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This is my first attempt at providing a written review on the Ohto Tasche fountain pen. This is a full sized fountain pen when open. This slim pen is claimed to be one of the top ten fountain pens in Japan, ranked even above the Montblanc 146, Pelican M600 and the Rotring 600. Amazing, since this sleek Japanese fountain pen is only a fraction of the price ($20.00 US). The pen has an ingenious design that allows the pen to be carried as a small compact pen when closed, but use m long when closed, 10 cm long when used by itself, and 14.7 cm when used with the cap on.

 

http://www.ohto.co.jp/images/new_products/Tasche/image_tasche.jpg

 

Japenese pen nibs ususally run fine, however, the Tasche nib writies in an an American/German medium nib size and nicely places ink down on the paper. I've also heard that the nib on the Tasche is manufactured in Germany. The pen writes buttery smooth and accepts international sized ink cartridges. The colors available are Black, Blue, Pink, and Silver.

 

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For an inexpensive fountain pen, that writes buttery smooth and can easily be carried in the pocket, the Ohto Tasche is hard to beat.

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thanks frankster for the interesting writeup on a cool pen i've never seen or heard of before.

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Thanks for the interesting review of this pocket pen that expands to full-size when posted. I too had not heard of it.

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Hi,

 

If it is pencil thin, then sure!! If it is 2 MM thicker than a pencil, then, um, uh, no thanks...

 

Nice, a Japanese pocket pen!!

 

Dillon

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Hi Frankster,

Interesting pen and cool looking one.Your handwriting looks good too.Thanks for the informating about this pen.

 

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Emrecan

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the pen is in my avatar is LAMY Studio Palladium 14K

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Do you post on the jetpens forum too? I recognize your picture :) So you found yourself over here...welcome aboard!

 

I have a Tasche too...Dillon, it's almost pencil thin, so it might be your cup of tea except the point isn't fine.

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Hi,

 

Yes!!! I want one NOW! :lol:

 

Any pen MUST be pencil-thin for me to use it, or else, I will have to put it down a lot or can't use it at all.

 

Dillon

Stolen: Aurora Optima Demonstrator Red ends Medium nib. Serial number 1216 and Aurora 98 Cartridge/Converter Black bark finish (Archivi Storici) with gold cap. Reward if found. Please contact me if you have seen these pens.

Please send vial orders and other messages to fpninkvials funny-round-mark-thing gmail strange-mark-thing com. My shop is open once again if you need help with your pen.

Will someone with the name of "Jay" who emailed me through the email system provide me an email address? There was no email address provided, so I can't write back.

Dillon

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Thanks a lot for posting this review, Frankster! I had not heard of this brand before. The Tasche reminds me of a Pilot Elite pen, the kind with a long cap...

their site www.ohto.co.jp

 

OHTO has many other neat/cute looking things that I like :) :) :)

 

I'm not an exclusive FP lover, so cute gel pens & pencils gets my credit card in trouble as well :(

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FYI, the Ohto Tasche nib says "Iridium Point Germany," not that that tells much!

That explains why this pen's line is so thick. It seemed weird that a Japanese nib would be so thick.

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Is it cartridge-only, or can a converter fit in it? I visited www.jetpens.com and saw that they don't sell bottled ink at all.

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Hi,

 

I do make a permanent filling system for it, but you must be willing to make it bottle-fill only.

 

Dillon

Stolen: Aurora Optima Demonstrator Red ends Medium nib. Serial number 1216 and Aurora 98 Cartridge/Converter Black bark finish (Archivi Storici) with gold cap. Reward if found. Please contact me if you have seen these pens.

Please send vial orders and other messages to fpninkvials funny-round-mark-thing gmail strange-mark-thing com. My shop is open once again if you need help with your pen.

Will someone with the name of "Jay" who emailed me through the email system provide me an email address? There was no email address provided, so I can't write back.

Dillon

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Is it cartridge-only, or can a converter fit in it? I visited www.jetpens.com and saw that they don't sell bottled ink at all.

I think this pen is cartridge only. It's too short to be able to take a converter :(

 

I heard that the OHTO cartridge ink sucks though because the ink skips. I haven't even tried the cartridge yet. I've been using this as a dip pen so far.

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I suppose you could find some way to make a half-sized converter, but there's just enough room in there for a cartridge. (Though on mine, the cart wouldn't stay seated on the thingie (such a technical term!), so I put a small wad of paper in the very end to force it to stay in place.

 

I'm less then enthralled with this pen, though it's a very clever design.

I find to be oddly weighted, and the nib is merely functional - if I get unlazy, I'll find my smoothing stuff and see if I can't make it better.

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I'm less then enthralled with this pen, though it's a very clever design.

I find to be oddly weighted, and the nib is merely functional - if I get unlazy, I'll find my smoothing stuff and see if I can't make it better.

Similar thoughts with you. The more I learn about fountain pens, the more I think this pen was made just for the heck of coming out with a fountain pen model, pretty sad, but oh the cuteness gets me.

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