Whilst the Eco and Diamond 580 lines are both piston fillers, this demonstrator uses a vacuum-based filling system. Its body is longer and, in places, thicker than its cousins’, and while the section is clear, it feels rubberised and provides a more secure grip than both the Eco and those Read More …
Not only is Pineider an Italian company; it also managed to snatch designer Dante Del Vecchio from Visconti, their fellow Italian competitor, in 2016. Dante’s design is very much apparent in the Pineider Avatar UR, which looks quite similar—albeit longer and thinner—to Visconti’s Rembrandt, most notably the shiny, textured centre-band Read More …
One step up from the TWSBI Eco, the Diamond 580 series features metal parts where the Eco uses plastic but still remains a set of demonstrator pens with transparent bodies and a clear view of the ink inside. Standard versions of the 580 with clear caps and single-coloured sections and Read More …
Based in Taiwan, TWSBI offers entry-level demonstrator pens for a slightly higher price than other manufacturers’ entry-level segments. Its Eco and Eco T lines, excluding special editions with rose gold adornments, cost between € 30.- and € 40.- and are available in a range of colours, both opaque and transparent. Read More …
Known for its entry-level Safari and Al-Star models, German-based Lamy is often mainly seen as a manufacturer of school supplies by its fellow Germans. Elsewhere, Lamy is loved by fountain pen users who value the unique shapes of their pens’ caps and clips and the handy ink window. To the Read More …
Based in China, Jinhao produces inexpensive pens that are easy to dismiss as cheap and undesirable. Personal biases against China—and there are myriad reasons to hold these biases—aside, Jinhao fountain pens are popular with beginners looking for an entry into the fountain pen hobby that doesn’t break the bank. While Read More …
