Fellowship Fountain Pen

[sarvesh]

Hi

From last few days I am reading all the topics on FPN and trying to make myself educated in fountain pen area. I am continuously giving problem also by asking for help like Vaibhav and a big thanks to him.

 

Let me be clear that I am 100% beginner here but despite that I am trying to write few words about the experience of writing from a very nice pen called "Fellowship". Price wise its a very cheap pen but the writing experience is utterly smooth. (maybe I am yet to take the experience of other writers).

 

A writing sample in my bad handwriting and few pictures are attached here for your visual feast.

 

Thanks.

 

[RudraDev]

It seems you've had a great start.

Welcome to the hobby. I hope to see more from you soon!

[sarvesh]

Thanks for encouragment.

[Yohaanrods]

I gifted this pen to a friend and he pretty much loves it.

Amazing review...I urge you to do more!

[sarvesh]

I gifted this pen to a friend and he pretty much loves it.

Amazing review...I urge you to do more!

 

Thanks a lot.

[Seele]

sarvesh,

 

Welcome to our shared interest, and isn't it great to find a pen that works the way you like it?

 

I do have several Fellowship pens, including a set of the very affordable Blackbirds with plastics caps rather than metal caps. Some of the nibs required a bit of tuning up, and the nibs are admittedly a little tinny for having been made using rather thin sheet metal stock, but they are very nice writers when used within their limits. It goes on to show enjoyment is not proportional to ticket prices.

[sarvesh]

Seele

 

Thanks a lot. This is surely a very good pen and let me tell you that because of these pens only my further interest is strengthening up.

 

And as you said "enjoyment is not proportional to ticket prices"

[bugsydog55]

I also have some Fellowship pens, I use the Golden Bird demonstators quite a lot and also the Pillar models. As Seele said, the nibs can require a bit of care but after that they are tolerable writers. As starter pens they are very hard to beat but you have to be careful---it only takes one good pen to turn you into one of "us".

[Dip n Scratch]

Wality nibs can be a bit variable. A pad of 12000 micromesh would be a great buy to smooth any rough nibs. My Wality/Fellowship pens are mostly the Indian #8 nib. Some are standard. Others have Ambitious 'M' or Kanwrite 'F' nibs.

[Dip n Scratch]

I bought one of these pens myself from Andy's pens. It is much like the Airmail 67T, but the end of the barrel does not taper so much. The end plug is much longer too. The Airmail pen is not helped by having a rather odd shape of nib, referred to as 'MB'. The Fellowship pen would perhaps be a better alternative as it seems like a standard nib. It it 5 or 5.5mm across? I have no intention of disturbing my pen when it works well.

If you did have a really bad nib there's more chance of fitting it with something decent.

The swirl inside the barrel certainly enhances the looks of both pens.

[Dip n Scratch]

I just got a Fellowship Pillar in acrylic that is predominantly red, but has streaks of black and gold. The nib on this pen has not needed any attention whatsoever. I was very surprised indeed.

The Pen has a general shape exactly like a Click Bamboo (ebonite barrel) & I have a Gama that is also the same shape in green acrylic. The caps of the Gama and Fellowship can be swapped. The Bamboo has a cap thread that is a much finer pitch. Are all 3 made in the same place? I suspect they are. The pens look like a Shaeffer No Nonsense. The coarse cap thread of the Gama and Fellowship Pillar is exactly like the Shaeffer N.N. The streaked acrylic looks much more exciting than a flat colour Shaeffer pen.

 

I don't have anything weird shaped. The Ranga Sugarcane didn't really arouse my interest when there was a group buy. This was because it wasn't offered in an acrylic & specifically one that looked like it was burnt cut cane, or young green cane. I have come to realise that the pens I use frequently all have sections varying between 10-11 or 10-12 mm. Now I would specify that requirement & avoid making mistakes in the future.