And if you are using PCB ink which is a thicker ink, the pen might seem to skip a little on bumpy papers. Line width variance was pleasingly simple – a slight turn of the nib produced a noticeable change in stroke size and I’m looking forward to putting the Art Pen through its paces on a larger test piece. I have the Carbon Pen which is great and a DP-1000 is on the way but I'm wondering if you know whether it will be okay with the Carbon ink or should I stick with regular fountain pen ink? It’s not super flexible but you will see some line variation when you draw normally with a little pressure.

Would rate higher, but sometimes the ink stops mid-flow, but that might be something that improves with practice. If anything, the ink probably flows a little too well – by the end of my test doodle, I had an unexpected inky patch on the end of one of my fingers and I noticed that rapid strokes drawn without care will result in a more noticeable hook mark than other pens that I use.Alas, one cannot know “good” without some idea of “bad” against which to contrast; and, as one of my former bosses (back when I was in my twenties) used to say, “on the scale of good to bad…”, it's a spectrum, not a dichotomy. The Rotring Art Pen is, to all intents and purposes, a fountain pen that’s intended for drawing and sketching.

The ribs on the section are what really annoyed me in this pen, because these ribs cut very unpleasantly into my fingers. 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 only thing left to do is getting a converter for it - my Online converter doesn't fit, and neither does a Parker converter. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.Rotation–sensitive at 360º, you can change the width of its stroke by simply turning the pen's barrel (software must support rotation–sensitivity). Thank you Teoh, if I ever have both (which will probably happen) I will tell you how do those nibs compare.

I’m not sure if they were trying to emulate the look and feel of a dip pen but that’s what sprang to mind when I was using it. The tapered ends resemble the ends of paint brushes and I believe it helps the balance when writing or drawing. We bring that to life here at Conscious Craft by offering you the best natural toys and craft materials we can find.

Again, I suspect this was to model the pen on dip pens or quills but that main body of the pen (the bit you hold) is a comfortable 10mm in diameter so it’s wide enough where it matters. I tried fixing the metal-end back to its plastic body, but I noticed that writing with it was no longer the same anymore – the ink-flow was permanently affected, being rather inconsistent. I wasn't too excited over these two pens as I already have other pens that can produce a similar type of line.

Also noticed it misuses strokes all the time I have to keep going over my line's also the ink is only water resistant not waterproof big difference paint to close to this ink with say yellow or white and the ink bleeds into the wet paint. The Carbon Desk Pen and Rotring Art Pen are also very good fountain pens and a worthy alternative to more expensive fountain pens.Artpens are modern fountain pens, but their elegant design preserves the feel and balance of traditional dip pens. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. This pen has only a very slight ball so the line feels and looks pretty crisp yet it is also smooth.