I’ve never owned or used a fountain pen before, but I saw that these are less than $6 a piece and refill cartridges look pretty cheap too.
Are these worth buying for a first timer or are they an invitation to a souring experience for a noob?
Saw that my local pen shop started carrying PP pens.
So bowing to peer pressure I brought a black EF along with some other goodies.
I say that EF nib for me does not write nicely on fountain pen friendly paper, it tends to slide around on the paper ending up making a scribble instead of words.
Not sure if this is down to the amount of pressure I put on the pen or if the pen I got is an outlier.
Might have to go back and get another with a fine nib.
Thanks for the feedback. I bought a fine nib version since I made the post and I have been using it on a regular graph composition notebook and I see that it bleeds through and has a lot of ghosting. I have no reference for how a fountain pen could write so I guess its alright as far as feel goes. I did order a notebook made by Midori from Amazon. It will be my first experience with a higher quality paper with the Preppy.
The Preppy is the best for first timers. Platinum nibs are conistent and the cartridge/converter system is the most veritile of all the filling systems. It’s a good baseline to gauge what you prefer.
I just can’t recommend springing for the converter though. Platinum converters cost more than the Preppy. Their cartridges are sturdy and can be reused if you clean them out. I recommend picking up a blunt tipped syringe and refilling them with ink samples or from bottles.
