Designing the perfect Fountain Pen
I started experimenting with nibs and feeds to try and hack a solution that was affordable. The journey was amazing and rewarding.
I got better at calligraphy. I spoke to a British nib maker in Birmingham whose business was established in the 1790s! I met an amazing Indian family run business who started making fountain pens in the 1940s to reduce the country’s reliance on British made goods during the independence struggle.
I obsessed over the subtle differences between German and Chinese made cartridge converters. And tangentially, developed a paper ‘habit’ that’s another story for a different time.
I soon realised that I had something special. An ink delivery system that produced amazing flex output. The next step was setting up a business. And the small matter of designing a pen.
A writing tool designed around this system. To be used everyday. Designed with form following function. Well made and affordable.