#pilot grance

From left to right: Kaweco Sport piston-filler, Parker 45, Pilot Grance Hello folks! I realize I haven’t had much to say in the fountain pen department as of late. It’s mostly because I didn’t buy much in the way of fountain pens in 2024, instead building up pens in other areas, like with gel pens (Sakura Craft Lab and Zebra Sarasa Grand) or in ballpoint (Uni’s Jetstream series, which I’m…

Over the weekend of July 12-13 was the NW Pen Show here in Portland. (The Well Appointed Desk has a good writeup here.) As someone who considers themselves a fountain pen enthusiast, I had been looking forward to attending for some time. And since it was happening a few days after my return from the UK, I knew I’d be around. But when the weekend approached, my enthusiasm dwindled, and I didn’t…