Glenn Marshall: Getting Filthy with Fountain Pens
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The New Cartoonist regular contributor, Glenn Marshall, has written a piece about fountain pens and his experiments with them. As a fountain pen connoisseur, I share much of his insights and affinity for a Fude nib pen.
Two of my favourite ‘drawists’ who often use fountain pens are Róisín Curé (Insta: @roisincure) the self-described ’sketching evangelist’ and Caroline Smith (Insta: @urban_sketchliner) who draws incredible urban landscapes from life. Róisín’s tutorials are fantastic; it was she who inspired me to get the Japanese Sailor Fude nib pen (pronounced FOOD apparently…which is fude for thought) and from her I learned weird alchemy such as mixing THREE colours together, which to me is some sort of voodoo.
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I particularly like the Bamf which has been customised with the Japanese Zebra G dip pen nib. I can’t really afford the above, it costs more than my first car did although some of the current elite pens from the likes of Mont Blanc cost into the thousands…more than my current car cost.
Pens in the review include: Noodler’s Ahab pen, Fude De Mannen with Wakatake 55 degree nib, Platinum Preppy, Rotring pen and ink, Pentel Fude Brush Pen (not a fountain pen), TWSBI Eco, and Inkursive Pens Fude nib.
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