I wasn't too fussy about looks, I did think it was a little bland, but quite attractive in a quirky way compared to fountain pens of the time, but what upped the score was the fact it was quite slender, sleek and old fashioned (I thought it looked like an old fashioned dip pen). I did find that broken lines were a little more challenging draw because the ink flowed so readily but again, this is something to get used to rather than a fault with the pen. And I have a similar in white which came with a deskset (no trumpet, alas) with space for an inkwell. So this pen has a wider channel (the slit in the feed) than other pens so there is less chance of ink getting stuck while in the pen. We use a premium silver giftwrap paper with a subtle two-tone patterned effect, and a hand tied silver ribbon.

I'm used to fineliners and the ocassional brush tip and fine dip nib, so this 'extra fine' nib seems fairly chunky for such a designation. I have marked the experience as 7 as I was not put off and nobody stopped me or moaned when I asked to open the box to look inside.

It’s not super flexible but you will see some line variation when you draw normally with a little pressure. Suddenly, I want to explore hatching and filling everything with these crisp thin lines, slowly building up a texture made of lines as I fill a page. I think the nibs on the Rotring come complete with the section a bit similar to the TWSBI idea, I haven't pulled that apart, ever, so I cannot tell you if it is possible. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. I’ve noticed that when a fountain pen nib has a big round “ball” shape at the tip, the pen will be very smooth, but you won't have crisp line feeling when you drawing.

At First Stop Stationers we’ve got everything you need from office stationery such as ballpoint pens and notebooks to luxury fine writing pens and much, much more. In my opinion, this is an excellent pen for drawing and sketching that offers some wonderful opportunities for adding controlled washes on suitable paper (as long as you’re careful to avoid the lines you want to keep). If anyone has compared the platinum desk carbon Pen with the kdp 3000an and the Dp1000an, I will be very interested. The amount of ink flow may prove limiting for closely-spaced hatching as I noticed a trough of ink forming – in a cold room, this may spread, reducing the white space between the lines but this is behavior to become accustomed to rather than an issue.To be honest, I quite like the design of the pen, it reminds me to those old desk pens (that I also like ). I just wanted to congratulate for your good and deep review for those three pens; I also wanted to ask if you know how would that Platinum KDP-3000 compare to the Platinum 3776 UEF in regards of line thinness? The Lamys and Schneiders - even the cheapest Chinese - are so very much better there's simply no comparison.

And is there a similar pen that is more readily available here in the states theat will perform similarly to this? I wasn’t sure that I’d like the length of it but once I was working with the pen, I forgot all about it. This pen has only a very slight ball so the line feels and looks pretty crisp yet it is also smooth.

Have only ever cleaned it or flushed it when changing inks and then only with water, other than that it just gets to stay inked. I wasn't too excited over these two pens as I already have other pens that can produce a similar type of line. Perhaps using the converter with a fountain-pen safe waterproof ink may offer a solution for watercolorists.

The silicone stuff, by the way, cost 6 €, but it served for more than one pen: the next one was a Sheaffer Prelude, because it has a much too thin grip section. The nibs can be a little skippy on coated/smooth paper, which can be annoying, but overall they perform well.The one thing I wonder about is the clip - why on earth does the thing even have a clip, I can't imagine where it can be useful with this size.