So, now that I've finished #inking my hands for tonight with both Hongdian and Diamine #ink, I have a question for the #fountainpenlovers on Mastodon / the Fediverse...

I have a pair of #hongdian M2's, and I noticed the other night that there is an issue with the cartridge converter... Basically, when the piston is extended it hits the top of the feed tube, and pushes the body of the converter up. This causes there to be no vacuum for the first turn of the shaft when you are trying to fill the converter.

Now, I know the "easy" answer is to not lower the piston that far -- but that leaves a significant gap, which will keep a significant amount of space in the converter (I'd guess around 0.1ml).

Has anyone found a fix for this? Or has anyone found a better fitting converter for the M2?

#fountain_pens

Well,, we're back from #PelikanHub2025 and the ink is a very pretty Apricot. From my perspective it is a pretty special one - because it is a plain ink. No sparkle, no shimmer.

This is important to me because I use ink-roller pens, not fountain pens, and so the shimmer and sparkles don't work.

I also scored some very nice #Diamine and #Monteverde inks from the door-prize gift swap.

As always, a fun evening, and scored some great loot!

#ink #fountain_pens

I have been re-working my Inkvent Display design, and have turned it into a more general-purpose desk organiser.

The new version has a cutout for the 30ml bottle, space for more pens and a larger bottle of ink on the top shelf, and a side box for notebooks, sketchpads, or whatever. The side box also slides out to reveal a CL sized internal drawer.

Print it with a fuzzy skin and a wood filled filament, and you get something that looks pretty classy!

There is also an untested variant with a hidden internal shelf, suitable for a pen, key, or a rolled up treasure map.

If you think this might be your thing, check it out!

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6988193

#fountain_pens #Inkvent #Functional3DPrint #3dprint #DeskOrganisation

What #fountain_pens do you use ?
And why ?

#fountainpens
Mine is a classic #waterman Allure.
Strong and easy to write with.

Ok I guess I get it here enough for an #introduction post.

By day I'm a bioimage analyst at WEHI - Australia's oldest medical research institute. #microscopy

Out of hours I do stupid #b3d animations of #MicroscopistsNightmares, drink #wine, #coffee, play #video_games reasonably, #chess badly and collect #fountain_pens. I also parent two children and two animals.