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The Ultimate Pen Showdown - Part 5 (Fountain Pens)

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 In the years since I started on this pen testing journey, I did dabble in fountain pens as well. As a lefty, I was always hesitant to get into fountain pens, but I couldn't resist their allure. Here I'll give a brief overview of the ones I tested. Pilot 912 Green Limited Edition - I was looking at Pilot with the intention of trying a Waverly nib, which is supposedly suitable for my weird 90 degree writing angle and my left-handedness. I'm a big fan of green and brown pens, and was hoping to find something from Pilot in green. Endless searching for the right one led me to a store in Japan that partnered with Pilot to make a few limited edition colors of the 912, including translucent green. It came with a Fine nib, and wasn't going to have any WA nibs til the end of the year, so I thought I'd give it a try. This was the last fountain pen I bought, because it actually worked perfectly as-is (though I'd still like to try a Pilot WA). Beautiful pen, much more reli