Legacy GoPens Blog

Handwritten Post - Amaranth Ink

Written using Diamine Amaranth! One of the most educational things about inks is you learn about colors you didn't even realize existed, especially in the case of flowers.

Handwritten Post - Some Stubs

As with round-tipped nibs, stub nibs can vary in size. This OMAS stub is just labelled as a stub, whereas the Visconti is labelled as a 1.3 mm stub. The Stipula is a 1.3 mm stub, but feels like an ...

Handwritten Post - A Medium Difference

A nib grade can vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, and to make it even more confusing, the actual writing width can vary from nib to nib. Higher end nibs are often finished by hand, and unless...

Handwritten Post - So You Want A Flex Pen

I get asked this question a lot: what's the best flex nib? I can't answer that because I haven't used that many compared to the amount that are available. What I can say is my favorite flex nibs ar...

Handwritten Post - Catless Writers

I realize my handwriting in this is atrocious. My apologies. Please don't be angry. This is a modern Aurora, and looks far different than the older-style Auroras that are still available. Cats a...

Handwritten Post - Why Hate When You Can Write

Modern nibs can offer some line variation, too. I know, this is a blinding, bright pen, but it has a fun nib. That's an extra-fine that offers some line variation, in case you want a little bu...

Handwritten Post - Comfort in Stationery

This wasn't written with a vintage pen, in fact, it was written with a very modern pen by a modern manufacturer. Do you take notes when you read classic books? Do you also have plenty of station...

Handwritten Post - Fountain Pen Rules

It sounds a bit crazy to have rules with fountain pens. They're not really rules. They're just things I like to remember, and things I suggest to people who ask me what they should do as they ventu...

Handwritten Post - The Random Scrawl of Ballpoints

I admit, I still like a lot of ballpoints, and I carry several with me most of the time. Dr. Roe is right though: the feeling of writing with a smooth, well-ground flexible gold nib is unreal. The ...

Handwritten Post - A Companion

I'm not sure if I just tell myself this because it's how I justify the amount of pens I have, but there is a lot of truth to this. Leave it to Andreas Ambrou to say something so spectacular about s...