Budget Fountain Pens, Paper And Ink

[RudraDev]

I'll recommend a pen-paper-ink combo for under 1000 rupees that works like a charm.

For paper, Classmate Pulse notebooks, which run for round 150 rupees for a 300 page notebook.

 

For Ink, buy Waterman Blue or Black (or any other color you like) for around 400 rupees.

 

For the pen, get the Jinhao X450/X750/Shark/51A in a Medium or Fine nib for 400-450 rupees.

 

And there you have it! This combo has withstood the struggles of an engineering student in India, so it will not disappoint you!

[vineetkgiri]

I'll recommend a pen-paper-ink combo for under 1000 rupees that works like a charm.

For paper, Classmate Pulse notebooks, which run for round 150 rupees for a 300 page notebook.

 

For Ink, buy Waterman Blue or Black (or any other color you like) for around 400 rupees.

 

For the pen, get the Jinhao X450/X750/Shark/51A in a Medium or Fine nib for 400-450 rupees.

 

And there you have it! This combo has withstood the struggles of an engineering student in India, so it will not disappoint you!

Can you check, whether your notes are fading ? Jinhoa X750 is a decent pen.But It is a heavy pen and it may have quality control issues sometimes. I would suggest, a beginner must go with safe Indian pens (3 in 1) rather than Chinese. The reliability of my ASA daily is astonishing. I am impressed with Bril ink. It is an excellent cheap ink. It's only problem, It fades !

[RudraDev]

Can you check, whether your notes are fading ? Jinhoa X750 is a decent pen.But It is a heavy pen and it may have quality control issues sometimes. I would suggest, a beginner must go with safe Indian pens (3 in 1) rather than Chinese. The reliability of my ASA daily is astonishing. I am impressed with Bril ink. It is an excellent cheap ink. It's only problem, It fades !

I haven't seen any fading with the inks I've used.

And I agree, ASA pens are far better, but they're super hard to come by these days.

[cvk]

On 11/7/2019 at 8:48 PM, vineetkgiri said:

Can you check, whether your notes are fading ? Jinhoa X750 is a decent pen.But It is a heavy pen and it may have quality control issues sometimes. I would suggest, a beginner must go with safe Indian pens (3 in 1) rather than Chinese. The reliability of my ASA daily is astonishing. I am impressed with Bril ink. It is an excellent cheap ink. It's only problem, It fades !

@vineetkgiri I have not seen any fading in Bril royal blue ink. Can you please let me know under what conditions you see it fading (so that i may avoid that)? 

[cvk]

On 4/5/2019 at 6:11 PM, mssethi said:

Vineetkgiri

I have been using a Kanwrite Desire for the past 4 months, initially with a flex nib and later on with a regular medium tip nib. I use it with cartridges and hv a spare cartridge in the pen itself, and it is the only pen I take to work everyday.

For a flex nib Heritage is the right choice. Heritage with a regular nib is a heavy duty pen , else you could consider an ASA or a Gama ebonite. They are heavy duty pens.

What cartridge do you use with the Kanwrite desire? And does it take the international Long cartridge. 

[Aravind_A_2310]

On 7/27/2022 at 11:50 AM, cvk said:

What cartridge do you use with the Kanwrite desire? And does it take the international Long cartridge. 

If it's the plastic feed version, then it takes any standard international cartridge...  Short or long(except for a twsbi cartridge, because it's thicker than normal)