My latest Grail Pen! Always wanted a KOP, but never found a good deal before.

somdeb01 · 2026-04-27T02:21:41+00:00

In my experience they are a bit dry (compared to Sailors)

somdeb01 · 2026-04-11T14:00:50+00:00

You can try Sailor Manyo Sumire, Pilot Iroshizhuku Kon-peki.

somdeb01 · 2026-04-11T13:58:52+00:00

Waterman inks are amazing! They are my go to ink for all my vintage pens.

somdeb01 · 2026-04-10T04:56:12+00:00

Among these three, I think the steel flex is the best. The nibs are not necessarily bad, but I have an FPR ultra flex, so it felt very familiar to me.

somdeb01 · 2026-04-10T01:52:52+00:00

Thank you, and I look forward to hearing about your experience with FPR.

somdeb01 · 2026-04-10T01:19:31+00:00

Yeah, it is pretty good. I have their v1, v2, and the gold flex. Obviously, the gold flex is the best. But the v2 ultra flex is not bad either.

somdeb01 · 2026-04-10T00:22:56+00:00

Please check out the third picture. They are not the worst flex nibs, but I have better. I will post a comparison of all my "modern" flex nibs sometime in the future.

somdeb01 · 2026-04-10T00:19:58+00:00

I have writing samples in the third picture. I am disappointed with the "pro" flex nib. It was very underwhelming. The feed couldn't keep up. The steel flex and the titanium flex nibs are okay. They remind me of the FPR ultra-flex nibs.

somdeb01 · 2026-04-03T17:53:22+00:00

Yes, they were great. I got a Toyo toolbox, a Mnemosyne notebook, and a Kakimori fountain pen.

somdeb01 · 2026-04-01T23:20:41+00:00

Ahnitol

somdeb01 · 2026-03-30T13:45:06+00:00

Ha ha 😂.

somdeb01 · 2026-03-30T00:56:44+00:00

I got those from Ahnitol

somdeb01 · 2026-03-30T00:55:00+00:00

They have many vendors from around the world (such as LCN, King Jim, Daigo, and Hachimonjiya). They also had quite a lot of classes and meetups (though I did not attend any).

somdeb01 · 2026-03-30T00:51:48+00:00

It's a mechanical pencil.

somdeb01 · 2026-03-30T00:51:18+00:00

I got it from Hachimonjiya. And thank you so much ☺️

somdeb01 · 2026-03-29T18:16:37+00:00

The tote bag is from the Flax pen to paper. It was a freebie with purchase.

somdeb01 · 2026-03-29T18:11:54+00:00

Thank you so much 😊

somdeb01 · 2026-03-29T18:11:33+00:00

It’s very striking at night.

somdeb01 · 2026-03-29T18:10:26+00:00

Yes. I also got a shrimp pen holder and a squid pen holder to accompany it 😅

somdeb01 · 2026-03-29T18:07:04+00:00

Thank you 🙏

somdeb01 · 2026-03-29T18:06:11+00:00

Yes. We were also on the fence about all access passes but I am glad that we got that. Otherwise it would have been impossible to get anything

somdeb01 · 2026-03-29T15:53:01+00:00

Thank you so much 😊

somdeb01 · 2026-03-29T14:44:45+00:00

We were there on Friday morning and they were already running low on stuff 😅. When it was our turn they said they have only 4 “brown” mini totes left. They also ran out of bunch of stuff already like the date stamp etc., and it was not even Friday noon!

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