section a bit similar to the TWSBI idea, I haven't pulled that apart, ever, so I cannot tell you if it is possible. The tapered ends resemble the ends of paint brushes and I believe it helps the balance when writing or drawing. Would rate higher, but sometimes the ink stops mid-flow, but that might be something that improves with practice.As you can see, adding water had a huge impact, offering some fabulous creative opportunities if you’re interested in creating monochromatic pieces. I plan to try out some noodlers inks and in need of pens to try it with these pens have been earmarked for "sacrifice". Alas, one cannot know “good” without some idea of “bad” against which to contrast; and, as one of my former bosses (back when I was in my twenties) used to say, “on the scale of good to bad…”, it's a spectrum, not a dichotomy. Ergonomic body - Combining the balance and nib shape of the quill pen with the convenience of a modern fountain pen for comfortable grip. And as mentioned, the channel is slightly wider, so that the Platinum Carbon Black ink can flow well.

I have the Carbon Pen which is great and a DP-1000 is on the way but I'm wondering if you know whether it will be okay with the Carbon ink or should I stick with regular fountain pen ink? The Carbon Desk Pen and Rotring Art Pen are also very good fountain pens and a worthy alternative to more expensive fountain pens. We use a premium silver giftwrap paper with a subtle two-tone patterned effect, and a hand tied silver ribbon. The Lyra Art pen is available in 36 loose colours includingfluorescent and metallic gold and silver permanent, opaque colours which can beused on dark surfaces . If anything, the ink probably flows a little too well – by the end of my test doodle, I had an unexpected inky patch on the end of one of my fingers and I noticed that rapid strokes drawn without care will result in a more noticeable hook mark than other pens that I use.However, it’s essential to maintain the same amount of pressure throughout or you may end up with patchy writings (darker and lighter patches for areas where greater and lighter pressure are applied respectively). The only thing left to do is getting a converter for it - my Online converter doesn't fit, and neither does a Parker converter.

To be fair, this is more down to the user than the pen and was easily avoided when the strokes were made with more attention. The amount of ink flow may prove limiting for closely-spaced hatching as I noticed a trough of ink forming – in a cold room, this may spread, reducing the white space between the lines but this is behavior to become accustomed to rather than an issue.We believe that giving children the right materials, they will make and play with beautiful things that last a lifetime. Lyra Art Pens contains high quality fibre tip art pens in a selection of brilliant, lightfast water-based colours. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.