So… I bought more pens. I think this is starting to become a problem. I have more pens than I have space to put them in pencil cases, cups, and jars. No more new pens for the rest of the year, all right? Break these in first.

What I got this time:

• Kuretake Fudegokochi brush pen – regular
• Kuretake Fudegokochi brush pen – super fine
• Kuretake disposable pocket brush – fine
• Kuretake disposable pocket brush – extra fine
• Kuretake no. 33 brush pen – soft
• Kuretake no. 55 double-sided brush pen – hard & soft
• Uni-ball Signo Angelic UM-120AC 0.7 mm white gel pen
• Uni-ball Signo Broad UM-153 white gel pen

I wanted to see how the Kuretake Fudegokochi compared to my Tombow Fudenosuke, but ended up getting a bunch of other Kuretake pens because I was curious. And then to bump the order over $25 for free shipping, I threw in a few white gel pens for further experimentation. I don’t dislike my Sakura Gelly Roll,  but I’ve never tried anything else either.

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So a few weeks ago, I bought some new pens to play around with.

Allow me a moment to plug Jetpens.com, which done wonderfully in keeping me supplied with awesome Japanese pens, because after coming back from Japan, where I had access to a freakin’ seven story Itoya store for two weeks and where I bought like ¥15000 worth of pens and markers, I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to resupply on some of the things I brought home.

But this order was less to resupply and more to find things to experiment with! There were a few things I wanted to try out as far as new pens went:

• Fountain pens! Are they a good alternative to actual quills/dip pens?
• Gel pens? I hear they’re good for inking?
• Alternative tech pens? Copic Multiliners’ nibs are too fragile, Microns are fickle, and it is stupidly hard to find Staedtler at my local supply stores.
• Refillable alternatives to my beloved Tombow Fudenosuke brush pens?

After like an hour of poking around the site, this is what I ended up with:

• Tachikawa comic nib fountain pen – school model nib
• Pentel Tradio Stylo fountain pen
• Pentel EnerGel Euro Needle-Point gel pen
• Pilot G-3 gel pen – 0.38 mm
• Pilot SW-DR3-B Drawing Pen – 03 size

The photo’s a little misleading by the way — also pictured are my Pentel pocket brush (front) and my Tombow Fudenosukes (back). I forgot to include the Pilot G-3.

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