Personally, i do not consider a fountain pen that uses a wick in its feed to be a fountain pen, because, well, that is cheating. and for a long time i refused to look at its merits.
until now (or then since i'm already on version 3).
so, if a wick can work, why then shouldn't we extend the wick to be....the reservoir too?
why not?
why yes? well there are these advantages:
1) a full wick system means there is no air in the reservoir, which means no sudden air expansion which causes leak.
2) with no reservoir, there is no chance of ink leaks as the ink is held in the wick.
3) the ink flow is very controlled. seriously, it's writing dry, not like the usual wick feed which are usually wet
4) the wick reservoir looks nice
5) it is easily refillable
6) it is easily washable (the wick, that is). i think. i mean, easy is relative.
materials are simple:
1) a wick FP. the daiso pen, the pilot petit1, the zebra pen or any pen you see with a white thing in the middle, that is a wick pen.
2) a highlighter pen that does not use ink, but a sponge inside. remove that, wash it clean till it is white, and you are good to go.
anyway, here goes. the first full wick pen. For the lack of a better name, i call this the "wicked system"
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