Berol Handwriting Fountain

[Roseofsharon]

Has anyone seen these before or am I right in thinking they're at least fairly new?

 

Anyway my point in asking is that i picked one up today for under three pounds and I must say that I am fairly impressed. The nib itself is smooth on the paper, it is light in the hand and generally very easy to write with. I even liked the written results, for an entry level children's pen personally it is one I would readily recommend to others as a general through around, doesn't matter if it gets lost kind of pen...

 

[View from the Loft]

These have been around for a while, but when I last saw one, it was around half that price.

 

I think you were lucky - the last one I tried required a lot of work on the nib before it could write, let alone nicely.

 

In my opinion, there are many much nicer pens for children - and some at even better prices than this.

[grainweevil]

I had one that was smooth and a very reliable starter, but its cap developed cracks before I'd even finished the first cartridge, which was disappointing as I kinda liked the little tomato red thing. To be honest the cap struck me as its weak point right from the first; very, very hard to remove, and so small it seemed designed to be lost. Neither thing in its favour as a pen for small humans, to my mind. Not entirely sure what Berol/Papermate were thinking there. Hopefully your cap will be luckier than mine though.

 

Cheers, Al

[mallymal1]

I've been using one of these for nine months now, and have found it to be a reliable starter (even when neglegted for weeks), and a more than reasonable writer.

 

The cap however (as has already been mentioned), is the weak point, requiring quite a bit of effort to seperate it from the body.

[CS388]

Yup. Got an old Berol Handwriting fountain pen.

It's an older design than the one you show in your pictures - and I think it cost 99p?

 

http://i1023.photobucket.com/albums/af351/shoulderhead/berol_zpswnjzsztm.jpg

 

(Pictured with Montblanc 146 for size comparison)

 

Possibly ten years old - maybe even twenty years old?

I've forgotten how old it is, because I've had it so long.

It's actually been (still is) an excellent pen which always writes on demand, despite having been used as a screwdriver/probe/poker/scratcher - anything I needed it to be.

 

Highly recommended. Get one now!

 

Enjoy.