History, breakdown, and how to take appart for repair

.5-1 ml, generally

Parker Penman Saphire option

The 'Parker-style' ballpoint refill is actually a standard pattern refill known as the G2, and is used by many manufacturers for their ballpoint pens. It was originally created by Parker, and is best known as their refill, but it is now an ISO standard (ISO 12757-2), and is used by many different pen brands.

This page will be an index of all the reviews we do but it will also heavily feature others reviewers in order to be the most useful place to see how these products are seen through the eyes of many different people.

Suggestions for cleaning Pelikan inks. Pretty darn nifty! You might be able to extrapolate it for other brands.

Many of you have had some great suggestions on other fountain pens to review in my series of what I consider to be beginner or starter fountain pens. I know that a lot of people might not really consider the Lamy Safari to be a true beginner fountain pen but my view on this is that if you have owned and used one of the two other beginner fountain pens that I reviewed (Pilot Varsity or Platinum Preppy) then I think you have enough experience to decide if you want to upgrade to a slightly more advanced but relatively inexpensive and beginner fountain pen.

We introduced 78 colors of Diamine Fountain Pen Ink in September (now up to 80!), and now we have the ink swabs to match. This image is available on the product page of each individual ink color, and is now posted here for reference purposes.

Seattle, Washington office supply store

History of the Cincinnati-based pen maker

A Wiki for pen collectors

40 bits of wisdom for pen collectors, on a neat poster.

Nifty Fountain Pen