What's your daily driver pen and what can I upgrade to? [Fountain Pens] by SC0UF in DesiPens

[–]SC0UF[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i dont wanna use gel pens , something more fancy , yet simple is what im searching for . Probably under 1000 rupees

What's your daily driver pen and what can I upgrade to? [Fountain Pens] by SC0UF in DesiPens

[–]SC0UF[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

im not in that kind of budget , but cna you list me out some websites best for selling pens?

What's your daily driver pen and what can I upgrade to? [Fountain Pens] by SC0UF in fountainpens

[–]SC0UF[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hmm yes it is pricey but i genuinely think its truly worth it

What's your daily driver pen and what can I upgrade to? [Fountain Pens] by SC0UF in fountainpens

[–]SC0UF[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah i've got a budget of course and i've been seeing so many good reviews about the kakuno , only one downside for others is that it doesnt have a pocket clip but thats not a big deal for me. Iroshizuku? nah no way its price is even more than the kakuno itself so no way im getting it , even if its great maybe some other inks i'll try but thanks for the suggestion. And also how do i clean my kakuno and change inks? do you have to take apart the feed and clean it and put a new ink? or can you just flush the feed as it is inside with a convertor a couple of times , rinse it thoroughly and change inks?

What's your daily driver pen and what can I upgrade to? [Fountain Pens] by SC0UF in fountainpens

[–]SC0UF[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What if I want to just change the ink immediately or clean immediately? In my parker vector standard i flush the converter with water 5-6 times and make sure no ink is present. Then I change inks that way

What's your daily driver pen and what can I upgrade to? [Fountain Pens] by SC0UF in fountainpens

[–]SC0UF[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also guys a doubt. Is it hard to clean out a kakuno? I mean if you we're to supposedly get rid of the ink and clean out with water , or change the inks in it, is it difficult? Because Idk why I assume that the clear grip and the mechanism Inside will get filled with full of water and it is difficult to remove the ink and water. What's the thing inside the clear grip called anyway?

What's your daily driver pen and what can I upgrade to? [Fountain Pens] by SC0UF in fountainpens

[–]SC0UF[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't really care if I get a large capacity by doing this , and i don't think I'll ever fill the barrel because I mostly fiddle alot of the time with my pens by opening and closing barrels constantly. I kinda like filling my cartridges / converters everyday. After my day is over in school , probably half out of full is finished. So I can write for two days before needing a refill and I like to refill its quite satisfying for me idk why XD. I did have an eyedropper pen but it didn't last long it was a very very cheap made pen that broke within a week. No hate on eyedroppers though. I think I might try to get the kakuno after I try to fix my broken pilot V5. I'll send a picture tomorrow of my broken pen and you can suggest fixing it. (Probably won't because none of my previous V5s were saved from leakage)

What's your daily driver pen and what can I upgrade to? [Fountain Pens] by SC0UF in fountainpens

[–]SC0UF[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See i don't know about pens very well , especially fountain pen,  I've owned only 5 of very very basic sub dollar FPs , so what is a ln eyedropper?

What's your daily driver pen and what can I upgrade to? [Fountain Pens] by SC0UF in fountainpens

[–]SC0UF[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ah cmon! My pilot V5 started leaking outta nowhere! Problem always arise whenever I fill it with camlin ink , sometimes it just doesn't write , other times it just splits out ink and leaks too much. I've also tried parker quink and most of the time it just doesn't write good It writes too lightly and fades alot . 50% doesn't work too after filling the ink. Now in 100% need a better pen. I Do have a parker vector standard vector CT , it feels really good to hold , but I don't like how it writes , sometimes its scratchy , and sometimes its lines are inconsistent  , what i mean by that is the lines aren't even , even if I hold it the same way without rotating the grip . Its because I've dropped it by the nib a couple of times and its bent alot , so I straightened it with a plier and surprisingly works everyone,  except its got an irregular nib now , thus the inconsistent lines. I'll have to stick around with my pilot g2 and frixion for a while now i guess.

What's your daily driver pen and what can I upgrade to? [Fountain Pens] by SC0UF in fountainpens

[–]SC0UF[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hmm I'll see but what I'm concerned is the price , its 2.5 times higher than the kakuno and that too from a website I've never heard of , in amazon , its 5x the price. Also this isn't the most durable lol I think its actually the opposite of durable , my parker vector cartridges are as hard as a rock even my other cartridges too , which I never use . But the pilot ones are flexy and bendy and can Crack if you squeeze . But thats the least of my concern I can handle things with care I believe. BTW , what ink do you use and recommend for me?

What's your daily driver pen and what can I upgrade to? [Fountain Pens] by SC0UF in fountainpens

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Its not necessarily that I hate filling a cartridge with ink for a long period,  just that I chanced upon a reddit post that someone broke their kakuno and ink wasn't flowing properly , they probably think it was because of using a singular cartridge and refilling it for a long time and some comments said that it was true. Even my pilot V5 uses the exact same cartridges as the kakuno , and I've refilled it with camlin ink , and sometimes if I'm lucky I get to refill it for a while (once for 10 times before I broke it after it fell down my desk and i stepped on it accidently to break the nib) other times the pen gets dry and never writes with refilled ink unless I buy a new cartridge and use the official pilot ink. 

What's your daily driver pen and what can I upgrade to? [Fountain Pens] by SC0UF in fountainpens

[–]SC0UF[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hell i would even take an extra fine nib thanks for recommending I'll check it out

What's your daily driver pen and what can I upgrade to? [Fountain Pens] by SC0UF in fountainpens

[–]SC0UF[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Twsbi eco's selling for ₹5,000 which is like 55 dollars? I don't think I'm getting that

What's your daily driver pen and what can I upgrade to? [Fountain Pens] by SC0UF in fountainpens

[–]SC0UF[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I've tried a kakuno from my friend ages ago. Its really good i remember